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Diabetacare launches first centre in Mysore

Arts, Culture & Entertainment, Sports

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Mysore :

Diabetacare, India’s largest specialised diabetes management organisation, recently launched its first centre in Mysore in partnership with Columbia Asia Hospital.

State Sangeeta Vidwan awardee Dr. R. Sathyanarayana inaugurated the centre at Columbia Asia hospital here.

This facility has been set up to provide clinically focussed technology-enabled management for diabetes patients with an aim to either delay or prevent complications such as Diabetes Eye disease leading to blindness, Diabetes Kidney damage requiring lifelong Dialysis and Foot complications because of uncontrolled sugars leading to leg ulcers and amputation.

Diabetacare is offering full set of comprehensive screening, consultations and monitoring at the centre. This includes first-to-market service, 24×7 remote dcare monitoring which enables disciplined self-management of diabetes with the help of a team of nutritionists, endocrinologists, diabetes educators and family members.

During the launch, Dr. Sathyanarayana said, “Most of the Indians are not aware that they are suffering from diabetes. This shows that there is an urgent need to create awareness on diabetes. This can be done only through specialised centres like Diabetacare, which can enable in creating the required awareness along with efficient management of the disease. I appreciate this initiative taken by Diabetacare to provide diabetes management and help put an end to sufferings for thousands.”

Dr. Viju Rajan, General Manager of Columbia Asia Hospital, Mysore said, “With India being the diabetes capital of the world, early and efficient diagnosis and management of the disease is the need of the hour.”

Dr. Sanjiv Agarwal, Founder & CEO, Diabetacare, also spoke.

To know more log on to http://www.diabetacare.com.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News  / Tuesday  , September 24th,  2014

CM to present State Sangeetha Vidwan Award tomorrow

Arts, Culture & Entertainment, Records, All

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Mysore :

Noted Hindustani vocalist Pandit Indudhar Nirody has been selected for this year’s State Sangeetha Vidwan Award given during the Dasara Festivities.

The award will be presented to him by Chief Minister Siddharamaiah during the inauguration of Dasara cultural programmes at the Palace premises tomorrow at 6 pm.

Pt. Indudhar Nirody resides at # 222, Kumaravara, 1st Cross, Kamakshi Hospital Road, Saraswathipuram, Mysore. He can be contacted on Mob: 94806-29238.

Profile: Born on 11th July, 1935 at Puttur (Dakshina Kannada), Indudhar Nirody was initiated into Music at a young age by his father, Nirody Sunder Rao and had the preliminary lessons in Music from Gawai Shri Pitre Ramarao at Udupi. Later, on migration to Mumbai in 1951, he received training from Pandit Gurudatt Heblekar in Mumbai. At the same time he also came under the tutelage of stalwarts in Hindusthani Classical Music, Acharya SCR Bhat, Acharya KG Ginde, Pandit Dinkar Kaikini and Pandit Chidanand Nagarkar. He received intensive training under them for well over two decades.

It has been his good fortune that being one of the senior-most disciples of his mentors, he had the opportunity of giving vocal accompaniment to his Gurus in their concerts on most of the occasions and also had a very close association with them all those years. This has helped him to assimilate and imbibe some of the finest aspects of Raagadari Sangeet in his Music.

Nirody is a stickler to the tradition. However, he improvises his music with great imagination giving importance to the aesthetic contents of the Bandishes. His renderings are marked by transparent sincerity, embodied with appropriate Bolalaps, Behelaves, rhythmic Upazas and clear-cut Taans. He has performed at various centres in the country and received laudable appreciation from the connoisseurs.

In the year 1955, at the age of 20, he won the First prize in the All India Music competition conducted by the All India Radio and received the coveted prize at the hands of then the President of India, Dr. Babu Rajendra Prasad. He was conferred the award “Gaurava Prashathi” by the Karnataka Sangeeth Nrutya Academy, Government of Karnataka in the year 2005 in appreciation of the valuable contribution made by him in the field of Music. He also received the Mysore District Rajostava Prasasthi of Government of Karnataka for the year 2008. Apart from these, he has been honored by several other prestigious Institutions — Sawai Gandharva Vishwastha Samsthe, Kundgol, Gaana Bharati, Saptaswar Balaga, Swara Sankula, Sangeet Kalakar Mandali, Bangalore and others. He was also conferred the title of Sangeetha Kala Tapaswi by Sri Purandara Tyagarajara matthu Vaggeyakarara Aradhanosthava Samiti, Mysore in 2003.

