Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani is the first Indian to receive this prestigious award from Yale University.
Yale University felicitated the chairman of India’s Unique Identification Database Authority and Infosys’ co-founder Nandan Nilekani with the ‘Legend in Leadership Award’. Nilekani is the first Indian to receive this award.
The ‘Legend in Leadership Award’ was created 20 years ago to honour current and former CEOs who serve as living legends to inspire chief executives across industries, sectors and nations.
The award was presented to Nilekani by Richard C. Levin, president, Yale University, at the Yale CEO Leadership Summit of The Chief Executive Leadership Institute. The summit convened 100 business leaders in New Delhi, to discuss the theme of ‘Navigating the Global Oceans of Opportunity for Indian Business’.
Nilekani, who co-founded Infosys in 1981 and served as CEO from 2002 to 2007, holds the rank of cabinet minister as the first chairman of the Indian government’s newly created ‘Unique Identification Database Authority’. The universal ID card is expected to help ensure that most of the billions of dollars India and other organisations spend on aid reach the people for whom it was intended.
In 2006, he was awarded the Padma Bhushan, one of the highest civilian honours awarded by the Government of India.
source: http://www.efytimes.com / EFY Times.com / Home> InfoTech> Awards and Recognition / Monday – November 09th, 2009
City’s athlete K.R. Meghana taking part in the All India Inter Railway Athletic meet 2014 held at Nehru stadium, Chennai recently won the bronze medal in the women’s 800 mts event.
Meghana represented East Coast Railway in the championship and won the bronze medal in the 800 mts event with a timing of 2:16:00 sec. She will represent Odhisa State in the Open National Athletic Meet to be held at Patna from 10th October 2014. Meghana is being coached by M.N. Sadashiva Rao, Retired District Physical Education Officer, Mysore.
Mysore’s Bharath of South Western Railway also won a bronze medal in the men’s 4x400m relay event, representing SWR in the Inter-Railway meet.
Thippavva Sannakki of South Western Railway, Mysore took part in the women’s 5000 mts event and finished seventh.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports News / September 16th, 2014
IT Czar Nandan Nilekani has been selected for the ‘Legend in Leadership Award’, becoming the first Indian to receive Yale University’s top honour.
Nilekani, 54, Chairman of India’s Unique Identification Database Authority will be presented with award given by the Yale University President Richard C Levin at the Yale CEO Leadership Summit of The Chief Executive Leadership Institute in New Delhi on November 6.
The summit will convene one hundred world-renowned business leaders in New Delhi on November 5 and 6 to discuss the theme of ‘Navigating the Global Oceans of Opportunity for Indian Business,’ a media release said.
The ‘Legend in Leadership Award’ was created 20 years ago to honor current and former CEOs who serve as living legends to inspire chief executives across industries, sectors, and nations.
Jamie Dimon of JPMorgan Chase; Robert Iger of The Walt Disney Company; Stephen Schwarzman of The Blackstone Group; Roger Enrico of PepsiCo; John Pepper of Proctor & Gamble and Don Keough of The Coca-Cola Co were some of the other people who received the prestigious honour.
Others who had earlier received the honour include were McKinsey founder Marvin Bower;Richard Teerlink of Harley-Davidson.; Holiday Inn founder Kemmons Wilson; financier Wilbur Ross; and Lou Gerstner of IBM.
source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> India / PTI / November 03rd, 2009
The Mysore District Masters Athletic Association felicitated the Master Athletes — (sitting from left) B.K. Somashekar, M. Yogendra and Lingaraju — who will be representing India in the Asian Masters Athletic Meet-2014 to be held at Japan from Sept. 19.
Mysore :
The Mysore District Masters Athletic Association felicitated the Master Athletes from Mysore city — M. Yogendra (Superindent of Central Excise & Customs), B.K. Somashekar (SWR Workshop, Mysore) and Lingaraju (Mysore Police) — who will be representing India in the Asian Masters Athletic Meet 2014 to be held at Japan from Sept. 19, 2014, at a function held at Lions Hall, Mysore, on Saturday.
