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** Art teacher from Karnataka’s Mysuru district helps student bag national award

Daughter of a tailor, Chandana, a Class 9 student who topped the state-level art competition and was selected for the Kala Utsav, had almost lost hope due to frequent power cuts in her village. Subsequent lockdowns played spoilsport as she lost out on training when schools were shut.

Sangeetha was determined to train Chandana for the national competition. She convinced Chandana’s parents and took her home to Mysuru, where she gave her hands-on experience in using the machinery. “We had very little time to prepare for the event. With schools shut, it was difficult to train the students,” says Sangeetha. Despite using the machines for just three days, the talented Chandana bagged second prize, not possible without her teacher’s effort

** Taking the video route to reach out to students

Vivekanandagouda Patil, a teacher at Government High School, SM Krishna Nagar, Gadag town, has been producing short videos on myriad subjects — from short stories to letter writing to poems to current affairs—for Class 10 students. His YouTube channel — Vivekanandagouda Patil — has 2,91,000 subscribers, and provides videos in both Kannada and English.

** Going the extra mile for his students

Looking to give the kids something more so that their enthusiasm is not diminished, he went the extra mile, coming up with a YouTube channel – Surendra Guddehotel – where he uploads videos of lessons during his “free time”.

The channel now has close to 2,000 subscribers and students are impressed by his friendly and engaging style of teaching. Surendra’s seven-year-old son Samarth pitches in, helping with recording the lectures.

** IIIT Dharwad’s Mitra robots will go vernacular

Dr KT Deepak, a professor at IIIT and project investigators, said Invento Robotics has developed Mitra robots, which have a speech-recognition program developed by US-based firms.

** Tokyo Paralympics 2020: IAS officer Suhas Yathiraj a medal winner too

What makes the achievement even more special is the way Suhas Yathiraj allocated time for both his administrative duties and badminton in Noida.

On Sunday, Jayashree was a proud mother. Her son, para-shuttler Suhas Yathiraj, secured the silver medal in the men’s singles SL4 class. As the feeling sunk in, she dialed her son, just to hear his voice and bless him. Yathiraj asked his mother, “Amma nanu hege adide? Gold barubahuditteno!”

(How did I play, mother? I might have won gold!). The mood in the entire Yathiraj clan was understandable as other members of the family lined up to congratulate Karnataka-born Suhas, who has impairment in one of his ankles.