Hasan Mansur, a veteran human rights activist, passed away in Bangalore on Wednesday morning.
Prof. Mansur (1930-2014), who retired as the Head of the Department of English in Bangalore University, was closely associated with People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) and a host of other human rights initiatives, and fact-finding efforts in Karnataka and elsewhere.
Prof. Mansur was one of the founding members of the Karnataka Civil Liberties Committee (KCLC) in 1984. He went on to work for the PUCL, with which he was associated till the end.
His role at PUCL
In a press release, the PUCL State committee has said that Prof. Mansur played a significant role in broad-basing the concerns of PUCL and taking it beyond the traditional human rights issues to focus attention on violations of socio-economic rights, including the right to housing and the right to water.
Prof. Mansur was also one of the founding members of the Karnataka chapter of the Indo-Pak People’s Friendship Forum and was associated with trade union movements since the 1950s.
Speaking to The Hindu , Ramdas Rao, his colleague at the university and a co-activist in PUCL, said: “I admired Prof. Mansur for the way he brought together literature, politics and human rights.” Recalling his love for literary greats like James Joyce, Pablo Neruda and T.S. Eliot, he said: “He could quote large chunks of Joyce’s Ulysses and Eliot’s Four Quartets and continued to teach to the larger community of his friends even after he retired.”
Prof. Mansur leaves behind his wife, Hasnath Mansur, and a son. Funeral prayers were held at Arab Lane Mosque on Richmond Road on Wednesday evening. admired Mansur for the way he brought together literature, politics and human rights: Ramdas Rao.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> National> Karnataka / by Special Correspondent / Bangalore – February 13th, 2014
Bishop of Mangalore, Most Rev. Dr. Aloysius P. D’Souza as the chief celebrant solemnized the annual feast of St. Lawrence on Wednesday, 29 January 2014 at 10.30 am. He was joined by Most Rev. Dr. Gerald Isaac Lobo, Bishop of Udupi Diocese, Rev. Dr. Baptist Menezes, Vicar General of Udupi, Rev. Fr. Denis D’Sa, PRO of the Udupi Diocese, Rev. Fr. George D’Souza, Rector of St. Lawrence Shrine and a number of other priests from Udupi and Mangalore Dioceses. Unprecedented crowd participated in the feast mass.
In his homily on the theme of the annual feast “Christian Families-Cradle of Faith”, Bishop Aloysius D’Souza specially mentioned the three basic principles of a good Christian family that were put forward by the present Pope, Francis addressing families from 95 countries of the world when they had gone to Vatican on a pilgrimage. These three basic principles are: Prayer, Faith in family and Happiness in the family.
Elaborating these three basic principles, Bishop Aloysius D’Souza said that family prayer especially reciting Rosary by all the members of the family together fosters the sense of unity in the family. Faith is the important factor in family life. Further he said that the faith should be like the faith that was expressed by St. Paul and Christians should bear witness to the faith that they profess. Regarding the happiness in family, Bishop said that modern gadgets would not provide lasting happiness to the family members. People should find happiness through unity and togetherness where God finds a place within the family. The Bishop further said that correcting mistakes of children is an obligation of the parents. Giving the example of the Holy Family of Jesus, Joseph and Mary, Bishop Aloysius D’Souza said that Jesus should be the model for the 3 children whereas Joseph and Mary should be models for parents.
At the end of the Feast Mass, one book in Konkani titled “Sant Loresachim Dhirvim” (Treasures of St. Lawrence) and informative pamphlet on the history of the Shrine of St. Lawrence written by George Castelino, recipient of National Award for Best Teacher were released by Bishop Aloysius P. D’Souza along with the Bishop of Udupi, and Vicar General. Bishop of Mangalore also honoured George Castelino with a shawl and bouquet of flowers. Steven and Florine Mendis, proprietors of the Divine Channel and producers of the film on the life of St. Lawrence were also felicitated by the Bishop of Mangalore.
Most Rev. Dr. Gerald Isaac Lobo honoured Most Rev. Dr. Aloysius P. D’Souza by offering him shawl and Rev. Fr. George D’Souza offered him a bouquet of flowers as a sign of respect to the Bishop of Mangalore who obliged the diocese as the chief celebrant of the solemn annual feast mass.
