20 teachers to receive district-level award

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It will be presented at Teachers’ Day programme today

As many as 20 teachers from lower primary, higher primary and secondary government, and aided schools will receive this year’s best teachers award from the district administration.

The award will given in the district-level Teachers’s Day programme to be held in Sullia on Wednesday.

Among the seven teachers to receive the award from the lower primary school include Thimmappa, the Assistant Teacher from the Government Lower Primary School in Maletodi village in Puttur. Mr. Thimmappa is the lone teacher for 30 students of the school. The other teachers from the lower primary school to receive the award are Assistant Teacher Wilma Sequeira from Kula village in Bantwal, Assistant Teacher Seetaram from Machhina village in Belthangady, Seesamma from Kallapu near Mangaluru, Ashwini Shedti from Kakwa near Mangaluru, Jyothi K from Kemaru near Moodbidri and Shalini M from Yennemajalu in Sullia.

The six teachers to receive the award from the higher primary schools are Nalinakshi from Bolar in Mangaluru, Mary D’Souza from Bondel in Mangaluru, Vinay Kumar M from Kallabettu near Moodbidri, Mudara Baira from Harady in Puttur taluk, Saraswati K from Arantoodu village in Sullia taluk and Sanjeeva N from Mittooru village in Bantwal taluk.

The seven from secondary schools to receive the award are Roshan Alexander Pinto from Modankapu in Bantwal taluk, Gopalakrishna Tulupule from Naravi in Belthangady taluk, Lilli Pais from Attavara in Mangaluru, Krishna Nayak from Surathkal in Mangaluru, Balakrishna Gowda B from Prantya in Moodbidri taluk, Vanita Kumar from Puttur and Channappa Gowda M from Gandhinagar in Sullia.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Mangaluru / by Special Correspondent / Mangaluru – September 05th, 2018

Giving wings to their dreams

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The SHG members engaged in agarbathi manufacturing and marketing in Mysuru.
The SHG members engaged in agarbathi manufacturing and marketing in Mysuru.

Specially-abled individuals working in a self-help group turn entrepreneurs

A group of specially-abled individuals have turned from employment seekers to entrepreneurs with a strong product line.

With some support from the city-based VILD Foundation, a wing of Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement (SVYM) which has been working for decades to empower rural and tribal communities, the Jeeva Jyothi Vikalanga Chethanara – an SHG from Bandipalya – is now into agarbathi manufacturing and marketing.

Of the individuals in the SHG group, seven are visually impaired, three are orthopaedically handicapped, and one is hearing impaired. Along with their families, they got involved in the SHG’s activities and processes. The members were keen on exploring new avenues to improve their financial status.

Impressed with their desire to scale new heights, VILD Foundation decided to support them with a new entrepreneurial venture.

N. Mahadevaswamy, senior manager, VILD Foundation, stated in a release, that VILD held regular discussions with the members to chart the future course of action. The members were trained in agarbathi preparation, packing and marketing besides receiving training in management of their unit and their finances.

Aradhana agarbathi

Soon the SHG came out with its first product – Aradhana Agarbathi – and followed this up by manufacturing candles under the same brand name.

Key members of the SHG, Shambulinga and his wife Manjula, said they were languishing in the four walls of their homes.

“We were put on the road to independence by the efforts of SVYM. Now, we are able to generate income based on our own abilities and are not dependent on others, they added.

Yashashwini food

But this is only not the only one. A similar SHG-inspired entrepreneurial effort has fructified in Chunchurayana Hundi village of Mysore taluk, where 10 women entrepreneurs have come together to start ‘Yashashwini Mahila Kiru Udyamigala Sangha’.

Fast-moving food products like pickles, pappad, and confectioneries are being produced by these women.

Training in preparation

They were trained in hygiene and nutritional aspects of preparation as also on management and financial aspects. The production process has been standardised and streamlined to ensure quality while FSSAI accreditation (Food Standards and Safety Association of India) has been obtained, said Mr. Mahadevaswamy.

The products of both these entrepreneurial initiatives – Aradhana Agarbathi and Candles and Yashashwini Food – were launched in the city recently.

