India’s First Go-Karter to Win the International ‘World Series Karting Race’ : February 2013

Kush Maini, Go-Karting Champion, Bengaluru 

February 03rd, 2013. Kush Maini created history when he became the first Indian driver to ever win a WSK (World Series Karting) Race at La Conca International Circuit in Muro Leccce, Italy

Kush finished a mere .019 seconds ahead of Martinez n the most exciting nail biting finish of the series.

14-year Kush Maini is the younger brother of Arjun Maini, also a Go-Karter. Both are sons of Gautam Maini

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KUSH MAINI is also “FIRST INDIAN TO RECEIVE PRESTIGIOUS ‘WORLD SERIES KARTING (WSK) CHAMPIONSHIP AWARD. January 2014

see Post of October 03rd, 2014

First Indian to receive prestigious ‘World Series Karting’ (WSK) Championship Award : January 2014

Kush Maini, Go-Karting Champion, Bengaluru

January 18th, 2014. Kush Maini became the First Indian to receive the prestigious ‘World Series Karting’ (WSK Championship Awards).

The event was held at the WSK Gran Gala at the Adria International Raceway in North Eastern Italy, the province of Rovigo.

The ceremony was attended by Jean Alesi the Formula 1 driver for Ferrari.

The ‘Gran Gala’ Awards were bagged by the drivers who finished 1st in the top 3 Championships from all over the world in the 60 Mini, KF, KFJ, KZ2 and KZ1 series.

14-year Kush Maini is the younger brother of Arjun Maini, also a Go-Karter. Both are sons of Gautam Maini

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KUSH MAINI is also INDIA’S FIRST GO-KARTER TO WIN THE INTERNATIONAL ‘WORLD SERIES KARTING RACE’. February 2013

see Post of October 04th, 2014

Karnataka’s First Michelin Starred Restaurant launched in Bengaluru : September 2014

Yauatcha – 1,M.G.Road Mall, M.G Road, opp.Taj Vivanta Bangalore – 560008

Yauatcha is a Michelin-starred Dim Sum restaurant from London’s Soho.

Established in India by KA Hospitality which has pioneered introducing international luxury dining restaurants.

The first Yauatcha was set up in Mumbai in December 2011 and the next in Bengaluru in September 2014. The concept brings the uniqueness of being a tea and dimsun house with a modern interpretation of a traditional Chinese tea house, serving over 50 varieties of dimsun.

Yauatcha was set up in London by Ala Yau, who also created Hakkasan and Wagamama both wildly popular eateries and worldwide restaurant chains.

KA Hospitality: CEO, Nitin Motwani

www.yauatcha.com

Karnataka’s First ‘Harman Lifestyle’ Store launched in Bengaluru : February 2013

Harman Lifestyle Store, Phoenix Market City Mall, Whitefield, Bengaluru

February 2013. Harman is a global provider of premier audio and infotainment solutions. The range of brands are JBL, HARMAN KARDON and AKG. The lifestyle products include speakers, headphones, docking systems and home theatre systems.

The first exclusive lifestyle store was inaugurated by Anand Ramamoorthy, MD, Harman Intl(India).

Operates as a subsidiary of Harman International Industries Incorporated.

Harman International (India) Pvt. Ltd – Country Head and Managing Director, India Operations – Anand Ramamoorthy.

World’s First Biosimilar Drug for Breast Cancer : January 2014

Biocon’s CANMab (Trastuzumab injection)

CANMab is the world’s first biosimilar (developed in an organism) version of Roche’s Herceptin drug

Bangalore based Bio-technology company Biocon launched a cheaper drug to treat ‘metastatic’ breast cancer

Biocon developed the drug in association with US generic drugmaker Mylan under a global partnership

The drug will be manufactured at its biologics facility in Bangalore

Biocon Ltd : Chairperson and Managing Director – Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

Chairman of India’s First – UIDAI : July 2009

Nandan M. Nilekani, Bangalore

Nandan M Nilekani was appointed as the first Chairman of the Unique Identity Authority of India (UIDAI), under the Planning Commission, Government of India.

Created AADHAAR – 12-digit Unique Identity for every Indian Individual, including Children and Infants.

Nandan Nilekani was born in Bangalore. His parents Mohan Rao Nilekani and Durga are originally from Sirsi town in Uttara Kannada.

He did his bachelors degree in engineering from IIT-Bombay, Mumbai. He worked as CEO and partner at Infosys, Bangalore. Subsequently he took up the position of Chairman, UIDAI in the rank and status of a Cabinet Minister for an intial period of 5 years. He joined on July 23rd, 2009.

More of UIDAI: http://www.uidai.gov.in

Bangalore City Station becomes India’s First Train Station with WiFi for Passengers: October 2014

Bangalore City Railway Station

The Union Minister for Railyways D.V.Sadananda Gowda recently inaugrated the facility.

Bangalore City’s Railway Station has become the first railway station in the country to have WiFi facility that will provide high speed internet to passengers.

The facility has been created by RailTel with a gigabit ethernet network using optic fibre in a ring. RailTel has been mandated by Railyways to provide WiFi facility at major railway stations.

‘RailWire’ the retail broadband distribution of RailTel Corporation of India (a PSU of Ministry of Railways) is the powering engine for distribution internet bandwith through WiFi.

Free of Cost:

The WiFi facility will be available to the passengers on their mobile phones free of charge for the first 30 minutes.

Subsequently the user can purchase scratch cards for additional usage. The scratch cards are to be priced Rs 25 for 30 minutes and Rs 35 for one hour with a validity of 24 hours.

Belgaum’s First Commissioner of Police : September 2014

The new office of the Commissionerate of Police, Belgaum was inaugurated by the Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday September 12th, 2014.

This is now Karnataka’s 5th Commissionerate, the other 4 being Bangalore, Hubli-Dharwad, Mysore and Mangalore. Prior to the the inaugration, Belgaum was headed by the Superintendent of Police in the District Police HQ.

The Belgaum Commissionerate would now have 15 police stations under its jurisdiction. 12 for law & order, 2 for traffic and 1 women’s police station

Bhaskar Rao took additonal charge as the first Commissioner of Police. He was also the Inspector-General of Police, Northern Range. Bangalore city’s Joint-Commissioner, Bangalore West was posted effective October as Commissioner of Police.

Hubli’s First Community Radio Service : September 2013

FM radio station KLE Dhwani BVB- 90,4

September 21st, 2013. The new radio service to operate from the campus of BVB College of Engineering & Technology (BVB-CET). It is the first community FM radio station launched by an engineering college in North Karnataka.

Programmes broadcast will be folklore, education, research, technology and entertainment. MOU has been signed with Lahari and Akash audios to share songs.

The broadcast range is around 11 to 14 KMs in the city and can be heard on Mobile phones as well.

Broadcast timings scheduled: 6.30am to 11am and 2pm to 6 pm

Prabhakar Kore, Working President, KLE Society

Prof. Ashok Shettar, Principal, BVB-CET

IIM-Bangalore – India’s First B-School to join edX : August 2014

Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIM-B) joined edX as a new contributing member

edX is a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based non-profit enterprise created by founding fathers of Harvard University and MIT. edX offers interactive online classes from the worlds best universities.

As IIMBx , India’s leading B-School will leverage new technologies and deliver education via MOOC’s (massive open online courses)

IIM-B, Director : Dr. Sunil Vachani

edX, CEO        : Anant Agarwal