Eleven startups and three students won the annual National Bio Entrepreneurship Competition (NBEC) organized in Bengaluru for a series of cutting edge developments and research.
Month: December 2020
** Cedrick Tandong’s Three Wheels United helps auto drivers switch to sustainable vehicles
The Bengaluru-based start-up has worked with over 30,000 drivers and financed 3000-plus rickshaws
Cedrick decided what he wanted to work on. With Ramesh Prabhu, he started Three Wheels United (TWU), a social enterprise that helps drivers purchase their vehicle and replace their two-stroke auto-rickshaw with the more fuel-efficient four-stroke LPG ones or electric vehicle.
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** Kuwait Kannada Koota celebrates Karnataka Rajyotsava
** Mangaluru: KMC Hospital achieves milestone of 100 deliveries, over 1,000 fetal scans
** Mangaluru: Vijaya Kotian Padu, Bollijira B Ayyappa selected for Pa Go awards
** Bidar student chosen for ParliaMentors Leadership Programme
Adhish R. Wali, a resident of Bidar district, has made the city proud with his selection for participation in the UN award-winning ParliaMentors Leadership Programme for the 2020-21 academic year.
** Cinematographer Ishwar Bidri passes away in Belagavi
Ishwar Bidri, veteran cinematographer who worked in the Hindi film industry for over 40 years, died in Belagavi on Sunday. He was 88.
** ‘Padotsava’ theatre, music festival
Cultural group Pada will hold its theatre and music festival Padotsava 2020 at the Ravindra Kalakshetra on December 30 and January 1.
** Lambani student aims for the sky and gets it
Kiran Naik is set to join the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) as a scientist