The University of Mysore (UoM) has awarded Ph.D in Sociology to B.S. Rekha for her thesis ‘Socio-Economic Conditions of Pension Holders Under Social Security Schemes – A Sociological Study in Bangalore City’ submitted under the guidance of Dr. S. Yashoda. D. Bhaskara has been awarded Ph.D in Women’s Studies by the UoM for his thesis…

The CSE/ISE Department of Mysore College of Engineering and Management had organised a technical talk on ‘Advances in Data Mining’ and poster presentation on ‘Current Technologies’ at its premises in city recently. Chairman of VTU PG Centre Dr. K. Thippeswamy was the resource person. The students interacted with the resource person and the Best Posters…

The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) will be holding polls to elect members to the Street Vendors Committee, as per the Karnataka Street Vendors Rules-2019. The MCC has prepared the list of electors at its office and the polls will be held shortly as per rule 6 (2).

Department of Horticulture is offering financial assistance for physically challenged farmers who should contact the Taluk Assistant Horticulture Director or Hobli Horticulture Officer to obtain the application form. For details, call Ph: 0821-2430450 (Mysuru), 08228-255262 (H.D. Kote), 08222-252447 (Hunsur), 08223-262792 (K.R. Nagar), 08221-226201 (Nanjangud), 08223-273535 (Periyapatna) and 08227-260086 (T. Narasipur).

Arya Samaj will commemorate ‘Nirvana Divas,’ the death anniversary of its founder Swami Dayananda Saraswathi, at Arya Samaj Mandir located on Kotwal Ramaiah Street, near More Mega Mall, Devaraja Mohalla, at 5 pm this evening, according to a press release.

A three-day ‘All India Eighth Official Language Conference’ under the auspices of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare will be held at All India Institute of Speech and Hearing (AIISH) from Oct. 30.  The main theme of the Conference is ‘India, Indianism and excellence of Indian languages’, highlighting the inter-relationship of Indian Languages and their…

Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens (Mysuru Zoo) and the Karanji Lake Nature Park will be kept open for public on Tuesday (Oct. 29) on account of Deepavali Festival, according to a press release from the Zoo Executive Director.

The Federation of Mysuru Sangeetha Sabhas will pay tribute to Saxophone Maestro  Padma Shri Dr. Kadri Gopalnath  at Nadabrahma Sangeetha Sabha on JLB Road in city at 6 pm on Oct. 31.

The Karnataka Chapter of Indian Historical Records Committee, in association with Bengaluru based Sri Baba Saheb Amte Memorial Committee Trust, has organised a talk on ‘Jammu & Kashmir – Before and After Article 370’ at Madhava Krupa on JLB Road at 5.30 pm today (Oct.26). Jammu & Kashmir Studies Centre member G. Dilip Kachroo will…

Vijayapura Jnanayogaashrama Seer Sri Siddeshwara Swamiji will deliver a discourse in English  at Suttur Mutt in Nanjangud taluk at 6.30 am tomorrow (Oct.27). Vehicle arrangement will be made from JSS Mahavidyapeetha in city at 5.30 am on Sunday. For details, call Mob: 97413-42222, according to a press release.