Earlier in the morning at 8.30 am, most Rev. Dr. Lawrence Makkuzzi, Bishop of Belthangady offered Holy Mass in Malayalam language. The Bishop of Udupi Gerald Lobo accompanied the Bishop of Belthangady to the altar. Rev. Fr. George D’Souza, Rector of the shrine welcomed the Bishop of Beltahngady and offered him a bouquet of flowers. This was the first time that a Bishop offered mass in the Malayalam language in the Shrine of St. Lawrence. Quite a large number of people attended the mass. The choir and the faithful participated in the singing.
There has been continuous flow of pilgrims to the shrine throughout the day. Masses for the benefit of the pilgrims have been arranged right from 12.30 pm till 11.30 pm including one at 5 pm in English and another at 8.30 pm in Kannada.
source: http://www.bellevision.com / Bellevision.com / Home> News / by Dr. Eugene DSouza, Moodubelle / Bellevision Media Network / Karkala – January 29th, 2014
Dr. N. Nithyanand Rao, renowned Orthopaedic Surgeon of Mysore, took over as the President of Karnataka Orthopaedics Association (KOA) here this morning at the 38th Annual Conference of the Association held at NIMHANS Centenary Hall in Bangalore.
Speaking after assuming charge, Dr. Rao made a vision statement in which he said, “As a practising consultant, I will strive to make learning of contemporary practices and science a distinct and regular feature; will strive to make the industry collaborate with young surgeons by supporting fellowships across the best institutions in India and overseas; will introduce voting for future KOA elections online; will bring in technology for administrative support; will work towards empowering district bodies to reach out to issues to ensure that practising surgeons anywhere are connected.”
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / February 02nd, 2014
K.R. Venkatesh, Superintendent of Police (sp), Finger Print Bureau, Bangalore, was conferred with the President’s Medal for his meritorious service in Police Department. The award was conferred by the President of India on the occasion of Republic Day celebrations.
Venkatesh, a Mysorean, also served as Sub-Inspector and Inspector in Mysore city between 1995-2002. He pursued his education at Marimallappa and Sarada Vilas institutions. His wife, S. Rajalakshmi, is a Veena artiste at the Akashavani, Mysore.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / January 31st, 2014
“Kanakadasa is a large cultural asset. He was a question for the pride based on caste. He swam against current without sacrificing his principles and lived a life of stress. His literature reflects different phases of his life”, said Dr H S Anupama.
Anupama was speaking after inaugurating a lecture here recently on the late Kanakadasa held by Goregaon Karnataka Sangha – Library section and Mangalore University Kanakadasa research center. Famous author and intellectual Ravi R Anchan presided over the programme.
“Ramadanya Charithe” poem written by Kanakadasa reminds us of rice and millet and appears like a statement against discrimination in society. So far birds, trees and nature were the feature for poems but meditation made by Kanakadasa as a feature for his poetry shows his excellence in talent”, said Anupama.
He explained the purpose of lectures advising not to fight for caste and creed. “He is influential as a poet and lyricist among us. However his poems have not influenced us the way they should have. The university has attempted to make them reach the people here. We are glad to see the desire”, said Dr Shivarama Shetty, convener of Mangalore university Kanakadasa seat.
“Kanakadasa was a poet and a warrior. He is equal to poet Pampa of Champoo era. He is also a saint poet. His poetry echoes among common people even now. Questions whether he is a Srivaishava, Vaishnava or Shaiva have no meaning. His poems show that he was a rational human being”, said Ravi R Anchan in his presidential address.
Members of the sangh sang poems of Kanakadas under the leadership of Vidya Deshpande, Nikhita Amin, Seema Kulkarni, Vasudha Nayak, Usha Shetty and Rakshita Nayak. Vasanthi Kotekar, Veda Suvarna, Mohini Poojary, Sushila Nayak, Rama Nayak, Nagaratna Nayak, Sumita Gujaran, Akshari Anchari and Pratiksha Nayak accompanied them.
