Star this week : Talented Athlete : Reena George

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Mysore :

Athletics is the mother of all sporting activities and is a global sport. An athlete needs good stamina and will power to excel in the top level. Mysore has from time to time producing top class athletes who have gone to represent the country and the State in different levels. One such upcoming talent is Reena George, who recently was honoured by the Department of Physical Education, University of Mysore, for her achievement and record breaking effort in the women’s 400m Relay event in the Mysore University Inter-Collegiate meet. She has represented Mysore University this year in the All-India Inter-University Athletic Meet held at Patiala and qualified for the finals in the women’s 200m event. She is our ‘Star This Week.’

Reena has represented the State U-20. Reena is a product of the Sports Hostel, Mysore and is coached by former International Damodar Gowda, SAK Coach, at the Chamundi Vihar Stadium in city.

Reena is a student at the Teresian College, Mysore and is encouraged in her sporting pursuits by her college and the DYES under the leadership of Suresh, District Youth Empowerment & Sports Officer.

Reena represented Mysore University in the All India Inter-Collegiate Athletic Meet held at Patiala and qualified for the finals in the women’s 200m event. She also was part of the 4x400m relay quartet. Reena is a National medalist and also last year won a bronze medal in the All India Inter-University meet.

She has competed in many meets and represented Karnataka in the South Zone and National level in the girls U-20 and finished amongst the winners. She has represented Karnataka in the National women’s games and has won medals in the 200m and relay events. A short sprinter, Reena has the speed and endurance and needs the exposure of taking part in meets where there is stiff competition.

She intends to train hard under the guidance of her coach and with the encouragement coming from the DYES and her college authorities she intends to perform well in the National level in the days to come.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports / April 13th, 2014

Vintage cars, new cars and bikes steal the show at Automotive Technology Fair (ATF) 2014

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Mysore :

Vintage cars, bikes, scooters and vehicles of the new generation stole the show at Automotive Technology Fair (ATF) – 2014, with the theme ‘Green Automotive Technology,’ organised by NIE-Eicher Centre for Automobile Technology (NECAT), Collegiate Club of NIE and the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Golden Jubilee Sports Complex of the National Institute of Engineering (NIE) on Manandavadi Road here yesterday.

Automobile enthusiasts irrespective of age and gender thronged the venue to look at the vehicles of the past and present.

Dr. T.N. Shridhar, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Director, NIE-Eicher Centre for Automobile Technology and Co-ordinator of ATF- 2014, speaking to Star of Mysore, said that ATF has been one of the biggest Auto Expos in the State with the previous editions having seen a footfall of about 15, 000 visitors.

He said that it all started when the first Bike Expo was organised in the year 2006 and added that the city needed an Auto Expo of its own to cater the hunger of automobile enthusiasts of the city.

He said that in the year 2007, a Car and Bike Expo was held and the same was repeated in the year 2009. Garnering high success from these events, Automotive Technology Fair took birth which was the first of its kind in the year 2010, he said and added that the vision finally materialised and was carried forward with ATF- 2011.

Dr. Shridhar said that this is the third expo of the ATF in the last four years at NIE.

Speaking about the expo, he said that this year’s expo was being held with the theme ‘Green Automotive Technology’ and as part of ATF, more than 150 Super Bikes and Vintage Bikes along with 35 vintage cars, sports cars and classic cars from in and around the city was showcased at the expo.

Dr. Shridhar said that apart from showcasing the vehicles both old and new at the expo, a Knowledge Pavilion has also been set up where students will give presentations on various trending green technologies.

The expo also housed ‘Do it Yourself’ stalls where the visitors were educated on how to keep their vehicles in good condition and service it themselves.

Gavin Jude Wilson, a Jawa bike enthusiast who has displayed three bikes CZ Jawa, Jawa 250 and Yezdi 350 Twin, said that it is good to have such a kind of expo in city as nothing pertaining to automobiles happens here.

He said that the organising was good and the expo created awareness on what is available in automobile industry. The students of the college explained about the technical aspects of the vehicles and how they work, he said and added that the expo showed us what we were then and what we are now in terms of automobile technology.

Some of the bikes that were displayed were Rajdoot 350, Jawa, Yezdi, BSA 120, a Second World War bike, Enfield 200, Vespa, Lambretta, Super Bikes such as Suzuki Boulevard which was previously owned by actor Salman Khan, Aprilia RSV4, Hyosung GT250R, Kawasaki ZZR, Harley Davidson, customized bike from Vardenchi and BMW 1000RR among others.

