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Christ College Wins Natl.Moot Court Contest

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Mysore: Feb. 13

Christ Law College from Bangalore won the two-day National-level moot court competition on ‘Corporate Taxation’ conducted by Surana and Surana International Attorneys and JSS Law College at JSS Law College’s Silver Jubilee auditorium here yesterday.

National Law School of India University is runner up

Caption: 1) Winning Smile:Ajay Kumar, Chahat Chawla and team researcher Roshil Nichani of Christ College, Bangalore, who won first prize in the national moot court competition held at JSS Law College in city. 2) High Court Judges D.V. Shailendra and Praveen Chandra and others seen during the valedictory function of National moot court contest yesterday.

The National Law School of India University (NLSUI) from Bangalore, who keenly contested for the title, had to settle with the runner up trophy. In all, teams from 44 law colleges from all over the country participated in the national level competition, the second in the series. Apart from the trophies, the winner got Rs. 25,000 as cash prize while the runner got Rs. 14,000.

The final rounds were judged by High Court Judges Justice Shailendra Kumar and Justice N. Anand, Padamchand Kincha and Director of Income Tax (International Taxation) Praveen Kishore Prasad of Bangalore.

Ajay Kumar of Christ College, later speaking on behalf of his team, said that such competitions help in honing the skills of students and improve knowledge in the subject. “Such things cannot be learnt in classrooms,” he said. Other members of Christ College team are Chahat Chawla and researcher Roshil Nichani. The National Law School of India University team consisted of Deekshitha, Shreya and Siddarth.

source: http://www.StarofMysore.com / General News / February 13th, 2012

 

KLE University’s College of Pharmacy receives Rs.30 lakhs grant from VGST

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Vision Group of Science and Technology (VGST), Government of Karnataka has funded the research grant of Rs.30 lakhs to the Department of Pharmacognosy of KLE University’s College of Pharmacy, Belgaum at NIAS JRD Tata memorial auditorium, Bengaluru.

VGST presented the reward to the department for the research project entitled “Chemical and Biological Activity Profiling of Some Ayurvedic Drugs with Controversial Nomenclature” under CISE-2011-12 (Centre of Innovative Science Education).

In the function organised by VGST, Prof. CNR Rao, National Research Professor and chairman of VGST and M N Vidyashankar, principal secretary to Government of Karnataka, Department of IT, BT and S&T, Member Secretary, VGST has awarded the certificate of honour and the cheque to the Prof. (Dr) A D Taranalli, principal and Dr Kirankumar Hullatti, associate professor, Department of Pharmacognosy, principal investigator of the project.

source: http://www.pharmabiz.com / Home> News> Education / our Bureau, Mumbai / Monday, Friday 13th, 2012

Med school first step in Shetty project

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Dr. Shetty

Cardiologist Dr. Devi Shetty plans to partner with a local educational institution to open a medical school this year in Cayman as part of his medical facility.

Dr. Shetty, who was in Cayman for four days this week to meet government officials and local partners, also revealed that the first phase of the hospital project was expected to break ground in August this year.

“It is our plan to work with a current local institution to get [the medical school] going quicker… In the [initial] plan, the medical school was not supposed to start till the third or fourth year. We decided to expedite that,” explained local partner Gene Thompson.

The medical school will be based within an existing building at a local institution. Dr. Shetty declined to identify which local institution he was partnering with, saying the deal had not yet been “tied down”.

Dr. A. Raghuvanshi, managing director of Narayana Hrudayalaya Hospitals, the group behind the proposed project, said: “By the end of this year, the coming academic year, we should start a medical school that will take about 100 students.”

Dr. Shetty said about 700 students graduated in Cayman every year, only one or two of whom opt to take medical courses after leaving school. He said that if there were a medical school on the island where they could train as doctors, nurses or technicians, one in seven graduates would go into the medical field,

“Healthcare jobs are the only recession-proof jobs,” he said, adding that in recent years, the only industry that created jobs was the healthcare sector. “Currently there is a shortage of three to four million jobs in the healthcare sector,” he said.

“No country should depend on foreign medical specialists to look after healthcare in their country. It is very important that the Cayman government and Cayman people train adequate numbers of doctors, nurses and technicians to look after their own healthcare,” Dr. Shetty added.

