IBM opened a Client Innovation Centre (CIC) in Mysuru on November 8 in response to the ‘Spoke-Shore Strategy’ floated by Karnataka Digital Economy Mission (KDEM), a special entity to take businesses ‘Beyond Bengaluru’.
As an entrepreneurial startup within IBM Consulting, the CIC would specialise in design, software engineering and analytics while supporting clients in their business transformation journey.
Arun Yogiraj sculpted the statue of Jagadguru Sri Adi Shankaracharya at Kedarnath
When Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled the statue of Jagadguru Sri Adi Shankaracharya at Kedarnath on Friday the city-based sculptor Arun Yogiraj who watched the proceedings from Mysuru, was overcome with mixed feelings.
Though there was a sense of joy in having successfully completed the task, it was supplanted by grief over the recent death of his father – B.S.Yogiraj Shilpi – from whom he inherited the family tradition. His father was a recipient of many awards including the Amarashilpi Jakanachari award instituted by Karnataka Shilpa Academy and the Karnataka Rajyothsava award.
An MBA from the University of Mysore, Arun Yogiraj trained for six months in the HR Department of a private company. “But I listened to my inner voice and left the private sector job and returned to Mysuru to carry forward the family tradition,” he said.
Kannada actor Puneeth Rajkumar will be posthumously conferred the Basavashree award 2021 by the Bruhanmutt. Murugha Mutt seer Dr Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru on Thursday made an announcement in this regard.
The award honours people for services to society in their respective fields by following the principles of Lord Basaveshwar. It is presented by Chitradurga Bruhanmutt since 1997. The award includes a Rs 5 lakh cash and a memento.
The US-based infrastructure engineering software company, Bentley Systems, that opened its education platform globally in late October, has already seen a massive response from Indian students.
The Bentley Education programme offers full access to learning licences of 63 of Bentley’s most popular applications used by infrastructure professionals around the globe, including ContextCapture, MicroStation, OpenRoads Designer, STAAD.Pro and SYNCHRO.
On Friday, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveils a statue of Guru Adi Shankaracharya at Kedarnath, it will be a matter of pride for Mysuru.
The Krishna shile (chlorite schist) is from a remote part of HD Kote taluk in the district, and Arun Yogiraj, the man who chiselled the statue, is from the famed Mysuru family of sculptors.
Bharatiya Vikas Trust (BVT), Manipal, established by late T.A. Pai, has bagged the Ashden Award 2021 in the ‘Energy Access Skills’ category.
Trust’s Master Trainer Sudhir Kulkarni and Consultant Sudeeptha Ghosh received the award from Costa Rica President Charlos Alvarado Quesada during the Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, United Kingdom, on November 4.
NRI Indian entrepreneur, Vakwadi Praveen Kumar Shetty, who is from Kundapur taluk, and who has been selected for Karnataka Rajyotsava Award for the year 2021, arrived in the district on Wednesday November 3.
On his arrival at Lord Vinayaka temple, Anegudde, accompanied by wife Roopali Shetty, he was offered welcome on behalf of the temple management. The priests performed puja. Senior trustee of the temple, K Sooryanarayana Upadhyaya, and priest Murari Upadhyaya, honoured the dignitary on behalf of the temple.
Arzan Khorakiwala, a product of the Raghuveer Tennis Academy, Mysuru, emerged Champion in the KSLTA-AITA Talent Series 7 Under-14 Tournament, an event on the Tattvam Junior Tour, here recently. In the finals played at the KSLTA Tennis Stadium, Arzan quelled the challenge of Gurleen Kaur Khanuja in straight sets 6-3, 6-3.
Three lawyers have been appointed as Additional Judges of the Karnataka High Court.
Three lawyers have been appointed as Additional Judges of the Karnataka High Court. The Ministry of Justice issued a notification appointing Anant Ramanath Hegde, Siddaiah Rachaiah and Kannankuzhyil Sreedharan Hemalekha as Additional Judges, on Wednesday, following the assent of the President. With these appointments, the working strength of judges in the HC has been increased to 46, as against the sanctioned strength
A dedicated domestic air cargo terminal at Hubballi Airport, the first such facility in North Karnataka region, became operational on Wednesday.
Airports Authority of India (AAI) has, in coordination with Airports Authority of India – Cargo Logistics and Allied Services Company Limited, operationalised the dedicated domestic air cargo terminal.