Category: India, Records

** DRDO constructs multi-storey building in 45 days; to house R&D facilities for AMCA project

India’s premier defence research institute DRDO has built a multi-storey facility for flight control system at Aeronautical Development Establishment in Bengaluru in record 45 days using in-house technology, officials said on March 17.

The seven-storey building, with a plinth area of 1.3 lakh square feet, will house research and development facilities for the development of a fifth-generation medium weight deep penetration fighter jet for the Indian Air Force (IAF).

“The DRDO has completed the construction of a multi-storey infrastructure for flight control system at ADE Bengaluru with hybrid technology consisting of conventional, pre-engineered and precast methodology in record 45 days,” said one of the officials.

** Freedom Fighter Passes Away

Prof. Ashwathanarayana was the Secretary, Freedom Fighters’ Association and TTL College of Business Management

Mysore/Mysuru: 

Prof. H.N. Ashwathanarayana (90), Secretary of Mysuru City and District Freedom Fighters’ Association and a resident of Krishnamurthypuram, passed away yesterday afternoon in city following brief illness.

** HAL signs MoU with Safran to extend cooperation on chopper engines

The ground-breaking ceremony for a new facility of Helicopter Engines MRO Pvt Limited (HE-MRO), a joint venture of HAL and Safran, a French aerospace firm, was held at Sattari in Goa.

According to a release from HAL, an MOU was signed to extend their cooperation and explore opportunities for new helicopter engines in civil and military markets, reflecting their commitment to the Indian Government’s vision of “Atmanirbhar Bharat” towards achieving self-reliance in defence technologies and MRO.

R. Madhavan, CMD, HAL, Franck Saudo, CEO, Safran Helicopter Engines and senior officers from the Indian Armed Forces and HAL were present on the occasion.

** Udupi: Shalom Britto from MAHE conferred with IIA award

Shalom Aureole Britto from Udupi has been awarded with the prestigious The Indian Institute of Architects’s IIA Medal for “Best Outgoing student of the year 2021.”

She is the daughter of Jerome and Sandra Britto of Mount Rosary Church, Santhekatte.Sharon completed her graduation from Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE).

** Indian scientists develop touch-free touch screen that cuts virus spread

Scientists from the Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences (CeNS), and Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced and Scientific Research (JNCASR) in Bengaluru have set up a semi-automated production plant for the production of printing-aided patterns, with resolution of around 300 Aum. These electrodes have potential uses in advanced touchless screen technologies.

** IIT-B honours Munish Moudgil for Covid work  

The Head of Karnataka State Covid-19 War Room, Munish Moudgil, was recently conferred with the Distinguished Alumni Award from the Indian Institute of Technology – Bombay for the work that went into setting up the war room and also for the optimum use of technology during the pandemic.

Earlier, the 1998 batch IAS officer, in January 2022, had received the E-Governance Award from the Government of India, for using technology in Covid-19 management and for the war room. 

** Monkey business pays off

Saumyananda Sahi is the only cinematographer from Bengaluru to make it to BAFTA’s list of ‘Breakthrough India Participants for 2022’ for his film that captures the monkey menace in New Delhi .

Sahi made it to the list of ‘Breakthrough India Participants for 2022’ announced by the British Academy Film and Television Award (BAFTA).

** India’s first digital water bank sets up shop in Bengaluru

India, and possibly the world, got its first digital water bank, an initiative to aggregate water resources under a single platform, on Monday. 

Science and Technology Minister Dr CN Ashwath Narayan, who inaugurated the water bank in Bengaluru, extended the state government’s full support for the initiative, undertaken by AquaKraft Ventures, a company that specialises in sustainable initiatives to provide drinking water and sanitation to all. 

** Sharnbasva University Vice-Chancellor made NCC’s honorary colonel

Col. Sandeep Jagtap, Commanding Officer, 32 Karnataka Battalion of National Cadet Corps (NCC), and Col. Sushil Kumar Tiwari (retd.) conferred the position of honorary colonel on Niranjan V. Nisty, Vice-Chancellor of Sharnbasva University, Kalaburagi, in Kalaburagi on Saturday.

Dr. Nisty was the seniormost, among the 11 select Vice-Chancellors in the country who were conferred with the position in their respective NCC battalions. These VCs will also be the Colonel Commandant of the NCC units in their respective universities.

Col. Tiwari said that the achievement of Dr. Nisty, a medical professional, proved that people from different professions too could achieve the honours conferred by the Defence Ministry. 

** ISRO to train 150 students in science, tech

In order to “catch them young”, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will be selecting 150 students from Class 9 across India to take part in a special two-week programme.

Titled YUVIKA (Yuva Vigyani Karyakram), ISRO will host the students at five of their centres based in Bengaluru, Thiruvananthapuram, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad and Shillong and will take them on a tour to Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.