Bangalore’s Electronic City To Become Asia’s First Internet of Things Hub, Cisco Building The Infrastructure

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Cisco is building Asia’s first Internet of Things hub in the Electronics City, Bangalore. This state of the art hub will provide a ‘smart city environment’ to IT and Electronics companies and help them create the next generation IT enabled solutions.

Utilizing Cisco’s network infrastructure and expertise in creating, testing and implementing electronic product prototypes, companies located in that area can create solutions for City Infrastructure Management (CIM) which can include smart parking, advanced CC TV surveillance, smart street lighting which saves energy, smart water management solutions and more.

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Last week, Cisco announced a partnership with Electronics City Industries Association (ELCIA), which has developed Electronics City to start this new exciting project which combines smart city experience with Internet of Things.

Why Electronic City?

People close to this project are saying that this partnership has been encouraged to help Electronic System Design and Manufacturing (ESDM) companies existing in the Electronic City, and encourage more Internet of Things enabled solutions and processes.

Broadly speaking, this new hub will successfully encapsulate both hardware and software expertise of Indian companies, and help them achieve futuristic solutions based on the existing technological platform provided by Cisco.

Electronics City is right now the biggest hub of software and electronics companies in Bangalore. More than 140 companies are spread across 800 acres, which includes some big names such as Infosys and Wipro. More than Rs 40,000 crore of revenue was generated from Electronic City last year.

The actual hub of Internet of Things, code named ‘Living Lab’ will be spread across 5 square kms inside the Electronics City. This hub will optimally utilize Cisco’s “Cisco Smart+Connected City Wi-Fi solution”, their network equipments such as routers, switches, access points etc which would be directly connected with the smart city’s optical fiber network.

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Startups and companies which are participating in this mega project can also get access to Cisco’s Internet of Things (IoT) Innovation Fund, which promotes and encourages such companies to create applications and software to promote IoT culture and technology. They can also participate in the global Cisco IoT challenge.

The first phase of the project will start somewhere in October, and once fully functional, would be spread to different parts of Bangalore, making it a 100% smart city within next few years.

Internet of Things is commonly referred to a platform wherein every device is connected to one another, thereby creating a huge network of smart devices. As per a recent study by Gartner, by 2020 there would be estimated 26 billion devices connected by Internet! Such huge inter-related devices will churn out approximately44 trillion of data by 2020, which further tells us how much important Internet of Things has become for the whole world.

Cisco has been advertising “internet of things” aggressively on Television in recent days – This 1 minute video explains you beautifully What Internet of Things is all about [Don’t Miss It]

Bangalore’s Electronic City To Become Asia’s First Internet of Things Hub, Cisco Building The Infrastructure

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Earlier, we had reported that Gujarat government is currently building India’s first smart city near to Ahmedabad. Such smart cities will no doubt utilize Internet of Things technology for maximum output. Cisco has already informed the Indian government that they want to participate in this initiative to create smart cities, and the first step has already been taken.

Indian technological world and IT industry will be surely keeping a close watch on this exciting development!

source: http://www.trak.in / Trak.in / Home> Internet / by Mohul Ghosh> In Internet / July 07th, 2014

DAC Road Races : Mysore’s Thippavva Sannaki wins in style

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Mysore :

Mysore’s Thippavva Sannakki hogged the limelight by winning the women’s 6 km run at Deccan Athletic Club’s K. A. Nettakalappa Memorial Road Races held at Bellary recently.

Parasappa Harijol completed a fine double winning the men’s 12km event in the second leg.

Parasappa, who had won the Tumkur leg of the event two weeks ago, outwitted his rivals again to claim the top prize, pushing Kanakappa Donni to second place. Lingaraja Haliyal finished third in the competition, sponsored by Deccan Herald and Prajavani.

In the women’s 6km run, Thippava Sannaki of Mysore took the top spot. K. M. Archana came home second while B. K. Supriya finished third.

Mysore’s Priyanka, winner of the Tumkur leg, had seemed poised for another victory when she surged ahead. Leading for most part of the race, Priyanka, however, slipped and fell with two kilometres left for the finish. Priyanka then pulled out of the race after which Sannaki eased home.