The hospital project, officially called the Narayana Cayman University Medical Centre, is slated to be built at the High Rock area of East End, where the Shetty group has bought 200 acres of a 600-acre site. The hospital, its associated assisted living facility and research centre will be built on the 200 acres, while related infrastructure, such as a hotel, will be built by Joseph Imparato, who sold the land to the Shetty group and who still owns the adjacent 400 acres.

The initial phase of the project involves the establishment of a 140-bed hospital, which if all going to schedule, should start accepting its first patients in August 2013, Dr. Shetty told reporters at a briefing Friday, 6 January, shortly before flying off island.

source: http://www.CompassCayman.com / by Norma Conolly,  norma@cfg.ky / January 06th, 2012

Rotary Mysore Felicitates Harvard Prof.from CityTY

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Caption: Prof. Gita Gopinath who was felicitated by Rotary Mysore is seen with Club President Rtn. T.K. Chittaranjan, chief guest Rtn. Vasudev Murthy and Hon. Secretary Rtn. S.V.Sridhar.

Mysore, Dec. 27:

Rotary Mysore recently felicitated Prof. Gita Gopinath, a Mysorean who is holding the Professorship in the Department of Economics, Harvard University and is the only lady from Asia to hold such a coveted position.

Gita Gopinath completed her schooling and college at Nirmala Convent and Mahajana PU Collage in city before pursuing her studies in Sriram College of Commerce and the Delhi School of Economics. She continued her studies at Princeton University and got her Doctorate from the same University.

Prof. Gita holds a number of honors, Fellowships and awards including the 2011-13 National Science Foundation grant, 2011 Young Global Leader-World Economic Forum and 2006-09 Andrew E. Furer Fellow, Department of Economics, Harvard.

Prof. Gita Gopinath was awarded the Bagwathi prize for the best paper published in the Journal of International Economics for 2003 & 2004. She has also supervised a number of Ph.D students.

Gita is the daughter of T.V. Gopinath and Vijaya Lakshmi of the city.

 

Mangalore varsity degree rank list out

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Mangalore University has announced the Degree results. The rank list is as follows.

B A: Sam David (First rank), Jyothsna David Jacob Mathew (Second rank), Bijwayi K P (Third rank). All are from Brahmavara Crossland College.

B Com: Seethalakshmi from Mulki Sundararam Shetty College Shirva (First rank), Shilpa Bhandari from Canara College Mangalore (Second rank), Rashmi R Shenoy from Puttur Vivekananda College (Third rank)

B Sc: Meera from Karkala Bhuvanendra College (First rank), Ashwini Bhat from Mulki Vijaya College (Second rank), Shridevi K Hegde from Puttur St Philomena College (Third rank).

BASLP: Anuradha Shastri from Mangalore Father Mullers College (First rank), Hezal Diona Mendonsa (Second rank), B N Jayasena from Mangalore Dr M V Shetty Speech and Hearing College (Third rank)

BBM: Aparna Malya from SDM Business Management College Mangalore (First rank), Nuthan B S from St Annamma Degree College Virajpet (Second rank), Manjunath N Ingalaki from Manjunath Pai Memorial College Karkala (Third rank).

BCA: Krutika from Vijaya College Mulki (First rank), Salitha D Almeda from MGM College Udupi (Second rank), Anjali from Vijaya College Mulki (Third rank).

B Sc- Fashion Design: Justin V Thomas from Gloria College Puttur (First rank), Shyam Ravindran from Shridevi College Mangalore (Second rank), Chilambarasan from Gloria College Puttur (Third rank)

BHM: Rohit Castoline from Moti Mahal College of Management (First rank), Anurag Sharma from Sarosh Institute of Hotel Administration Mangalore (Second rank), Fernandes Dan Charles from Sarosh Institute of Hotel Administration Mangalore (Third rank).

BHS: Vinodh Vital Prabhakar from Institute of Hotel Tourism and Science College Udupi (First rank), Ashok Kumar Pundit from Moti Mahal College of Hotel Management (Second rank), Mithesh Nayor from Moti Mahal College of Hotel Management (Third rank)

B Sc (Interior Design and Decoration): Chethan Patil from Shridevi College Mangalore (First rank), Thesniya V P from Shridevi College (Second rank), Josline Mary from Sridevi College (Third rank).

