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Bengaluru schoolboy to make World Rotax Max debut

Education, Sports, World Opinion

Bengaluru schoolboy Ruhaan Alva, supported by Italian manufacturer Birel Art, will be making his debut in the World Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals which starts here on Monday.

The event will see 360 competitors representing 60 countries vie for titles in various age-group categories.

Ruhaan, who finished third overall in the recently-concluded Easykart series in Italy, has entered in the 125 Micro Max category which has a grid of 36 drivers who have qualified from their respective National Rotax Max championships or international Rotax Max series.

After completing formalities over the weekend, the competitors will have two days of practice sessions on November 6 and 7.

The qualifying sessions will commence on November 8, leading up to the three rounds of heats (November 9) and pre-finals (November 10) before the finals on November 11.

Looking ahead to his maiden participation in the Grand Finals, Ruhaan, who is also supported by Play Factory and Sona Miller, said he would put to good use his experience in the recent Eastkart championship in Italy and hoped to deliver a strong result.

“I had a good season in Italy though it was very tough because I switched to a higher and more competitive Easykart 60 category after the first round in the Mini class which I won,” the 11-year-old from Bengaluru said.

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source: http://www.business-standard.com / Business Standard / Home> News-IANS> Sports / IANS – Portimao(Portugal) / November 05th, 2017

Students from Mysuru win hackathon in Bengaluru

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Third-year computer science and engineering students of JSS Science and Technology University (Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering) have won the first prize in a hackathon titled #Hackabout 2017, conducted by Royal Philips, Bengaluru.

The winners — Shashank R., Ashwin B.S. and Ajay B. and Amogha Subramanya D.A. — were mentored by Anil Kumar K.M.

Philips, which provides technology for health services and has an innovation campus in Bengaluru, conducted the hackathon based on its data science platform (DSP). Participants were given an opportunity to experience the Philips DSP to create solutions to real-world problems. The two-month-long competition concluded only recently.

#Hackabout 2017 had multiple rounds and the finale was conducted at the Philips Innovation Campus. Seventy teams, with around 300 students from colleges across India, participated.

According to a release from the college, in round one, a problem related to semantic similarities was issued. Based on the solutions, the top 20 teams were selected for the next round. In round two, the teams were given access to the Philips DSP to propose a way to predict the length of a patient’s stay in ICU.

Based on this round, the top 10 teams were selected. They included teams from IIT Madras and Manipal Institute of Technology. The final 10 were invited to the innovation campus for the final presentation.

In the final round, each team made their presentation and answered questions posed by the jury and the audience. The jury comprised Srinivas Prasad, CEO of Philips Innovation Campus, Vijayananda J., senior director, Philips Healthcare, and John Huffman, business lead, Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, Philips.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> States> Karnataka / by Special Correspondent / Mysuru – October 31st, 2017

Writer C N Ramachadran to inaugurate 14th edition of Alva’s Nudisiri

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Moodbidri :

Litterateur C N Ramachandran will inaugurate the 14th edition of Alva’s Nudisiri 2017 that gets underway at this Jain Kashi of the South on December 1. Eminent film director Nagathihalli Chandrashekar will preside over the three-day Kannada literary meet, Dr M Mohan Alva, chairman, Alva’s Education Foundation announced here on Tuesday. Barring the decennial year, when the event was held for four-days, the meet has been a three-day affair.

C N Ramachandran has worked as teacher of English literature in India, Somalia, Saudi Arabia and USA. He worked in the post-graduate department of English of Mangalore University for 16-years, before superannuating from services. Ramachandran has presented papers at seminars in Delhi, San Francisco, Tokyo, and Turkey. An eminent critic in Kannada and English, Ramachandran has penned 10-books in English and 16 in Kannada, Dr Alva stated.