Raju, Works Manager, SWR Workshop, Ravi Kumar, Vice-President, MDJA, L. Manjunath, Dasara Sports Sub-Committee, Chairman and Benaka Prasad, SAI Athletic Coach, University of Mysore, Sumana Narashima Murthy, President, MDMAA, Sathyanarayana, Hon. Secretary, MDMAA and other office-bearers of the MDMAA were also present on the occasion.
M. Yogendra will compete inthe 50 plus men’s 3000m Steeple-Chase event while B.K. Somashekar will compete in the 50 plus men’s 100m and Long-Jump event. Lingaraju will compete in the 45 plus men’s discus-throw event. The three athletes will be leaving for Japan from Bangalore on Sept. 17 along with the other members of the Indian team
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports News / September 15th, 2014
Madan, a student of Vivekananda Yoga Education and Research Institution, Vijayanagar, Mysore, who participated in the Inter-School/College Yoga Competition held recently, has bagged the ‘Champion of Champions’ title and has been selected to participate in the National Yoga Competition to be held in Hyderabad during the month of November.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports News / September 15th, 2014
Two roller skaters from city, Dr. Varsha S. Puranik and Akash Aradhya, will represent India in the 16th Asian Roller Skating Championships to be held at Haining City, China, from September 17.
Dr. Varsha, who is pursuing her Post Graduation in Microbiology at JSS Medical College, Mysore, will be participating in seven events in the women’s section — 300 mts., 500 mts. and 1000 mts. Rink Races and 200, 500 mts. Road Races and Road Relay.
Akash, a 1st year B.Com student of D. Banumaiah’s College, Mysore, will be taking part in the 300, 500 mts. Track and 200, 500 mts. Road Races and Track and Road Relay events, in the in the men’s category.
The two Mysoreans are part of the seven member India team which will be leaving Mumbai for China on Monday evening.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports News / September 15th, 2014
Every child is an artist, the problem is staying an artist when you grow up – Pablo Picasso.
These words of Pablo Picasso holds good for every child who is born on the earth. Every child involves in multiple activities and it is for the parents and teachers to identify the talent of the kid and encourage them in the endeavours to achieve great heights in their field of interest. There have been examples of people who have been able to achieve their goals both in their professional lives and the career they pursue with a passion.
But, for students of medical education and medicos it is difficult to take some time off to pursue their hobby. Only a few find sometime to pursue their hobby and excel.
Recently, the JSS Medical College on the occasion of 99th birth anniversary of Sri Shivarathri Rajendra Swamiji had organised an art exhibition at its premises where the medicos, students and staff showcased their art works which ranged from photography, paintings to pencil sketching.
‘Lost in Ecstasy’, a pencil sketch by Dr. P.C. Rajath, a House Surgeon, was eye-catching. While, the painting of a dancing couple by Soumya Singh and Pahari painting of Subhra Singh, both students of 3rd MBBS also attracted a lot of attention.
Speaking to SOM, Sowmya Singh said that ‘Dancing Couple’ is a depiction of the couple who do not have any connection with the outer world but enjoy their time together.
Continuing with painting Dr. Malar, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Anatomy, JSS Medical College, who has painted the portrait of Lord Ganesh in Mysore Style of painting, said that she took around three years to complete the art work and added that it was a method to get rid of her stress. Dr. Malar has also painted an Owl using coffee powder.
The students have also showed their skills with photography with Dr. D.M. Vinay, a house surgeon, displaying photographs which he clicked at various National Parks across the country.
A photograph of a Tiger walking down the rocks clicked at Bandhavgarh, Madhya Pradesh, was one of the highlights of the exhibition. “Interest in photography started when I got involved in bird watching, animal census and tours with photographers. My aim is to capture whatever I see and show it to the people”, said Dr. D.M. Vinay.
This apart, the Dashavathra, pencil sketch by Taramani, a Second Division Assistant, JSS University, was mesmerising.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Feature Articles / September 15th, 2014
by Dr. C.G. Nagaraja , Retd. Head Master, DMS, RIE, Mysore
It was a very pleasant morning on 7th December 1965. The staff and the students of Demonstration Multipurpose School (DMS), attached to the Regional College of Education, Mysore (RIE), had a very important function to attend in their school premises, which is also the campus of RIE. It was the visit of the great Teacher of our country, the then President of India, Dr. S. Radhakrishnan.