City lad Santosh too had displayed his miniature vehicle ‘Mooshik’ and his concept electric two wheeler. He later gave a lecture on ‘Electric Bike Technology’ during the technical session.

Some of the cars that were displayed at the Auto Fair were Porsche, Honda, Volvo, Range Rover, 1973 model US manufactured Jeep Kaiser CJS, 1984 model Premier Padmini, 1961 model Fiat, owned by R. Venkata Raman, an alumni of NIE, 1978 2300 CC Mercedes Benz, owned by Praveen, 1993 model Mercedes Benz 300D, owned by Muthanna among others.

Apart from the vehicles which were displayed, technical sessions on ‘Recent Developments in Radial Tyre Technology’ by T.N. Ramesh, Chief Manager- Technical, JK Tyre, Mysore, ‘Technological Trends in India for Upcoming Emission Norms’ by Ashish Milas Moholkar, Design and Development Engineer, Eicher Motors Ltd. Madhya Pradesh, ‘Innovating in the field of sustainable transportation of goods and people’ by Srinivas Bidare, CEO, Intent Design Pvt. Ltd., Mysore and other topics were held.

The ATF- 2014 which was inaugurated yesterday by U.K. Shenoy, Vice-President (Works), JK Tyre and Industries Ltd., Mysore, will conclude today at 8 pm.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / April 13th, 2014

Bowring Institute will flashback to 1890s glory days look

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Restoration cost will run into multiple lakhs, but the building’s heritage architecture will be brought back to original state

From the files: The club over a century ago
From the files: The club over a century ago

It will have the look of a brand new building built in 1890: Victorian style architecture, a superstructure with brick walls lined with lime mortar, pitched roofing in the main hall with Mangalore tiles, other roofs of Madras style. Every detail of the original will be authentically replicated and one of Bangalore’s heritage structures – the 124-year-old Bowring Institute – will be restored to its former glory by the state archeology, museums and heritage department.

The building is currently sending nothing short of an SOS. “There are deep cracks to the walls and the roofs, both pitched and flat, built 126 years ago, are leaking during the rainy weather and inundating the terraces. There is no proper rain water disposal system. The rain has created ugly fungal patches on the ceilings and caused the peeling of plaster,” rued H S Srikanth, secretary, Bowring Institute, in a plea for help to the state archeology department, in February.

”It is therefore recommended that structural strengthening of the protected monument is carried out at the earliest to not only prevent further damage but also to enhance its longevity of life,” he has added, in the proposal.

For once, the government has responded quickly. The process of restoration was formally kicked of on Wednesday, with the commissioner, C G Besturmath inspecting the protected monument with the department officials. “They had submitted a proposal to restore the Bowring Institute, which is a protected monument. The inspection is carried out. It is visible that structure needs restoration. We have decided to give a go ahead to the restoration process without affecting its original form,” Besturmath told Bangalore Mirror.

“We aim to complete the roof work before monsoons (in June-July). The rest of the work will be carried out in phases later with team of professionals to restore the structure,” Stuart Clarke the treasurer of Bowring Institute said.

The wooden flooring, superstructure, doors, and windows will be restored using both technology and traditional craftsmen, besides a team of conservation architects, engineers, and artists under supervision of the state archaeology department. The department has just completed a state-of-the-art restoration of the Dewan Poornaiah bungalow at Yellandur in Chamarajanagar district.

The restoration at Bowring will mainly be in three phases – restoring the roof to prevent water seepage during rains which is a major threat to the whole structure, strengthening and restoring pillars, walls and the ground level work. Before work begins in the nearly 11 acre campus, soil tests will be done and the foundation strength checked. The superstructure of brick walls constructed with lime mortar, which has developed cracks, will be tested and fixed. The pitched roofing in the main hall, reading room and Black Dog bar, consisting of steel trusses, beams, steel purlins and Mangalore red tiles, and other roofs of Madras terrace type, will be redone. The flat roof, peeling and leaking, will also be restored. Old floors will be relaid in the same design and style as it was.