Shankuntala Prabhu, director of Grantayana welcomed the gathering. Vice president Laxmi Shetty wished everybody well. Petri Vishwanatha Shetty set the programme in motion and Usha Shetty proposed vote of thanks.
source: http://www.daijiworld.com / DaijiWorld / Home> Mumbai / by DaijiWorld Media Network – Mumbai / Friday – January 24th, 2014
1) Kuvempu (2) A front view of Kuvempu’s house ‘Udaya Ravi.’
by K. Vijaya Kumar, Former Jt. Director of Information & Publicity
Udaya Ravi, Rashtrakavi Kuvempu’s house in Mysore (5th Cross, V.V. Mohalla), is not just a simple house but has a greater significance since Kuvempu wrote his magnum opus Sri Ramayana Darshanam sitting in his room from this home. Acharya Vinobaji during his padayatra in Karnataka (Kuvempu had great reverence to him) was eager to visit Kuvempu’s house since he had come to know about Ramayana Darshanam. When (on 25.9.1957) Vinobaji enters inside Udaya Ravi, Kuvempu records in his diary, he pronounces in Hindi three times ‘Bahut prashanth hai’ (very peaceful atmosphere).
Tarini Chidananda, Kuvempu’s daughter, in her book Magalu Kanda Kuvempu (Kuvempu as seen by his daughter), vividly describes how much Kuvempu was sentimental and attached to Udaya Ravi and the garden he had raised with various flowers and fruit plants in front of the house. Kuvempu built this house in 1937 and the then President of Ramakrishna Ashrama Swami Deshikanandaji sent a Bengali contractor, one K.C. Dham (who had migrated to Mysore and a devotee of Ramakrishna Mission) who had earned a good name as a committed person in his work.
Tarini, who spent most of her life in Udaya Ravi and taking care of Kuvempu after the death of her mother Hemavathi, writes how her father after building and living in Udaya Ravi, got married, worked in the University, wrote most of his works and breathed his last in the midnight on 11.11.1994 in Udaya Ravi.
Many of those who had visited this house, just to cite a couple of them as recorded by Tarini — a Soviet Delegation, UGC Chairman C.D. Deshmukh and his wife Durga Bai Deshmukh had expressed great appreciation of Udaya Ravi and its garden and complimented Kuvempu and his wife Hemavathi for their efforts in maintaining it so neat and tidy.
It is appreciable that the State Govt. has declared Kuvempu’s native place Kuppalli where his body has been laid to rest in Kavishyla as a memorial of Kuvempu and entrusting it to Rashtrakavi Kuvempu Pratishtana to maintain it, who have opened a Kuvempu Museum for visitors.
I recollect here my memory of 30-35 years back, when my Dept. of Information was producing a documentary film on Kuvempu, directed by Chaduranga, the noted writer, my numerous visits to Udaya Ravi to meet Kuvempu in that connection and on many several other occasions, I fondly remember the pious moments spent with the poet in his house.
Many felicitations to Kuvempu used to take place at Udaya Ravi only as the poet was reluctant to accept it and I remember one such felicitation organised by State Bank of Mysore in early eighties wherein I was made the chief guest.
I sincerely feel and as many other literary figures of yesteryears, who were direct disciples of Kuvempu, with scores of others who have high liking for Kuvempu’s literature, might also agree that Udaya Ravi in Mysore where Kuvempu spent most part of his life needs to be declared by the Govt. as a Memorial in his memory and a Museum could be established entrusting it to be run and maintained by an organisation locally, either University of Mysore or a similar body like Kuvempu Prathistana. I am sure scores of Kannadigas will support this cause.
Even now, quite a few visitors, particularly student groups on conducted tour visiting Mysore do come to see Udaya Ravi. Though inconvenient to Tarini and her husband Prof. Chidananda Gowda who reside there, do not disappoint the visitors. Besides many even in Mysore and around have not been able to see the place though they have a desire to visit.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Feature articles / by K.Vijaya Kumar e-mail: kumarkv59@gmail.com / January 29th, 2014
JD(S) Supremo H.D. Deve Gowda paying his last respects to S. Nanjappa as other leaders look on.
K.R. Nagar :
The last rites of former Minister S. Nanjappa, who passed away at K.R. Nagar on Sunday night, was carried out with State honours at Kantenahalli burial ground in the outskirts of the town yesterday.
Nanjappa, who was elected three times as MLA, had served as Food & Civil Supplies Minister in the Janata Dal Government headed by H.D. Deve Gowda.
Schools and colleges and shops and commercial establishments in the town were shut down yesterday as a mark of respect to the departed leader.