Born in Nagathihalli village in Mandya district, Chandrashekar is better known with the village name prefixed to his name. A gold medal winner in Kannada PG, Chandrashekar is basically a Kannada teacher. He instilled a deep sense of culture among the villagers with the Nagathihalli Samskruthika Habba organized by Abhivyakthi Samskruthika Vedike that he founded. The Vedike has succeeded in bringing about economic awareness among villagers.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News> City News> Mangalore News / TNN / October 24th, 2017

DK college all set to create its own nano satellite soon

Education, Science & Technology

Mangaluru: Alva’s Education Foundation, Moodbidri, has been working with Planet Aerospace, a group of retired ISRO scientists, to manufacture a nano satellite.

Dattatreya, dean and senior professor (planning), department of electronics and communication, Alva’s Engineering College, told TOI that the main intention of creating the nano satellite is to find a solution to the core issues concerning the district.

“We are mainly focussing on soil fertility and what crops could be grown here and the availability of groundwater. Usually, farmers here try to cultivate crops without knowing about the quality of the soil and other aspects and burn their hands. We are coming up with a solution to such issues through the proposed satellite. We also intend to study the Western Ghats and the amount of deforestation,” he said.

According to Dattatreya, plans are afoot to learn about atmospheric pressure, humidity, wind direction, duration of sunshine and rainfall among others with the help of the satellite.

Vivek Alva, trustee of the institute, said a cursory session had recently been held where experts from Planet Aerospace gave a fair idea to about 350 students from the institute on creating a satellite and the working of its various components.

A team of 30-40 students will be formed to create the nano satellite. A few senior faculty members, too, will join these batches.

“There are as many as 10 components such as payload, camera, power required, communication and ground handling among others, we need to work on. We will assign the programming part to select students from computer science, power system analysis to electronics students and structural aspects to mechanical engineering students among others,” Dattatreya added. The intention is also to give students hands-on experience in research as many students of late are resorting to readymade research materials, he added.

Once the nano satellite is ready and approved by ISRO, the space organisation will provide the institute a bus for the launch, Dattatreya said.

Rajangam, former deputy director, ISRO Satellite Centre, Bengaluru, who is now a part of Planet Aerospace, said his team will provide technical guidance to Alva’s institute throughout the process and will keep visiting the facility in Moodbidri as and when required. The project is expected to be completed in three-four years.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News> City News> Mangalore News / TNN / October 16th, 2017

Bengaluru school shines in state spell bee competition

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Mastery over words
Mastery over words

Bengaluru :

Class 4 student Shradha Sreenath, Class 10 students Niveditha K and Gayatri Ramakrishnan of Pristine Public School secured seventh rank in the state grand finale of the Wiz National Spell Bee Competition 2016-17.

They were among 100 participants from across the state. The competition started with 170 students at the school-level followed by inter-school, state and national levels. “This competition is exclusive in its format as it expects the children to not only learn spellings to communicate effectively, but also provides adequate exposure to discover different avenues,” said Principal Arul.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News> City News> Bangalore News / TNN / October 23rd, 2017

Mangalore University VC elected as Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry

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Mangaluru :

K Byrappa, Vice-Chancellor, Mangalore University has been elected as Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), London, UK. This is a prestigious fellowship awarded through election in recognition of academic contribution to the field of Chemistry.

Byrappa is the first academician from Mangalore University to receive this honour from the Royal Society of Chemistry, London.

A renowned researcher and academician, Byrappa has been honoured with many fellowships. Earlier in April, Byrappa was elected as the Fellow of the Asia Pacific Academy of Materials, in the annual meeting held in Japan. In the same meeting he was also elected as the Secretary General of Asia Pacific Academy of Materials.

Byrappa is the first Indian to become the Secretary General of the Asia Pacific Academy of Materials.

During January, Prime Minister honoured Byrappa with Sir C V Raman birth centenary Gold Medal in recognition of his contribution to science and technology in India. He is the second Kannadiga to get this honour after C N R Rao.