The writer of this article was a Teacher in RIE at that time and was assigned to teach in DMS, a school attached to the RIE as a laboratory school for innovative practices.
On this occasion, the President planted a sapling to commemorate his visit and then we were asked to render the school prayer in front of the President of India which we deemed as a great moment for all of us. The school prayer is and was a Sanskrit shloka, that is yam shaivaha…
We the staff and the selected students chanted the shloka in front of all the dignitaries including the President of India, Dr. S. Radhakrishnan. The moment we finished the prayer, the President asked us to sing again. He listened to the rendering carefully and asked us to include one more line and to our surprise he said, ‘sing along with me.’ It was such an excitement to all the people in the open-air function of planting a sapling, we readily joined him. He told us to write down and added one line in Sanskrit to match the shloka. He added on the spot a line which included the names of Jesus and Mohammed. The shloka now reads as shown in the box below.
It is almost 50 years now since this event took place. What an intellectual he must be to add the most secular phrase to our epic shloka !
Today, Regional Institute of Education maintains the spot where our President stood and sung the shloka at the park and a gardener maintains it since the past 49 years. Every year Teachers Day is celebrated at this spot in memory of Dr. Radhakrishnan and the students of DMS sing the amended shloka as school prayer daily.
As an educator and a Principal of Schools, wherever I worked I introduced this shloka as school prayer.
Some of the old photographs show the tree that was a sapling of a few inches. It has now grown to a huge tree and stands majestically, singing the same Prayer in silence, heralding the spirit of secularism of this country.
I am very grateful to my colleagues of RIE who assisted in getting some of the photographs from the library. I am grateful to Rekha and Sharada who were students of RIE in 1965 and a team member of the singing group, Shivakumar, a crafts teacher who carved the bust of our late President to install at the spot where the sapling has now grown into a mighty tree.
*The Shloka before the 2 lines were added:
Yam Shaivaha Samupasathe
Shiva ethi brahmethi vedanthinaha
Bhoudhatha Buddha ethi pramanapatavaha
Karthethi Niyayikaha
Arhan Ethyatha Jaina Shasanarataha
Karmethi meemamsakaha
Soyam vo vidadhathu vaanchitha phalam
Trilokyanatho vibuhu.
The Shloka after the 2 lines were added:
Yam Shaivaha Samupasathe
Shiva ethi brahmethi vedanthinaha
Bhoudhatha Buddha ethi pramanapatavaha
Karthethi Niyayikaha
Arhan Ethyatha Jaina Shasanarataha
Karmethi meemamsakaha
Kristhaha – kristha ethi Kriyapararathaha
Allethi Mohamadaha
Soyamvo vidadhathu vanchitha phalam
Trilokya naatho vibhuhu
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Feature Articles / September 15th, 2014
Chief Minister Siddharamaiah is seen presenting P.R. Thippeswamy award to senior painter from Gulbarga A.S. Patil in city yesterday as Suttur Mutt Seer Sri Shivaratri Deshikendra Swamiji, District Minister V. Sreenivasa Prasad, PWD Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa and Mysore University VC Prof. K.S. Rangappa look on.
Mysore :
“The government is planning to set up P.R. Thippeswamy chair in University of Mysore (UoM),” declared CM Siddharamaiah.
He was speaking at the valedictory of P.R. Thippeswamy Kala Sambhrama and PRT award presentation function organised by P.R. Thippeswamy Foundation in association with Kannada and Culture Department and Karnataka Lalithakala and Janapada Academy at Sri Kalaniketana School of Arts in Vijayanagar II Stage yesterday.
Recalling his association with the artist during his (CM’s) student days, the Chief Minister described Thippeswamy as a man who devoted his entire life for the cause of art.
Pointing out that Thippeswamy was instrumental in setting up the Folklore Museum at the Varsity and also at Suttur Mutt, Siddharamaiah announced that the Government will extend help to restore the Museum at the Varsity.
The Chief Minister also said that despite his stature as an accomplished artist, Thippeswamy lived a simple life throughout and never misused his friendship with literary giants such as Kuvempu, Ha.Ma. Nayak, Dejagow and others.
Terming Thippeswamy as a Cultural Ambassador of the State, the CM said that he carved a niche for himself in art, literature and folklore.