The doors and windows will be restored using the same wood, colour and design as they were in 1890s.”It is proposed to retain the old foundation, displace the structures built during the past 50 years close to the monument and retain the club activities, and importantly bring back the look it had a century ago,” Anup Bajaj, the president of Bowring Institute said.

source: http://www.bangaloremirror.com / Bangalore Mirror / Home> Bangalore> Others / by Chetan R, Bangalore Mirror Bureau / April 10th, 2014

Narayana Multispeciality Hospital repairs multiple heart defects in woman with reverse anatomy

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Doctors store and use patient’s own blood to perform life saving surgery

Dr. M.N. Ravi, Senior Cardiac Surgeon, Narayana Multispeciality Hospital, is seen with the patient Nanjammani and Facility Director Dattatreya during a press conference held post-surgery.
Dr. M.N. Ravi, Senior Cardiac Surgeon, Narayana Multispeciality Hospital, is seen with the patient Nanjammani and Facility Director Dattatreya during a press conference held post-surgery.

Mysore :

A 19-year-old woman suffering from Atrial Septal Defect (hole in the heart) and Dextrocardia with Situs Inversus Totalis, an extremely rare congenital condition (which happens once in 12,000 births), in which the heart, lungs, liver, stomach, and gallbladder are a mirror image of the normal anatomy underwent an Open Heart surgery at Narayana Multispeciality Hospital, for repairing the cardiac defect.

Nanjammani from a village near Mysore was leading a normal life until few months ago, when she started experiencing frequent episodes of tiredness and chest discomfort. An initial check-up at a local hospital revealed a startling diagnosis of multiple congenital complications, including a hole in the heart and abnormal placement of visceral organs in her body. As a result of this, doctors were unsure of performing a surgery on her since her anatomy was complicated and highly uncommon. Another critical factor that added to the complication was the patient’s rare blood group (O-ve).

At Narayana Multispeciality Hospital, the surgical team, headed by Senior Cardiac Surgeon Dr. M.N. Ravi took-up this challenging case and devised a thorough surgical strategy to perform open heart surgery, using her own blood.

Dextrocardia that affect the heart function can cause a variety of symptoms such as breathing difficulties, fatigue with heart defects and blue lips and skin. The symptoms are consistent with defects in ventricles of heart. Lack of oxygen in heart can make the patient tired and may prevent in growth as well.

Explaining about the surgery at a press conference at a private hotel yesterday, Dr. M.N. Ravi, Senior Cardiac Surgeon, Narayana Multispeciality Hospital, Mysore said, “Usually in an open heart procedure, the surgeon accesses the heart from the right side ,standing to the right of the patient as it is pointing towards the left. However in this case, as the patient’s heart and chambers were in the reverse location, we decided to operate on the heart from the other side. The positioning of the heart lung machine was also changed. We also collected her own blood and transfused back during the surgery, which is not common.” “A surgeon gets to treat such cases very few times and we were quite confident of successfully performing this challenging surgery,” he added.

The defect was repaired and closed successfully in a three-hour-long surgery. The patient was comfortably able to sit and eat a light meal the same evening and was discharged three days post surgery. Experts treating her are confident about her full and speedy recovery. She will also be able to resume her household work in about four week’s time and without any further restrictions she will be able to lead a normal family life thereafter.

For details, contact Dr. M.N. Ravi on Mob: 99809-22456.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / April 12th, 2014

Automotive techology fair begins at NIE

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The fair is open to public free of cost from 10 am to 8 pm

: Models of Bull and Squirrel created by artist Ilyas Ahmed (inset) using scrap materials on display at the two-day Automotive Technology Fair-2014 being held at NIE Diamond Jubilee Sports Complex on Mysore-Manandavadi in city. Picture right shows artist Baadal Nanjundaswamy with his 3D painting of a car at the venue.
: Models of Bull and Squirrel created by artist Ilyas Ahmed (inset) using scrap materials on display at the two-day Automotive Technology Fair-2014 being held at NIE Diamond Jubilee Sports Complex on Mysore-Manandavadi in city. Picture right shows artist Baadal Nanjundaswamy with his 3D painting of a car at the venue.

Mysore :

A two-day Automotive Technology Fair-2014 organised jointly by NIE-Eicher Centre for Automobile Technology (NECAT) and Society of Automotive Engineers of INDIA (SAEINDIA) Collegiate Club of NIE commenced this morning at the NIE Diamond Jubilee Sports Complex on Manandavadi Road here.

The fair features an exhibition of old and new models of two-wheelers and four-wheelers. A scrap art by Ilyas Ahmed is an added attraction where models of horses, squirrels, bulb and an army tank created of scrap materials are exhibited at the venue.

