Karnataka, Records – Page 32

** Mangaluru: Kannada poet DVG’s translated work ‘Mankuthimma Kagga’ released

“Written by DV Gundappa, ‘Mankuthimma Kagga’ presents various philosophies and deep spiritual principles in a simple language.

This work fosters humanist thought, respecting the views of different peoples and promoting the notion that the human race is one and united. Although it may seem superficially worthy of rationalism, it is in fact spreading a noble theological idea that the goal of all thought is ultimately to unite in that strange power which is managing the whole creation.

We should use this work again and again in our daily lives and lead our minds to the deeper truths of the world,” said Fr Onil D’Souza, parish priest of the Corpus Christi Church, Moodbidri.

He was speaking at the event book release programe held at St Aloysius College. Mankutimmana Kagga, Kannada work of eminent Kannada poet DVG is translated by Prof Stephen Quadros Permude. The book ‘Mankutimmchen Kavyen is published by Kuvempu Bhasha Bharati Pradhikara.

** Kasargod: Charitable Fund award conferred, Karnataka state working journalists’ feted

Charitable fund award ceremony and felicitation to eminent personalities of Karnataka State Working Journalists’ association was held at M V Ballullaya dais of ALP school of Narayanamangala near Kumble.

The programme was organized jointly by Kasargod district journalists welfare association, Karnataka state working journalists’ association Bengaluru and Karnataka state tourism department.

The programme was inaugurated by minister Kota Srinivas Poojary. Seer of Edaneeru Math Sri Sachidananda Bharathi Sree and Panakkad Sayyad Munanvarali Shihab Tangal were present and spoke on the occasion.

A R Subbiahkatte, president of Kasargod district working journalists’ association presided over the function.

Senior media expert Eshwara Daithota, Kumble gram panchayat vice president Nasar Mogral, zilla panchayat member Jameela Siddique Dandegoli, block panchayat member Prema Shetty, gram panchayat member Sulochana P, Shri Kshethra Dharmasthala project district officer Mukesh, administrative officer of Narayanamangala School Gopalkrishna Bhat Kabekkodu, president of Dakshina Kannada district journalists association Srinivas Nayak Indaje, leaders of Karnataka Journalists Association Somashekhar Keregodu, Bhavani Singh Thakur, Ramesh Kuttappa, DC Lokesh and entrepreneur Abdulla Maadumoole were present and spoke on the occasion.
Poetry collection written by poetess Rajani Naikapu was released by Manjeshwar MLA A K M Ashraf.

Edaneeru Sri Keshavananda Bharathi Swamiji charitable fund award was conferred on Dr Vanishree Ucchilkar, Havva Hassan Foundation Kudkuli award was conferred on Dr Sadananda Perla, Dr C Somashekhar charitable fund award was conferred on Jayaprakash Uppala, Mogarodi Gopalkrishna Melanta Memorial award was conferred on Mohammed Arif Moodbidri, K V R Tagore award was conferred on S Jagadishchandra Anchan Sootarpete, Prachodaya Charitable Fund award was conferred on journalist and litterateur Radhakrishna K Uliyathadka and Prabhakara Kalluraya Banadagadde award was conferred on B R Savita Rai Madikeri.

Yakshagana Guru Kambaru Keshava Bhat and Raja Arikkadi were felicitated and honoured. Gangadhar Yadav, chief secretary of district journalists’ association delivered the introductory speech. Muralidhar Yadav welcomed the gathering. Convener Thomas D’Souza proposed a vote of thanks. The programme was compered by Ravi Naikapu.

** Inspired by Modi’s life, Hubballi firm comes up with tea dispenser

Inspired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s life from a tea seller at Vadnagar railway station in Gujarat to become the Prime Minister who advocates for innovations and start-ups, Steira Technovations, a company from Hubballi, has come up with mobile tea dispensers to help poor tea vendors at railway stations and bus depots.

The tea vendors and sellers carry the hot tea or coffee in stainless steel containers. Holding the heavy container is tiring, and to reduce the burden, an insulated container with a capacity of 5 litres will be placed in a durable heat-resistant backpack attached to a cup dispenser.

Steira Technovations engineer Ganesh Balikai told TNIE that the company is not pursuing profits but it wants to solve the problems in the society. “We wanted to help the tea vendors who carry heavy containers to sell tea or coffee. The situation is the same in hotels and offices,” he said. Balikai said that the product can be carried easily on the back.

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** Jain college is overall champion at GBS Utsav 2k22

Jain College, Hubballi, emerged as the overall champion in the two-day ‘GBS Utsav 2K22’, a management festival for undergraduate students that concluded on Saturday.

In all, 18 colleges from across north Karnataka took part in the fest and Jain College bagged the general championing by doing excellently well in the 11 events held.

Mahesh B. Mashal, mindset coach and career counsellor, who was the chief guest at the grand finale, asked the students to think out of the box and think beyond the usual boundaries in order to realize their full potentials and gain success in their professional lives. He gave away the prizes and trophies to the winners of various events.