Mohammad Noorul won the 2.5 km run for boys, pushing Lakshman to second spot and S. Thejas to third. Jayalakshmi emerged winner in the 2.5 km run for girls with Malleshwari Rathod taking the second spot and R. Usha ending up third.

Results: Men’s (12km run): 1. Parasappa Harijol (SAI, B’lore); 2. Kanakappa S Donni (Mundaragi); 3. Lingaraj Haliyal (Dharwad). Women (6km run): 1. Thippava Sanakki (Mysore); 2. K.M. Archana (Alvas Moodbidri); 3. B.K. Supriya. Boys (2.5km run): 1. Mohammad Nurul (Alva’s, Moodbidri); 2. Lakshman (DYAS, Vidyanagar, Bangalore); 3. S Thejas (KK High School, B’lore). Girls (2.5km run): 1. Jayalakshmi (Alvas, Moodbidiri); 2. Malleshwari Rathod (Bijapur); R. Usha (DYAS, Vidyanagar).

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports News / July 04th, 2014

City students Deia Urs and Vibha Mugwe top in CBSE Science Expo

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Selected for National-level exhibition to be held in Delhi in October 2014

Vibha G. Mugwe and Deia S. Urs are seen receiving the Certificate from Dr. Roopa Prakash, Scientist, IISc, Bangalore as Manjula Raman, Principal, Army Public School, Bangalore, looks on.
Vibha G. Mugwe and Deia S. Urs are seen receiving the Certificate from
Dr. Roopa Prakash, Scientist, IISc, Bangalore as Manjula Raman, Principal, Army Public School, Bangalore, looks on.

 

Mysore :

The 2104 CBSE Regional-level Science Exhibition was held at Army Public School in Bangalore from June 27 to 29.

Over 80 teams representing about 50 Schools from all over the State participated in the science exhibition. The themes included technology, environment, health, energy, agriculture, robotics, mathematical models etc. Other topics included bio-plastic, unmanned aerial pesticide sprayer, fiber optics, windmill and many more.

City’s students — Deia S. Urs and Vibha G. Mugwe — 8th standard students of Vidya Vardhaka Sangha B. M. Shri Educational Institutions, Kuvempunagar, won the first place in the exhibition for their theme ‘Back to Roots: Natural Colours Vs Artificial Colours.’

‘Back to Roots’ is a concept of painting clay Ganesha idols with natural colours extracted manually from seeds, roots, leaves, flowers, fruits and vegetables in order to avoid polluting water even though the idols are immersed in lakes or ponds during Ganesha festival.

Bixa orellana was used to extract orangish red, clitorea ternata for blue, basella alba for purple, geranium for pinkish red, spinach for green, beetroot for brownish red, sandalwood bark for brown, turmeric for yellow. Lime for white, soap stone for cream and dried banana peel for black to name a few. Using these natural colours, three Ganesha idols were decoratively painted and kept at the science exhibition.

Guided by Anupana Padaki, a case study of a popular lake in Mysore was undertaken by the students. Water samples were taken and tested for pollutants and other contamination. Charts and presentation representing the contamination level of water due to immersion of oil painted Ganesha idols in the lake, its effect on the life of the fish and other dependent animals, interview with the locals about the type of Ganesha festival celebrations, percentage of people in the area celebrating Ganesha festival with oil painted Ganesha idols, and with eco-friendly Ganesha idols, and creating awareness to the locals about eco-friendly festival celebrations were shown by the duo at the exhibition.

Immaculate explanation, smart presentation of charts, facts and figures of the study and proper demonstration of the theme helped them to win the first place. They will be representing the Zone at the National-level Science exhibition to be held in Delhi in October 2014.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / July 04th, 2014

Innovation Excellence Award for Skanray

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Picture shows N. Ravindran, Director – Operations, Skanray receiving the award from Kalraj Mishra, Minister for MSMEs at a function held at Hotel Lalit Ashok in Bangalore.
Picture shows N. Ravindran, Director – Operations, Skanray receiving the award from Kalraj Mishra, Minister for MSMEs at a function held at Hotel Lalit Ashok in Bangalore.

Mysore :

Skanray Technologies Pvt. Ltd, KIADB Industrial Area, Mysore, was adjudged the winner for Innovation in Competitiveness among MSMEs during the Innovation Excellence Awards ceremony held recently at Hotel Lalit Ashok in Bangalore.

