Category: Business & Economy

** Teachers, Engineer Honoured, Mysuru

Sitting from left: B.S. Raghuram, retd. General Manager, Tata Housing and Dr. K.S. Manjunath, Professor, SJCE, Mysuru, who were awarded ‘Engineer Par Excellence Award’ and ‘The Teacher Extraordinaire Award’ respectively by Builders’ Association of India (BAI), Mysore Centre, at a programme organised at Mysore Builders’ Charitable Trust (MBCT) auditorium in city recently to mark Engineers’ Day & Teachers’ Day celebrations.

Seen with (standing from left) BAI Mysore Centre Hon. Secretary A.S. Yoganarasimha, BAI Mysore Centre Chairman K. Ajit Narayan,   Prof. G. Hemantha Kumar, Vice-Chancellor, University of Mysore and T.N. Hemanth, Managing Trustee, MBCT. BAI Mysore Vice-Chairman Nagaraj V. Bairy, BAI Mysore Past Chairman M. Rathnaraj, BAI Mysore Hon. Treasurer G. Ashok, BAI Mysore Past Chairman M.S. Ramprasad, BAI Mysore Member BuildTech 2021 Chairman C.S. Srikanth and BAI Member M.V. Vinod Kumar were also present. A presentation was given by event sponsor Srinidhi Group, Mysuru.

** IISc-incubated startup L2MRail, SID & IISc sign MoU with Kerala Rail

The L2M Rail team and IISc have pioneered Fiber Bragg Grating sensing technology, to develop a Structural Health Monitoring System (SHMS) which will monitor civil engineering structures of Kerala Rail’s Silverline project, according to a statement.

** This massive solar park at Karnataka’s Pavagada ups heat

 It is a large sheet of glass that stretches as far as the eye can see. Acres and acres of black solar panels, spread across 12,800 acres to be precise, glimmer in the Sun, making the solar park at Pavagada taluk in Tumakuru district one of the biggest in Asia.

Launched in 2018, this alternative energy facility was meant to be the answer to environmentally hazardous thermal and nuclear power energy sources. But this ultra-modern, eco-friendly solution has brought misery to villagers nearby

** Bengaluru’s KSR station gets facial recognition system

A digital cordon envelops the Krantivira Sangolli Rayanna (Bengaluru City) railway station as it has become the first railway station in the country to adopt the Facial Recognition System (FRS) technology.

Within 90 days of the surveillance system going live, 47 history-sheeters have been identified within the station premises.

** Bengaluru, Mysuru among nine cities for Centre’s e-vehicle thrust

The e-bus procured on Thursday will be launched on November 1.

Two cities from Karnataka — Bengaluru and Mysuru — are among the nine nationwide that have been selected for the Centre’s ‘Grand Challenge’ to deploy more electric vehicles (EVs) under public transport. 

The challenge was announced on Thursday, on a day when Bengaluru got its first e-bus, said Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation  Commissioner Anbu Kumar.

** Shepherds India sets sights on rendezvous by Nile river

For starters, the community members will gather at the Shepherds India meeting in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, on October 2  for the sixth annual meeting.

Shepherds India president MLC A H Vishwanath said, “We started this movement on Gandhi Jayanti six years ago and the reason we chose October 2 was because Mahatma Gandhi called for strengthening rural professions like animal husbandry and sheep rearing as far back as 1942 saying that is the way to strengthen the nation. Although shepherds across the nation follow different religious practices, they are united by a common heritage and Shepherds India is seeking to bring them all together.’’

** Young innovator develops a host of apps

At age 14, Prajwal N.H. is a certified Python programmer, Azure AI engineer, and a scrum master. He is also the co-founder of a startup called CloudAttack, a cloud computing company.

The young softech enthusiast has developed six applications that have received recognition at various levels. He recently received confirmation from the ‘India Book of Records’ recognising him as the ‘Youngest certified Azure AI engineer associate’.

** Award for TIFR scientist for work on celestial bodies

The Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), Bengaluru, has awarded the Professor Peraiah Foundation Award for 2021 to Dr Shravan Hanasoge of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) in Mumbai for his work on deciphering the internal structure of the sun, stars and the earth.

** Infosys, Karnataka govt to promote skilling under NEP

It giant Infosys and the Department of Higher Education have decided to sign three Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) to promote skill-based learning among college students as part of the National Education Policy (NEP).

Other platforms on the anvil for colleges are ‘Campus Connect’ for digital learning of college faculty and professional guidance for students.