Former Prime Minister and JD(S) Supremo H.D. Deve Gowda paid his last respects to S. Nanjappa.
Former Minister and MLA H.D. Revanna, MLAs A. Manju, S.R. Mahesh, G.T. Devegowda, Vasu, S. Chikkamadhu and D.C. Thammanna, former MLA C.S. Puttaraju, former MLC Thontadarya, former Speaker Krishna, ZP President Koorgalli Mahadev, Congress leaders Amit Devarahatti, Doddaswamygowda and others were among the political leaders who paid their last respects.
University of Mysore Vice-Chancellor Prof. K.S. Rangappa, was among the other dignitaries who had a last glimpse of the departed leader.
As MP H. Vishwanath is away in New Delhi, his Personal Assostamt Nataraj paid last tributes on his behalf.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / January 28th, 2014
Dr. P. Prakash, professor in Psychology, Mysore University, has been elected as a Fellow by National Academy of Psychology (NAOP), India, for his contribution to the discipline and distinguishing himself as an authority on reading and dyslexia in India.
He has been working in the area employing multiple approaches — methods that include behavioural (including eye tracking), neural (includes brain imaging), and genetic basis of reading and dyslexia.
This year Prof. Prakash has co-edited a volume on Psycholinguistics in South Asia and South East Asia, which has just been published by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
A recipient of many prestigious fellowships, he has been a Mombusho scholar (Japanese Government Fellowship, 1991-93) and later AIEJ Fellow (1999) in Japan. He was also a Fulbright Fellow twice – during 2000-01 at A & M University, Texas and later in 2011 at Haskins Laboratories, Yale University. He was also Erasmus Mundus Visiting Professor at Potsdam University, Potsdam, Germany (2006). He was visiting colleague in Singapore National University, University of Alberta (Canada).
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / January 29th, 2014
St Agnes Convent, Bendore is all set to celebrate the centenary of its Foundation Day (1914-2014) with a public function on Sunday January 12. The Convent was started in 1914 in order to reach out for the education of girls in the suburban area around Kadri and Kankanady. St Ann’s School, Bolar started by the Sisters of the Apostolic Carmel, founded by Mother Veronica of the Passion, an English woman, in 1870; St Mary’s School, Falnir started to accommodate the increasing number of students; and Victoria Caste School, Dongenkery, Kodialbail (later shifted to Ladyhill) started at the persistent appeal of GSB Community for the education of their daughters, were the only three schools in South Canara district, to impart quality education exclusively for girls, in the much valued medium of English.
Mother Aloysia, the second Superior General of the Apostolic Carmel after five years of assiduous search and negotiations for some twenty different sites between Kankanady and Kadri, including a plot of “Hulli Mulli” an arid area, and the surrounding plots, which were inhabited by sixteen proprietors in clustered huts and cottages measuring twelve acres of land, were bought on June 29, 1913.
February 8, 1914 was a memorable day in the history of the Apostolic Carmel when Dr Paul Perini, Bishop of Mangalore blessed the whole property and laid the foundation for St Agnes Convent, the residence for the Sisters to carry out their service to women through education. The next day a Secondary English Medium School, as it was called then, was opened with Classes I and II. There were 80 pupils on roll. A week later, an elementary school was opened for the poorer children with 46 pupils on roll. Since then the campus has grown with St Agnes School started in 1914, St Agnes College (the first college in India by an Indian private Management), St Agnes Special School for the Mentally Challenged started in 1970, as the Centenary Memorial of the establishment of the Apostolic Carmel. As the sisters of St Agnes Convent celebrate the hundred years of prayer and service on 12th January 2014, we remain ever grateful to God in transforming the Hulli Mulli Hill into an Educational hub, a light house, a city built on the hill where hundreds of students have been educated and enlightened over the past hundred glorious years and sent out to the wide world as the ambassadors of St Agnes to proclaim to all people that God is our Strength.
The concluding function of the Centenary of St Agnes Convent will be held on January 12. The Centenary Mass will be celebrated by Dr Aloysius Paul D’Souza, Bishop of Mangalore, with a large number of priests concelebrating with him at St Agnes College Auditorium. The Open Air public function that follows will have the Bishop as the president, Dr Sr Agatha Mary, Superior General of the Apostolic Carmel will be the chief guest, Sr Linette, Provincial Superior, J R Lobo, local MLA and Flavia Agnes, alumna, St Agnes and legal and social activist from Mumbai will be the guests of honour. A documentary on the history of St Agnes Convent and a dance drama on the life and times of Mother Aloysia, the founder St Agnes Convent will be the highlights of the programme. The former Superiors of the Convent will also be felicitated. Among the Centenary projects will be the poor students’ fund to be initiated.
