Members of State Sugarcane Growers Association held a meeting at Kuvempu Park near Gun House here yesterday to discuss the injustice meted out to farmers by middlemen at Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC). The meeting severely condemned the habit of collecting commission from farmers who come to APMC to sell fruits and vegetables, especially when…
Mysurean-led team bags CIDC Viswakarma Award
March 22, 2017Cons-truction Industry Development Council (CIDC), which is the Governing Body under the Planning Commission, Govt. of India, has conferred ‘Vishwakarma Award for the Best Institutional Building’ on the 1996 batch UPSC Officer from Mysuru D.S. Nayak and his team from PWD, contractors, consultant etc., in New Delhi recently. The award was presented at a function…
Tech talk on ‘Kitchen Waste based Bio-Gas Plant’
March 22, 2017The Institution of Engineers-India (IEI), Mysore Local Centre, had organised a technical talk on ‘Kitchen Waste based Bio-Gas Plant’ at S.P. Bhat Hall in the Institution premises on JLB Road in city recently. Sham Sunder, Head-NIE Centre for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technologies (CREST), was the guest speaker. The talk was aimed at creating a…
Mahajana students interact with pupils of Pennsylvania Varsity
March 22, 2017A group of students from the School of Social Work, University of Pennsylvania, USA, led by Prof. Femida Handy, were at Mahajana College as part of Student Exchange Prog. recently. A cultural prog. was organised to showcase the Indian culture and in the honour of the visiting group during which classical songs and dance were…
Intl. Symposium on Advanced Materials for Engg. Applications
March 22, 2017The National Institute of Engineering (NIE), Mysuru, has organis-ed 1st ‘International Sympo-sium on Advanced Materials for Engineering Applications (ISAMEA)-2017’ at its Adminis-trative Block on Manandavadi Road in city Mar. 24 and 25. The Symposium, which will be inaugurated at 10 am on Friday (Mar. 24), will cover topics relevant to the pursuit of Composite Materials…
Winners of written quiz and poster presentation contests
March 22, 2017Under the aegis of Karnataka Renewable Energy Development Limited (KREDL), a poster and quiz competition were held recently at St. Joseph’s First Grade College. Principal Prof C.M. Mani presided. D.K. Dinesh Kumar, Project Engineer, KREDL, spoke about the role of renewable energy and energy conservation in the present scenario. He stressed on the use of…
Bag ranks in Abacus competition
March 22, 2017The students of Kids World Abacus Centre in Vijayanagar here, who participated in the State-level Abacus competition, conducted by IQPlus Academy recently, have secured various ranks and won prizes in the competition. The rank holders are: Pratham N. Gowda – 1st Rank, D. Prateek – 2nd, Joshitha Reddy & Niyathi Reddy – 3rd, Ranjan Keshav…
NIPM celebrates 37th Foundation Day
March 22, 2017Past Chairman K. Anantha Gowda feted for receiving NIPM Fellowship Award National Institute of Personnel Manage-ment (NIPM), Mysuru Chapter, celebrated its 37th Foundation Day at a private hotel in city recently. Chandrakanth, CEO and Founder of Pairee Infotech, who was the chief guest, highlighted the big changes in the industry and exhorted HR practitioners to…
Violation of poll code: Cases filed against BJP and Congress leaders
March 22, 2017Even as BJP and Congress leaders continue to spar over Police lathi-charge at Gundlupet on Mar. 20, the Police have booked cases against BJP and Congress leaders for violation of poll code. The Police have booked cases against BJP leader Rajashekara Murthy for the presence of more than 3,000 workers during the procession taken out…
Observers appointed for N’gud and Gundlupet by-polls
March 22, 2017The Election Commission of India (ECI) has appointed a total of six Observers for monitoring the election process for both Nanjangud and Gundlupet Assembly constituency. For any complaints regarding the Model Code of Conduct or any other election process, the Observers can be contacted through the Laison Officer, who are appointed to assist the Observers…
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