In 2010, Byrappa was elected as a Fellow of the World Academy of Ceramics, in the biennial convention held in Italy. He was the 4th Indian to get that honour.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News> City News> Mangalore News / by Jaideep Shenoy / TNN / September 28th, 2017

City college raises awareness about mental illness

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World Mental Health Day is celebrated on October 10 every year and in a bid to create awareness on mental illness, Jain University CMS — B School this year organized a session on the same. Keeping in mind the theme of the World Mental Health Day this year (Mental Health at Workplace), the management organized the session at the B-School for MBA students.

Speaking about the event, Uma Warrier, chief counsellor and professor, Jain University, said, “About 350 students including faculty members were present at the event. Since this year, the theme is mental health at workplace, we wanted to have this session for MBA students who are trained to be future managers. We believe that by having such a session, students will be able to adapt at their workplace faster and implement what they have been taught, in addition to understanding their coworkers better.”

The session, Uma says, will help teachers as well as they can identify those suffering from mental illness. “If we can create awareness and sensitize teachers, then they will share a better relationship with students who suffer from mental illness,” says Uma, adding that at the event, a ‘self-check’ handbook was also given for better understanding of the issue.

The event helped in addressing mental illness, which is otherwise considered a taboo in the country. “We still treat mental illness as a taboo. We need to eradicate this mindset and address mental illness with care. At the event, we were told how to identify people suffering from mental illness as well as how to improve one’s own mental health,” says Nabeel Nasar, first year MBA student, CMS Business School, Jain University.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News> City News> Bangalore News / by Sandra Marina Fernandes / October 17th, 2017

Professor brings Punjabi back to Sikhs

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Panditrao Dharennavar conducting classes for Sikh children of Gurunanak Nagar in Indi taluk of Vijayapura district. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
Panditrao Dharennavar conducting classes for Sikh children of Gurunanak Nagar in Indi taluk of Vijayapura district. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

Dharennavar, a Kannadiga, has been teaching Punjabi to the community in Vijayapura

Back in 2012, Panditrao Dharennavar was in the news for translating Kannada literature into Punjabi. Now, the professor is bringing Punjabi back to the Sikhs in his hometown Indi at Vijayapura district.

Mr. Dharennavar, who teaches sociology at the government degree college in Chandigarh, has turned into an ambassador of the two languages. He teaches Punjabi to Sikh children of Gurunanak Nagar in the taluk, while also translating Kannada works into Punjabi.

Based in Chandigarh for the last decade, Mr. Dharennavar has mastered enough Punjabi to be able to write it. He has translated Vachanas of Veerashaiva saints and social reformers Basaveshwara and Akka Mahadevi into Punjabi.

“When I came here on vacation, I came to know about the colony of Sikhs who have been dwelling here for over 70 years. After being disconnected from Punjab for decades, these people have forgotten Punjabi and speak Hindi and Kannada. They also speak Sikhali, their own language which is similar to Punjabi but has no script,” Mr. Dharennavar said.

That is when he decided to teach Punjabi to the community, mainly the children.

He is happy with the interest shown by the children. “Perhaps it their instinct that makes them learn the language so quickly,” he said.

Ujwal Singh, one of the residents, said that he is grateful to Mr. Dharennavar for having so much concern for the community to teach the language. “We wanted someone to teach us Punjabi so that we could read our religious books. The language also connects us to our roots,” he said.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> States> Karnataka / by Firoz Rozindar / Vijayapura – July 12th, 2017

An opportunity for students to develop missile solutions

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Students taking part in the Young Innovator Hunt will be asked to devise innovative missile solutions to keep at bay the British forces surrounding Srirangapatna.
Students taking part in the Young Innovator Hunt will be asked to devise innovative missile solutions to keep at bay the British forces surrounding Srirangapatna.

Students of Class V to X in Mysuru and Bengaluru are being given an opportunity to come up with missile technology solutions as part an education startup’s Young Innovator Hunt.

Those who register for the hunt, are expected to imagine themselves fighting against the British forces from the island town of Srirangapatna on behalf of the 18th Century warrior king Tipu Sultan, who pioneered missile technology.

