Prof. Ashwathanarayana was the Secretary, Freedom Fighters’ Association and TTL College of Business Management
Mysore/Mysuru:
Prof. H.N. Ashwathanarayana (90), Secretary of Mysuru City and District Freedom Fighters’ Association and a resident of Krishnamurthypuram, passed away yesterday afternoon in city following brief illness.
A micro policy at affordable rate for providing insurance cover for vector-borne disease has been launched by Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank (KVGB) in association with Liberty General Insurance Co. Ltd.
Chairman of the KVG Bank P. Gopi Krishna and Vice-President of Liberty General Insurance Manish Kotian unveiled the special micro insurance product, Janarakshaka, at a function in Dharwad recently.
Mr. Gopi Krishna said that as the rainy season approaches, chances of people contracting vector-borne diseases such as dengue, malaria, chikungunya, Japanese Encephalitis, Kala-azar, lymphatic filariasis and Zika virus increase.
Under the policy, the policyholder will get immediate relief of ₹10,000 as a one-time compensation if he contracted any of the vector-borne diseases. The claim procedure has also been simplified. In addition, an accidental death coverage of ₹20,000 has also been included in the policy.
VIBGYOR Architects’ was awarded as the best architectural firm at the UltraTech ‘Mera Makaan, Meri Shaan Competition 2020’ — a building competition for its uniqueness and how well it is built — for having designed a residential building named ‘Yashodhalaya’ owned by Gopal Swamy at Vijayanagar 1st Stage, Mysuru.
This building has won the State Award from Karnataka under the Pan India competition. H.S. Deepak of Deep Consultant was the Structural Consultant and Raviraj Constructions was the constructor. ACCE(I)-UltraTech Awards 2021 ceremony was held on March 5 at Windflower Resorts.
Mysuru
Shalom Aureole Britto from Udupi has been awarded with the prestigious The Indian Institute of Architects’s IIA Medal for “Best Outgoing student of the year 2021.”
She is the daughter of Jerome and Sandra Britto of Mount Rosary Church, Santhekatte.Sharon completed her graduation from Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE).
Scientists from the Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences (CeNS), and Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced and Scientific Research (JNCASR) in Bengaluru have set up a semi-automated production plant for the production of printing-aided patterns, with resolution of around 300 Aum. These electrodes have potential uses in advanced touchless screen technologies.
The Head of Karnataka State Covid-19 War Room, Munish Moudgil, was recently conferred with the Distinguished Alumni Award from the Indian Institute of Technology – Bombay for the work that went into setting up the war room and also for the optimum use of technology during the pandemic.
Earlier, the 1998 batch IAS officer, in January 2022, had received the E-Governance Award from the Government of India, for using technology in Covid-19 management and for the war room.
Saumyananda Sahi is the only cinematographer from Bengaluru to make it to BAFTA’s list of ‘Breakthrough India Participants for 2022’ for his film that captures the monkey menace in New Delhi .
Sahi made it to the list of ‘Breakthrough India Participants for 2022’ announced by the British Academy Film and Television Award (BAFTA).
India, and possibly the world, got its first digital water bank, an initiative to aggregate water resources under a single platform, on Monday.
Science and Technology Minister Dr CN Ashwath Narayan, who inaugurated the water bank in Bengaluru, extended the state government’s full support for the initiative, undertaken by AquaKraft Ventures, a company that specialises in sustainable initiatives to provide drinking water and sanitation to all.
Col. Sandeep Jagtap, Commanding Officer, 32 Karnataka Battalion of National Cadet Corps (NCC), and Col. Sushil Kumar Tiwari (retd.) conferred the position of honorary colonel on Niranjan V. Nisty, Vice-Chancellor of Sharnbasva University, Kalaburagi, in Kalaburagi on Saturday.
Dr. Nisty was the seniormost, among the 11 select Vice-Chancellors in the country who were conferred with the position in their respective NCC battalions. These VCs will also be the Colonel Commandant of the NCC units in their respective universities.
Col. Tiwari said that the achievement of Dr. Nisty, a medical professional, proved that people from different professions too could achieve the honours conferred by the Defence Ministry.
The first Metro train in Bengaluru with its exterior wrapped completely in vinyl was inaugurated on Friday from Platform 2 of the Kempegowda Metro station towards Kengeri on its Purple Line. This initiative by the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) to commemorate 75 years of Independence was flagged off by its Managing Director Anjum Parwez at 10.15 am.