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Gold medals presented to the College toppers

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Gurikar Marimallappa Samsmaranotsava: 2014-15

S. Neha, M. Nischay Prasad and M. Ravish, toppers of Marimallappa’s PU College, were presented with gold medals during Gurikar Marimallappa Samsmaranotsava: 2014-15 at the College premises in city on Saturday.
S. Neha, M. Nischay Prasad and M. Ravish, toppers of Marimallappa’s PU College, were presented with gold medals during Gurikar Marimallappa Samsmaranotsava: 2014-15 at the College premises in city on Saturday.

Mysuru :

Three top ranking students (Science, Commerce and Arts) of Marimallappa PU College were presented gold medals at ‘Sri Gurikar Marimallappa Samsmaranotsava: 2014-15’ organised at the College premises here on Saturday.

Speaking after inaugurating the programme, AIISH Director Dr. S.R. Savitri said there is no short cut to success.

It is only dedication, concentration and hardwork that matters in every achievements, she said and urged the students to develop a probing attitude.

Stressing on the need for allowing the students to make their own choice of subjects, the AIISH Director called upon the students to take suggestions from elders and teachers and shape a good future for themselves.

On the occasion, gold medals were presented to the PU toppers — M. Nischay Prasad (590/600 – Science stream – Gurikar Gold Medal), S. Neha (578/600 in Commerce – Bhagya Shilpi Gold Medal) and M. Ravish (559/600 – Arts – Mathrushri Gold Medal).

Also, 276 other students of the college, who passed out with distinction, were presented merit certificates on the occasion.

Marimallappa Educational Institutions Hon. President S. Paramashivaiah, Hon. Secretary Prof. E.N. Panchaksharaswamy, DDPU K.M. Puttu, College Principal Dr. B.S. Parvatharaju, Managing Committee Convenor S. Basavaraju and others were present on the occasion.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / Monday – June 08th, 2015

Basic course in Automobile Technology at NIE

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Students from NMMIT, Nitte, BMSE, Bengaluru and SJCE, Mysuru, who underwent training last week, are seen with Dr. T.N. Shridhar, Head - NECAT, Mohan, Asst. Manager, NECAT and others.
Students from NMMIT, Nitte, BMSE, Bengaluru and SJCE, Mysuru, who underwent training last week, are seen with Dr. T.N. Shridhar, Head – NECAT, Mohan, Asst. Manager, NECAT and others.

Mysuru :

The NIE-EICHER Centre for Automobile Technology (NECAT), the first of its kind centre in India, established in collaboration with VOLVO-EICHER Commercial Vehicles Ltd., at the National Institute of Engineering (NIE) on Manandawadi Road here, conducted training to the first batch of students from NMMIT and Nitte last week.

During this week, the Centre is conducting Basic Course in Automobile Technology (BCAT) course for 25 students per batch for six days for the students from NMMIT, Nitte, SJCE, Mysuru and BMSE, Bengaluru.

Apart from this course, NECAT conducts advance courses and modular courses apart from tailor-made courses regularly for the engineers from L&T, Meritor, Bosch among others.

The Centre provides top-notch training and education to students and faculty members of industrial and vocational training institutes, polytechnics and engineering colleges.

It also conducts training programmes for the industry and automobile dealers with extensive hands-on practical sessions in a most scientific way of repair, maintenance and overhaul of commercial vehicles.

Engineering students of various institutions across the country are undergoing training programme especially for BCAT course and the Centre has conducted BCAT course for more than 100 batches.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of  Mysore / Home> General News / Thursday – June 11th, 2015

Hubballi optometrist gets UK fellowship

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Hubballi :

Kunal Shah , 35, a BS optometry graduate from BITS, Pilani-Sankara Nethralaya, and CEO of Hubballi-based startup Eyesavers has got a fellowship from the British Contact Lens Association (BCLA). He is the fourth India optometrist to receive the BCLA fellowship. Professor James Wolffsohn of Aston University honoured Shah in Pune recently.

Expressing joy on receiving the fete, Kunal told TOI that the adoption of technology has been instrumental in getting the fellowship.

“Our startup, floated two years ago, has been the first in India to adopt I-profiler technology by Zeiss and Visio Office Plus by Essilor from France which can calculate the position of eyes in front of the lenses at a precision of 1/10th mm at a click of a button. Now, 4-5 other optometrists have borrowed these technologies in India,” he said.

Kunal’s father Prakash Shah, who is also involved in optical business for the past five decades, said that he was worried when Kunal wanted to invest Rs 20 lakh on I-profiler and Rs 8.50 lakh on Visio Office Plus. “Now I am convinced by his innovations. Though we have Hubli Opticals since 1953, he floated separate brand at his own risk,” he said.

Kunal is offering free service using Visio Office Plus technology to avoid fitting errors. . “Usually, we don’t consider the size of nose, eyes and forehead while suggesting a frame for patients. This technology considers whether the wearer of the glass is head-mover or eye-mover while preparing the perfect frame,” he claimed.