This award has been instituted by Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FKCCI). Skanray presented their new product, Comet plus, a Pulse Oximeter with a host of innovative features packed in a low cost design.

N. Ravindran, Director – Operations, Skanray, received the award from Kalraj Mishra, Minister for MSMEs, Government of India.

T.N. Sudarshan – Secretary General, FKCCI; K. Shiva Shanmugam, Imm. Past President, FKCCI; S. Sampathraman, President-Elect, FKCCI; R. Shivakumar, President, FKCCI, Tallam R. Dwarakanath, Sr. Vice-President-Elect, FKCCI; Uma Reddy, Chairperson, EDTI Committee, FKCCI; Shankaranarayan, GM, BHEL; Baba Kalyani, Chairman, Kalyani Group; Madhavlal, IAS, Secretary MSME and others were present.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / July 04th, 2014

Paintings of Heritage structures on show at Kukkarahalli lake

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Artist Shivakumar explains about his art works to Sri Somanatheshwara Swamiji at the art exhibition being held on the banks of Kukkarahalli Lake last evening. Archaeology Department Commissioner Dr. C.G. Betsurmath and others are seen.
Artist Shivakumar explains about his art works to Sri Somanatheshwara Swamiji at the art exhibition being held on the banks of Kukkarahalli Lake last evening. Archaeology Department Commissioner Dr. C.G. Betsurmath and others are seen.

Mysore :

There are more than 25,000 heritage monuments in the State which need to be conserved, said Dr. C.G. Betsurmath, Commissioner, Department of Archaeology and Museums.

He was speaking after inaugurating a painting exhibition titled ‘Noda Banni Namma Mysoora’ at Kukkarahalli Lake premises in city last evening.

Drawings of heritage structures created by artist Shivakumar H. Doddarasinakere, were on display attracted a huge number of art enthusiasts. The paintings included that of Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar, Chamaraja Wadiyar, Jayamarthanda and Varaha gates of the Amba Vilas Palace, the Clock Tower, Lawns in front of the Palace, Devaraja Market, etc.

Sri Somanatheshwara Swamiji of Adichunchanagiri Mutt, Mysore branch, Director of State Vokkaliga Sangha Prasanna, member of Niranthara Foundation Prasad Kundur, Principal of Kalaniketana School of Arts K.C. Mahadev Shetty and others were present.

The exhibition will be open to public from 6.30 am to 6.30 pm till July 7.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / July 04th, 2014

Textile Buyer-Seller meet begins

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Mayor N.M. Rajeshwari is seen admiring a saree after inaugurating the expo in city this morning as others look on . [Pic. by Pragathi Gopalakrishna]
Mayor N.M. Rajeshwari is seen admiring a saree after inaugurating the expo in city this morning as others look on . [Pic. by Pragathi Gopalakrishna]
Mysore :

Mayor N.M. Rajeshwari inaugurated a three-day textile exhibition (buyer-seller meet) organised jointly by the Union Ministry of Textiles and the Regional office of the Textile Commissioner, Bangalore, at Nanjaraja Bahadur Choultry on Vinoba road in city this morning.

In-charge DC Palaiah, ZP CEO P.A. Gopal, T.V. Maruthi, member, Committee of Administration, PDEXCIL (Powerloom Development and Export Promotion Council), Mumbai, T.L. Balakumar, Deputy Director and office-in-charge, Regional office of the Textile Commissioner, Bangalore, Assistant Director Humayun and others were present on the occasion.

The exhibition is a fabric buyer-seller meet-cum-powerloom products mela. During the three-day expo, powerloom cloth and made-up manufacturers from various clusters across the country including Gadag, Salem, Chennai, Bangalore, Erode, Kolkata, Belgaum, Hyderabad, Varanasi, Chittur, Vellore, Dindigul etc. shall display their products and offer them for sale to wholesale and retail consumers of textiles. Further, a wide and latest range of textile products namely dhotis, sarees, dress materials, suiting and shirting materials, bed sheets, towels, napkins etc. are displayed at the expo, which concludes on July 6.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / July 04th, 2014

Infosys becomes first IT firm to file sustainability report

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Bangalore:

Global software major Infosys Ltd became the world’s first IT firm to file a sustainability report based on the latest global reporting initiative (GRI) framework, the IT bellwether said on Wednesday.

