Category: Amazing Feats

** Bangalore University makes entry into THE global employability ranking

 For the first time, Bangalore University (249th rank) has entered the Global Employability Ranking and Survey (GEURS) run by higher education HR consultancy Emerging and published by Times Higher Education (THE). 

Meanwhile, the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) obtained rank 61 globally and was the second-highest institute in terms of employability only after IIT Delhi.

** Bengaluru students to launch balloon satellite in January

Scientific payloads include a camera, radiation sensor, GPS module, a plant and a toothpaste will be on the high-altitude balloon.

The payload which is almost ready, will be launched into an altitude of 100 km above the sea level from Hosakote between 2 am and 4 am after getting clearance from the air traffic control, Shashank Mane, Facilitator at the Centre of Excellence, Chaman Bhartiya School, told TNIE.

The school has teamed up with a Bengaluru-based edu-space startup, Genex Space, he added.

** BEL to develop smart drone delivery mailbox

Bengaluru-based company ties up with US company

Indianapolis-based DroneDek Corporation, a US firm that designs smart mailbox for secure drone delivery, entered into an agreement with Bengaluru-based Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) to design, develop and produce smart mailbox units for worldwide distribution.

** Tech startup launches services for elderly in Mysuru

Safety, housekeeping, food, and healthcare are some of the key services

A tech startup focused on non-real estate-based assisted living services for the elderly has announced the launch of its services in Mysuru and Bengaluru.

Alserv has expanded its services at Kochi, Trivandrum, and Coimbatore after Chennai with India witnessing a critical need for home-based elder care services now, the startup said.

Jagadish Ramamoorthy, co-founder and director, Alserv, said: “Mysuru and Bengaluru are upcoming locations for senior living, with more than 350 homes being built in retirement communities around these two cities

** Bengaluru Teacher Mehreen Mushtaq Wins Global Award In Artificial Intelligence

Mehreen Mushtaq Shamim, a teacher from Bengaluru’s Delhi Public School has bagged an award in Artificial Intelligence (AI) at the Intel AI Global Impact Festival.

She was selected as one of the four winners of ‘AI impact shapers: Teachers with innovative AI teaching learning practices’. Mehreen has been teaching AI in DPS East for nine years now. The CBSE curriculum had introduced AI as a subject for classes 9-12 in 2019.

** Udupi: SMVITM students create Android app to provide knee movement assistance for elderly

Under the guidance of Chetan R, senior assistant professor, the final year, Shri Madhwa Vadiraja Institute of Technology & Management (SMVITM) ECE students Namana, Pranav, Adithya and Gowri have built the wearable smart and cost effective device which assists in sitting and standing using the Lead Screw mechanism, this is achieved by receiving input from the user through an Android app, which has been developed. 

** Vijay Dante’s Udupi Madras Cafe wins ‘Best Indian Restaurant – Gold Award’

Udupi Madras Cafe’ (UMC), the renowned vegetarian restaurant owned by Everest Vijay Dante of Mangaluru origin, has won the prestigious ‘Best Indian Restaurant – Gold Award’.

It is a proud moment of all South Asians since UMC won 1st place.

Serving the International Community in Mississauga, Canada for 15 years, Udupi Madras Cafe specializes in fresh, wholesome and nutritious South Indian vegetarian food.

Toronto/Mangaluru

** Mysuru Bags Five-Star Ranking In ‘Garbage-Free Cities’

Mysuru city that was hoping for a place in the top three cleanest cities has, however, been awarded five-star ranking in ‘garbage-free cities’ category.

Urban Development Minister Byrathi Basavaraj, Mysuru Mayor Sunanda Palanetra, Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Commissioner G. Lakshmikanth Reddy and Senior Health Officer Dr. D.G. Nagaraj received the award from Hardeep Singh Puri, Union Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs

** Bengaluru adjudged best ‘Fastest Mover’ mega city in Swachh Survekshan 2021 rankings

Ranked 28 out of 48 ULBs with more than 10 lakh population

Bengaluru has been adjudged as the ‘Fastest Mover’ mega city in Swachh Survekshan 2021 while being ranked 28 among the 48 cities with a population more than 10 lakh.

Swachh Survekshan 2021 results were announced by the Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry on November 20.