Sahyadri College of Engineering & Management, Mangaluru students, once again achieved Academic Excellence and secured three ranks in the annual university examinations 2020-21 conducted by Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU), Belagavi.
Jennifer Coutinho has secured 2nd rank in Computer Science & Engineering with 9.54 CGPA, Abhishek BS has secured 4th rank in Mechanical Engineering with 9.44 CGPA, and Swathi K has secured 6th Rank in Information Science & Engineering with 9.25 CGPA.
Veena Rodrigues has been adjudged the second runner-up in the VPR Mrs India 2022 contest.
Forty two year old Veena is a finance manager by profession. She is very passionate about makeup and fashion.
‘Rangayanadangaladalli Janapadaru’, a two-day folk festival organised by Rangayana in association with the Directorate of Kannada and Culture ahead of ‘Bahuroopi’ National Theatre Fest, got off to a colourful start at Rangayana premises yesterday.
Mysuru
The large pillared halls of the Ulsoor Someshwara temple, one of the oldest in Bengaluru, bustles with activity and hundreds of devotees. The Vijayanagara-style mandapa holds several stories — the most prominent of which is of a woman who shaped the Bengaluru temple paddhati of Bharatanatyam.
Though much of the city’s music and dance history has been lost in the sands of time, B.L. Rice’s Mysore Gazeteer is an important source of information. Published sometime after 1873, it mentions two temple dancers, Mariya Sani and her daughter Venkatasundara Sani, who were associated with the Ulsoor Someshwara temple.
Venkatasundara Sani was born into the hereditary dance community that performed in temples, and is believed to have lived in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Experiencing art on the walls of a museum or gallery is one thing, but to witness it on the walls of homes is another, far rarer opportunity. This home reflects a character. A character of art and it is intriguing too if you make an attempt to read the mind of the artists who built this home.
For anyone who’s ever wanted to talk through a painting or move around seeing bold and bright colours, artistic designs, mural art and even a traditional ‘Thotti Mane’, a visit to ‘Rajathadri’ on R.T. Nagar 20th Main Road, 28th Cross Road near New Water Tank, is a must. And the proud owners are K. Sangeetha, an art teacher at G.B. Saragur Government High School in H.D. Kote taluk and her husband N. Rajesh, who runs a Design & Event Management Studio in Kuvempunagar. The couple is blessed with two sons R. Sanshray, aged 14 and R. Samvatsar, aged 7.
A unique aspect of the house is the ‘Thotti Mane’ on the third floor. The floor has been structured around a sun-bathed courtyard and has an open-to-sky area used for multiple functional purposes besides offering scope for both natural light and ventilation to permeate the interiors.
Mysuru
Praveen Raju, Technical Director of Vijayanagar Football Club (VFC), Mysuru, has been appointed as the Head Coach for Dream United Football Club located at Bengaluru for the upcoming season in the BDFA Super Division 2022-23.
Apart from being a passionate footballer himself, Praveen Raju is an Asian Football Confederation ‘C’ license holder and an All India Football Federation ‘D’ license holder.
The/Nudge Foundation and Ashirvad Pipes, in partnership with the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Central Government, announced a prize for start-ups and innovators working on solutions to provide clean drinking water to the underprivileged and rural households.
The initiative is aimed to support solutions that address population-scale water challenges. With a total prize of ₹2.5 crore, the programme would run for 18 months and would support entrepreneurs in developing, testing, and scaling solutions through a network of investors, mentors, technology and knowledge partners, and policy circle advisors, stated a release.
Minister for Skill Development, Entrepreneurship and Livelihood C.N. Ashwath Narayan on Thursday virtually inaugurated the regional office of the International Immigration Centre located at the Urwa Market building in the city.
After inaugurating a Mega Udyoga Mela on the premises of AJ Institute of Engineering and Technology, Mr. Ashwath Narayan said that the immigration centre has been set up to provide skills necessary for aspirants to get jobs in healthcare and other sectors abroad. “We are opening its first regional office in the city,” he said
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Kalaburagi-based artist Mohammed Ayazuddin Patel will participate in a three-day International Art Festival titled Colours of the World organised in collaboration with Amman Greater Municipality and SMD Foundation at Ras Al Ain Art Gallery, Amman in Jordan.
The festival will be inaugurated under the patronage of Anwar Halim, Ambassador of India in Oman, on Saturday.
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As the markets are coming out of the clutches of the Covid-19 pandemic, the hospitality industry is looking forward to a bright future, said Navjit Ahluwalia, Senior Vice President and Country Head of Hilton in India.
“As we come out of the pandemic and look forward to a brighter future for the hospitality industry, our commitment to grow our estate in India remains on track,” Ahluwalia said on March 1 in connection with the opening of the first hotel property under the Hilton Garden Inn brand, a budget property, in Bengaluru at Embassy Manyata Business Park.
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