BPEd: John Houthan H H from Physical Teachers’ Education Department, Mangalore University (First rank), Usha K R from Alva’s College Moodbidri (Second rank), Anand Kumar Mopagur from Alva’s College (Third rank).

Social Work (BSW): Athmiya Kadamba from Alva’s College Moodbidri (First rank), Sangeetha Hegde from Alva’s College (Second rank), Akshatha Rai from St Philomena College Puttur (Third rank)

B Sc (FND): Anjusha Ramachandran from Alva’s College Moodbidri (First rank), Ayisha Nada Khaji from Besant Women’s College Mangalore (Second rank), Giran Patiran Helage from Besant Women’s College (Third rank).

Human Resource Development (HRD): Shanthi S from Alva’s College (First rank), Archana N from Alva’s College (Second rank), Shaila D Jain from Alva’s College (Third rank).

LLB (three years): Abhijith V Shet from SDM Law College (First rank), Varsha from SDM Law College (Second rank), Vasudeva Kamath from SDM Law College (Third rank).

BA Law (five years): Gorgy Bose (First rank), Greeshma Rai (Second rank), An Alexander (Third rank). All are from SDM Law College Mangalore.

LLB (five years): Preethika Philinja (First rank), Prakruti Kalyanpur (Second rank), Sanoobar Fatima (Third rank). All students are from SDM Law College.

B.Ed: Dipul K P from Leelavati Shetty College Kavur (First rank), Prameela from T M A Pai College Udupi (Second rank),Mrudula M Hegde from Vivekananda College Puttur (Third Rank).

source: http://www.DeccanHerald.com / Home> District> Mangalore / DHNS / December 26th, 2011

Mangalore varsity to offer Tulu certificate, diploma courses

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T.C. Shivashankara Murthy, Vice-Chancellor of Mangalore University, T.S. Nagabharana, film director, and Thukaram Poojary, president of the Rani Abbakka Tulu Adhyayana Kendra, at an exhibition at the five-day art camp which began on Saturday at B.C. Road near Mangalore. Photo: H.S. Manjunath

Mangalore University will offer postgraduate diploma, diploma and certificate courses on Tulu language from the next academic year.

This was stated by Vice-Chancellor T.C. Shivashankara Murthy while inaugurating a five-day art camp organised by the Rani Abbakka Tulu Adhyayana Kendra at Sanchayagiri, B.C. Road, on Saturday.

Prof. Murthy said the syllabus and regulations related to the three courses had already been sent to the Government for its approval two weeks ago. Once the varsity got the green signal, the courses would be offered in some of the 187 colleges affiliated to the university.

There was shortage of teachers while a decision to introduce Tulu language as a subject in schools was taken. The three courses offered by the university would now fill this gap. There was also a demand from a few colleges to start these courses, he said.

The university had an Adhyayana Kendra (study centre) on Tulu which played a key role in the proposed introduction of the courses. The faculty available with the kendra would offer their services to teach the three courses to the prospective students.

He said the kendra had funds which would be used to promote Tulu research in association with different organisations. The university had many study centres that promoted culture and literature of the coastal region and Yakshagana, Prof. Murthy said.

Prof. Murthy said the 24 artists who depicted the life and struggles of Rani Abbakka had a challenging task. They had to recreate situations of the past without compromising on the historically proven facts. The life of the queen was an inspiration for women.

“Though we have progressed in different fields, we have lagged behind in preserving our literature and culture.” Prof. Murthy hoped that the art camp and the efforts of the kendra would help in this regard.

President of the kendra, Thukaram Poojary, regretted that people did not have regard for the traditions. People could draw lessons for their future from them, he observed. He said there was a plan to launch an art gallery and a library on the premises of the kendra. There was also a plan to recreate a “Tulu village”.

President of Karnataka Chalanachitra Academy and film director T.S. Nagabharana, Bantwal MLA B. Ramanath Rai were present.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / News> Cities> Mangalore / by Staff  Correspondent / Mangalore, December 25th, 2011

 

Bangalore school wins national competition

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BANGALORE:

For the team of four that travelled from DAV Public School to Secunderabad, winning Upakaran 2011, the National Level Science Project Competition organised by M S Ramaiah Institute of Technology in Bangalore was thrilling to say the least.