The participating students will be asked to devise an innovative missile solution to keep at bay the British forces surrounding Srirangapatna, an island town surrounded by two branches of the Cauvery.

Anglo-Mysore War

“We will narrate the story of the second Anglo-Mysore War in which Tipu Sultan scored a historic victory against the British with the help of missile technology, said Dhruva V. Rao, founder, Science Ashram, a science education centre, which believes in teaching concepts of science through experiments. Also, a painting of the battle scenario will be provided to the students.

“The primary reason for Tipu’s victory in the battle was the scientific approach towards problem-solving and high order thinking skills. Students are also expected to think out of the box and provide missile solutions to prevent the British forces from crossing the Cauvery and entering Srirangapatnam,” Mr. Rao added.

Necessary material

Science Ashram will provide a set of tools and necessary materials for students to come up with missile solutions. “The solution can range from a catapult to a ballista to a trebuchet. The missile solution should be around 20 ft,” Mr. Rao added.

Pointing out that the missile technology was born out of such high order reasoning skills displayed by Tipu Sultan, Mr. Rao said NASA had displayed a painting of this battle scene at its centre in USA. “This was recognised by the late President Dr. Abdul Kalam at Wallops Flight Facility, the base for NASA’s Sounding Rocket Programme,” Mr. Rao said.

Students, who register for the programme, will be allotted a day on which they have to visit the Science Ashram either in Bengaluru or Mysuru to develop their missile solution. “We can accommodate about 30 students per day at each centre”, he said.

Last year

Mr Rao is hopeful of young minds coming up with innovative solutions during the exercise. During its first Young Innovator Hunt last year, hundreds of students participated in a contest to come up with a solution to propel a car without fossil fuel. “Participants came up with interesting solutions that included the use of solar energy and electric energy to propel the cars,” he said.

Interested schools may contact Science Ashram at 9980878105 or info@scienceashram.com. While each participant, as a token of appreciation, is given a fidget spinner from the Science Ashram, the winners are given an opportunity to visit ISRO and HAL along with the Science Ashram team, Mr. Rao added.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> States> Karnataka / by Laiqh A. Khan / July 11th, 2017

This Bengalurean turns soda cans into mini-satellites

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HIGHLIGHTS

  • Suraj has converted Coke, Red Bull and beer cans into mini-satellites to create an open-source database on several city parameters.
  • The CanSat project was launched in 2014 to provide students an experience of smallscale space missions through several workshops .
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Bengaluru :

You don’t have to be a space scientist to launch a satellite. All you have to do is stock up some empty beverage cans and turn them into mini satellites .

The satellite collects data on temperature and pollution levels
The satellite collects data on temperature and pollution levels

That’s exactly what a city based computer engineer has been doing for the past two years. He has converted Coke,  Red Bull and beer cans into mini-satellites to create an open-source database on several city parameters, including temperature and pollution levels. Suraj Kumar Jana, 22, founder of  Opencube Labs, is the mastermind behind the project monikered as CanSat Development Programme. CanSat is a sounding rocket balloon payload built of open hardware (Arduino, RaspberryPi) with the entire satellite components assembled inside a 350ml soda can.

The mini-satellite, which is launched from the Air Force base at Yelahanka, does a controlled descent with the help of a parachute and transmits captured data to the ground station. “The data collected by these mini-satellites include temperature and pollution levels, quality of air and water, ultra-violet penetration and traffic congestion levels in the city. These data can help in research purposes and our civic bodies can even use them to implement better policies,” said Suraj, who is a computer engineer from BMS Institute of Technology .

The CanSat project was aunched in 2014 to provide students an experience of smallscale space missions through several workshops conducted across the city.

Suraj said: “Receiving a real-time experience of smallscale space missions isn’t that reasonable and goes beyond affordability of Indian, middleclass students. Through our workshops, we provide students a first-hand knowledge on making, operating and launching of satellites.”

source: http://www.timsofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News> City News> Bangalore News> Schools & Colleges / by Sreemoyee Chatterjee / July 10th, 2017