Karnataka, Records – Page 21

Karnataka signs pact with Meesho for empowerment of 2,500 SHGs

The ‘Saamarthya’ scheme, launched under the MoU, will offer assistance for self-employment to rural women

A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between Sanjeevini (Karnataka State Rural Livelihood Promotion Society — KSRLPS) and e-commerce firm Meesho for the empowerment of 2,500 self-help groups (SHGs) in the state, in the presence of Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai.

Speaking at the event, the Chief Minister said that the world would know the ‘potential’ of women from Karnataka. The state government has launched the ‘Saamarthya’ project, which will be taken up on an end-to-end route.

He welcomed the efforts of Meesho and Canara Bank in joining hands with the government’s initiative to empower rural women.

The Department of Skill Development, Entrepreneurship and Livelihood is providing assistance for self-employment to SHGs under the ‘Elevate Scheme’ with the support of the Government of India’s livelihood programmes. The CM said these programmes need to be scaled up and managed at the micro level.

Vidit Aatrey, Founder and CEO, Meesho said, “We are honoured to join hands with Sanjeevini and the State government to further our mission of democratising internet commerce for everyone.”

HAL signs $100m contract with Honeywell for HTT-40 Engines

There is potential requirement of 70 aircraft.

Defence Public Sector Undertaking Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) on Wednesday signed a contract worth over $100 million with Honeywell for supply and manufacture of 88 TPE331-12B engines/kits along with maintenance and support services to power the Hindustan Trainer Aircraft (HTT-40), the basic trainer aircraft The contract was exchanged by Eric Walters, Senior Director OE Sales, Honeywell Defense & Space, and B Krishna Kumar, Executive Director (E & IMGT) in the presence of R Madhavan, Chairman & Managing Director, HAL.

Entering into this ‘Manufacturing & Repair license agreement for Honeywell TPE331-12B Turboprop engine’ marks a major milestone in the execution of 70 HTT-40 aircraft contract with IAF. HAL is working closely with Honeywell for its support for export potential of HTT-40. HAL and Honeywell are exploring other areas such as 1MW Turbo Generators, manufacturing, Repair & Overhaul of TPE 331-10GP / 12JR engines for variants of Dornier. “HAL has successfully developed the Basic Trainer Aircraft (HTT-40) to address the basic training requirements of the IAF.

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Bengaluru: Bold, beautiful KE women entrepreneurs collaborate, celebrate

The women members of Kanara Entrepreneurs (KE) gathered for their second meet on July 22 at Hotel Iris, to celebrate the central theme of the evening – Collaboration. Following the KE prayers led by lead member, Reshma Saldanha, Leena Lobo, mentor of the KE women entrepreneurs group aptly set the tone for the evening by lauding the members present for being bold and beautiful – for having the courage to take on the roller coaster ride of entrepreneurship and for being beautiful inside out through all their relationships and phases in life.

Inspired by the welcome note and encouragement to participate whole heartedly in the meets, KE member, Laveena D’Souza facilitated an enjoyable ice breaker helping everyone get to know each other better by adding a short but memorable professional adjective to their names. It was gratifying for members to have their businesses and work seen, heard and acknowledged.

The elegant emcee for the evening, KE member Ranjeeta Greta Chatterjee deftly led to the guest speaker, Cherian Kuruvilla introduce by KE member, Uma Maheshwari. With over 4 decades of corporate experience and as an eminent coach and business mentor, Cherian succinctly shared powerful insights on the idea of #WeCommerce and Collaboration.

With active audience input, Cherian, delivered key collaborative ideas through mnemonics and prompts. He stressed on the importance of adjusting, adapting and leveraging each other’s strengths to successfully collaborate. Interestingly, he broke down the word, ‘Collaborate’ to include a host of values within it:

KE member, Manish Michael of Siel Blu India and his team energized the gathering with a demo of their adaptive fitness session using balloons as the prop of the day. Activities involved building lung capacity from blowing up the balloon, core strength, dexterity and balance through effective fun that hardly felt like exercise.

The table activity of the evening was prompted by an impromptu collaborative fun project that had initiated in the KE women entrepreneurs WhatsApp group a few weeks prior. The women members came out in high spirits and a giving attitude to offer their services to support a fellow member’s wistful desire for a beautiful wedding. KE member, Luvena Rangel, the bride in question, skilfully facilitated the ideation to develop a project using the resident businesses at every tables and present their business proposals. Projects that surfaced included an integrated event solution, a stress-free bridal package, a project bearing the initials of the businesses involved as well as one which focused on mental wellness.

Ranjeeta took the next few moments to highlight the achievements of the women members:

• Janice Pearl D’souza – Accredited as a professional facilitator with BYLD
• Luvena Rangel – Appointed as India chair for communication and advocacy for G100
• Vilina Sequeira – Honoured by Barkur Association of Bangalore for her contribution in recruitment in the hospitality industry.