He is a “Top” grade artiste of All India Radio and has been performing since 1955 in AIR and later in Dooradarshan as well.

He was a senior Executive in Life Insurance Corporation of India and retired from the services in the year 1995. Since then, he has been devoting his full time towards development of Music.

Pt. Nirody has embarked on the work of audio-recording all the compositions (about 1900) published by Pt.V.N.Bhatkhande (6 volumes) under the name Hindusthani Sangeeth Paddhati – Kramik Pustak Malika. This is getting completed soon and would be available for the benefit of music lovers.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News  / Tuesday  , September 24th,  2014

Pusthaka Dasara, a timely initiative of OF MyLISA

Arts, Culture & Entertainment, Education
Prof. P. Venkataramaiah, former VC, donating books for MyLISA Book Dasara Exhibition to Dr. C.P. Ramasesh, Vice-President, MyLISA. Picture right shows Prof. K. Chidananda Gowda, former VC, donating books to M. Sunil Kumar and Dhruva Kumar, Members of MyLISA.
Prof. P. Venkataramaiah, former VC, donating books for MyLISA Book Dasara Exhibition to Dr. C.P. Ramasesh, Vice-President, MyLISA. Picture right shows Prof. K. Chidananda Gowda, former VC, donating books to M. Sunil Kumar and Dhruva Kumar, Members of MyLISA.

Mysore :

‘Pusthaka Dasara,’ an initiative of MyLISA to promote the use of books and reading habit, has a lot of relevance in the modern society. This unique programme aims to connect the books and their readers.

Commenting on this activity of MyLISA, Prof. P. Venkataramaiah, former Vice-Chancellor, Kuvempu University, said “it helps in making people develop interest in studying books belonging to varieties of topics. I hope MyLISA is capable of floating this programme in a very big way and take it forward.”

MyLISA had recently appealed the public of Mysore to donate the used books to ‘Book Dasara 2014.’ In response to this, MyLISA received donations from Prof. P. Venkataramaiah and Prof. K. Chidananda Gowda, former Vice-Chancellors from Kuvempu University, Dr. Tirumala Rao, family members of late Dr. Mihir Mahapatra, Udayanarayan and so on. A few institutions have also come forward to donate the books.

Dr. N.S. Harinarayana, Secretary, MyLISA, said “there has been an overwhelming response from the public to the call from MyLISA. Interesting books in subject areas such as Biographies, Chemistry, Commerce, Computer Science, Economics, Engineering, Food Science, General Knowledge, History, Management, Philosophy, Physics, Religion, Political Science, Science, Sociology, Fictions, Literature, etc., have been received by the donation.

He added that a significant amount of children books have also been donated by the public and a list of 900 plus books already received is hosted on the MyLISA website http://mylisamysore.weebly.com

MyLISA will distribute these books to the libraries of schools and colleges at no-cost basis through an exhibition to be organised in October 2014.

For more information and to join the book donation programme, contact Dr. M.V. Sunil, Coordinator on Mob: 9986439832 or Dr. N.S. Harinarayana, Secretary, MyLISA, Manasagangotri on Mob: 9741533380.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News  / Tuesday  , September 23rd,  2014

Princess Leelavathi Devi’s portrait unveiled at Gangotri Development Study Centre

Arts, Culture & Entertainment, Historical Links, Pre-Independence, Leaders

 

Vice-Chancellor Prof. K.S. Rangappa is seen unveiling the portrait of Princess Leelavathi Devi at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) in Manasagangotri yesterday as Chaduranga Kanthraj Urs, the grandson of Princess Leelavathi Devi, IDS Director Krishne Gowda and others look on.
Vice-Chancellor Prof. K.S. Rangappa is seen unveiling the portrait of Princess Leelavathi Devi at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) in Manasagangotri yesterday as Chaduranga Kanthraj Urs, the grandson of Princess Leelavathi Devi, IDS Director Krishne Gowda and others look on.

