Monthly Archives: April 2012

The World Skills Competition organised

Arts, Culture & Entertainment, Uncategorized

Bangalore:

Brigadier Adolf S Pinto, Deputy General Officer Commanding of Karnataka and Kerala Sub Area inaugurated ‘The World Skills Competition (Southern Region)’ in culinary arts, bakery and food and beverage service at the Army Institute of Hotel Management in the city recently.

Various colleges and institutes affiliated to National Council of Hotel Management and those affiliated to AICTE took part in the event. Monika Sharma and Suraj Pamar of the Army Institute of Hotel Management, Bangalore, won the first prize and second prize respectively in Food and Beverage Service category.

The winners will take part in the national-level competition to be held at New Delhi on June 30 and the finals will be held at Leipzig Trade Fair at Germany from July 2 to 7, the officials said.

Organised by the Amsterdam-based World Skills International, the competition takes place in different countries once in every two years. Gold, silver and bronze medals are presented to winners in the different categories. The competition was held earlier in Japan in 2007, Canada in 2009 and London in 2011.

source: http://www.ibnlive.in.com / South> Southern News> Bangalore / The New Indian Express , Express News Service / April 03rd, 2012

 

XCyton Launches New Diagnostic Tool – Syndrome Evaluation System

Science & Technology

Over the next twelve months XCyton plans to expand across all metros in India

(From L-R) Dr Latha Lakshaman, Director and Dr BV Ravi Kumar, Chairman & MD, both of XCyton Diagnostics , Dr Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Chairman & MD, Biocon, Dr Prem Pavoor, Associate Director FIL Capital Advisor (India) and Dr Ketan Patel, Principal, Fidelity Bio-sciences

XCyton Diagnostics has launched Syndrome Evaluation System (SES) which will result in the effective treatment and saving of lives.

XCyton’s Syndrome Evaluation System (SES) allows for the immediate identification of multiple organisms inclusive of bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites, in a specific test from a single sample. This process provides the clinician with a fast, definitive assessment of a patient who is presenting a set of symptoms common to multiple pathogens.

Dr BV Ravi Kumar, Founder Chairman and Managing Director of XCyton Diagnostics says, “My belief that lives can be saved and disabilities can be prevented if the diagnosis is made early during the infection led to the creation of SES. It is inhuman not to apply available scientific knowledge to counter oppressive illnesses. In life style diseases, people can take complete control of their health. In case of infections it is not possible. I empathise with that
fact. ”

In one sample, one test, all the probable causative agents that can cause a syndrome can be diagnosed through SES, in a short duration of just seven hours, thus leading to early initiation of appropriate therapy and reduction of death and disability.

Dr Kiran Mazumdar Shaw who heads leading biotechnology enterprise, Biocon, has personally invested in XCyton. She believes that molecular diagnostics is the medical technology of the future and development of SES is a significant milestone in the history of molecular diagnostics.

XCyton is now backed by Fidelity Growth Partners India (FGPI) which is the India focused private equity arm of Fidelity Worldwide Investment.

Features of SES:

  • Fast – Takes seven hours while conventional tests take more than 72 hrs
  • Accurate – Higher detection rates , 4 times more than the conventional tests i.e 15 per cent vs 75 per cent
  • Direct demonstration of the pathogen can be treated straight away
  • Physician can rule out or rule in an infection, as they test for spectrum of bugs at once
  • Cost effective – Reduces multiple tests and reduces ICU stay
  • Specific – All studies showed that it does not detect false positives among various types of controls

EH News Bureau

source: http://www.ExpressHealthcare.in / Home> Market> Article / April 2012

Kalam moots integrated healthcare

Records, All, Science & Technology

Bangalore:

India’s Missile Man, former president APJ Abdul Kalam has some advice for the healthcare sector. He wants the entire sector to integrate itself so as to evolve a specialized healthcare system. “Medical colleges normally deal with diagnosis and treatment of diseases only when the patient is ill. I feel the university has to specialize in integrated healthcare system. Every doctor, every dentist, nurse, pharmacist, traditional practitioner , paramedical staff has to be equipped with knowledge of the integrated medicare system. RGUHS should consider this and transform the syllabus accordingly,” Kalam said in his speech at the 14th convocation of Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences here.

Regarding medical education, Kalam said in a competitive environment, the focus should be research and teaching. “Institutions should promote research and teaching. Good teaching emanates from research. The teacher’s love for research and experience in research are vital for the growth of an institution. A university is judged by the level of research work it accomplishes. This sets in a regenerative cycle of excellence,” Kalam added.

Dr C N Manjunath, director of Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research Centre, Bangalore, and retired DIG H F Naicker, a yoga expert , were awarded ‘Doctor of Science’ honorary degrees. The function was attended by governor H R Bhardwaj, who is also Chancellor of Universities, and 82 medals were given to students who excelled in medicine, dental science, pharmacy , nursing and Ayush.

Toppertalk

They were all smiles. Their hard work has finally paid dividends, and they had the honour of receiving medals from former President APJ Abdul Kalam. Toppers Dr Vishwanath K Pai and Dr M Joshi Arun Bharat had some commonalities: both studied in Mangalore and both secured eight gold medals each. While Pai studied medicine at AJ Institute of Medical Sciences, Gujaratbased Bharat studied dental science at AB Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences.