Mysore University VC Prof. K.S. Rangappa, in his address, said the Varsity will definitely take a decision on the chair during the forthcoming Centenary celebrations.
Earlier, the CM presented Thippeswamy award to senior painter from Gulbarga A.S. Patil.
Prof. Rangappa released Kayaka Yogi, a souvenir edited by writer Manasa while Co-operation Minister H.S. Mahadevaprasad released a documentary on Thippeswamy. Suttur Mutt Seer Sri Shivaratri Deshikendra Swamiji graced the occasion.
Ministers V. Sreenivasa Prasad and Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa, Thippeswamy Foundation President Rajashekar Kadamba, journalists Rudranna Hartikote and S. Naganna, artist N. Raghavendra Murthy, former Professor H.M. Parameshwaraiah, Dr. C.V. Parashuram and others were present.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / September 15th, 2014
More than 3,500 students from over 40 colleges across the State attend
From right: R.C. Jagadesh, Chairman, CII Mysore, Sid Mookerji, Global CEO and Founder, SPI, Ramji Raghavan, Founder-Chairman, Agastya International Foundation and S.V. Venkatesh, CEO and MD, RiiiT are seen offering floral tributes to the portrait of Sir M. Visvesvaraya at Chamundi Vihar Indoor Stadium in city this morning.
Mysore :
More than 3,500 students pursuing BE, B.Com, B.Sc, MBA, PG and other courses from over 40 colleges across the State are participating in the Industry-Technology and Management Summit- 2014, organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Mysore to commemorate the birth anniversary of Sir M. Visvesvaraya, began today at Chamundi Vihar Indoor Stadium in city.
The summit was jointly inaugurated by Ramji Raghavan, Social Entrepreneur and Founder Chairman of Agastya International Foundation, along with Sid Mookerji, Global CEO and Founder of SPI, Mysore.
R.C. Jagadesh, Chairman of CII, Mysore and Director, Technology and Operations of Klueber Lubrications I Pvt. Ltd., in his address said that 52% of Indian population was in the working age group which would go up by 56% in the year 2020 and added that more than 65% of the population was aged under 35 years.
He further said that there will be a significant increase in employment opportunities for the youth in the country and added that only quality and talent would be in great demand.
Jagadish said that according to reports , 75% of engineering students who pass out of college were unemployable while another study reveals that only 30% of employers expressed satisfaction with the new recruits, which indicated that fresh graduates need to possess more than just a degree.
Ramji Raghavan, Social Entrepreneur and Founder Chairman of Agastya International Foundation, in his keynote address on Leadership and Innovation, expressed happiness for conducting such summit and called the students present at the summit as young people with lot of energy and creativity.
Speaking on the occasion, he gave a brief note about scientist Albert Einstein and Mathematician Ramanujam. He said that these two became great persons because they were driven by the passion and they loved what they did.
Ramji called upon the students to be good observers, possess the capacity to think and have the ability to apply their minds.
He said that just possessing curiosity and confidence was not enough. “One should possess curiosity with confidence with humanity,” he said.
He called upon the students to step out, build energy and create history, which he said was the quality of good leadership.
Sid Mookerji, Global CEO and Founder of SPI, in his keynote address on Entrepreneurship, spoke about ‘How to be your own boss.’
He said that becoming an entrepreneur was not easy as it involves a lot of personal and professional sacrifice and added that an entrepreneur will be out of the comfort zone everyday and deal with different situations.
He called upon the students to believe in themselves so that they can achieve anything and added that a successful entrepreneur will become a responsible entrepreneur.
He called upon the students to continue learning as it is a life-long process which should never be stopped.
Vinu Shekar, Head – HR of Infosys Ltd. Mysore will deliver a plenary address on ‘Career Opportunities and growth prospects for next three years in IT’ while M.V.S. Prasad, HR of Bosch Ltd. will deliver a talk on ‘Career opportunities and growth prospects in Manufacturing and Automobile Engineering.’
Usha Subramanian, VP and Head of Mphasis, an HP company, will deliver a talk on ‘Career opportunities and growth prospects in ITES and BPO.’ R. Savitha, Manager of IDBI Bank will deliver a talk on Career opportunities and growth prospects
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / September 15th, 2014