Their project titled- ‘Generation of energy from speed breaker’, focused on generating electricity every time when a vehicle passes a speed breaker.

“We were pitted against participants from pre-university colleges in Bangalore and our project was really simple. But we think our project is a multi-purpose one, and we would definitely like to apply it in the future,” said Bhoja Ramakrishna, one of the winner, a class eleven student at DAV Public School, Secunderabad.

Using a copper coil, a magnet and a galvanometer, the team explained the viability and potential of the project to the judges.

Deepthi, Nanda, Harshitha and Yogapriya from Sri Kumarans Home Composite College shared the second place with Srinivas K N and Charitha T of PES PU College, Bangalore.

Judged by Dr Bhanuprashant, Professor, BNMIT, Prof Srinivas, MSRIT, and Dr. Venkatesh, MSRIT, winners were awarded with Rs 25,000 and Rs 15000 cash prizes.

source: http://www.ibnlive.in.com / Bangalore, posted December 17th, 2011 / Express News Service / The New Indian Expres

 

Rangayana to open ‘SCRIPT BANK’: Dr. Rajaram

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This year’s Bahuroopi theatre fest to stage plays by Jnanpith awardees


 

 

 

 

 

Mysore:

City’s theatre repertoire Rangayana will create a ‘Script Bank’ in which manuscripts relating to nearly 3,000 dramas would be posted on its website for the convenience of those interested, said Dr. B.V. Rajaram, Director of Rangayana, here this morning.

Participating in an interaction programme organised at Pathrakarthara Bhavan in city by Mysore District Journalists Association (MDJA), Dr. Rajaram said this year’s Bahuroopi National Theatre Festival would be held on the concept ‘Jnanpeetha Rangotsava’ in which dramas scripted by Jnanpith awardees would be staged.

The Rangayana Director also said that a huge collection of scripts and books by B.V. Karanth and his wife Prema Karanth would be preserved at Rangayana and added that the Karanth family had agreed to hand-over the literature treasure in the form of CDs and cassettes.

Dr. Rajaram, who said that this year’s Bahuroopi would be held in a grand manner even if it came to accepting private participation, added that the National School of Drama (NSD) and Rangayana should be incorporated for staging dramas in the State.

Seminar: Stating that Rangayana had plans to conduct a seminar on ‘Media-Rangabhoomi’ during Bahuroopi festival, Dr. Rajaram added that Rangayana’s activities were not limited to the city. He also said that dramas would be organised at taluk and district levels to identify and nurture talent among rural people.

MDJA President C.K. Mahendra, General Secretary K. Deepak, City Unit Secretary M. Subramanya and Rural Secretary Kukke Mahadevaswamy were present.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / General News / November 03rd, 2011

99th Indian Science Congress to be hosted at KIIT University Bhubaneshwar

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New Delhi:

The 99th Indian Science Congress (ISC), the largest national science event with thousands of delegates participating, exploring, understanding, analyzing and interacting on matters of science, was announced by Prof.Geetha Bali, General President of 99 Indian Science Congress, at New Delhi. The highly prestigious Indian Science Congress (ISC) is scheduled to be organized from 03 – 07 January 2012 at KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Orissa. The industry meet was attended by captains of industry, policy makers in science & technology, senior scientists from R&D institutions and corporates.

As per tradition the Science Congress will be inaugurated by Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, Shri Manmohan Singh. The event is likely to be attended by around 10,000 participants including Nobel laureates and several eminent scientists from India and abroad, besides lakhs of students and general public.

The focal theme of 99th Indian Science Congress would be “Science and Technology for Inclusive Innovation – Role of Women.” The Congress aims to salutes the transition displayed by women and their emergence as true epitomes of power and courage. Special emphasis will be laid on bridging the divide in our society using Science and Technology to achieve inclusive development – be it economic, geographical or gender based biases.

The 99th Indian Science Congress will have different sections and forums on Food & Nutrition, Rural Technology, Atmospheric Sciences, Nanotechnology, Agriculture, Green Building Technologies and Alternate Building Materials, Biodiversity, Biotechnology, Energy System, NBC Technologies for Armed Forces and Civilians, Environment & Forest, Medical Sciences, Climate Change, Space Science and Technology, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Transportation, Maternal & Child Health Care, Water Management, Technologies for Differently Abled, Science Education for Women etc.

