Meet this young Bengalurean, the artist behind the customised art works on luxury French brand’s Louis Vuitton products.
If you’ve strolled through UB City recently, you would’ve come across a young artist dabbling with colours and creating careful strokes on bags, totes and trunks.
Twenty-six-year-old Jessica George (@poison_ivy) the in-house artist for luxury brand Louis Vuitton (LV), is the person behind the Calvin and Hobbes illustrations, quirky designs andfloral patterns that are quite a rage especially among those who use this brand of items.
The honour was cherished by the 88 staffers, including two women, who got on board.
The inaugural train chugged away at 10.30 am steered by women train operators B Gowthami and Smitha M Revanakar.
Jacob also uses his spare time to volunteer for Bengaluru-based NGO, ASHA, which provides education and support to children with severe disabilities and autism.
A couple of months ago, Rohan Jacob, a Class 11 student from Canadian International School (CIS) watched his mother volunteering as an online teacher for a refugee centre in Malaysia.
Inspired by his mother’s service towards society, Jacob too signed up as a volunteer at the Zotung Refugee Catholic Learning Centre (ZRCLC) in Kuala Lumpur, to help students and teachers use Google Classroom that he learned in school.
Dr Padmaja Udaykumar, professor and head, department of Pharmacology, FMMC has been nominated to be the President of National association of Pharmacology and Therapeutics.
National association of Pharmacology and Therapeutics is an organization of medical doctors specialized in pharmacology and therapeutics. It is envisaged to provide strong leadership to promote pharmacology and therapeutics for a better tomorrow. The association aims to empower pharmacologists, promote academic and clinical research, and enhance the standard of teaching/training in Pharmacology and therapeutics for the benefit of patients and the society at large.
Kanara Entrepreneurs Ltd (KEL) Dubai, hosted a very successful members event on August 21 to mark the World Entrepreneurs Day. The day is dedicated to create awareness on entrepreneurship and innovation the world over.
The event covered variety of items on the agenda that included installation new office bearers, presentations by the members (budding entrepreneurs) and the highlight of the evening was an impressive presentation by the youngest CEO from the community Craig Fernandes, who at 21 conceived and successfully launched an enterprise called LOCK&STOCK (https://www.lockandstock.app).
‘Nations should jointly combat issues in coffee sector’
Coffee growing countries, India, Brazil, and South Africa, should collaborate to combat common challenges they face such as global price volatility, high cost of production, and labour shortage, suggested International Coffee Organisation (ICO).
B. tumakurense comes from a tuber and belongs to the Apocynaceae family of flowering plants.
A new plant of the Brachystelma R.Br. species has been found in Tumakuru, and has been named after the district from where its type material was collected. ‘B. tumakurense’ comes from a tuber and belongs to the Apocynaceae family (a family of flowering plants).
The findings were published recently in ‘RHEEDEA Journal of the Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy’ by Gundappa B.V. from the Wildlife Aware Nature Club, Tumakuru; Sringeswara A.N. and Vishwanath S. from the University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS), GKVK Campus – Bengaluru; and P. Venu from the Environment Protection Training and Research Institute – Hyderabad.
Syed Shahid Hakim, who represented India in the 1960 Olympics and officiated as a referee in 33 international games later in his career, was 82 years old at the time of his death.
Hailing from Guddeangadi of Hiriyadka, Guruva started playing kaddayi (dollu) at the age of 12 years. He was also into farming and weaving baskets.
He was recognized at the national level in 1988 through Mangaluru Akashavani. He had dedicated his life to conservation of rich heritage and culture. He worked hard for the conservation of tribal cultures.