Mysuru: NIE Institute of Technology (NIE-IT), Koorgalli, Mysuru, hosted the annual distinction award ceremony at its premises recently, for those who have excelled in their BE degree examination of VTU for the academic year 2016-17 in the disciplines of CSE, ISE, EEE, ECE and Mechanical Engineering. T.K. Chittaran, Director, NIE Group of Institutions, was the…
Prize winners of TELEUSTAV
May 13, 2018Mysuru: GSSS Institute of Engineering and Technology for Women, KRS Road, Metagalli, Mysuru, had organised Second State-level Telecommunication Project Model Competition (TELEUSTAV – 2018) recently. The programme was organised by the Telecommunication Engineering Department in collaboration with IETE Mysuru Centre. On this occasion, certificates were distributed to the winners and participants. The first, second and…
Drawing contest tomorrow
May 13, 2018Mysuru: As part of the valedictory of summer camp, Rural Literacy and Health Programme (RLHP) has organised drawing contest and activities to increase reading habits in children at Bal Bhavan in city tomorrow (May 14) at 11 am. Over 300 children are expected to participate in the programme.
Excels in PU and JEE (Main) Exams
May 13, 2018Mysuru: The students of BASE Educational Services, Mysuru, have yet again excelled in JEE (Main) Entrance test conducted in April 2018. In all, 46 students have qualified to write JEE (Advanced) exam for admission into undergraduate programmes at 23 IITs, scheduled on May 20. In addition to that, BASE has got excellent results in 2nd…
Mysuru boy selected for summer internship in France
May 13, 2018Mysuru: Mysuru boy B. Rachith Aiyappa, a fourth year undergraduate student at BITS, Goa, has been selected for the Charpak Research Internship Scholarship-2018 for a summer internship from May 16 to July 31 in France. He is enrolled in the dual degree programme at BITS (2014-2019) — the two degrees are MSc (Hons) Physics +…
Inauguration of National Conference
May 13, 2018Mysuru: The Departments of Electronics and Communication Engineering and Telecommunication Engineering, GSSSIETW, Mysuru, are conducting the Third National Conference on “Electronics, Signals & Communication (NCESC-18)” on May 17 in association with IEEE Bangalore Section and the International Journal of Engineering Research and Technology (IJERT) on the occasion of “World Telecommunication and Information Society Day-WTISD”. …
National Meet ‘Pratibimb – 2018’ held
May 13, 2018Mysuru: Nagarajan Srinivasan, Start-up Advisor and Mentor, who was the chief guest of the two-day National Conference — Pratibimb-2018 organised by the Department of Industrial and Production Engineering, The National Institute of Engineering (NIE), Mysuru, said that the current competitive world demands technological excellence and innovation. The top three countries in the world that is…
A Mysurean’s Tribute to Boris Pasternak
May 13, 2018By Girija Madhavan To some of us “Russia” evokes the memory of its great writers: Tolstoy, Pushkin, Dostoyevsky, Gogol, Turgenev, Chekov and others. Even in translation from the original Russian, they have an impact on their readers including some Indian thinkers. Later writers like Vladimir Nabokov and Boris Pasternak lived in the twentieth century. When…
Tree Facts: The Bengal Clock Vine
May 13, 2018Climbers are an integral part of any garden. Perching on trees, resting on low roofs, high buildings, twining on arches, pergolas and trellises, they display dazzling beauty with decorative foliage and colourful blooms often with sweet fragrance. One of the prettiest climbers, which grows luxuriantly in Mysuru’s salubrious climate is “The Bengal Clock Vine.” The…
More on origin of ‘idli’
May 13, 2018Sir, This has reference to N.K.A. Ballal’s article “Musings on World Idli Day” (Star of Mysore dated May 10). I believe the name ‘idli’ itself suggests its origin. My conjecture is the word ‘idli’ is derived from ‘hittalli.’ In Kannada ‘hittalli madiddu’ means prepared out of paste of a cereal. It is easy to see…















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