** 5-yr-old in Bengaluru sets world record in coding

Five-year-old Sunvisha C Nair, a student of Christ KG at SG Palya, has emerged as the ‘world’s youngest person to code decimal and its corresponding octal, hexadecimal and binary coding of 1-15, in a number system’. 

With this, the child, who was 4 years 11 months 13 days-old at the time of her record, has written the binary, octal and hexadecimal equivalent of the decimal (conventionally-used everyday number system) from 1 to 15.

** Six Bengaluru international schools top national rankings

Six international schools of Bengaluru came out on top, according to the Education World India School Rankings (EWISR) 2021-22.

The six schools are placed in the top-10 for best day and day-cum-boarding schools in India.

Indus International School was named the best international day-cum-boarding school in India, while The International School, Greenwood High International, and Stonehill International School took the second, third and fourth ranks, respectively.

Sharanya Narayani International School, Bengaluru, was ranked the ninth best in the same category. 

Meanwhile, Legacy School, Bengaluru, was ranked eighth best in the country in terms of international day schools, according to the EWISR.

** Writer Eshwar Mantur dead

Eshwar Mantur, writer, public speaker and founder of the Basava Jnyana Gurukul orphanage, died in Honnur-Madhurkhandi village of Bagalkot district on Thursday.

Apart from traditional education, the institution offered training in computer usage and music. He also organised Sharana Sanskruti Utsav in the ashram ever year. He wrote several books on Basava philosophy and began touring the State giving lectures on the 12th Century Vachana movement. He released several cassettes and CDs that contained deliberations on various Sharanas.

** NCBS, Tata Institute of Genetics and Society announce institutional alliance

“This engagement with the TIGS is a wonderful opportunity for NCBS researchers to engage with questions that concern both genetics and society, and at the same time broadening the collaborative footprint of the TIGS at the Bangalore Life Science Cluster,” said NCBS director Satyajit Mayor.

TIGS director Rakesh Mishra said by joining hands with the NCBS, the TIGS brings top-quality science closer to addressing societal problems in the domain of rare genetic diseases, infectious diseases and nutrition, using cutting-edge science and technology.

** Bengaluru-based Prasanna Trust gets grant of $50,000 from Goldman Sachs

The grant will help Prasanna Trust, a public charitable trust supporting marginalised sections of society in India, expand its scholarship programme to empower 150 girls affected by the Covid-19 pandemic to continue their education, and grow its outreach beyond Bengaluru, to Mumbai, Hyderabad, Madurai and Chennai.

** Udupi: MAHE president Dr Ranjan R Pai named in EdelGive Hurun India Youngest Philanthropists list

Dr Ranjan R Pai, chairman of Manipal Education and Medical Group (MEMG) and President of Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) was named as one of the youngest philanthropists in the 8th annual EdelGive Hurun India Philanthropy List 2021.

The list highlights the country’s most generous individuals who have contributed to the development of the nation through their philanthropic efforts. The report was prepared by Edelgive Foundation in partnership with Hurun India.

** UAS-B is No. 1 among farm varsities in south India

Rankings assigned by ICAR

The University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore (UAS-B) has added one more feather to its cap as it has been ranked number one among south Indian agricultural universities and third at the national level among all the 67 State agricultural universities by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) for 2020-21.

** Fellowship conferred on K.S.Rangappa

K.S.Rangappa, former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Mysore, has been elected as Fellow of the Biotech Research Society of India (BRSI) for 2021, according to a release.

The fellowship is given to Indian scientists in recognition of their significant research contributions in the field of sciene and Prof. Rangappa was recognised for his work in the areas of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry, the release added.