Mysore :

A portrait of Princess Leelavathi Devi, the grand-daughter of Chamaraja Wadiyar, the erstwhile ruler of Mysore province, was unveiled at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) which was earlier called Leela Vihar Mansion in Manasagangotri campus of University of Mysore here yesterday.

Leelavathi Devi was the only daughter of Princess Jayalakshammanni, the daughter of Chamaraja Wadiyar X. The Mansion and its adjacent area were provided to the University when it expanded its campus, adding new facilities.

Chaduranga Kanthraj Urs, the grandson of Princess Leelavathi Devi, and son of K.B. Ramachandra Raje Urs and Princess Gayathri Devi, was the chief guest. Vice-Chancellor Prof. K.S. Rangappa unveiled the portrait.

During the regime of Sri Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar, around 500 acres of land, including the Jayalakshmi Vilas Mansion (which earlier belonged to Princess Jayalakshammanni), was donated to the university.

When Rashtrakavi Kuvempu was the Vice-Chancellor, the entire property was handed over to the university through Sardar K. Basavaraje Urs, husband of Princess Leelavathi Devi. The whole area was later named as Manasagangotri by Kuvempu, according to a press release issued by the University.

Sardar K. Basavaraje Urs and his family moved to Leela Vihar Mansion (present IDS) later on. The family later shifted their residence to a newly-built house at Jayalakshmipuram, which is also known as ‘Leela Vihar’, handing over the mansion to the university to facilitate its expansion plans, the release said.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News  / Tuesday  , September 23rd,  2014

‘Shukavana’ Aviary opens at Ganapathy Ashram

Arts, Culture & Entertainment, Green Initiatives / Environment, Nature, Travel

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Mysore :

‘Shukavana’ (Rehabilitation Centre for Birds) has come up at the premises of Sri Ganapathy Ashram on Ooty Road here.

The aviary was inaugurated by Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Swamiji yesterday.

More than 1000 birds of about 300 species are kept and being nurtured in the aviary. Over a couple of decades, injured birds were being nursed and nurtured by the Swamiji at the Ashram. Now the modern and scientifically crafted aviary will be a safe haven for thousands of birds. Speaking on the occasion, the Swamiji said humans should have concern and love for birds which represent nature. He advised the people not to disturb or harm birds.

Raja Segranm, General Manager, Jurong Bird Park, Singapore, who was present, regretted that human bondage was dwindling with words like love, friendship and mercy turning misnomers. He commended the work of Sri Swamiji in establishing an aviary. Addl. PCCF Ajay Mishra, Feather Friends Forever-USA Founder Ronald Johnson and others were present.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News  / Monday , September 22nd,  2014

Workshop on fine arts at CAVA

Arts, Culture & Entertainment

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Creates bridge between students and artists

by S. Kenneth Shishir

The Eight-day 7th National-level workshop for Fine Arts students organised by Chamarajendra Academy of Visual Arts (CAVA) now known as Chamarajendra Government Fine Arts College on Sayyaji Rao Road here concluded yesterday.

About 70 students from various art colleges in the country including Bangalore, Dharwad, Gulbarga, Davangere, Mangalore, Baroda, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Jaipur and other places along with the students of CAVA, Mysore, who had participated in the workshop held between Sept. 13 and 20, brought out their creativity in the form of various art forms during the workshop.

Art students in the department of Painting, Applied Art, Sculpture, Graphics and Photography had displayed their works at the CAVA gallery. The students had used wood, cardboard, stones, threads and other materials as the medium for their arts.

CAVA Dean V.A. Deshpande, speaking to Star of Mysore, said that the students received ample exposure in art and a surge to their creativity by getting an opportunity to interact with stalwarts from prominent art institutions during the workshop.

He said that periodic workshops are conducted where renowned artists and lecturers from fine arts universities share their knowledge and skill with the students and added that these workshops were being conducted with the sole objective of providing exposure, insight and training to students to the largest extent possible.

CAVA also organises tours, seminars, internships and exhibitions of works executed by its students and leading artists, he said and added that the workshop would also create a bridge between the students and artists so that the students will get to know about new technologies and also to create a common platform for both.

