Records – Page 40 – Karnataka First

** Winners Of Rajiv Gandhi Cup Football Tournament

The Tamil Nadu’s Women Police team and Bengaluru’s Austin Town team have emerged winners in Women and Men Division of the State-level Rajiv Gandhi Cup Football Tournament organised by Mysuru District Rural Youth Congress Committee at the Railway Grounds on Manandavadi Road here yesterday.

In the finals of the three-day tournament, the Tamil Nadu’s women defeated Bengaluru’s Modern Girls’ team 10-7 points. Mythri of Modern Girls team and Shravanya, goalkeeper of Tamil Nadu’s Women Police team, bagged the Best Performers award. National Youth Football players Simran Bhargav, Triya Menon and Indumati were felicitated on the occasion.

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** Dubai: Peter Lewis, Rheanne Amelda’s unique art exhibition earns praise

‘Walking through our Village’ together with ‘Young Mind’s Thoughts’, a unique three-day art exhibition comprising two generations Peter Lewis, a proven master in the art field and his talented granddaughter Rheanne Amelda Lewis, was inaugurated on April 7 at Fortune Atrium Hotel here.

The programme started with a brief introduction of Peter Lewis and Rheanne Amelda Lewis by compere of the evening Raegan Lewis, none other than grandson of Peter Lewis. Peter Lewis in his speech explained his journey from a small village to reach this height. The government of India job in the Weavers Service Centre helped him travel to many places where he observed the culture, traditions of those places and the same has been reflected on his canvas. He also informed that during his tenure as chairman of Lalitha Kala Academy, Karnataka he influenced the authorities to develop and promote art as a subject in schools. He also called on aspirant artists to dream big and work on it.

** Bengaluru joins global network of silk cities

Bengaluru has become the first Indian city to get into the global network of silk cities, celebrated French textile artist Isabelle Moulin said in Kolkata, expressing hope that in the next few years West Bengal’s Murshidabad district — known to produce fine silk in the over the past 300 years — may join the global silk city network.

“Two days ago, I launched the membership of Bengaluru — the first Indian city in the global Silk City network. Now, we have nine countries and 13 cities. If everything goes fine, then with time, I hope ‘Murshidabad Silk’ too can make it to the network. The network helps artisans and craftsmen to exchange knowledge, build trade relations and understand various craftsmanship techniques,” Ms. Moulin said during an interactive session with select media persons at Kolkata’s Oxford Bookstore.

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** 90 toppers to receive gold medals at BCU’s first convocation tomorrow

Ninety toppers will be awarded with gold medals and cash prizes at the first convocation of Bengaluru City University that will be held on Monday. Honorary doctorates will also be conferred on V. Ravichandran (cinema), M.R. Jaishankar (social service) and Sathyanarayana (medicine).

Prof. Gandhi said that seven donors had each contributed ₹6 lakh, which has since been deposited. The university will be getting ₹30,000 as interest from each of the endowments, of which ₹20,000 will be given away as cash prize and ₹10,000 will be used for the gold medals. The varsity medals will originally be made of silver, which will be dipped in gold, he said.

** Mangaluru: Venkatesh Baliga, Geetha Kini felicitated on World Konkani Day

Power of GSB team felicitated on the World Konkani Day, Kodial Khabar chief editor Venkatesh Baliga Mavinkurve for his contribution to GSB community and Geeta Kini who has authored several books about delicious cooking recipes identifying her talent.

Mulki town panchayat member Balachandra Kamath, entrepreneurs Harish Nayak Kaup, Vignesh Kini Karkala, Yogish Nayak Mangaluru, Mamatha Kudva, Roopa Chetan, Chitra Kini, Prabha Shenoy, Malini Nayak and Varun Nayak were present.

** IIM-B convocation: 690 students graduate; 9 win gold medals

A total of 690 students across programmes, nine of whom were awarded gold medals, graduated from the institute.

