Monthly Archives: August 2013

JSS conducts national-level workshop on Speech and Hearing

Business & Economy, Education
R. Mahesh, Director- Medical Education Division, JSS Mahavidyapeetha, seen lighting the lamp during the inauguration of a national-level workshop held at JSS Institute of Speech & Hearing in city recently. Others seen are (from left) Dr. C. Basavaraju, Registrar, University of Mysore, Dr. M.N. Nagaraja, Director (Technical), Dr. S.R. Chandrashekar Institute of Speech and Hearing, Bangalore and Dr. N.P. Nataraja, Director, JSS Institute of Speech and Hearing, Mysore.
R. Mahesh, Director- Medical Education Division, JSS Mahavidyapeetha, seen lighting the lamp during the inauguration of a national-level workshop held at JSS Institute of Speech & Hearing in city recently. Others seen are (from left) Dr. C. Basavaraju, Registrar, University of Mysore, Dr. M.N. Nagaraja, Director (Technical), Dr. S.R. Chandrashekar Institute of Speech and Hearing, Bangalore and Dr. N.P. Nataraja, Director, JSS Institute of Speech and Hearing, Mysore.

Mysore :

A national-level workshop on “Speech specific auditory evoked potentials and its applications” was held under the aegis of JSS Institute of Speech and Hearing in city recently.

The workshop was inaugurated by Dr. C. Basavaraju, Registrar, University of Mysore, who was the chief guest. Dr. M.N. Nagaraja, Director (Technical), Dr. S.R. Chandrashekhar Institute of Speech and Hearing, Bangalore and Dr. N.P. Nataraja, Director, JSS Institute of Speech and Hearing, Mysore, were the guests of honour. The inaugural function was presided over by R. Mahesh, Director- Medical Education, JSS Mahavidyapeetha.

The guests were introduced to the audience by Wasim Ahmed, Lecturer, JSS Institute of Speech and Hearing.

Dr. Basavaraju, addressing the gathering, said that though technological advancements were easily accessible to the rich, the poor and underprivileged sections of the society were far from getting the benefits. He opined that the advanced facilities shouldn’t be restricted only to the cities but should also reach the rural sectors with easy accessibility as there is a huge population which is in need of these facilities.

He further added that the founders of the Indian Constitution also found the importance of speech thus stating it as a fundamental right of every citizen. Hence, he enunciated the need to provide hearing testing facilities, hearing aids and other necessary devices at affordable prices and even try to provide them free of cost.

Dr. M.N. Nagaraja delivered the key note address in which he underlined the significance of using speech as a stimulus to evaluate the neural pathway of the auditory system.

Sudha P. Nair, Lecturer in Audiology, JSS Institute of Speech and Hearing, proposed a vote of thanks. A total number of 80 delegates from various speech and hearing institutions in the country participated in the programme. Guest faculties from Manipal University, All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, SRC Institute of Speech and Hearing and Bharatiya Vidyapeetha- Pune delivered lectures during the two-day workshop.

The participants were provided with hands-on clinical training regarding the various test procedures.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / July 28th, 2013

Soudha to come alive. History buffs, book your copy

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

State government to bring out a coffee table book on the building that defines Bangalore.

Kengal Hanumanthaiya and Jayachamaraja Wodeyar inspecting Vidhana Soudha construction work.
Kengal Hanumanthaiya and Jayachamaraja Wodeyar inspecting Vidhana Soudha construction work.

The magnificent Vidhana Soudha may draw ‘oohs’ and ‘aahs’ from visitors to the city, but the man responsible for the constructing the imposing mansion that seats the legislature and the government in Karnataka, had to face the face the ignominy of an indictment from an inquiry committee that found him guilty of wasting tax-payers’ money on the building, during its construction.

Kengal Hanumanthaiya, then chief minister, who made it the mission of his life to build the structure which is considered among the grandest legislature buildings anywhere in the country, was indicted by a committee appointed by himself, and headed by the then leader of the Opposition, JM Imam, the then accountant general and the then general manager of the State Bank of Mysore, BV Narayana Reddy.

The committee finished its work in six months and came out with a 222-page report after questioning over 200 people. The anecdote and many other interesting ones are contained in a coffee table book that the state government is set to bring out. The 324-pager, commissioned by the state government and written by veteran journalist CM Ramachandra, was completed three years ago, but was not released for some reason or other.

The book explains how Kengal, as he was known, had to go face a litany of allegations during the construction of the Soudha, including criticism within the party of spending scarce public resources on a building rather than focus on social and economic development.

Once, Kengal had to defend himself against such a charge in the presence of then union minister for community projects SK De at a public meeting held at the Town Hall in the city. De, considered confidante of prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru, was reportedly unhappy with the state government’s failure in implementing community development projects, but Kengal defended himself vigorously, asserting that construction of Vidhana Soudha was his top priority.

Prisoners from the central jail in the city were used in the construction of the building, and as Kengal was making an inspection tour during the construction along with Kadidal Manjappa, the future CM, one of the prisoners attacked him with an iron rod, the book says, adding that a man called Puttaswamy from Chikkaballapur saved the chief minister from serious harm.

Before starting the construction, Kengal visited the House of Commons building in London and similar structures in Sweden and Norway, as well as buildings in Mumbai and Delhi. The book, which contains rare photographs, recalls that Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru laid the foundation stone on July 13, 1951, and it was inaugurated on October 14, 1956.

source: http://www.dnaindia.com / DNA / Home>Bangalore> Report / Place:Bangalore, Agency:DNA / by Y Maheswara Reddy / Sunday – July 14th, 2013

Police Commissioner fetes brave trio

Amazing Feats, Inspiration/ Positive News and Features, Records, All
City Police Commissioner Dr. M. A. Saleem is seen distributing certificates of appreciation to the three alert citizens (from left) Raghu Kumar, Manjunath and Mohammed Nayaz at his office yesterday as CAR DCP R. Prabhashankar looks on.
City Police Commissioner Dr. M. A. Saleem is seen distributing certificates of appreciation to the three alert citizens (from left) Raghu Kumar, Manjunath and Mohammed Nayaz at his office yesterday as CAR DCP R. Prabhashankar looks on.

Mysore :

City Police Commissioner Dr. M.A. Saleem yesterday distributed certificates of appreciation to three alert citizens Raghu Kumar, an engineering student, Mohammed Nayaz, a businessman of Gayatripuram and Manjunath, a cook at the City Dog Squad, who displayed exemplary courage in nabbing a fleeing chain-snatcher in the city on Wednesday.

It may be recalled that the trio had chased and apprehended Mahesh, who was fleeing after snatching gold chain from Indravathi, a housewife near Chamundi Vihar Stadium in Nazarbad Police limits on Wednesday in broad daylight.

Dr. Saleem further explained that 65 cases of chain snatching had been reported in the city over the past six months alone and added that the accused had been arrested in two cases.

He further said that measures had been initiated to check crimes as done in Bangalore South division by deploying 65 Police personnel on night patrolling.

He also added that it has been decided to enroll Traffic Wardens who will be deputed to man traffic at important junctions for at least four hours in a week.

CID to probe Green Buds case

The City top cop further said that Criminal Investigation Department (CID) will probe the cases relating to the alleged cheating of thousands of investors by Green Buds Agro Farms. He said that cases of cheating against MD of the firm B.L.Ravindranath had been registered at various districts in the State besides Mysore city which necessitated a CID probe.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / July 26th, 2013