Kunal is the only optometrist in North Karnataka to provide cosmetic eye to fill self-confidence among people who have only one eye by birth.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Hubballi / by Sangamesh Menasinakai, TNN / June 10th, 2015

SIT students develop app that helps farmers plant diseases

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Mangaluru :

Final year students of computer science and engineering of Srinivas Institute of Technology (SIT), Valachil – Shraddha, Krishnanad Bhat, Sowmya, Prajnashree, Supritha M – have developed an android based project “Agricultural Plant Disease Detection” under the guidance of Nagaraja Hebbar N. This project won first place in intra-collegiate competition conducted by the institute for its students, Shrinivasa Mayya D, principal, SIT said.

This project is useful to recognize the diseases that plants are affected using the image of the leaf. The major beneficiaries of the project are farmers for they will also get the medication details for the corresponding disease through this application. In the present day, agricultural plants are affected by different types of disease. This application helps farmer in obtaining details pertaining to disease afflicting their crop and the remedial steps they can take to mitigate it.

This application basically identifies diseases based on damage patterns observed in leaves of agricultural plants. The application also indicates prescribed medication according to the disease condition with which the plants are affected. This project will help farmers for taking quick decisions related to the yields. If proper medication is applied in the initial stage, farmers can protect their yields against further damage, Shrinivasa Mayya noted.

The application is blended with existing technology which will serve the farmers. A Raghavendra Rao, president of A Shama Rao Foundation and A Srinivasa Rao, vice-president congratulated and appreciated the efforts of the students’ in developing the app and also the faculty for guiding the students in the right direction with their academic endeavours. Srinivas Rao said education will be complete only when it translates in to some tangible benefit for end users.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Mangaluru / by Jaideep Shenoy, TNN / June 08th, 2015

City teen selected for international chemistry Olympiad

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Bengaluru :

Ameet Deshpande, a 17-year-old student from AECS Maruti Public School, has been selected for the International Chemistry Olympiad (ICO) to be held in Bratislava, Slovakia.

Of the 30 students who participated from India, four students were selected for the International Olympiad and Ameet is one of them. Ameet has also enrolled at FIITJEE Bangalore.

Ameet is also an avid footballer. The Olympiad consists of two sessions that run for five hours each and the winner will be decided by a scientific jury set up by the host nation.

“I enjoy chemistry because it is one of the most practical subjects, but I am undecided whether I will pursue it as a career. I am very happy and thankful to all my teachers who helped me to achieve this goal,” said Ameet.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Bengaluru / TNN / June 07th, 2015

Hassan students win prize

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A student, native of Hassan, has won a prize at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair held at Pittsburgh, US recently.

S. Komal, a native of Nittur village near Hassan, participated in the fair with his classmate Aditya Bhargav. The device designed and displayed by the duo is used for knowing the carbon monoxide in air. The duo won the fourth award carrying $ 500. Both are class XII students at Sharada Vidyanikethana Public School in Mangaluru.

The fair was organised by the Society for Science and the Public in partnership with the Intel Foundation at Pittsburgh between May 10 and 15. Students were selected for the fair through competitions. Aditya Bhargav and Komal presented highly sensitive Nano-Ferrite meant for detection of carbon monoxide in air.

“Air pollution is a big problem in India. Vehicles have been contributing high rates of carbon monoxide to environment. We made efforts to develop a device to detect carbon monoxide content in the air, ” he told the media.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> National> Karnataka / by Satish G.T, / Hassan – June 02nd, 2015

SJCE Professor bags best PH.D Thesis Award

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Mysuru :

BITES Best Ph.D Thesis Award, one of the prestigious awards, was conferred on Dr. B.S. Mahanand, Associate Professor, Department of Information Science & Engineering at Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering (SJCE), Mysuru, for the year 2012-13 by the Government of Karnataka’s Board for IT Education Standards (BITES).

Every year BITES gives away awards for the best Ph.D thesis. Dr. Mahanand’s thesis titled “Alzheimer’s Disease Detection from Magnetic Resonance Images Using Machine Learning Approaches” won the award in the category of Computer Science and Engineering Area.

Dr. Mahanand has extensively researched on the detection of Alzheimer’s Disease using computational intelligence approaches and has pursued research on Alzheimer’s disease as an incipient of the visiting research fellowship at Helsinki University of Technology, Finland, as Post-Doctoral Research Associate at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore in 2012. He has several peer reviewed research publication to his credit and has presented his research at National and International conferences.

Prof. B. S. Sonde, Chairman, Ph.D Thesis Evaluation Committee, presented the award to Dr. Mahanand at a function held at PESIT, Bengaluru on May 16 which carries a citation and a cash prize.

Dr. Mahanand is also visiting the National Magnetic Resonance Research Centre, University, Turkey as Visiting Researcher in June 2015.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / Saturday – May 23rd, 2015

TechXpo to host Chinese delegates

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Mangaluru:

Delegates from China will attend TechXpo 15 that gets under way at P A College of Engineering (PACE) on Friday.