Deshpande further said that the workshop will help students learn art forms of other States in the country, and also get to know student artists of other colleges.

Deshpande said that the vision of CAVA is to produce students of excellence in the field of art and culture and global artists whose motivational edge comes from Indian traditions and culture, whose competitive advantage is derived from Karnataka in particular and India in general.

Some of the participating students at the workshop said that the workshops being conducted by CAVA was very useful to them as they get to know the arts from various States in the country. They also said that it is also helpful to them as they get a chance to interact with other students and also with experts.

They also said that they were taken to various temples and tourist spots where they got to know the art , traditions and culture of Karnataka especially the style of arts of Mysore.

One of the student said that the workshop was an unique opportunity for the students to interact, exchange opinions and ideas and discuss the present trends in art.

The resource persons during the workshop were Nirmalendu Das of Shanthinikethan in Graphics, K.R. Srinivas of Gujarat in Applied Arts, Sunil Raju of Mumbai in Photography and Photo Journalism and Ramamurti of Bangalore in Sculpture.

The valedictory of the workshop was held yesterday at CAVA premises in which K.R. Srinivas, Sunil Raju and Ramamurti were the chief guests.

The programme was presided over by CAVA Dean V.A. Deshpande.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Feature Articles  / Sunday , September 21st,  2014

Woman scientist awardee

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Mysore :

Swadeshi Vignana Andolana, in association with University of Mysore, had organised a function to present ‘Woman Scientist Award’ to Dr. M. Kannika, for her presentation titled ‘Sexual harassment of women and children’ at the 10th Kannada Vignana Sammelan held as part of Sir MV’s birth anniversary celebrations in city recently.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> In Brief  / Saturday , September 20th,  2014

Dasara Tourist Passport : More than 1,000 Passports sold at Zoo counter in a day

Arts, Culture & Entertainment, Travel

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Mysore : 

A day after the sale of passports began in city, Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens popularly known as the Mysore Zoo has sold more than 1,000 passports on Thursday.

Passports will be sold at counters in Mysore Palace, Karanji Lake, Chamundi Hill, KRS, Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary and selected star hotels from today.

‘Tourism passport,’ is a single ticket system for visitors where tourists after buying the passport can visit major tourist spots including the Mysore Palace, Mysore Zoo, Karanji Lake Nature Park, Chamundi Hills, KRS and Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary. The passports are available in three colours, Orange (Mysore Vaibhav), Green (Mysore Prakruthi) and Blue (Mysore Panorama).

The Orange passport provides entry to Mysore Palace and Zoo, while the Green one allows entry to the Zoo, Palace, Karanji Lake Nature Park and Chamundi Hills. The Blue passport will permit entry to the Palace, Zoo, Karanji Lake, KRS, Chamundi Hill and Ranganatittu Bird Sanctuary.

Mysore Vaibhav will cost Rs. 80 each for adults and Rs. 40 for children. For Foreigners it would cost Rs. 220 each for adults and Rs. 110 for children.

Mysore Prakruthi cost Rs. 120 for adults and Rs. 75 for children. Foreigners will have to pay Rs. 260 for adults and Rs. 150 for children. Mysore Panorama has been priced at Rs. 160 for adults and Rs. 102 for children. Foreigners will have to pay Rs. 510 for adults and Rs. 170 for children.

Zoo Executive Director B.P. Ravi speaking to SOM said that the sale of passports picked up on Thursday with the counter at the Zoo alone sold over 1,000 passports including 500 Vaibhav and 300 Prakruthi. He also said that tourists in groups were buying passports online and added that the tourists have to specify the date of their visit while buying the passports online. Those intending to buy Tourist Passports may contact Ph: 0821-2440752 or can be bought online by loging on to www.mysoretouristpassport.in

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General  News  / Saturday , September 20th,  2014

Former Head Master of Hardwicke School, Sanath Kumar passes away

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Mysore :

Former Head Master of Hardwicke High School and former Senate Member of Mysore University, S.G. Sanath Kumar, passed away at his residence on JLB Road here early this morning. He was 86.

He leaves behind his daughter Dr. Pamela Sanath, son Ranjith Sanath, Deputy Manager of KSFC in Mandya, daughter-in-law, grandchildren and a host of relatives and friends.