“As a value-driven company, we follow the highest levels of disclosure, besides ensuring compliance with the laws of the land.

“The sustainability report demonstrates our reporting practices and addresses expectations of our stakeholders,” the $8.3-billion company said in a statement.

GRI’s fourth generation (G4) is the widely respected sustainability reporting framework, worldwide.

Reporting as per G4 guidelines demonstrates the company’s commitment to advocate the adoption of integrated reporting practices globally.

The company’s integrated reporting framework provides synergy between its economic, social and environmental strategies, action plans and desired outcomes.

“The framework has helped us achieve our sustainability goals, reducing per capita electricity and fresh water consumption by 44 per cent and 35 per cent during the last fiscal (2013-14),” the statement said.

The company’s sustainability efforts have recently won gold at the Ashden awards in London, considered the Green Oscars, for its achievements in building energy efficiency.

The company also contributed to the well being of local communities through various projects undertaken by its foundation.

source: http://www.ibnlive.in.com / IBN Live / Home> News / IANS / Bangalore – July 02nd, 2014

‘Seed Festival’ in city on July 5 and 6

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Mysore :

‘Beeja Jathre,’ a festival of seeds and grains will be held at Nanjaraja Bahadur Choultry in city on July 5 and 6 under the aegis of Sahaja Samrudha.

Farmers and consumers can apprise themselves of nearly 1,500 indigenous varieties of seeds, of which more than 900 will be of different varieties of paddy, said G. Seema of Sahaja Samrudha and State Coordinator of Save Our Rice Movement here yesterday.

Krishnaprasad, founder of Sahaja Samrudha, said that more than 50 groups of seed conservators from all over South India will participate and showcase at least 35 varieties of ragi, 50 varieties of brinjal and more than 900 varieties of rice.

In addition, indigenous delicacies made of organic products will be displayed and also sold during the festival.

This is the first such seed fest being held in Mysore, and on the occasion, the organisers will felicitate some farmers who have taken up seed conservation.

The festival will be inaugurated by Zilla Panchayat CEO P.A. Gopal. A book titled “Beeja Bangara” authored by G.S. Jayadeva of Deenabandhu Trust will be released on the occasion.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / July 03rd,2014

Engg students invent farmer-friendly equipment

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The students of Automobile department, PES Engineering College, Mandya, have invented a new machine using Bullet motorbike that can be used for watering crop, sprinkle fertilisers, and can also light a bulb during night.

Terming it a farmer-friendly vehicle, the students said that their innovation would help in minimising expenses related to labour and power bills.

The students who were involved in the project are Irfanuddin, Mir Mazhar Ali, and Nagesh H R. They were guided by Prof B Dinesh Prabhu, and encouraged by HoD Dr J Venkatesh.

Pumps water

A 2 HP water pump motor has been fixed to the clutch shaft on the left side of the 350 CC diesel bullet vehicle. This will pump 20 to 25 litres of water evey minute, say the students.

Sprinkle pesticides

A pesticide sprinkling machine with one HP capacity has been fitted near the water pump.
The pesticide tank has been fitted on the rear of the vehicle.

It has the capacity to sprinkle four litres of pesticides in one minute, and can cover one acre in one hour.

Lights

The machine can also used by the farmers even during night. By strengthening the magneto electric power, a 12 volt battery has been used to light a bulb.

One of the students Nagesh said that they had spent around Rs 20,000 to develop the machine.

The vehicle can be run for ninty minutes with one litre of diesel.

AC buttons, which are used in cars have been fixed near handles.

The machine gets activated when the buttons are switched on and the vehicle can be driven normally on roads, when these buttons are switched off, they added.

source: http://www.deccanherald.com / Deccan Herald / Home> District / Mandya – DHNS, July 01st, 2014

Remembering Sir Mirza Ismail

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Mysore city is blessed in more ways than many other cities of South India. Its location is ideal. An imposing hill with a temple of Goddess Chamundeshwari. River Cauvery flows just 12 kms away. River Kabini is just 35 kms away. A green cover all around with a salubrious climate. Even summer is forgotten as fast as one started complaining of the heat with the monsoon setting in by May end.