“I want to do MD in medicine,” said Pai, acknowledging the support of his family members and faculty. Bharat wants to do an MDS in periodontics.

Dr Pooja Prakash Prabhu has the distinction of getting four gold medals, the highest in female category. A student of JSS Medical College, Pooja hails from Mangalore. While crediting her success to her parents, both doctors, Pooja wants to study MD (Paediatrics).

source: http://www.articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / Home> City> Bangalore / TNN / April 01st, 2012

How the rulers ensured orderly growth for Mysore

Business & Economy, Historical Links, Pre-Independence

When Mysore was taking steps to check haphazard growth, the municipal body helped the administrators deliver it. And the rulers put in charge some of the finest administrators to lead the municipal body, earning it an honour of sorts: Two dewans of Mysore state headed the municipal body before they rose to the head of the princely state.It’s been 150 years to the municipal administration in the princely town which has evolved into a mini-metro, and flipping through the pages of history reveal some interesting details. When Maharaja Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar was ruling the state, the government started the practice of appointing an administrator to lead the five-decades-old municipal body, which had elected representatives, to manage the affairs, indicating its seriousness about the growth of the city.

In 1906 — when the practice was started — the administrators named M Kantharaj Urs as the president of the municipal council, who was at the helm of affairs till 1910. The able administrator later went on to become the dewan in 1918, a post he held till 1922. He had served as the deputy commissioner of Mysore among other important assignments before being tasked to manage the municipal affairs of Mysore. Between 1924 and 1927, N Madhava Rao headed the administration at the municipal council, and was elevated to be dewan in 1941. Rao was appointed as chief secretary after he moved out of the municipal, council and later became a member of Rajya Sabha. At one point, the president of the municipal body was also heading the City Improvement Trust Board set up in 1902 to ensure that the city’s growth gets a unified command.Interestingly, when the instructions were issued for the constitution of a municipal body in April 1861, the town’s population was 45,000.

Mummudi Krishnaraja Wadiyar was the ruler then. The instruction specified that people should be consulted on works to be implemented and about the tax structure and that they should also have a say in the administration (by giving representation to people). To give effect to these principles, a committee was formed in July 1862, which eventually got Mysore municipal administration. The committee was headed by superintendent of the Ashtagram division. Five officials and three non-officials were appointed as members. The panel included a Hindu and a Muslim and the official members included the executive engineer, the amildar of Mysore taluk and Sar Ameen of Mysore.Surprisingly, the tax to maintain sanitation was abolished while the improvement of the roads and drains received primary attention.

T G Lakshmana Rao, who served as the president of the municipal council in 1914, notes in his work ‘Handbook of the City of Mysore’ that “a market was also constructed and some street lights provided.” According to him, within eight years from the setting up of the body, the resources started to flow as the Mysore government asked the civic body to collect property tax with a rider that town police wing should be looked after by it. Within a span of 10 years, revenue of the body, which was Rs 25,000 in 1862, doubled. By 1890-91, the civic body started to extend grants-in-aid to educational institutions.It was the civic body that decongested Mysore Fort removing the houses inside. In 1888, the municipal body was given legal framework by Maharaja Chamaraja Wadiyar. The then dewan was K Seshadri Iyer.

After Independence, the practice of appointing president to head the body was done away with and P Seetharamaiah was elected president (1948). Shortly after the body turned 100, it got a woman president — Soundaramma Venkatesh — in 1963.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / Home> City> Mysore / by H M Aravind / TNN / April 01st, 2012

City Artist’s logo selected for ‘Sakala’

Arts, Culture & Entertainment, Records, All

Wins Rs. 50,000 prize


<strong>Mysore</strong>, Mar. 31:

City artist Balaswamy’s logo has been selected for Sakala, the State government’s ambitious initiative aimed at providing timely services to citizens under the Karnataka Guarantee of Services to Citizens Act 2011.
The government had invited entries of logos for the initiative. Over a thousand participants had taken part in the contest, in which Balaswamy’s concept won the government’s approval.
Chief Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda presented Balaswamy with a cash prize of Rs. 50,000 for creating the logo during the inauguration of Sakala recently.
Speaking to Star of Mysore, Balaswamy said that he had sent three designs of logos and his design based on ‘Time and Law’ (see above) was selected.
Family members of Balaswamy, who came to know about his interest in arts when he was studying PU at St. Philomena’s College in city, brought him an application from Chamarajendra Academy of Visual Arts (CAVA) and enrolled him there after PU.
After completing two years foundation course at CAVA, he took up Bachelor in Fine Arts (BFA) with specialisation in Applied Arts and completed his graduation in 1997 besides working in many advertisement agencies as designer in Bangalore.
He again came back to Mysore and completed his Master in Fine Arts (MFA) in the year 2004 with Sculpture as his specialisation.
He said that he is one among the five artists who created logo for University Grants Commission (UGC) and regretted that he could not go to collect the certificate which was presented by former President Dr. A.P.J.Abdul Kalam in the year 2003 owing to financial constraints despite having been invited. Balaswamy said that the news of his logo being selected was given by Mamatha, Joint Director, Department of Information over phone and added that he was delighted with the news. At present, Balaswamy is working as a freelancer in city.
He may be contacted on Mob:99003-00038.
source: http://www.StarofMysore.com / General News / March 31st, 2012