Mysore :
Boxers of city’s Kimura Fight Club, won medals at the All India Kickboxing Federation Cup 2014, organised by Kickboxing Federation of India and sanctioned by World Kickboxing Federation, at Kurukshethra, Haryana, recently.
Basavesh also bagged a gold medal in national-level Jui Jitsu competition organsied by Fitness Fight Club at Bangalore on Feb. 9.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports News / March 17th, 2014
New Delhi :
The Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIM-B) and Toulouse Business School have signed an agreement to launch India’s first executive general management programme in aerospace and aviation management. Airbus is sponsoring the two year part-time degree programme to develop and nurture local talent in the field of aerospace, Airbus said in a statement.
The Aerospace MBA will be the first of its kind in India and will be conducted by Toulouse Business School, whose own aerospace MBS course has a strong business focus. Each year up to 75 students will be enrolled in the course.
“India is one of the fastest developing countries in the aviation market and is also one of the richest talent pools for the next generation of business leaders and we want the best to enter the exciting world of aviation,” Dwarkanath Srinivasan, CEO of Airbus India said in a statement. “With more passengers flying each year in India, there is an increasing need for expertise in aviation business,” he added.
Jacques Igalens, dean of Toulouse Business School said: “With the constantly evolving aviation landscape, the aviation industry needs world class leaders to anticipate trends and provide innovative solutions in today’s fast changing and uncertain globalised markets . This programme truly aims at answering this need.”
source: http://www.articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com / The Economic Times / Home> News> News by Industry> Education / by Anumeha Chaturvedi / ET Bureau / March 13th, 2014
You can say versatility is her other name. A Bharatanatyam dancer, a singer, a sought after anchor, a theatre artiste and also a dedicated dance trainer, moulding budding talents is what she is. Meet Bhuvana, a multifaceted artiste from the heritage city.
Bhuvana, who currently is a dance faculty at the Karnataka State Gangubai Hangal Music and Performing Arts University is someone you should know about for the resourcefulness that she is full of. For being all that’s mentioned above and also being good at each one of them is no simple thing.
Let us begin with the 32-year-old multifaceted talent’s dancing experience. She says she took to Bharatanatyam at the age of 14 and enjoyed the privilege of being trained under city’s noted danseuse Vidu. Kripa Phadke, under whom she completed her Vidwat exams in 2006. But her love for the classical dance form did not stop at that. Having performed at innumerable dance shows with the legend at various presentations, she is currently training under yet another dance exponent Dr. Vasundhara Doraswamy for advance training in Dance and Yoga.
And being the Master of Ceremonies and gripping the attention of audience at shows through her anchoring skills is what she took to when she was just 20. And having been compeering shows of all kinds from stage to television and radio ever since, she can boast of having hosted and anchored hundreds of programmes till date, apart from winning several awards and appreciations in all fields of her expertise, all of which fill her heart with a sense of happiness.
The charm of this talent lies in her simplicity for she believes she is no achiever yet to be talked about. Ask her how it feels having done all this and being recognised for the same, she replies, “I don’t think I have achieved anything yet. I have a long way to go. I indeed love dancing and hosting shows as a MC but I wish to do a lot more.”
But talking of theatres, Bhuvana says she had no intention of becoming a theatre artiste and it just happened by choice. “Yet, once I started it, I was very comfortable and happy doing the shows, probably because I had no trouble with expressions or dialogue deliveries, all thanks to my dance skills. I started acting in plays under the direction of theatrist Mime Ramesh in 2001 and it was fun. Medea, Urubhanga, Samsaradalli Sanidapa, Kraunchapakshi, Uriyauyyale, Ekalavya, Yayathi, Jothegiruvanuchandira are a few plays I have acted in.”
