Power of GSB team felicitated on the World Konkani Day, Kodial Khabar chief editor Venkatesh Baliga Mavinkurve for his contribution to GSB community and Geeta Kini who has authored several books about delicious cooking recipes identifying her talent.
Mulki town panchayat member Balachandra Kamath, entrepreneurs Harish Nayak Kaup, Vignesh Kini Karkala, Yogish Nayak Mangaluru, Mamatha Kudva, Roopa Chetan, Chitra Kini, Prabha Shenoy, Malini Nayak and Varun Nayak were present.
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A total of 690 students across programmes, nine of whom were awarded gold medals, graduated from the institute.
The one lesson from the two years of the pandemic is that change is constant, said Zia J. Mody, co-founder and managing partner of AZB and Partners, who was chief guest. In a virtual address to the graduating students, she said: “You had to achieve academic success amidst the COVID-19 challenge, and you have weathered all storms and come out ahead. We are waiting to see more unicorns, more distinguished scholars, more successful CEOs emerge from your batch.
Prof Rishikesha T. Krishnan, Director, IIM Bangalore, highlighted some of the achievements and accomplishments of the institute, with special focus on programmes, centres, events, the entrepreneurship hub NSRCEL, placements as well as the feats of the students and faculty. IIM-B is once again in the Top 100 in the QS World University Rankings in the Business and Management Studies category, ranking at #63 globally and #1 in India.
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An out-of-the-box thinking, which led to educated senior students mentoring their juniors during the Covid-19 pandemic, has resulted in better learning retention in a few villages in Mysuru district.
Conceived by Pratham Mysore, an NGO working in the field of education, the Student Mentoring Programme (SMP) has caught the imagination of a few educationists who intend to introduce mentoring as a compulsory subject in the B.Ed course.
Explaining the genesis of Student Mentoring Programme, Ashvini Ranjan, who is pioneering Pratham Mysore’s activities in the region, said that the NGO had launched a Model Village Programme in 2017. Under this programme, it adopted Hyaknur, Mavinahalli, Sujjalur and Muthathi in T. Narsipura taluk to shore up the learning abilities of children in government schools.
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Dr. S.N. Mothi, Founder-Trustee and Chairman, Asha Kirana Charitable Trust, Mysuru, was conferred ‘Life-Time Achievement Award’ by AIDS Society of India at the 13th National Conference of ASICON held at Hyderabad from Apr.3 to 5 for his outstanding contribution to the field of HIV/AIDS.
Dr. Mothi receiving the award from Dr. Marjolein Jacobs from UNAIDS as Dr. I.S. Gilada, President, AIDS Society of India, looks on.
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Dr. P. Sanjay , Professor in Radiology Department at K.R. Hospital, Mysore Medical College and Research Institute, seen receiving the President Appreciation Award for the year 2021 from Dr. C. Amarnath, Immediate Past President of Indian Radiological and Imaging Association (IRIA) at the IRIA National Conference held in Bengaluru recently as Dr. Pushpraj Bhatele , President of IRIA and Dr. Umesh Krishnamurthy , President-Elect, IRIA, look on.
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Deputy Commissioner Kurma Rao, inaugurated the 19th edition of Namma Angadi, a three days long exhibition cum sale organised by the master’s division of Manipal Institute of Communication on Friday, April 8 at MIC campus, Manipal here.
Speaking on the occasion, DC Kurma Rao said, “This is a very useful programme for the rural artisans in terms of marketing their hand made products. Moreover, it is the 19th edition, which means, it is not so easy to run for such a long time. MIC is doing a great job and it acts as a bridge between the artisans and the customers. Rural artisans themselves get the materials and produce everlasting products. How we make it economically viable and marketing it to the common public is more important. These kind of programmes will help to reduce the gap between rural people and the urban buyers.”
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Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL), operator of Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru, is working with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to establish a Joint Innovation Center (JIC) to drive the development and adoption of digital solutions in aviation.
The JIC will enable startups to accelerate innovation in aviation, smart infrastructure, utilities, and mobility by providing comprehensive programme offerings and a technical platform that helps customers innovate quickly by utilising AWS technology.
The JIC, the first such initiative dedicated to advancing the aviation industry, is expected to open at Bengaluru airport in 2022 and will focus on driving digital innovation for the airport, enhancing passenger experience, and creating a positive impact on the community where the airport operates.
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Cadaveric organ donation got a boost in the city on Wednesday with three zero-traffic green corridors created on a single day to transport vital organs from different hospitals.
Authorities from Jeevasarthakathe, the State Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (SOTTO), which is the nodal agency that facilitates cadaver organ donations, said this is the first time that three green corridors had been created on a single day. There were back-to-back organ donations since Tuesday evening and two green corridors were also created on Tuesday night – one in Mangaluru and another in Bengaluru.
“We placed the requests for three green corridors with the Bengaluru traffic police in a gap of 30 minutes. While one green corridor was created at 10 a.m. on Wednesday from Manipal Hospitals on Old Airport Road to BGS Global Hospitals in Mysuru (to transport a liver), another was created at 10.30 a.m. from Aster RV hospital to MS Ramaiah-Narayana Hrudayalaya (to transport a heart). At 11 a.m., another corridor was created from the same hospital (Aster RV) to Bengaluru International airport to transport donated lungs to KIMS, Secunderabad
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As part of Women’s History Month, Aweksha, a newly formed women’s public trust, brought together about a dozen survivors of burns, including victims of domestic violence.
“The survivors, through their testimonies, established that most of the burn injuries endured by women are not due to stove bursts or cooking accidents, but are calculated and deliberate attempts by their spouses to take their lives,” according to a release.
Director of the Ministry of Women and Child Development Priyanka Mary Francis and Chairperson of the Karnataka State Commission for Women Prameela Naidu, who were part of the programme, assured the survivors of the support of various government departments to ensure educational support for their children and offer of soft loans for their businesses.
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In a move aimed at bolstering the ‘Make in India’ campaign, HAL has entered into a MoU with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) to convert Civil (Passenger) aircraft to Multi Mission Tanker Transport (MMTT) aircraft in India.
The move will provide India’s defence ecosystem with new capabilities and cost effective solutions in the market. The MoU will facilitate HAL and IAI’s decades’ long expertise in developing, manufacturing and producing leading defence platforms.
The scope of MoU also covers “passenger to freighter aircraft” conversion along with MMTT conversions.
A formal Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed in Delhi by D Maiti, CEO (MiG Complex), HAL and Yaacov Berkovitz, Vice President and General Manager, Aviation Group, IAI in the presence of Chandraker Bharati, JS (Aero), Ministry of Defence, Goveernment of India.
“We are glad to join hands with our long standing partner IAI in this venture of MMTT conversion business which is one of the strategic diversification avenues identified by HAL”, said R Madhavan, CMD, HAL.
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