University of Mysore has presented this year’s Award of Excellence to Dr. Mahadesh Prasad, Professor in Department of Biochemistry, Mahajana Post Graduate Centre, Mysuru, in recognition of his research work in “vaccine development for Corona viruses and Flavi viruses”.
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** The devadasi who wrote about dance
Venkatasundara Sani’s book is an extraordinary documentation of the Bengaluru-Kolar tradition of temple dance
The large pillared halls of the Ulsoor Someshwara temple, one of the oldest in Bengaluru, bustles with activity and hundreds of devotees. The Vijayanagara-style mandapa holds several stories — the most prominent of which is of a woman who shaped the Bengaluru temple paddhati of Bharatanatyam.
Though much of the city’s music and dance history has been lost in the sands of time, B.L. Rice’s Mysore Gazeteer is an important source of information. Published sometime after 1873, it mentions two temple dancers, Mariya Sani and her daughter Venkatasundara Sani, who were associated with the Ulsoor Someshwara temple.
Venkatasundara Sani was born into the hereditary dance community that performed in temples, and is believed to have lived in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
** Kalaburagi artist for Jordan
Kalaburagi-based artist Mohammed Ayazuddin Patel will participate in a three-day International Art Festival titled Colours of the World organised in collaboration with Amman Greater Municipality and SMD Foundation at Ras Al Ain Art Gallery, Amman in Jordan.
The festival will be inaugurated under the patronage of Anwar Halim, Ambassador of India in Oman, on Saturday.
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** Mangaluru: City boy Raghavendra Poojary bags gold medal in India Skills competition
Mechanical Engineering graduate Raghavendra Poojary won a golden medal in the national level technical skills competition held recently.
Raghavendra is selected for the international competition which will take place in October at Shanghai, China.
In the national level India Skills competition that was held in January for outstanding talent and concentration, 24 people from Karnataka bagged the medals. Raghavendra is one of them. Gold medal was awarded to his project on mechanical engineering CAD.
** 64-year-old Mangaluru sportswoman bringing laurels for country
A living testimony to this is 64-year-old Bhavani Jogi from Sakleshpur in Hassan district and currently a resident of Mangaluru.
Bhavani, a nurse, is an accomplished sportswoman, who recently won three gold, a silver and a bronze medal in the 35th Annual Masters (Open) Athletic Championship held in Sri Lanka. And wait. That’s not all. She’s so far won more than 200 medals in field and track events. But it wasn’t an easy journey to the top for Bhavani. Though she was interested in sports since her childhood, she couldn’t pursue it as a career because of restrictions at home. It was only after she got married that Bhavani started participating in sporting events.
** From the land of Samurai
To mark the 70 years of Indo-Japanese friendship, ArtMantram , in association with Lotus and Chrysanthemum Trust, is giving a glimpse of Japanese culture .
To mark this occasion, ArtMantram, in association with Lotus and Chrysanthemum Trust, is coming up with a three-day event on Indo-Japanese culture. It will be held between March 3 and 5.
** Walk of fame
The London Fashion Week usually sets the mood for the international fashion week marathon, which includes the Milan Fashion Week and Paris Fashion Week. It is truly an exciting period for fashionistas.
So when city-based fashion model Irene Augustin walked the ramp at the London Fashion Week 2022, which took place between Feb 18 and Feb 22, it was a dream come true.
In fact, she was the only Indian model to have been there.
** Tears of joy and relief as students return to Bengaluru from Ukraine
Scenes of relief and joy unfolded at the Kempegowda International Airport on Sunday morning as the first batch of students from Karnataka, who were evacuated from war-hit Ukraine, arrived in Bengaluru
Scenes of relief and joy unfolded at the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) on Sunday morning as the first batch of students from Karnataka, who were evacuated from war-hit Ukraine, arrived in Bengaluru.
Parents were seen hugging their children who were brought to safety. According to Karnataka State Disaster Management Authority (KSDMA) Commissioner and Nodal Officer Manoj Rajan, 30 students from the State were safely evacuated by the Embassy of India, Kyiv.
** Indo-Japanese military exercise
“Ex Dharma Guardian-2022”, a joint military exercise between India and Japan, is being conducted at the Foreign Training Node in Belagavi. The exercise, which began on Sunday, will go on till March 10.
The annual training event is being held in India since 2018.
Combat experienced troops of the 15th Battalion the Maratha Light Infantry Regiment of the Indian Army and the 30th Infantry Regiment of the Japanese Ground Self Defence Forces (JGSDF) are participating in the exercise, said a release.
** Science Academy fellowship to P.M. Patil
Prof. P. M. Patil of Department of Mathematics, Karnatak University, Dharwad, has received Fellowship of Karnataka Science and Technology Academy (KSTA), Bengaluru in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the field of mathematical sciences.
He received the Fellowship Certificate from Minister for Higher Education and IT, BT Dr Ashwath Narayan, former union minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda and others in a function held at Bengaluru recently. Prof. P. M. Patil’s research work includes Convective Instability, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Boundary Layer Theory, Convective Heat and Mass Transfer problems in Newtonian and non-Newtonian Fluids, Nanofluids, hybrid nanofluids and related subjects..