St Agnes Convent – Centenary Celebrations
(1914 – 2014)
“Foremost in the roll of Indian women educationists stands the name of Mother Aloysia of the Sacred Heart, the second Superior General of the Apostolic Carmel. Almost a pioneer in the west coast field of education, she has for half a century and more laboured with untiring energy to raise the intellectual standard of our girls to the highest accepted grade.”
This was the tribute paid by J B Machado, Secretary of the Indian Christian Civic League, Mangalore, for the achievements of Mother Aloysia, in the field of education when nominated for the Kaiser-i-Hind, Gold Medal I Class award from the British Administration, in recognition of her services. We are presenting this valiant woman and her band of committed sisters, who founded St Agnes Convent, Bendore, Mangalore as we are poised to celebrate the Centenary of its establishment and that of the school, St Agnes School. The lamp that was lit by Mother Aloysia at St Agnes in the year 1914 has been kept burning for the past hundred years by every sister who lived at St Agnes with the oil of love, prayer, sacrifice and service.
Old Primary School
St Agnes in 1921
‘The Rest’ where St Agnes Special School was started
Mother Veronica, nee Sophie Leeves, an English woman was chosen and called by God to found a “Carmel for the Missions” in India towards the faith formation of the Catholics and the education of the young girls along the west coast. The dream of education that Mother Veronica harboured in her heart when she was serving in Calicut as a sister of St Joseph of the Apparition, “…all along the coast the young girls are entirely without any means of instruction…”, was realized when she started the Apostolic Carmel in France in 1868 and the three sisters trained by her arrived in Mangalore on 19th November 1870. Mother Marie des Anges, French by origin was the First Superior General and was called the Nurturing Mother while the one who shaped the Apostolic Carmel education was Mother Aloysia nee Mary Pia Rosario. The pioneering of quality education for girls thus belongs to the Apostolic Carmel with the starting of St Ann’s Convent and School in 1870, at Pandeshwar, Mangalore preceding even a school of this caliber for boys’ education which happened only in 1880.
In the first decade of the 20th century, St Ann’s High School flourished and St Mary’s, Marjil, the offshoot of St Ann’s, to accommodate the growing number of students and the Victoria Caste School at Dongerkery, Kodialbail, (later shifted to Ladyhill) the outcome of the persistent appeal of the GSB community for the education of their daughters were the only schools in South Canara district, to impart education exclusively for girls, in the much valued medium of English. These schools were nearer the central location of Mangalore. At this time, Mother Aloysia, who was elected as the Second Superior General and who was literally the brain behind the three schools, with her wide vision and deep apostolic spirit saw the need for extending the facilities to a larger number of girls by opening a school for girls in Bendore, the suburb and an underdeveloped area away from the township at Bolar. After five years of assiduous search and negotiations for some twenty different sites, a plot of “Hulli Mulli”, an arid area belonging to the ancestors of Sr Julia’s and the surrounding plots which were inhabited by sixteen proprietors in clustered huts and cottages measuring twelve acres of land, were bought on June 29, 1913.
February 8, 1914 was a memorable day in the history of the Apostolic Carmel when Dr Paul Perini, Bishop of Mangalore blessed the whole property and laid the foundation for St Agnes Convent. The next day a Secondary English Medium School, as it was called then, was opened with Classes I and II. There were 80 pupils on roll. A week later, an elementary school was opened for the poorer children with 46 pupils on roll. Mother Aloysia chose St Agnes as the patron saint of the convent and of all the institutions on the campus with the motto “God is our strength”. Young girls desirous of studying in English medium flocked to St Agnes Convent from Udupi, Kallianpur, Kundapur, Karkal. Mulki, Kinnigoli, Belthangady and other surrounding villages. The original old cottages were fitted up as dormitories and a boarding house was started.
