Month: March 2022

** A vision to guide the challenged – meet Vidhya Y from Karnataka

Mocked for choosing mathematics in her childhood and discouraged by several institutions and teachers against pursuing science, with a ‘caution’ that it would be too difficult for her, visually-impaired entrepreneur Vidhya Y dared to dream big. She defied all odds to not just bag gold medals in her Masters, but is today leading other visually-challenged people to taste success, through effective learning in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) courses.

Vidhya, along with Supriya Dey, an IT professional who was into research at IIIT-B; and Amit Prakash, a professor at the institute, founded Vision Empower (VE), a not-for-profit organisation that has designed an accessible learning management platform to promote experiential learning of STEM subjects, computational training, digital literacy, and early childhood programmes.

Its technology arm ‘Vembi Technologies’ has also developed the world’s most affordable Braille book reading solution for children called ‘Hexis-Antara’.

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** Rammanahalli becomes first Karnataka village to come under WiFi net

Rammanahalli, on Mahadevapura Road, on the outskirts of Mysuru, has become the first village in Karnataka, to entirely come under WiFi internet coverage.

With the establishment of a Public Data Office (PDO), the entire village has become a cost-effective WiFi zone, with high-speed internet, provided by Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), an Union government-owned telecommunications service provider.

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** Losar Festival Ends At Bylakuppe With Fervour

Bylakuppe: The Losar festival celebrated from the first week of March at the Tibetan colony at Bylakuppe in Mysuru District on the way to Kodagu, concluded yesterday with prayers and wishes of long and healthy life for everyone.

Losar marks the beginning of the New Year as per the Tibetan calendar. The main festival of Losar 2149, the Year of the Water Tiger, was observed from Mar. 3 to 6 and the celebrations continued till last evening. As part of the festival, Tibetans living in Bylakuppe visited various Buddhist Temples in the vicinity and offered prayers.

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** Mangaluru: Two-day annual Vishwa Konkani Samaroh inaugurated

The two-day annual Vishwa Konkani Samaroh, celebrating the Konkani language, literature and culture was inaugurated by Jnanapith awardee Konkani writer, Damodar Mauzo here on Saturday March 19, at the World Konkani Centre here.

Konkani Bhas Ani Sanskriti Prathistan, in association with Kendra Sahitya Academy, Karnataka Konkani Sahitya Academy, Konkani Adhyayan Peeth, Mangalore University and Kavita Trust are organising the Vishwa Konkani Samaroh 2022.

** Former IAS officer Madan Gopal’s  Rainbow Years to be released on March 23

Set in the turbulent Telangana region,  Rainbow Years chronicles the personal and political fortunes of three young idealists, who are members of the underground Marxist-Leninist party in the region

Former IAS officer M. Madan Gopal, who served in various departments of Karnataka for over three decades, has penned the book Rainbow Years: Conflict to Contentment, a historical fiction largely based on real life incidents.

Set in the turbulent Telangana region,  Rainbow Years chronicles the personal and political fortunes of three young idealists, who are members of the underground Marxist-Leninist party in the region.

** Aster CMI hospital and IISc. to launch artificial intelligence lab  in Bengaluru

The lab has been set up to build cutting edge AI products in the healthcare domain, and bridge the gap between clinical medicine and technology by training healthcare professionals in AI

To understand disease patterns and improve treatment outcomes using artificial intelligence (AI) tools, Aster CMI Hospital has joined hands with the Indian Institute of Science (IISc.) to launch an AI lab.

The lab was launched by Azad Moopen, founder Chairman and Managing Director, Aster DM Healthcare; Lokesh B., Consultant Neurology at the hospital; and Phaneendra K Yalavarthy, Professor of Medical Imaging, Department of Computational and Data Sciences, IISc.

** Chikkamagaluru becomes first district in the country to complete NCD screening

The screening covered 4.46 lakh people aged above 30 in the district

Chikkamagaluru has become the first district in the country to complete enrollment and screening of non-communicable diseases among people aged above 30.

With detailed planning and active participation of officers and workers on the ground, the screening was conducted for three months from September 2021 to identify people with diabetes mellitus, hypertension, besides cancers — oral, breast, and cervical.

** Drishti national dance festival in Bengaluru on March 19

The Drishti Art Centre is organising its 17th Drishti national dance festival on Saturday, March 19, at Chowdiah Memorial Hall, Vyalikaval, at 6 p.m.

According to a release, the festival will feature some of the finest artists of the country in different genres of Indian classical dance styles such as Bharatanatyam, Kathak and Odissi.

They are: Rama Vaidyanathan, Bharatanatyam (New Delhi), Nadam Dance Ensemble, Kathak (Bengaluru), Anuradha Vikranth and the Drishti Dance Ensemble, Bharatanatyam (Bengaluru), Rahul Acharya, Odissi (Bhubaneswar), Pavitra Bhat, Bharatanatyam (Mumbai).

Ms. Vaidyanathan will be honoured with the “Drishti Puraskar” award on this occasion for her contribution to the field of dance.

** Manipal Hospitals introduces wearable to track activities of post-operative patients

`Digital monitoring and adherence to instructions will bring down readmissions, mortality significantly’

Patients’ post-discharge adherence to drug, diet and exercise/physiotherapy instructions from their medical practitioners and strict monitoring of their activities would reduce the rate of readmissions and mortality to a great extent, said Dr. Ranjan Shetty, the Head of Department, Cardiology at Manipal Hospitals.

 To make post-surgical monitoring handy for patients, Manipal Hospitals on Thursday entered into a strategic partnership with ConnectedLife, a health management solutions provider, to introduce Fitbit, an intelligent wearable, built on Google Cloud to monitor patients’ progress after high-risk surgeries and procedures. 

** More Hoysala monuments in Karnataka are queuing up for world heritage site tag

The Hoysala temples at Belur, Halebeedu and Somanathapura are India’s official nominations for inclusion as UNESCO World Heritage Sites, but a few more temples belonging to the same period could join the list in future

The Hoysala temples at Belur, Halebeedu and Somanathapura are India’s official nominations for inclusion as UNESCO World Heritage Sites, but a few more temples belonging to the same period could join the list in future.

The serial nomination process provides for extension of sites under the same category if the new site meets the UNESCO’s criteria of displaying outstanding universal value besides sharing the same attributes as that of the monuments that were originally included as World Heritage Sites.