Lessening her involvement in all other things that interest her, she has returned to her first love – dancing with which she is more involved now. She delights her involvement anchoring that she started in 2002 which helped her meet many noted personalities, singers and artistes but dance is what she is mostly into. “Competing helped me involve more with the audience. I have hosted several shows like Yuva Dasara, shows on Doordarshan, radio talks, political stage shows, and much more.”
At present, she is delighted at the vista of moulding young talents by training the budding stars through Samskruthi – a cultural academy of music and dance which actively conducts State and National level festivals to encourage young talents every year.
Bhuvana is a resident of Vivekanandanagar in city and can be contacted on Mob: 98453-28355.
Bhuvana’s Feats
• Bhuvana who holds a MA in Dance from the Bangalore University, has also completed her Ph.D in “Analytical Study of Folk Dances for South Karnataka and Relation with other Indian Classical Folk Dances” at Indrakala Sangeeth Vishwa Vidyalaya, Khairagarh (Chattisgarh).
• Has anchored shows for DD Bharti, DD-9; provided voice over in Kannada and English for Kalyan Jewellers; more than 1,000 stage programmes for music and dance festivals; compeered for Yuva Dasara (2006-2007).
• As a dancer, she has won many prestigious awards for her performances at Aryabhata, Kannada Culture, Yuva Prathibe, Mysore Dasara.
• As a theatre artist, she has won the National level Best actress award from the Mumbai Kannada Sangha and State level Best actress from Udupi Rangabhumi.
• Has made paper presentations at Suruchi Ranga mane, at Indian mime theatre Kolkata on Navarasa and At Himachal Heritage Centre, Sikkim, organised by Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi.—AN
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Feature Articles / March 16th, 2014
by S. Kenneth Shishir
Sports play an important role in everyone’s life especially to keep fit. But as days go by, one finds it difficult to find time to exercise due to their hectic schedules and nature of work.
But here is Shireen Reginald, an Associate Marketing Manager at Rangsons Marketing Services Pvt. Ltd. Mysore, who is a Power-Lifter champion and also a Body-Lifting champion. According to Shireen, “if one can find a place of worship anywhere, one can also find a place to exercise.”
Shireen, speaking to SOM, said that he came to know about Body-Lifting championship through newspapers and invitations from Indian Body Lifting Federation (IBLF) in Punjab which had sent invitations to gyms. After seeing the invitation, he said that he felt the urge in himself to participate in the event and began training himself for the same.
Speaking about Body-Lifting, Shireen said the sport is all about lifting one’s body weight by holding a bar overhead without shaking the legs and body. The most number of times one lifts the body without shaking is considered valid and the person who does the most lift is declared the winner.
Giving credit to his coach Y. Nagesh Rao (YNR) of Appollo Gym, who is a retired Physical Education Teacher of Marimallappa’s High School, Mysore, for his efforts in making what he his now, Shireen said the initial training given by YNR helped him achieve success in many competitions.
Speaking about his work-outs, Shireen said he works out for one-and-a-half-hour everyday and runs a kilometre for warming up before work-out. On Sundays and holidays, he runs one full circle of Kukkarahalli Lake which is about 3.6 kms.
Shireen said, “My job involves a lot of travelling. I have travelled across India and where ever I go, I find a gym and make sure that I never miss my daily work-outs” and added “where ever you go, you will find a place of worship and a place to exercise too,” with a grin.
Elaborating further, Shireen said, “I handle North India and Nepal as Associate Marketing Manager in N. Ranga Rao & Sons that requires a lot of travelling indeed. But in spite of it, I do not miss my exercise even a single day. If my flight is at 6 am, I get up at 2.30 am and exercise for an hour. That is the amount of dedication one should have towards their fitness regime.”
Shireen has participated in the National-Level Body-Lifting Championship organised by All J&K Body Lifting Association affiliated to Indian Body-Lifting Federation and International Body-Lifting Federation held in Amarnath Yatri Nivas Bhavan, Jammu recently.