Officials of the Department for the Empowerment of Differently Abled and Senior Citizens; M.R. Seetharam, Executive Director, VILD Foundation; Sudarshan, Director, Vivekananda Institute for Leadership Development;, SHG members and staff of SVYM were present.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> States> Karnataka / by Special Correspondent / Mysuru – September 03rd, 2018

A hundred years in service to their school

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The alumni association of St. Joseph’s Boys’ High School will organise a centenary year programme from August 31 to September 2. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
The alumni association of St. Joseph’s Boys’ High School will organise a centenary year programme from August 31 to September 2. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

If this school has a rich history spanning 160 years to boast about, so does its alumni association. From reconnecting old students to helping the current ones, the association does its bit to strengthen the school and it has been at it for a hundred years.

To celebrate this milestone, the Old Boys Association (OBA) of St. Joseph’s Boys’ High School is organising a centenary year programme from August 31 to September 2 on the school premises on Museum Road. The idea of forming an association of alumni of the St. Joseph’s Boys High School, which was established in 1858, was initiated in 1901.

“But, it took shape only in 1918 after the first World War. The first general body meeting of the association was held in 1919. From just a handful of former students who started the association, the OBA today has over 7,000 members,” said Jyotinath Ganguly, member of the managing committee of OBA and a student of the 1975 batch.

Apart from offering academic scholarships to students, the association has also been giving scholarship for sports. “It provides midday meals to underprivileged students and provides health and accident insurance to the teaching and non-teaching staff,” said Mr. Ganguly.

The OBA also made a significant contribution for the reconstruction of the school and got a modern sports complex built.

“The fact that we alumni have been able to maintain strong ties with the school for this long is very unique. Many eminent personalities have been part of the association, including former Indian cricket captain Rahul Dravid, former acting President of Singapore J.Y. Pillay, NetApp Ceo George Kurian, Hotmail founder Sabeer Bhatia, Olympic gold medal winners in hockey Walter D’Souza and Jansen Patrick among others. They have helped drive our initiatives,” he said.

As part of the centenary celebrations, the OBA plans to release a coffee table book describing the journey of the association along with a special postal cover and a centenary souvenir.

The book will be released by Rahul Dravid. Gala events for the former students has also been planned.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Bengaluru / by Staff Reporter / Bengaluru – August 29th, 2018

Hackathon throws up ideas galore by students

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Class IX students of Kendriya Vidyalaya in Mysuru demonstrating their solution to convert sign language into audio output at the hackathon in the city on Sunday.
Class IX students of Kendriya Vidyalaya in Mysuru demonstrating their solution to convert sign language into audio output at the hackathon in the city on Sunday.

When Sathvik S.R., a Class IX student of Kendriya Vidyalaya in Mysuru, and his classmates were unable to understand the sign language of a verbally challenged carpenter who was working in their school, they decided to do something to make it easier for him and millions of others like him.

Their invention – gloves with flex sensors that provide an audio output when fingers are moved – drew applause from the jury as well the mentors and fellow participants at the Fall Hackathon 2018 organised by Silicon RD Accelerator, a launchpad for startups, in Mysuru on Sunday.

Sathvik worked with classmates Changappa P.D., Gangadhar K.M. and Karan R., all 14-year-olds, and demonstrated how the flex sensors fixed to the glove worn by the person give certain values when bent while they communicated in sign language.

The arduino – a platform for building electronic projects comprising programmable circuit board with software that runs on computer – sends certain signals over Bluetooth for certain values that are in turn received by an application, which interprets the signals and provides an audio output along with an image.

The team, named ‘Awaaz’, tried to convince the jury that their solution was not only cost-effective, but also user-friendly. Awaaz said they would like to target NGOs that can provide a larger platform to reach millions of people with similar difficulties.

Dealing with backache

Backaches have turned out to be bane of many, especially those whose job involves a lot of desk work.

But, Ajay and his teammate Niranjan have come up with a network of sensors that not only diagnose and alert a person when she or he is slouching, but also provide solutions on maintaining the right posture.

After speaking with doctors, orthopaedics and physiotherapists, Ajay and Niranjan plan to manufacture garments including shifts, T-shirts and jackets fixed with sensors that can be customised to the requirements of an individual.

A total of 80 students and professionals comprising about 18 teams participated in the two-day Hackathon, which concluded on Sunday. The other ideas that were praised at the hackathon included a mechanical device that climbs and plucks arecanut from trees, said Sid Mukherjee, founder CEO, Silicon RD.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> States> Karnataka / by Special Correspondent / Mysuru – Septmber 03rd,2018