Welcoming the dignitarites, Director of Global Business School Tejas B. Vyas praised the students for their active participation in the event.

** UK-based IoA offers to train 1,000 engineering college students in analytics and data sciences

The Institute of Analytics (IoA), an UK-based not-for-profit organisation for analytics and data science professionals, has come forward to offer a programme for 1,000 engineering graduates from government colleges of Karnataka. This is in addition to a fully-funded data literacy programme for schoolchildren.

Clare Walsh FIoA – Head of Education, and Rosie Sweeney, Head of Memberships from IoA, met C.N. Ashwath Narayan, Minister for Higher Education, on the sidelines of the World Education Forum summit in London and made such a proposal.

According to a communique from the Minister’s office, they said that the programme for select engineering graduates will be undertaken in association with the International Skill Development Corporation (ISDC).

Dr. Clare has also proposed to provide IoA membership to 100 government employees working in the Department of Information Technology. In this regard, an exclusive programme on data literacy among the government employees will be executed to help them improve their analytics skills, she said.

** Film made in Bengaluru goes to Cannes

The 15-minute film, mostly in English, is a lighthearted social satire that looks at different generations of men through a woman’s eyes

Bengaluru-based Shruthi Raju, a first-time filmmaker, will be among the Indians participating in the 75th annual Cannes Film Festival in southern France. Her short film What’s Up With Indian Men? will be shown in Cannes Court Metrage online Video Library on May 25 during the festival.

The 15-minute film, mostly in English, is a lighthearted social satire that looks at different generations of men through a woman’s eyes.

After working on more than 120 original theatre shows across south India under the banner of Underdog Entertainment, which she co-founded, Shruthi recently ventured into films. The short film is adapted from a play she wrote and acted in.

** Mangaluru: Ekalavya awardee, international Kabaddi player Uday Chowta dies at 43

International Kabaddi player and Bank of Baroda official Maani-Badigudde Uday Chowta passed away here in the early hours Saturday, May 21.

Preliminary reports from his close sources said that the 43-year-old sports persona suffered a brain hemorrhage. It is said that he had been unwell for sometime.

Uday Chowta was the recipient of the prestigious Ekalavya award instituted by the government of Karnataka apart from several state and district accolades. Uday Chowta had represented the Indian Kabaddi team which won the second World Kabaddi Championship in 2007.

** Nimhans ranked second in Education World India list

The National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences (Nimhans), Bengaluru, was ranked second in the country in the Education World (EW) India Higher Education Rankings 2022-23. Nimhans, with a score of 1,126, was listed second among government universities in the Natural & Life Sciences category.

Under the EW ranking system, the universities are evaluated according to various parameters of higher education excellence, including competence of faculty, curriculum and pedagogy (including digital readiness), infrastructure and quality of leadership/governance, among other key factors.

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** Kannada in Canadian Parliament

Canadian parliamentarian Chandrakanth Arya spoke in Kannada in the House

Canadian parliamentarian Chandrakanth Arya, hailing from Sira in Tumakuru district, spoke in the country’s parliament in Kannada and posted a video on Twitter on Friday, earning praise in his home State.

Mr. Arya was elected as an MP for Nepean, Ontario, in 2015 and was re-elected in 2019. He made a brief statement in Kannada saying him speaking in Kannada would make the people of Karnataka happy and proud. He said Canadian Kannadigas had celebrated Kannada Rajyotsava in Parliament in 2018 and now he was speaking in Kannada.

He signed off with the lines of a Kuvempu poem: “Elladaru Iru, Enthadaru Iru…Endendigu Nee Kannadavagiru’‘ (Wherever you are, However you are…always be Kannadiga).

First successful bone marrow transplant performed at Kidwai

The State-run Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology has successfully conducted its first Autologous Stem Cell transplantation on an eight-year-old boy from Tumkuru.

The patient, Jeevan Kumar, had been diagnosed with Refractory Hodgkins Lymphoma, S4, nine months ago. The transplantation was done on April 28 and the patient was discharged on Monday.

A team of doctors comprising Vasundhara Kailasnath, Linu Jacob, Smitha Saldanha and Gayatri from the Bone Marrow Transplantation unit at the hospital performed the surgery. The unit was inaugurated on February 15 on the occasion of International Childhood Cancer Day.

“We initially collected the healthy stem cells from the patient and cyropreserved (a process in which the cells are stored at minus 80 degree celsius). Subsequently, the patient was given high dose chemotherapy to kill the residual cancer cells and the stored stem cells were transfused back into the patient. This procedure is called Autologous Stem Cell transplantation,” said Dr. Kailasnath.

“The entire process has taken about 20-24 days and the patient has done well through the procedure. Autologous Stem Cell transplantation enables us to give very dose chemotherapy to the patient,” she said.