He has won Gold medal in District-Level Bench Press Competition (Power-Lifting) held at Mysore, Gold in Karnataka State-Level Body-Lifting Championship held in Chamundi Vihar Stadium, Mysore, Bronze in Karnataka State-Level Arm Wrestling Competition held at Jaganmohan Palace, Mysore, Silver in District-Level Arm Wrestling Competition held at Sarada Vilas Centenary Hall, Mysore and secured fourth place in National-Level Body-Lifting Championship held at Jammu and Kashmir.
Shireen did his schooling at St. Thomas School, Vidyaranyapuram, PU from Sarada Vilas College, Krishnamurthypuram and pursued BE in Mechanical Engineering from National Institute of Engineering (NIE), Mysore. After completing his MBA (Marketing) from Centre for Management Studies, SJCE, Mysore, he took up the job at N.Ranga Rao & Sons in city.
Speaking about his food diet, Shireen said that his mother and wife are the ones who prepare all kind of strength rendering foods for him, that help him in performing better.
A resident of J.P. Nagar in city, Shireen stays with his father G. Reginald, a Retired Professor who served as the Principal of Junior First Grade College in Periyapatna, mother Uma Reginald, a home-maker and wife Mangala Shireen, a Law Graduate and a home-maker.
Shireen says that he is indebted to his family and his organisation for their support and added that his organisation which supports sports persons takes care of his travel and other expenditure to participate in the competitions across the country.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Feature Articles / by Kenneth Shishir / March 16th, 2014
Mysore :
Prof. Subra Suresh, President of Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), USA, visited NIE in city recently along with Srinath Batni, Former President, Infosys Science Foundation and NIE alumnus.
During an interaction with NIE President M. Sreepada Rao, Directors and faculty members of NIE, Dr. Suresh said that there are three thrust areas that an educational institution should focus on — data science, which deals with big data impact on the society, sustainable energy and environment. Further, many top-notch Universities across the globe including CMU, are focusing an intersection of science, engineering and technology on one hand and social sciences on the other.
Dr. Suresh is the first Indian who has occupied the highest post of the World’s renowned University- CMU. A distinguished engineer and a scientist, Dr. Suresh is the only current University President to be elected to all the three national academies — Institute of Medicine (2013), National Academy of Sciences (2012) and National Academy of Engineering (2002). He was nominated by President Barack Obama and unanimously confirmed by the US Senate in 2010 as the Director of National Science Foundation, which was then a $7 billion independent federal agency.
NIE Hon. Treasurer S.K. Lakshminarayana was also present on the occasion.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / March 16th, 2014
Dance music enthusiasts rejoice! Nikhil Chinapa and Rohit Barker are all set to bring to you an experience of a lifetime with the best acts across a spectrum of dance music genres this weekend.
Starting today, over the next two days, the grounds of Jayamahal Palace will host a festival this city can call its own — Cirkus Indigo. With one massive stage, 18 DJs and visuals by VJ KayCee, the first edition of Cirkus Indigo is set to pay homage to a city that’s been the cradle of dance music in India. The festival, though, is not just about music. Guests can check out the wares at the flea market, grab a bite at the food court, or just spend time in the chill-out zone. And if a party is on your mind, hang around as the Cirkus moves to the hanger from 10 pm tonight.There’s a Cirkus-style Sunday brunch for early risers on Sunday morning.
Cirkus Indigo is on March 1 and 2 from 12 pm to 10 pm (with a party thereafter on March 1) at Jayamahal Palace. For more information, log on to www.cirkusindigo.com
source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> Entertainment> Kannada> Music / TNN / March 01st, 2014
One milllion untreated cases in the country
Mysore :
The international conference on ‘Quality Cleft Care’ organised jointly by Deutsche Cleft Kinderhilfe E.V. (DCKH) in association with St. Joseph’s Hospital, Mysore and Schweizer hilfe fur spaltkinder, Switzerland, was inaugurated by Hans Gunter Loffler, Deputy Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany at a private hotel in city recently.
