Category: Karnataka, Records

** 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

** 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.

** Gadag: YouTube channel transforms life of teacher, now a successful farmer

Erappa had completed MA degree and started working as a guest lecturer in different colleges including Gadag and Mulgund. But he soon found out that the petty salary he received from these colleges was grossly insufficient for a living. Erappa therefore wanted to do something. When he was watching a YouTube channel on his mobile phone, he found the stories of a few farmers who became successful in growing roses. By watching YouTube channels further, he gathered details about raising roses.

Erappa then contacted the department of horticulture and started to cultivate roses in the two and half acres of land that he had inherited. The teacher who was earning a few thousand rupees per month began to get Rs 30,000 profit per month. He has been earning three to four lac rupees through this profession per year now.