Additionally, Laveena D’Souza was also acknowledged with a special prize to highlight her contribution towards the meet as the Best Networker Award.

The concluding bit on the agenda was a moment of warmth and gratitude where many women members took the opportunity to express their thanks to other members for both business leads and a listening ear. It is heart-warming to state here that the ripples of those shared words are echoing in the Women Entrepreneurs WhatsApp group even now.

The evening drew to a well-timed end with Leena’s closing message urging bonding and inviting more women to join KE. The strong ask for better participation from members in future events also made a resonant impact.

Needless to say, Friday evening was completed with a thorough celebration of collaboration with KE women entrepreneurs – a streamlined and focused agenda put together by the organizing committee that was well received and much appreciated

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Mysuru chosen by UNIDO for sustainable cities project

Climate-smart capital budgeting for MCC projects on the agenda

A two-day workshop on climate-smart capital budgeting under the Sustainable Cities Integrated Approach Pilot (SCIAP) project of the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), in association with the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs for the officials of the Mysuru City Corporation, got off to a start here on Monday.

Mayor Sunanda Palanetra inaugurated the workshop while Nand Pal Singh, Senior Technical Advisor, UNIDO, spoke about the project.

The SCIAP is being implemented in Mysuru and four other cities – Vijayawada, Guntur, Bhopal and Jaipur – by UNIDO with funding assistance from the Global Environment Facility (GEF). The technical assistance activity supports MCC officials and technical staff with enhanced capacity to produce capital investment plans with a specific focus on climate-smart and resilient attributes and make effective financial decisions for the investment plans, a release said.

UNIDO has partnered with the University of Washington (Seattle) in executing the capital budgeting exercise. The team of Janice Whittington, Adrienne Greve from California State Polytechnic University, and Sujatha Srikumar introduced an Excel-based capital investment planning model on day 1 of the workshop, offering a step-by-step process for energy auditing, carbon emission forecasting, and lifecycle cost analysis for select projects of MCC, according to the release.

Free organ transplant: 73 patients have benefitted since inception of scheme in 2019

Only below poverty line (BPL) patients are eligible under the free organ transplantation scheme — heart, liver, and kidney — in government and private-empaneled hospitals in Karnataka

A total of 73 below poverty line (BPL) patients have undergone free organ transplants and have got 622 cycles of free immunosuppressive medication under the Organ Transplantation Scheme after Karnataka launched in the scheme in 2019.

The Karnataka Government has so far spent ₹3.1 crore on the free transplants and ₹62.40 lakh on free supply of life-saving medicines that have to be taken life-long post-transplant.

As organ transplants are not covered under Arogya Karnataka-Ayushman Bharat Scheme, the government had in 2019 launched the free organ transplantation scheme — heart, liver, and kidney — for all BPL patients in government and private-empaneled hospitals. It had set aside ₹30 crore for this scheme in 2019’s budget.

The government had fixed package rates of ₹2 lakh for kidney transplant, ₹10 lakh for heart transplant, and ₹11 lakh for liver transplant. A sum of ₹1 lakh has been fixed as financial assistance for post-transplant immunosuppressive medication.

Canada: Radio Mango to host first-ever ‘Goblal Konkani Idol’ contest

As part of the decennial celebration Radio Mango, the first ever Konkani channel that created history in the North American hemisphere by broadcasting the Konkani programme on September 29, 2012, is all set to host the first-ever ‘Global Konkani Idol’ contest with a clarion call ‘Be the First Global Konkani Singing Star’.

About the President, Producer, and Host of Radio Mango

Milena Marques-Zachariah is an accomplished writer, columnist, and blogger. With over 25 years of experience in multi-national advertising in India, Dubai, and Canada, she has gained critical international experience in creating and building brands. Her creative shop, OUT OF MY MIND, is focused on the South Asian and ethnic markets in Canada. She has worked as creative director and multicultural communications specialist with leading agencies, helping major national and international brands relate to their consumers by aligning their messages to ethnic markets. This valuable exposure came in handy when she conceived and launched Radio Mango – the first and only Konkani language broadcast in North America. She has interviewed mayors and ministers, and eminent authors like Pico Iyer and Anosh Irani. Her journalistic contributions include a column ‘Confessions of an Immigrant Housewife’ in a leading South Asian newspaper and essays and poetry in various anthologies. Canadian Chronicles is yet another creative pursuit, where she blogs the extraordinary journeys of new immigrants to Canada – waiting to be published as a book. Her current blog: ‘Chasing the perfect Curry’ has gained international popularity among foodies and those seeking unchartered adventures.

Milena is a global citizen born in India, with work experience in the UAE for 12 years, and is now a Canadian citizen for 2 decades. She has widely traveled.

Konkani music lovers worldwide can tune into nostalgia on the easily available podcast, every Saturday – featuring the best of Goan and Mangalurean music and culture. Further details are also available on their website www.radiomango.ca and the Facebook page: Radio Mango Toronto.