The old two-wheeler models of Rajdooth, Yezdi and Vespa and latest arrivals of Yamaha, Suzuki, Harley Davidson are also on display. Similarly the old cars featured Fiat, earlier models of Landrover while the new ones from Mercedes Benz, Volvo, Ford and many more were seen at the exhibition. The cynosure of all eyes was a 3D painting of a car by artist Baadal Nanjundaswamy at the premises. JK Tyres Vice-President (Works) U.K. Shenoy inaugurated the fair by releasing the balloons. NIE Board of Management Hon. President M. Sreepada Rao was the guest of honour. NIE Principal Dr. G.L. Shekar, Centre for Advanced Studies Chairman S.K. Lakshminarayana, NECAT Director Dr. T.N. Sridhar, Programme Convenor Manjunath and others were present.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / April 12th, 2014

City industry ‘MYPOL’ supplies key component to space Rocket

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Mysore :

City based Mysore Polymers and Rubber Products Limited (Mypol) for first time manufactured and supplied a key rubber component known as the ‘Linear Bellow’ to the Indian Space Department which was used in the rocket PSLV C24 launched on April 4, 2014 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.

Linear Bellow, the critical component, was developed over a period of three years in close co-ordination and direction between Design and Development (D&D) Departments of Mypol and Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Trivandrum. The product performed in copy-book style enabling a flawless launch.

Headed by C. D. Nagarajan since its inception in 1981 to manufacture Butyl Automotive Inner tubes, Mypol is also India’s leading manufacturer of Technical Rubber products with supplies to major companies in India, USA and Europe. Mypol D&D Department has developed more than 500 different products for use in industrial, automotive, medical, space and defence requirements, according to a release from Mypol.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / April 12th, 2014

Zain Self-Care Application, Co-Created by Infosys and Zain Bahrain, Witnesses Strong Adoption across Bahrain

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MANAMA, Bahrain and BANGALORE, India : 

– Innovative Mobile Application Enhances User Experience for Zain Bahrain Subscribers –

Zain Bahrain, the most innovative telecommunications operator in Bahrain and Infosys, a global leader in consulting, technology and outsourcing have co-created Zain Self-Care, an application that is radically transforming user experience for Zain’s subscribers, through self-service. Zain Self-Care is an innovative mobile application for smart phones and tablets that is built using Infosys AssistEdge, a product that transforms customer experience across channels. The application functions on all operating systems including iOS, Android, Windows and Blackberry.

(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130122/589162 )

Launched in February 2013,Zain Self-Care is a first-of-its-kind mobile telecom application from an operator in Bahrain. It currently enjoys wide-spread adoption across the company’s customer base and offers Zain’s subscribers unparalleled convenience in managing their telecom service needs.

Upendra Kohli, Vice President, Regional Head-South East Asia, Middle East & Africa, Infosys said, “The increased adoption of smartphones across the Middle East is driving demand for new digital experiences and services. The Zain Self-Care application, built using Infosys AssistEdge, is helping Zain expand its range of offerings and improve user experience. We will continue to bring our deep understanding of the global telecommunications industry and technology to enable Zain to meet the changing needs of its subscribers.”

The intuitive interface of Zain Self-Care allows customers to access their account information, subscribe to new services and make use of a range of value-added and self-help services.

Mohammed Zainalabedin, General Manager, Zain Bahrain commented, “We are committed to leveraging technology to deliver the best experience to our customers and provide superior service. We chose Infosys as our partner since they have demonstrated a thorough understanding of the evolving needs of our customers. We value their ability to provide a solution which addresses our needs around scalability and speed, with an eye on the future.”

Application Highlights:

-- The application uses the mobile self-care capabilities of Infosys 
      AssistEdge to provide superior service on smart devices to retail and 
      enterprise customers 

   -- Zain Self-Care allows users to view, control and manage their voice and 
      data packages. Users can also receive personalized news updates, purchase 
      value-added services, and make bill payments in a secure environment 

   -- The interactive features of Zain Self-Care  allow  customers to better 
      understand their usage patterns and manage their accounts and spends 

   -- It is available on all popular mobile platforms and can be downloaded 
      from app stores 

   -- Android 
      - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.infosys.zain.selfcare 

   -- Apple - https://itunes.apple.com/bh/app/self-care/id594243362?mt=8 

   -- Blackberry 
      -http://appworld.blackberry.com/webstore/content/21748371/?countrycode=IN
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source: http://www.onlinewsj.com / The Wall Street Journal / Home> India Edition / Press Release / PRNewswire / March 27th, 2014

Udupi: K R Phatkar bags Top Bharat Nirman Volunteer Award

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Udupi :

K R Patkar, Shirva gram panchayat Nav Bharat Nirman Vedike president and gram panchayat member was honored by presenting Top Bharat Nirman Volunteer Award, during two-day state level Bharat Nirman volunteers’ convention held at Davanagere, recently.

