The Head of Karnataka State Covid-19 War Room, Munish Moudgil, was recently conferred with the Distinguished Alumni Award from the Indian Institute of Technology – Bombay for the work that went into setting up the war room and also for the optimum use of technology during the pandemic.
Earlier, the 1998 batch IAS officer, in January 2022, had received the E-Governance Award from the Government of India, for using technology in Covid-19 management and for the war room.
Saumyananda Sahi is the only cinematographer from Bengaluru to make it to BAFTA’s list of ‘Breakthrough India Participants for 2022’ for his film that captures the monkey menace in New Delhi .
Sahi made it to the list of ‘Breakthrough India Participants for 2022’ announced by the British Academy Film and Television Award (BAFTA).
India, and possibly the world, got its first digital water bank, an initiative to aggregate water resources under a single platform, on Monday.
Science and Technology Minister Dr CN Ashwath Narayan, who inaugurated the water bank in Bengaluru, extended the state government’s full support for the initiative, undertaken by AquaKraft Ventures, a company that specialises in sustainable initiatives to provide drinking water and sanitation to all.
Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai inaugurated the centenary celebration of Socialist leader from Shivamogga late Shanthaveri Gopalagowda on Monday, March 14 and announced the government’s decision to institute two awards for the best legislator and agriculturist to commemorate the memory.
In his address, he said the State Government will be observing the centenary celebration throughout the year with year-long programmes besides publishing all books pertaining to the popular late Socialist leader. The farmers struggle undertaken by Gopalagowda in Shivamogga district will also be chronicled in book form, he said.
Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Technology Park (ARTPARK), the first of its’ kind in the country, a not-for-profit foundation has been launched in the city on Monday.
ARTPARK promoted by the Indian Institute of Science (IISc Bengaluru), with the seed capital of Rs 230 crore from the governments (Rs 170 crore from Centre and Rs 60 crore from the state government)
Col. Sandeep Jagtap, Commanding Officer, 32 Karnataka Battalion of National Cadet Corps (NCC), and Col. Sushil Kumar Tiwari (retd.) conferred the position of honorary colonel on Niranjan V. Nisty, Vice-Chancellor of Sharnbasva University, Kalaburagi, in Kalaburagi on Saturday.
Dr. Nisty was the seniormost, among the 11 select Vice-Chancellors in the country who were conferred with the position in their respective NCC battalions. These VCs will also be the Colonel Commandant of the NCC units in their respective universities.
Col. Tiwari said that the achievement of Dr. Nisty, a medical professional, proved that people from different professions too could achieve the honours conferred by the Defence Ministry.
Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Saturday launched a scheme to door deliver basic revenue documents such as caste certificates, income certificates, and land records (RTCs).
After the launch of the programme at Chickballapur, the Chief Minister said, “It is a pity that people, particularly farmers, have been made to run from pillar to post to get basic documents such as RTCs and other records. Under the programme, records would be delivered on the doorstep of people for free.”
The first Metro train in Bengaluru with its exterior wrapped completely in vinyl was inaugurated on Friday from Platform 2 of the Kempegowda Metro station towards Kengeri on its Purple Line. This initiative by the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) to commemorate 75 years of Independence was flagged off by its Managing Director Anjum Parwez at 10.15 am.
In order to “catch them young”, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will be selecting 150 students from Class 9 across India to take part in a special two-week programme.
Titled YUVIKA (Yuva Vigyani Karyakram), ISRO will host the students at five of their centres based in Bengaluru, Thiruvananthapuram, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad and Shillong and will take them on a tour to Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.
Anagha Rajesh, a well known skating talent from city was awarded with the Hoysala and Keladi Chennamma award for her outstanding achievement in skating on the occasion of International Women’s Day – 2022.
The programme was jointly organized by the District Stree Shakthi Federation, zilla panchayat, Karnataka State Women’s Commission, Dakshina Kannada district administration and Bengaluru Women and Child Welfare department at the zilla panchayat auditorium in the city.