Announcing this significant event, Prof. Geetha Bali, General President, 99th Indian Science Congress, Vice chancellor Karnataka State Women’s University, Bijapur said, “From a humble beginning Indian Science Congress has today emerged as one of the most awaited events on the science and technology calendar across the globe. The event will witness participation from some of the brightest minds in the realm of science from across the globe.”

Dr. Achyuta Samanta, Founder KIIT remarked, “We are proud to host this prestigious and mega Science Congress that will provide us an opportunity to get insight into the most brilliant minds from across the globe. The entire team at KIIT is working towards making this event a huge success.”

Mr. Ravi Boratkar, MD MM Activ Sci – Tech Communications Pvt. Ltd., “Over the years ISC has emerged as a milestone event to promote the cause of science in India. The 99th Indian Science Congress will showcase cutting-edge technologies, leading scientific products and services, path breaking R&D initiatives and achievements of India’s foremost and leading public and private sector organizations, government departments, research labs, educational institutions and defence services.”

The five day event will comprise Technical Sessions, Plenary Sessions, Vision Talks, Panel Discussions, Vigyan Sancharak Sammelan, Public Lectures, Pride of India Expo, Children Science Congress, Women Science Congress, Genesis- XI Symposium, Cultural Programme, Valedictory Function and Vigyan Jyot.

There will be special pavilions like “World of Women” (Wow), “Edu Vision”, “Hall of Pride” (HoP) etc. WoW will be depicting women in science and science for women, whereas Edu Vision will showcase innovative models by leading educational institutions. HoP shall be a dedicated section designed to raise a toast to the life and works of a prominent scientist and philanthropist.

Concurrent to the 99th ISC, Genesis-XI, a one day symposium will also be organized. The theme will be “Role of Women in India’s March as an Emerging Economy – Science / Health / Education / Empowerment“. Genesis has emerged as an important forum where best of minds from Industry, Scientific Fraternity, Policy Makers and Academia come together on a common platform and delves on the issues related to science and technology of national importance.

Another attraction of Science Congress will be Vigyan Jyot (Flame of Knowledge), which aims to spread the message of science and associated benefits to billions of people in India. This time Vigyan Jyot will travel from Delhi to Bhubaneswar and will remain lit at the venue throughout the event.

source: http://www.indiaprwire.com/pressrelease/information-technology/2011082595868.htm / Aug 25th, 2011

In a First, Girls Outnumber Boys in Private Aided Schools

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BANGALORE:

Call it woman power! Karnataka’s college-going girls have just broken the metaphorical glass ceiling and sent the boys packing in campuses across the state.

Girls outscoring boys in exams is passe. Karnataka’s 295 state-funded private degree colleges now have more girls than boys on campus.  For the first time this decade, female enrolment has overshot that of the male category in the state. Fresh data put out by the department of collegiate education (2010-11) shows that there are 1,02,629 girls compared to 96,543 boys in private aided colleges.
Karnataka’s government colleges, too, have recorded a three-fold rise in enrolment of girls in the last 10 years. In 2001, there were 24,477 girls joining conventional government degree colleges. By 2010, their numbers have swelled to 81,161, growing at a much faster pace than the opposite sex. During the same period, the number of male students increased from 33,922 to 84,475.

“This is a remarkable success story of girls in Karnataka. Although girls have been consistently doing better than boys in II PU exams, access has been a big issue. The state government has not only doubled the number of colleges in the last 10 years but decided to make admission into government colleges free for girls, a couple of years ago,” collegiate education director K V Kodandaramaiah, told TOI.

Collegiate department officials say that arts courses have been the overwhelming choice of girls followed by commerce and sciences. Vasanthi Srinivasan, professor of organisational behaviour and human resources management at Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore (IIM-B) foresaw the trend. “This was expected. We have been seeing girls making informed choices when it comes to non-engineering programmes. The world over, women’s enrolment has been high in humanities and biological sciences. What we should do now is crack it to get more girls into pure sciences.”

The turning point, if you can call it so, in the gender story, came in 2007-2008. The JD(S)-BJP government nearly doubled the number of government colleges from 182 to 349, pushing up enrolments. The following year, enrolment of women was double that of male students.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / By Mathang Seshagiri / TNN / June 03rd, 2011