The conference was followed by a live surgical workshop at the St. Joseph’s Hospital. The aim of the conference was to provide quality and accessible cleft care to the underprivileged children who would otherwise never have a chance to reintegrate as productive citizens into the society.
This year, DCKH is sponsoring 20 students who are pursuing research in the field of cleft care — oral and maxillofacial surgery, orthodontics and speech pathology.
54 delegates including 15 eminent maxillofacial surgeons, orthodontists, anaesthesiologists, physicians and speech pathologists involved in cleft care from Bangladesh, Germany, Vietnam, USA and India participated.
Dushyant Prasad, Regional Manager, DCKH India, said, “The current statistics reveal that a overwhelming number of 50 patients a month are slated for surgery at each of the Deutsche Cleft Kinderhilfe E.V. facility in Mysore, Coorg and Bangalore against the national backlog of one million untreated cases. Though the organisation is not in a position to cater to the huge number of cases, we are consciously making all efforts to provide the highest standards of treatment to whom we can reach.”
Dr. Manu Prasad, Project Director, said, through this initiative it is aimed to sensitise and enrich the knowledge of teams involved in cleft care to make a positive impact in the coming days through this learning programme.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / March 14th, 2014
Rupa Manjunath drives 12 children studying in Sophia High School in her Maruti van daily.
Seven years back, when she first came to Bangalore from a small village in Chitradurga, Rupa Manjunath was used to riding a bicycle for her daily commute. But she would never have imagined that she would soon be driving a van for her livelihood.
Today, Rupa (38), is driving 12 children (of whom five are with special needs) studying in Sophia High School in her private Maruti van every day.
Commuting and communicating with these children has become a part of her life now, and driving, her passion.
“Before marriage, I never even rode on the pillion of a two-wheeler. I even faced difficulty crossing the road, but when I came to Bangalore after marriage, I thought of helping my husband. He was already driving a van, so I learnt driving from him. Initially, there were only three children, but now I drive 12 children at two shifts everyday,” said Rupa.
A mother of two school children, Rupa’s day begins as early as 4 am. She first readies her elder son, who studies in class 7 at Shantiniketan School in Bilekahalli and takes him to school. Then she drops her younger daughter, who studies in LKG at the same school.
Rupa and her husband Manjunath have divided their work and duty. While Manjunath begins his driving in the early morning shift, Rupa’s duty begins around 11 am. “He looks after our children when I go to drop and pick up the children in my route,” says Rupa.
She picks up children from almost all over South Bangalore areas like J P Nagar, Jayanagar, Wilson Garden, Mission Road, Shantinagar, Langford Town, Double Road and Richmond Road.
Parents are happy with Rupa. “She looks after the children with a lot of care. She understands their mood swings and attends to them. I have not heard a single complaint about her from my daughter,” said a parent.
“Initially, it was a little difficult to understand the needs of these children, but today they have become a part of my life. I like to chat with them and listen to their talk. Many times they take my help to resolve their innocent fights. In such situations, I divert their attention by singing songs or playing music in the van,” said Rupa.
“It is a very responsible job to take care of schoolchildren on the road, especially in Bangalore traffic. Since it is a girls’ school the school and parents too feel very comfortable to have a lady driver dealing with the students.
“I wish many more get motivated to take up this job. We feel our students are in safe hands,” said Sister Priscilla SND, Principal, Sisters of Notre Dame Sophia High School.
source: http://www.bangaloremirror.com / Bangalore Mirror / Home> Bangalore> Others / by Hetal Vyas – Bangalore Mirror Bureau / March 08th, 2014
This was Pankaj Advani’s overall 24th national title and it came against an opponent, who proved he was worthy of being in the final but fell short against the eight-time world champion.
Lucknow:
World champion Pankaj Advani (PSPB) won his sixth national snooker title with a commanding 6-3 win over Kamal Chawla of Railways in the 81st national snooker championship, in Lucknow on Friday.