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Davanagere district Deputy Commissioner S T Anjan Kumar presented the honor on the occasion.

The zilla panchayat CEO D B Hemachandra, litterateur Professor B V Veerabhadrappa, Mysore Abdul Nazeer Saab, state rural development organization officer Wilfred D’Souza were present at the dais.

source: http://www.bellevision.com / Bellevision.com / Home> News / by Pundalika Marate, Bellevision Media Network / Udupi – March 28th, 2014

The master painter’s last stroke

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K. Chinnappa, who has painted cutouts of politicians and almost every actor over the course of his career, at his workshop in Bangalore on Friday. / Photo: Bhagya Prakash K. / The Hindu
K. Chinnappa, who has painted cutouts of politicians and almost every actor over the course of his career, at his workshop in Bangalore on Friday. / Photo: Bhagya Prakash K. / The Hindu

K. Chinnappa brings to an end an illustrious career of hand-painted posters

Hand-painted life-size images of film actors and famous personalities will be a thing of the past soon, with Rajkamal Arts, the only surviving company that paints posters and gigantic cut-outs of artistes and personalities in Bangalore, all set to shut shop.

A life size image of Nandamuri Balakrishna in Legend, an upcoming Telugu film, is perhaps the last painted work of 77-year-old artist K. Chinnappa, the man behind Rajkamal Arts. A 46-foot cutout of BJP’s prime ministerial candidate pick Narendra Modi is his last work of a well-known political personality. Interestingly, Mr. Chinnappa had breathed life to huge cutouts of Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi in the 1960s and ’70s.

On Thursday, when The Hindu went to meet the artist, his son Gopalakrishna, who is also a painter, was busy packing some rare works of Mr. Chinnappa at his workshop in Gayathri Nagar to transport them to London.

Mr. Chinnappa has painted nearly every major star in all four southern languages and Hindi in his career, numbering over 4,300. He has painted images ranging from MGR, NTR, Rajkumar, Amitabh Bachchan, Prem Nazir and even that of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone.

Mr. Chinnappa feels his works are not relevant in the age of digital printing. “There was a time when I used to work 18-hours a day to meet the needs of the film industry. Now the demand for hand-painted posters is almost gone. It has become difficult to pay salaries to workers, pay rent and electricity bills,” he says.

No one would want to ‘waste money’ when everything is digitised and prints could be got in a few hours, Mr. Chinnappa said.

Those working with Mr. Chinnappa have already found other jobs. Some are colouring temple Gopuras (tower) and paintings murals. Since when he started training under his guru Sri Sheenu at the age of nine, Mr. Chinappa has spent most of his life with colours and canvas. He began as an assistant, working on the iconic Mother India poster.

There is no missing the pride in Mr. Chinnappa’s tone as he talks of his work. “Keep a digital print next to a hand-painted poster and you will find a rich texture of myriad colours that is lacking in digital prints. There is no substitute to hand painting,” he says.

He is a recipient of the Indira Priyadarshini Award. The Discovery Channel has expressed interests in making a documentary film on him.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Bangalore / by Muralidhara Khajane / Bangalore – March 28th, 2014

Design development board meets at HAL corporate office

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Bangalore :

The first meeting of newly-constituted Design & Development Management Board (DDMB) by the government to strengthen design and development in aerospace and promote self-reliance in the critical areas of India’s defence preparedness was held here today at HAL Corporate Office.

The Board comprises key members of India’s premier defence organizations involved in research, production and manufacturing activities.

“We need to have clear road map to take on the challenges in defence sector as issues concerned range from basic and applied research, involvement of academia, production, spotting and retaining talent,” Chairman of HAL and DDMB, R K Tyagi said.

The meeting brain-stormed on how to build a strong foundation for R&D by synergizing the core competency of all the organizations involved, creating conducive environment for research and support business academia collaboration.

The meeting also felt that all the concerned organizations must share the lessons learnt from the past programs and make combined efforts to ensure success of future programs with thrust on indigenization.
Acquiring of modern technology and measures to be taken to retain quality manpower were also discussed.

The forum would act as a platform for stimulating initiatives and suggest policy interventions for bringing inclusive growth. The DDMB members will deliberate at length most of these issues in their future meetings and the recommendations will be communicated to the stakeholders.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Bangalore / by Chethan Kumar, TNN / March 28th, 2014