Category: Education

** Over one lakh pages of palm leaf manuscripts digitised at Moorusavir mutt

As many as 100 volunteers helped Ashok Domlur in the effort

After a fortnight of intense work, over one lakh pages of manuscripts at Moorusavir mutt in Hubballi have been scanned and stored in digital format.

Over 100 volunteers, including regulars such as Veena Paramadi, Basamma Koti, Laxmi Biradar and Nirmala Bisanal, scanned each palm leaf under the guidance of technical expert and researcher Ashok Domlur. Among other things, over 395 manuscripts dating back to around 300 years were cleaned with lemon grass oil before being digitised now.

** Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Mysuru Kendra: Remembering Dr. Mathoor Krishnamurthy

On 25th September 2021, I had the privilege of unveiling the bust of Dr. Mathoor Krishnamurthy at the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s (BVB) Sports Ground named after him, at Vijayanagar I Stage. That event sent me down the memory lane of the birth and growth of BVB  in Mysuru.

** Girl from Chitradurga scores 38th rank in NEET PG

A girl from drought-prone Chitradurga district proved that poverty will never become an impediment for success by scoring 38th rank in NEET PG examinations, the results of which were announced recently.

N Bhuvana, daughter of V S Nagesh, V Hemalath at Vedavathy lay-out in Hiriyur town of the district, has achieved this rare feat and brought laurels to the state and district.

** Teachers Felicitated, Mysuru

Inner Wheel Club of Mysore South East felicitated five teachers from various fields on the occasion of Teachers Day celebrations commemorating birth anniversary of Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, the first Vice-President of India and the second President of the country.

The teachers who were honoured — (sitting from left) Punith Kumara – Basketball Coach, Rtn. M.P. Ramesh Babu – Yoga Trainer, Rajalakshmi Krishna – Professor, AIISH, Karthik Uamanyu – Director and Choreographer in Theatres and S.A. Veena – Principal, Ideal Jawa Rotary School — are seen with (standing from left) Lalitha Ranganath – ISO, Shamanthaka Murthy – EC Member, Shylaja Prabhakar – Treasurer, Padma Sridhar – Co-ordinator, Veena Ravindra – President and Seema Mariswamy – Secretary; (sitting from left – front row) Indira Ramesh Babu – Member, Smitha Girish – Member, Srilakshmi Vasudevan – Editor, Nirmala – Member and Meghna Gururaj – Member

** Indian scientists crack dengue vaccination challenge

Scientists from the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS)-Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in Bengaluru, in collaboration with several Indian institutes, have developed a dengue DNA vaccine candidate, accomplishing something that had remained a challenge over the years.

** Srinivas University’s Charles K C creates world record in largest patriotic portrait by screw art

Charles K C, an undergraduate student pursuing BBA Port, Shipping Management & Logistics at Srinivas University Pandeshwar, has created a world record as largest patriotic portrait by screw art.

Charles, a creative artist, set the new record on June 17, 2021.

He made a portrait of Swami Vivekananda measuring 4 ft × 3 ft size on wooden cardboard using 2,768 half-inche iron screws and acrylic paints.

** 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’.

** 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.