The Indian Rubber Institute (IRI), a professional body of rubber technologists, engineers, scientists and academicians, has established Centre for Excellence for Rubber Technology, Education, Training, Research, Testing and Skill Development on the JSS Science and Technology University campus here.
The JSS Mahavidyapeetha has provided 10,000 sq. ft of land on long lease to IRI for establishing the Centre.
A faint scent of fresh earth lingers in the home of Lakshmi KV. “It is the smell of clay, the medium that I work with,” explains the 26-year-old ceramic artist based in Bengaluru
S Nanjundaswamy was 18 years old when a pencil lead with a face-like image left a profound imprint on him.
Today, the 39-year-old has transformed thousands of graphite pieces (pencil leads) into beautiful miniatures through his ‘Krishna Kale’ –micro artwork on pencil lead.
Two inscriptions, one in Portuguese and another in Halegannada (Old Kannada) have been found on the technology wing campus of the College of Fisheries at Hoige Bazar in the city.
Under the conditions of the order, the company will export 71 units of construction equipment, consisting of Bulldozers, Excavators, Wheel Loaders, Motor graders and Compactors to Cameroon for their Cassava Farm Project.
The order for the government of Bangladesh comprises the supply of Wheel Dozers for the construction, repair and maintenance of road and infrastructure projects.
While the company has sent over 2.7 lakh vials (10 cc vial each) to West Bengal which is seeing a fierce contest between ruling Trinamool Congress and BJP, 83,860 vials to Assam.
The project has been launched for the first time in the country on an experimental basis by the Khadi and Village Industries Commission with support from the management of Ponnampet Forestry College.
B N Garudachar, who oversaw the installation of the signal, said heavy traffic at the junction in 1963 necessitated the signal.
The signal was installed in 1963, when C Chandy was Commissioner of Police and B N Garudachar was Deputy Commissioner of Police (Traffic).
A pilot project launched in Kodagu entails installing bee boxes along the periphery of the forest and the villages with the belief that the elephants will not venture anywhere close to the bees and thus avoid transgressing into human landscape.
This idea stems from the elephants’ proven fear of the bees.