If these are nature’s bounty bestowed on our city, providence too has been kind with the Wadiyar dynasty ruling the Kingdom of Mysore with this city as its capital. And blessed are the people because the Kings who ruled after 1800 AD have all been good kings with most of them being patrons of art, literature and music. And during the long reign of Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV the Kingdom became a Rama Rajya as Gandhiji called it and the King himself was a Rajarishi. Philosopher-king. It was this king who ruled the kingdom with the help of renowned Dewans [Prime Ministers]. One among them was Sir Mirza Ismail.

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For some years I was a member of ‘Freemasons,’ sort of secret club known as The Grand Lodge of India, Lodge Mysore. Recently I was going through its publication known as ‘The Square and Compasses’ and was intrigued to find the name of Sir Mirza Ismail being mentioned in it in glowing terms just as his work in Mysore was much appreciated.

His name was mentioned in connection with the problems the ruler and administrators faced in the Kingdom of Jaipur, Rajasthan, from vested groups. The situation was similar to what happened during the building of the Great Temple in Jerusalem after Jews were freed from their Babylonian captivity after 70 years of exile.

It appears during the year of exile of Jews, there was no government of any kind in the country and many outlaws, murderers, debtors and others with dubious characters from neighbouring countries came and settled in the Jewish country, specially in the city of Jerusalem. These people resented the arrival of Jews, from their Babylonian exile, trying to restore law and order. There was daily strife between the two warring sides which compelled the labourers at the temple area literally to work with the ‘trowel in hand and sword by the side.’ This, of course, has become part of the traditional ritual in the Freemason ceremony.

Recalling this historic ancient incident, the report in the magazine connects it to an incident in modern times. It says, “In our own times, we have heard of Sir Mirza Ismail — Special Officer entrusted with the task of beautification of the city of Jaipur in Rajasthan. With undaunted courage and determination, he went on with pulling down dozens of houses as per his masterplan without fear or favour, even those of big and influential citizens who naturally tried to oppose his doings.”

No wonder the grateful citizens of Jaipur named a major road after Sir Mirza Ismail. Now compare this with ourselves. Is there a road named after this great Dewan of Mysore Sir Mirza Ismail? I don’t know. Is there a road named after Sir M. Visveswaraya? I do not know. Yes, someone told me there indeed is a Mirza Road but it does not run even a km length in Nazarbad. In Jaipur, I have seen Sir Mirza Ismail Road, a double road, running to a few km length in keeping with his stature. Yes, there is also one inconspicuous Circle named after Sir MV ! Could they not have a statue of Sir MV there just like the other two statues of Maharajas?

Incidentally, the message from the Grand Master Most Worshipful Brother Vasudev J. Masurekar, OSM, has the opening paragraph that takes you to 2nd century BC and then brings you to 2014 AD. It speaks of Delphic Oracle in Greece where I had been about five years back, hence my interest. The Grand Master says:

The temple of Apollo at Delphi, built in the 2nd century BC, has three phrases carved into the stone. First is, “Know thyself,” second “Nothing in excess” and the third is “Make a pledge and mischief is nigh.”

These three statements have made the Oracle of Delphi famous universally.

All the three statements are profound and impacts on every individual’s life. Because we do not try to know ourselves, we delude ourselves as someone that we are not. Buddha has taught us to follow the golden path, the middle path. Nothing in excess. Neither more nor less. The third statement is rather complex. No wonder over the centuries there have been many interpretations of these words and debates by philosophers and scholars.

However, let me venture to interpret the third statement in the light, nay in the dim light, of my own wisdom. It says, “Make a Pledge and Mischief is Nigh.” These are the days where politicians in our democratic country keep making pledges, from swearing on our Constitution, to protect and preserve it, to provide a good administration and infrastructure. But, our experience has been that they seldom keep their pledge. That is why I interpret this statement to mean, ‘when you make a pledge, you are near a mischief.’ You are upto some mischief! Read politician in the place of you. Howzzat?

e-mail: kbg@starofmysore.com

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Abracadabra….Abracadabra / by K.B. Ganapathy  / July 02nd, 2014