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Bengaluru: Security guard’s son wins gold, heads to world championship
Sumant will be now representing India at the World Skills 2019 in Kazan, Russia next year.
Bengaluru :
Sumant SC becomes the only Bengalurean to win a gold medal and cash prize of Rs 1 lakh in the mechatronics category at the IndiaSkills National competition 2018 held in New Delhi recently. Mechatronics is a technology that combines electronics and mechanical engineering.
Sumant, a class 10 pass out, could not continue his studies as his parents could not afford his education. His father Chikkabettaiah is a security guard and mother Jayalakshmi a homemaker. After his SSLC from a government school, Sumant enrolled for a free three-year training programme in mechatronics at a renowned car company, following which he took a job at the same company. “The competition was difficult because we did not know what to expect and what models, we’ll have to assemble,” said Sumant who started training for the competition six months ago.
Sumant said that he had been training every day for 10 hours, 8.30 am to 6.30 pm, under the guidance of his trainer J Bhagyashree Patil. “When I returned, my parents were excited that I had won a gold medal for the first time in my life. They called my relatives and informed them.”
The four-day event included six tasks – known, maintenance, two unknown and optimisation task. The unknown task was the toughest, said Sumant, as they were asked to assemble models based on a picture with the kits provided to them.
Sumant will be now representing India at the World Skills 2019 in Kazan, Russia next year. He is currently undergoing training for the same. “I am hoping to win the world competition and bring back a gold again. I want to make my parents proud,” he said.
He was one among 14 participants from six states and different companies to participate in the event. Karnataka won a total number of 16 medals – 7 gold, 5 silver and 3 bronze medals at the competition. The state has also secured one Medallion for Excellence.
source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> Cities> Bengaluru / by Preeja Prasad, Express News Service / October 27th, 2018
PHWRs: Kaiga station’s Unit-1 creates world record
It completed 895 days of continuous operation on Thursday
The Kaiga Generating Station, which is already on India’s Nuclear Power Programme, has created a world record for the longest uninterrupted operation of units having pressurised heavy water reactors (PHWRs).
The earlier record for PHWRs was held by Unit-7 of Pickering Nuclear Generating Station at Ontario, Canada, which operated continuously for 894 days and a few hours. That record was set on October 7, 1994.
In an official release on Thursday, Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd. (NPCL) announced that Unit-1 of Kaiga Generating Station (KGS-1) completed 895 days of continuous operation.
Kaiga now stands first in the world for continuous operation with regard to PHWRs and second among all nuclear power reactors. The Advanced Gas Cooled Reactor (AGR), Heysham II-8 of the United Kingdom, holds the overall record of 940 days of continuous operation.
KGS-1 in Kaiga, located 56 km from Karwar, has been generating electricity continuously since May 13, 2016. KGS-1, an indigenously built pressurised heavy water reactor run by domestic fuel (uranium), began its commercial operation on November 16, 2000. This June, KGS-1 set a national record for continuous operation of 766 days and it reached the second position among PHWRs in the world.
Official sources informed The Hindu that KGS-1 was in good condition and was capable of continuing the power generation. As NPCL authorities want to continue the operation of KGS-1, the required procedures, as and when required, would be followed, sources said.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> States> Karnataka / by Special Correspondent / Hubballi – October 25th, 2018