His wife Ann Meena had predeceased him in the year 1986.

A Rotarian since 1968, Sanath Kumar was the founder-member of Ideal Jawa Rotary Children School. He was the Mission De Chief to start Ideal Jawa Rotary High School for which he was the Secretary and Correspondent till 2004.

Rotary Mysore President Rtn. S.V. Sridhar, PP Rtn. S.K. Sanjay, Journalists Rajashekar Koti and N. Niranjan Nikam and others paid their last respects to the departed soul.

Funeral will be held today at the CSI Cemetery on Mahadevapura Road in Gandhi Nagar at 4.30 pm.

Sanath Kumar: A multifaceted personality

Born on June 26, 1928 in city, S.G. Sanath Kumar did his primary education at Karunapura School, high school at Hardwicke High School and graduated in Science from St. Philomena’s College during 1949-52.

Being a football player and an athlete, he represented Mysore and Challenge Union in both athletics and football.

Sanath Kumar started his career as a Sports Reporter in Deccan Herald and then joined the Indian Railways, which he quit to take up teaching at Hardwicke High School in 1954.

He did his Bachelor’s in Education (B.Ed) in 1955 and completed his Master’s in Education (M.Ed) in 1960 and became the Head Master in 1968.

During his tenure as the Head Master, Hardwicke School was ranked as one of the best schools in the city and was instrumental in starting the Hardwicke English Medium Primary School in 1979 and in the same year he was presented the State Award as ‘Best Head Master.’

Sanath Kumar was alsoan NCC Officer and Sports Secretary of the school during which the school got numerous awards. His love for gardening helped the school in winning awards at Dasara Flower Show and Ornamental Garden Show for a record 14 years and had also maintained a mini Zoo in the school.

He was also the Correspondent for all Church of South India (CSI) Schools in Mysore and Mandya districts and also served as the Secretary of Karnataka Southern Diocesan Education Society for 11 years and retired in the year 1984.

Even after retirement, he kept his enthusiasm and zeal to serve and revived the YMCA and was its Regional Chairman and was still serving the organisation as its Secretary.

The State Government had nominated him as a Member of the Mysore University Senate during 1983-84.

Apart from educational activities, Sanath Kumar had been actively involved in a number of Social and Cultural Clubs like Mysore Race Club, Mysore Sports Club and Jayachamaraja Wadiyar Golf Club. He served as the Secretary of Mysore Sports Club, President and Secretary of The Graduates Co-operative Bank, Member of the Mission Hospital Administrative Committee, Member of the Mysore University Football Selection Committee and was the magazine Editor of the Rotary Club.

His house on JLB road was once called as the Noah’s Ark, as it was full of birds and animals like rabbits, deer, peacock, monkey, varieties of dogs, cats, tortoise and other animals.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News  / September 18th,  2014

Matka-Fod , First time in city, marks Krishna Jayanti

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Mysore :

A grand procession marked the Krishna Jayanti celebrations organised under the joint aegis of District Administration and Zilla Yadava Samithi in city today.

DC C. Shikha launched the procession at Kote Anjaneya Swamy Temple at the Palace, in the presence of Chitradurga Yadava Mutt Seer Sri Krishnayadavananda Swamiji.

A jeep designed in the form of a horse-drawn carriage (Ashwa Ratha) and decorated with flowers in which a Krishna Idol was placed, with children attired in various dresses of Lord Krishna sitting beside, was the star attraction of the procession.

Several folk teams including Nandi Dhwaja, Veeragase Kunitha, Mahila Veeragase, Dollu Kunitha and Kerala folk art, featuring hundreds of artistes, accompanied the procession, while Yadava Samithi members holding aloft a child dressed as Sri Krishna, danced along the procession route.

A butter-milk pot (Mosaru Madike) was symbolically broken (as called Matka-fod in Maharashtra). The procession passed through K.R. Circle, D. Devaraj Urs road, Dewan’s road and Vinoba road before culminating at Nanjaraju Bahadur Choultry on Vinoba road where the celebrations took place.

MLC G. Mahusudhan, former Mayor D. Dhruvakumar, Corporator D. Nagabushan, Ex-Corporator M. Shivanna and others were present.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / September 17th,  2014