Realizing that girls from their sheltered homes would hardly dare to go as far as Madras, Mother Aloysia envisioned higher education for girls. July 2, 1921 was another day of significance in the history of St Agnes when a college was started under her dynamic leadership and far sighted vision. St Agnes First Grade College was the only one for women in South India and the first in the whole of India to be run by an Indian private management. To meet the ever growing demands for admissions that came in from the rural areas a temporary “L” shaped building was put up on the plot closest to the road. This block stood for 82 years when more spacious buildings came up to accommodate the growing number of students.
Mother Theodosia another woman of caliber and a dynamic personality with practical experience took charge as Principal in 1934. She took the initiative of introducing Science into the Intermediate Course, an option till then not available to women. By adding subjects such as Mathematics in 1936, Natural science in 1937 and Chemistry in 1939, the college gradually blossomed. Through the years under the leadership of Principals and faculty with dynamism and commitment, St Agnes College has grown with several more courses and programmes. In 2007 St Agnes College obtained academic autonomy. Soon after, the Post Graduate Programmes were introduced and another block was erected for the same.
The Intermediate Course was changed into Pre-University in 1955 and at the same time St Agnes College parted ways from Madras University with the re-organization of states and was affiliated under Mysore University. In 2001 St Agnes Pre-university College was bifurcated and was accommodated in a new building.
The year 1970 was a landmark in the history of the Apostolic Carmel, the year of the Centenary of the establishment of the Apostolic Carmel in India. The pioneers of girls’ education in Mangalore had fresher avenues to explore and the education of children with disabilities was found to be the best Centenary Memorial to fill this void in Mangalore as there was no provision for the education of children with disabilities, in particular, the mentally challenged children. St Agnes Special School, the first school for the mentally challenged in the district, was inaugurated on August 4, 1970 with five children, in ‘The Rest’, a cozy house on St Agnes Convent premises with the motto, ‘In Love We Grow’. In 1973 the children were shifted to the premises opposite St Agnes Convent in the new building that was constructed.
The mission of the sisters of St Agnes Convent in educating the youth from Kindergarten to Post graduation has attained fruition where 5330 students illumine the campus today not merely aspiring towards academic excellence but very importantly using the many opportunities for strengthening faith and values of the students. Besides educating the youth, the sisters offer humane services to the society, the local church and the society at large in every possible way. In 1998 the Apostolic Carmel Association (ACA) was started for the purpose of sharing the spirituality of the congregation with lay people.
With heads bowed and hands folded in gratitude to God, as we, the sisters of St Agnes Convent celebrate the hundred years of prayer and service on January 12, we remain ever grateful to God in transforming the Hulli Mulli Hill into an educational hub, a light house, a city built on the hill where hundreds of students have been educated and enlightened over the past hundred glorious years and sent out to the wide world as the ambassadors of St Agnes to proclaim to all people that God is our Strength.
source: http://www.daijiworld.com / DaijiWorld.com / Home> Top Stories / by Sr M Lydia, St.Agnes Convent / Mangalore – January 09th, 2014
Infosys’ former board member TV Mohandas Pai will deliver a lecture on “How to make India a $10-trillion economy”. PTI
Day before Infosys Q3 results were unveiled, it has been revealed the company will brainstorm its future strategic direction in Mysore, in a three-day annual summit to be held during January 11-13.
The internal event will host former directors, board members, investors, key customers, foreign analysts and academicians. Former board member TV Mohandas Pai will deliver a lecture on “How to make India a $10-trillion economy” while co-founder Nandan Nilekani will talk on “Handling large projects.”
The other key non-Infosys executive will be Vishal Sikka, member of the executive board at SAP, who will speak on innovation. Sources indicated that former independe-nt director Deepak Satwale-kar and co-founder K Dinesh are also expected to attend the event called STRAP 2014, add-ing “the idea is to get all the key people together from Infosys across the globe and provide a networking platform.”
There has been a growing disquiet in the manner in which the over $7-billion IT-services firm was drifting away from a highly competitive Indian IT landscape, with growth lagging its peers’, and losing its status as the bellwether of the industry.
The annual strategy and the action-plan meet will focus on the IT major’s roadmap and the preliminary understanding of the overall demand environment. Traditionally, the event is held in Mysore but, last year, it was held in Bangalore.
source: http://www.financialexpress.com / The Financial Express / Home> Economy / by fe Bureau / Bangalore – January 10th, 2014