The college’s mechanical engineering department will host an auto engineering show. Chinese delegate Schichun Tao, sales director, Asia Pacific, Middle East, North Africa and Latin America of Launch Tech Pvt Limited will be the chief guest .

A seminar will be conducted on technologies related to high performance lubricants, automobile diagnostics evolution and future trends.Indoor exhibits on latest technologies in the automotive industry, outdoor exhibits on modified and vintage cars and bikes will be open to public. Free auto diagnostic scanning for new generation cars with OBD 2 and Entice 15, a technical competition, will be held. Joy Yan, sales manager, Launch Tech, Sasi Menon, retail head, Mobil 1, and Shamnas Mohammd, managing director, Candour Auto Tech, will be present.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Mangaluru / TNN / May 07th, 2015

Hairdresser’s Son Wins Four Gold Medals in MA

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Jayaprakash R with his parents and brother at the convocation of Davangere University on Monday | Express Photo
Jayaprakash R with his parents and brother at the convocation of Davangere University on Monday | Express Photo

Davangere :

His is a story of struggle and success. Coming from a poor economic background did not deter him from pursuing his goal of getting a first rank, which had eluded him in BA and B.Ed.

On Monday, Jayaprakash R, the son of a hairdresser, stood beaming when he was awarded four GOLD medals for getting the first rank in MA Economics, at the convocation of Davangere University.

“I wouldn’t have achieved my goal without the support of my family, especially my elder brother who discontinued his studies after PUC I to enable me to pursue my education,” Jayaprakash told Express after receiving the GOLD medals from Prof Devaraj, vice-chairman of the UGC.

It was Jayaprakash’s mother Anjinamma’s dream too to see her sons well educated. Though she was uneducated, she encouraged them at every step. Jayaprakash’s father Ramanna K B runs a salon. “I assist my father in his salon during my leisure hours daily as it is our family profession. Though I made every effort to shine in academics, the first rank eluded me in BA and B.Ed,” he said.

When he joined MA, he pushed himself hard to get the dream rank.

“I devoted six hours daily for my studies despite all odds. I am delighted that I have achieved what I have set out to do,” Jayaprakash said.

His next goal is to get a lecturer’s post. “I have written the KAS exams and am preparing for the Karnataka State Eligibility Test and the National Eligibility Test,” he said.

At present, he is working as a field investigator at the National Sample Survey office in Hubballi.

However, this golden boy has one unfulfilled dream. “I want to do PhD, but our economic background may not allow me to study further,” Jayaprakash said.

source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> States> Karnataka / by Express News Service / April 28th, 2015

Achievers tie the knot

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Dinaker Kenjur and Sabita Gundmi got married in Udupi on Tuesday.
Dinaker Kenjur and Sabita Gundmi got married in Udupi on Tuesday.

Both – Dinaker Kenjur (32) and Sabita Gundmi (29) – have firsts to their credit in the most backward Koraga community, a Scheduled Tribe, and both entered the wedlock in a simple ceremony on the Ambedkar Jayanti here on Tuesday.

The main occupation of the community is basket weaving and collection of minor forest produce. The population of this community in Udupi and Dakshina Kannada, and Kasaragod district of Kerala taken together is about 17,000.

While Ms. Gundmi is Assistant Professor at the Department of Sociology in Mangalore University for last one-and-a-half years, Mr. Kenjur is guest lecturer in the Department of Commerce in the same university since 2009.

Both Ms. Gundmi and Mr. Kenjur overcame heavy odds to make a mark in their community. While Ms. Gundmi is the first person from the community to pass National Entrance Test (NET) for lectureship conducted by the University Grants Commission in 2010, Mr. Kenjur is the first in the community to have done M.Com.

Ms. Gundmi lost her father, when she was five while her mother died in an accident when she was studying SSLC. She had to discontinue her studies for two years after SSLC due to financial problems.

But she persevered and completed M.A. in Sociology standing second in Mangalore University in 2010. She cleared the NET in the first attempt.

She also cleared the State-level Eligibility Test (SLET) for lectureship conducted by the University of Mysore. She is pursuing Ph.D. for the last two years.

Mr. Kenjur too was born in a poor family. He suffered a polio attack when he was young and it affected his leg. He too had to struggle to complete his education. He has also completed third semester in MBA course from Karnataka State Open University. He is trying to clear the NET.

Both are childhood friends. They had both decided to marry nine years ago. Both have no superstition and decided to marry on Ambedkar Jayanti here.

“I told my well-wishers that I was born on a Tuesday. I joined work on a Tuesday. It would make no difference to me to marry on a Tuesday [which is considered inauspicious]. I have been deeply influenced by Dr. Ambedkar’s philosophy. Hence I and Dinaker decided to get married on Ambedkar Jayanti,” he said.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> National> Karnataka / by Ganesh Prabhu / Udupi – April 15th, 2015