Chawla remained a spectator from his chair for larger period of the match as the Bangalore cueist Advani’s natural prowess for cue sport, both in snooker and billiards, was proven yet again in the ‘City of Nawabs’.
Advani had started the tournament with a break of 145, highest for the championship, and ended the last frame of the championship with a fluent 139.
This was Advani’s overall 24th national title and it came against an opponent, whose swift decisions on the table helped him reach the summit clash of the tournament.
In the final, Advani put up a gutsy break of 139 in the ninth frame to seal the issue in his favour. Chawla proved he was worthy of being in the final but fell short against the eight-time world champion.
Advani rose to the occasion of a national level final, delivering mouth-watering breaks of 84, 69, 61, 64 with the final break of 139 being the icing on the cake, thereby providing a dream finish for any sponsor and organiser.
Advani did not disappoint the spectators, who welcomed the champion for his first-ever visit to the city.
Speaking to PTI over phone, Advani dedicated his title triumph to India’s women on the eve of the International Women’s Day.
“It’s always a matter of pride to participate in the Indian National Championship and an absolute delight to win it. I dedicate this title to the Indian woman on the occasion of International Women’s Day. They are the true architects of society. This win is in their honour,” he said.
Advani’s three century breaks in the tournament was testimony to his mastery over the format, which has helped him earn accolades at the Professional circuit.
His toughest challenge came in the semi-final against Dharminder Lilly, the veteran Punjab cueist, against whom Advani rallied from 0-2 down to win the clash 5-3.
Advani now heads to China for the Haikou World Open with fond memories of his victory in the ‘City of Nawabs’.
source: http://www.sports.ndtv.com / NDTV Sports / Home> Sports Home> Other Sports> More / Press Trust of India / Friday – March 07th, 2014
She not only has a collection of hundreds of musical instruments from across the world, but has learnt to play all of them too.
Dr Anasuya Kulkarni was learning Hindustani music from her ustaad in Kabul in 1965, when he invited her home to sing in front of his family and guests. Pleased, he decided to give her a token of appreciation, his swaramandalam. That was the start of what is today a diverse collection of musical instruments. “I haven’t counted,” she says, “but there are at least 200-300 instruments. I have categorised them into separate genres of wind, string, bow, plucked, idiophones and percussion instruments.”
The second instrument in her collection also came from Kabul of the ’60s. After a snowstorm, Kulkarni was basking in the sunlight outside her home when she heard music from the neighbour’s house. It was a rubab, a lute-like instrument. She bought one in the local market.
Collecting a variety of instruments became easier after her husband, who was working for the United Nations, was posted to different countries across the world. There are also different varieties of the same instrument, like flutes, of which she has more than a dozen, each distinct. The flutes from Papua New Guinea, for instance, have religious connotations.
The collection also hosts an instrument called the angklung — a series of bamboo tubes attached to a bamboo frame. When Kulkarni first heard it in Jakarta, Indonesia, in the late ’70s, she was bowled over by the intricate sound. “I first bought an 8 note angklung and kept meddling with it to try and play Indian music on it.”
Customising the stand proved to be the key, after which she was successful in creating the right notes of Indian music. She demonstrates Bhagyada Lakshmi Baramma on a 13-piece angklung and soon, the perfect notes of the classic song chime melodiously.
Kulkarni has made it a point to learn to play all the instruments, receiving specific training from experts. For instance, she learnt to play the flutes of Papua New Guinea from a local musician. The only self-taught instrument is the angklung, says this doctorate in music. She now hopes to propagate its use in Indian music.
Next on the agenda is to train students who wish to learn any instrument, through the institute.
source: http://www.bangaloremirror.com / Bangalore Mirror / Home> Bangalore> Work / by Jayanthi Madhukar , Bangalore Mirror Bureau / March 15th, 2014