Mysuru: Builders’ Association of India (BAI) and Mysore Builders Charitable Trust (MBCT) had jointly organised a function at a private hotel in city to felicitate toppers in Civil Engineering and Construction Technology and Management from various Engineering Colleges in and around Mysuru. The following are the 19 toppers who were felicitated: H. Hemanth Kumar &…
Dasara Kannada Book Exhibition: Entries invited to open stalls
October 3, 2018Mysuru: Kannada Book Authority, Kannada and Culture Department, Mysuru Dasara Festival Committee, will be jointly organising Kannada Book Exhibition from Oct.10 to 19 at CADA premises in city. The Authority has invited entries from reputed publishers and publishing houses to take part in the exhibition. Permission will be given to open 50 stalls for publishers….
Hon. Doctorate to city industrialist
October 3, 2018Mysuru: City industrialist and Founder of The Young Island Group of Hotels & Resorts M. Mahesh Shenoy has been awarded ‘Doctor of Business Management’ by the Royal Academy of Global Peace during the ‘United Nations Sustainable Development Goals’ Conference held at Dubai recently.
Ph.D Awardees
October 3, 2018Mysuru: Dhananjaya Palahalli has been awarded Ph.D in Kannada by the University of Mysore (UoM) for his thesis ‘Kyathanahalli Ramanna avara sahitya mattu janapada samshodane’ [Guide: Dr. T. Jayalakshmi]. R. Suma has been awarded Ph.D in Speech and Hearing by the UoM for her thesis ‘Cognitive linguistic skills in bilinguals’ [Guide: Dr. N.P. Nataraja]. M.B….
Mysoreans Making Us Proud: The Harvard Professor from Mysuru
October 3, 2018Mysuru-born Harvard Professor Gita Gopinath, popularly called as GG, has been appointed as the Chief Economist at International Monetary Fund (IMF). She is the first Indian woman to occupy the coveted post and the second Indian after former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan. Star of Mysore had featured Gita Gopinath under its column ‘Mysoreans Making Us…
Courtesy at a discount
October 3, 2018The commonly expressed lament by public speakers at functions where people belonging to different sections of society congregate, as in Mysuru, that the present generation is bereft of the land’s values of the past often triggers the youth to ask what values are they talking about, with no prospect of getting a convincing answer from…
Deeds speak louder than words
October 3, 2018Sir, Our Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Commissioner, K.H. Jagadeesha, must be complimented for his honest and practical approach towards the overall development of Mysuru. On Sept. 26, through the people-friendly WhatsApp Us column of Star of Mysore, I had brought to the notice of the Commissioner regarding the uneven footpath in front of Marimallappa High…
Applications invited
October 3, 2018The Backward Classes Welfare Department has invited online applications from eligible Backward Class students studying in Post-Matric classes, for granting student scholarship under various Government schemes. Last date to apply is Oct.31. Website: karepass.cgg.gov.in or www.backwardclasses.kar.nic.in [Helpline: 80507-70004/5]
Happiness course
October 3, 2018Sri Ravishankar Guruji’s Art of Living will present Weekend Happiness Prog. from Oct.5 to 7 by Intl. Faculty Divyapaadaji at Guruji Ashram, Mysuru. For details call: 93421-11970 or 99866-98600.
Gnana Vardhini: Coaching for NTSE
October 3, 2018Gnana Vardhini is a NTSE (National Talent Search Exami-nation) programme initiated and powered by Chaitra Educational Institutions to provide crash training for 15 days from Oct.9 to Oct. 26. Classes will be conducted everyday between 9 am and 1.30 pm. B. Mohan, retired Principal of Sadvidya High School, will inaugurate and motivate the students on…











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