The one lesson from the two years of the pandemic is that change is constant, said Zia J. Mody, co-founder and managing partner of AZB and Partners, who was chief guest. In a virtual address to the graduating students, she said: “You had to achieve academic success amidst the COVID-19 challenge, and you have weathered all storms and come out ahead. We are waiting to see more unicorns, more distinguished scholars, more successful CEOs emerge from your batch.

Prof Rishikesha T. Krishnan, Director, IIM Bangalore, highlighted some of the achievements and accomplishments of the institute, with special focus on programmes, centres, events, the entrepreneurship hub NSRCEL, placements as well as the feats of the students and faculty. IIM-B is once again in the Top 100 in the QS World University Rankings in the Business and Management Studies category, ranking at #63 globally and #1 in India.

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Covid-19: NGO finds a way to improve learning retention among children in rural Karnataka

An out-of-the-box thinking, which led to educated senior students mentoring their juniors during the Covid-19 pandemic, has resulted in better learning retention in a few villages in Mysuru district.

Conceived by Pratham Mysore, an NGO working in the field of education, the Student Mentoring Programme (SMP) has caught the imagination of a few educationists who intend to introduce mentoring as a compulsory subject in the B.Ed course.

Explaining the genesis of Student Mentoring Programme, Ashvini Ranjan, who is pioneering Pratham Mysore’s activities in the region, said that the NGO had launched a Model Village Programme in 2017. Under this programme, it adopted Hyaknur, Mavinahalli, Sujjalur and Muthathi in T. Narsipura taluk to shore up the learning abilities of children in government schools.

** City Doctor Conferred President Appreciation Award By IRIA

Dr. P. Sanjay , Professor in Radiology Department at K.R. Hospital, Mysore Medical College and Research Institute, seen receiving the President Appreciation Award for the year 2021 from Dr. C. Amarnath, Immediate Past President of Indian Radiological and Imaging Association (IRIA) at the IRIA National Conference held in Bengaluru recently as Dr. Pushpraj Bhatele , President of IRIA and Dr. Umesh Krishnamurthy , President-Elect, IRIA, look on.

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** Bengaluru airport collaborates with Amazon to accelerate innovation in aviation

Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL), operator of Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru, is working with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to establish a Joint Innovation Center (JIC)

Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL), operator of Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru, is working with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to establish a Joint Innovation Center (JIC) to drive the development and adoption of digital solutions in aviation.

The JIC will enable startups to accelerate innovation in aviation, smart infrastructure, utilities, and mobility by providing comprehensive programme offerings and a technical platform that helps customers innovate quickly by utilising AWS technology.

The JIC, the first such initiative dedicated to advancing the aviation industry, is expected to open at Bengaluru airport in 2022 and will focus on driving digital innovation for the airport, enhancing passenger experience, and creating a positive impact on the community where the airport operates.

** Organ donation: In a first, three green corridors created on a single day

Cadaveric organ donation got a boost in the city on Wednesday with three zero-traffic green corridors created on a single day to transport vital organs from different hospitals.

Authorities from Jeevasarthakathe, the State Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (SOTTO), which is the nodal agency that facilitates cadaver organ donations, said this is the first time that three green corridors had been created on a single day. There were back-to-back organ donations since Tuesday evening and two green corridors were also created on Tuesday night – one in Mangaluru and another in Bengaluru.

“We placed the requests for three green corridors with the Bengaluru traffic police in a gap of 30 minutes. While one green corridor was created at 10 a.m. on Wednesday from Manipal Hospitals on Old Airport Road to BGS Global Hospitals in Mysuru (to transport a liver), another was created at 10.30 a.m. from Aster RV hospital to MS Ramaiah-Narayana Hrudayalaya (to transport a heart). At 11 a.m., another corridor was created from the same hospital (Aster RV) to Bengaluru International airport to transport donated lungs to KIMS, Secunderabad