Bengaluru-based firm develops nanoemulsion intra-nasal platform and gets international patent

Bengaluru-based Synergia Biosciences unveiled a nanotechnology-based intra-nasal platform of medicine for brain-related disorders on Thursday

City-based Synergia Biosciences unveiled a nanotechnology-based intra-nasal platform of medicine for brain-related disorders on Thursday.

It has acquired patents for the same in the United States of America, the European Union, India, and Japan.

Synergia Biosciences said they have developed the platform in which lipophilic drugs can be dissolved for the intra-nasal spray mode of administering to patient.

“We have patented the composition of the platform and the process to arrive at that,” Sambratha Shetty, Chief Operating Officer, Synergia Biosciences said.

The nanoemulsion platform presently is best suited to treat various brain-related disorders from cluster headaches, migraine, schizophrenia, dementia, epilepsy, Alzheimer’s and vertigo, binge drinking, depression, among others.

“One of the biggest challenges in drugs treating brain-related disorders is that it is very difficult to make the drug reach the target area. But with the intra-nasal route, it bypasses the first pass metabolism, increases bioavailability of the drug, and causes rapid absorption (less than 5 minutes),” Ms. Shetty explained.

Synergia has stabilised the nanoemulsion for four drugs: two antipsychotic ones, an analgesic, and an antiemetic. The same platform can be tweaked to carry vaccines and insulin, Synergia claimed.

“The technology is non-invasive and mainly cost-effective. It is an affordable way to treat multiple diseases. This is a strategic technology which will help India treat multiple diseases at an affordable cost,” said Tobby Simon of Synergia Foundation.

Coastalwood unreleased movie ‘Jeetige’ wins national award for best Tulu film

Coastalwood movie ‘Jeetige’, directed by Santhosh Mada has won the national award under the category best Tulu film among the 68th national award winners announced on Friday, July 22.

The movie ‘Jeetige’ is produced by Arun Rai Thodar under the AR production banner with Naveen D Padil, Roopa Varkady playing important characters in the movie, along with Chethan Rai Mani, J P Tuminadu, Arun Rai, Shashiraj Kavoor, Sathya Jeevan Someshwara and Chaithali Shetty among others playing prominent roles.

The film is based on the story, screenplay and dialogues written by Shashiraj Kavoor while Unni Madavood has captured the movie as the cinematographer and Amrutha Someshwara has penned the lyrics.

Karnataka tops NITI Aayog innovation list

Report suggests steps to secure a place in Global Innovation Index’s top 25 nations

Karnataka has bagged the top rank in NITI Aayog’s India Innovation Index, 2022, which determines innovation capacities and ecosystems at the sub-national level. The State has held this position, under the Major States category, in all three editions of the Index so far.

In the Index released on Thursday, Manipur secured the lead in the Northeast and Hill States category, while Chandigarh was the top performer in the Union Territories and City States category.

Karnataka was followed by Telangana, Haryana, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu. Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Bihar and Gujarat were at the bottom of the index.

Pointing out that India’s average innovation score is arguably insufficient, given the country’s ambitious targets to be named among the top 25 nations in the Global Innovation Index, the report by the government think tank has recommended measures, such as increasing Gross Domestic Expenditure on R&D (GDERD), promoting private sector participation in R&D and closing the gap between industry demand and what the country produces through its education systems.

The report went on to state that countries that spend less on GDERD fail to retain their human capital in the long run and the ability to innovate is dependent on the quality of human capital; India’s GDERD as a percentage of GDP stood at about 0.7%.

Bengaluru through the nose

City-based artist and author Indu Antony’s book Vasané, takes readers on an olfactory journey of Bengaluru.

You must have heard that scents are more closely linked to our memories than pictures or sounds. The smell of the filter coffee you shared with your friends after an exhausting lecture, remembering the perfume your first love interest wore, or remembering home every time you smell your mother’s signature dish being cooked, all trigger memories. It’s not only our fondest memories that are drenched by smells, but so is our city.

In her book Vasané (smell in Kannada), artist and author Indu Antony captures the many smells that make up the city of Bengaluru.

“Every city has its distinct smell. Mumbai, Goa, all these cities have smells that characterise them, but with Bengaluru, there are so many smells that make up this city,” says Antony about her 70-page book. “Because of Covid, our sense of smell was lost. Not just by those who had it, but wearing masks also restricted our ability to smell things around us,” says the author.

According to Antony, this project published by Mazhi Books, connects with the city beyond the visual, about associating smells with the city. She collaborated with Avinandan, a perfumer whose family business, Sathyanarayana Traders, is a wholesale retailer of sandal, oud, and musk perfumes. Together, the duo created 12 unique smells in 1 ml bottles each, which readers get with the book, so that they can apply them to the pages and experience the city through the olfactory sense.

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