Mysuru: The 113-year-old Jayalakshmi Vilas Mansion, a heritage structure located in the sprawling Manasagangothri campus, housing some of the finest priceless artefacts, is lying in a state of neglect and disrepair. The Mansion, now under University of Mysore (UoM) and converted into a Museum, is in the tourist itinerary and part of the heritage walk…
Mysuru: Senior IPS officer Soumendu Mukherjee took charge as the new Inspector General of Police (IGP), Southern Range, in the city yesterday. Mukherjee, who was serving as Belagavi City Police Commissioner, was recently transferred and posted as IGP. He took charge from City Police Commissioner Dr. A.S. Rao, who held additional charge as In-charge IGP,…
Mysuru: SSLC examination will commence from Mar. 23 with 36,600 students appearing at 135 centres in the district. The preparations for holding the examination is almost complete. Speaking to Star of Mysore DDPI S. Mamatha said that for the first time CCTV cameras would be installed at all examination centres to closely monitor the proceedings…
Govt. yet to name new Zoo Director Mysuru: In a major surgery to the Forest Department ahead of polls, the State Government on Wednesday transferred eight Indian Forest Service (IFS) officers, including Mysuru Zoo Executive Director C. Ravishankar. Following his transfer, Ravishankar, who had taken charge as Zoo Executive Director only eight months ago, has…
Mysuru: Two documentaries made by Educational Multi-Media Research Centre (EMMRC), Mysuru, received national recognition as they won the National Awards at the 22nd All India Children’s Educational Audio-Video Festival and ICT Mela 2018. The two documentaries concentrate on health benefits as well as ease of growing millets and depletion of water resources respectively. ‘Millets for…
The documentary ‘Rejuvenating Waterholes- The Solar Way’ is directed by S.M. Keerthi Kumar, Cameraperson, EMMRC and K. Gopinath, Technician, EMMRC. It received the ‘Best Film Award’ at the All India Children’s Audio and Video Festival-2018, organised by NCERT. The script and the research for the documentary were done by D.H. Tanuja. . Speaking to SOM,…
The documentary on millets was done by P.H. Chandra Kumar, Graphic Artist, EMMRC and M. Shreeharsha, Production Assistant, EMMRC, University of Mysore. The documentary was sent to the NCERT National Children’s Film Festival and bagged the ‘Best Research Award’. The research for this documentary based on pearl millets was done by Dr. Chandra Nayak, Research…
Mysuru: A two-day National Conference on Women Empowerment and Rural Development organised by the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), University of Mysore commenced this morning at Rani Bahadur auditorium here in Manasagangothri. About 500 research scholars, faculty members and professionals are participating in the conference featuring deliberations and discussions. Inaugurating the programme, Minister for Sugar…
Mysuru: Dr. C. Bhimaiah (76), retired District Surgeon and a resident of Gokulam III Stage, passed away last night due to cardiac arrest. He leaves behind three daughters, sons-in-law, grand-children and a host of relatives and friends. Last rites were performed at Chirashantidhama in Gokulam here today. Condoled: Dr. C. Sharath Kumar, Director and Chief Fertility…
Mysuru: The State Government on Monday transferred KSOU Registrar Prof. Chandrashekar to Bengaluru. Following his transfer, Prof. Chandrashekar took charge as the Principal of SKSJTI (Sri Krishnarajendra Silver Jubilee Technological Institute) at Bengaluru. Prof. Chandrashekar, who was appointed as KSOU Registrar only in April 2017, had strived for getting UGC re-recognition to the Open University….
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