Mysuru; Internationally renowned Agricultural Scientist Dr. Vasanth Kumar Thimakapura was elected as the new President of the University of Mysore (UoM) Alumni Association (UMAA) under the Chairmanship of erstwhile President K. Arkesh recently. The other newly-elected office-bearers are: Dr. G. Hemanth Kumar, Professor of Computer Science and N. Niranjan Nikam, Senior Journalist as Vice-Presidents; Dr….
Elected unopposed
April 26, 2018Mysuru: P. Prakash and T. Hemalatha have been unanimously elected as the President and Vice-President respectively of the Mysore University Employees Co-operative Credit SocietyLtd., Mysuru, for the remaining term of 2018-19.
Happiness Depends on you
April 26, 2018He does not make me happy but I am happy. The fact that I am happy or not does not depend on him, God has granted each of us intellect and discretion to reason, interpret and decide. God made me the person upon which my happiness depends. I make the choice to be happy in…
Ph.D degree awardees
April 26, 2018Mysuru: The University of Mysore (UoM) has awarded Ph.D degree in Biotechnology to N. Brijesha for his thesis ‘Proteoglycomic analysis of fat globule membrane glycoconjugates from Buffallo (Babalus Bubalis) Colostrum’ submitted under the guidance of Dr. H.S. Aparna. P. Nandagopal has been awarded Ph.D in Environment Science by the UoM for his thesis ‘Studies on…
Book Talk: Corridors of Time – Story of a sensitive young man
April 26, 2018From carefree childhood to eventful manhood… Title: Corridors of Time Author: Vinay Krishnan Publisher: GJ Group Edition: First edition (2018) Pages: 270 Price: Rs. 250 The book Corridors of Time by Vinay Krishnan tracks the story of a sensitive young man who grows from carefree childhood to eventful manhood — one who stumbles before learning…
Rundown Republic
April 26, 2018The few nonagenarians and centenarians, who had jumped into the action famously called India’s freedom struggle, surviving to this day with memories of the trials and tribulations that they had to face, often at gunpoint of the land’s Police force taking orders from the white bosses to show no mercy for the agitating unarmed patriots…
Chinese love stories
April 26, 2018By Devdutt Pattanaik Once upon a time there was a weaver girl who loved a cowherd. But she was no ordinary weaver girl; she was the daughter of the Goddess of Heaven and she wove clouds for the sky. She came down to earth for fun, met the cowherd, married him and had two children….
Elections and voting for the ‘right’ candidate
April 26, 2018Sir, Apropos the letter ‘Do Vote, but Vote intelligently’ by Bhamy V. Shenoy (SOM dated Apr.22), KBG is right that we all vote on party lines including the most educated and well-informed. In an environment where money and muscle power matters most and politics has become the most lucrative vocation, the biggest challenge at present…
Virat Kohli fined for RCB’s slow over-rate against CSK
April 26, 2018Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) captain Virat Kohli has been fined Rs.12 lakh for maintaining slow over-rate during their Indian Premier League (IPL) against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) here last night. The hosts had put on board a challenging 205 for eight but riding on M.S. Dhoni’s power-packed 34-ball 70, Super Kings overhauled the formidable target…
Gautam Gambhir quits as Delhi Daredevils captain
April 26, 2018After a string of defeats which has left Delhi Daredevils (DD) languishing at the bottom of the points table in the ongoing IPL, the captain of the team, former India opener Gautam Gambhir, stepped down from his post yesterday. Shreyas Iyer will take charge from Friday’s match against the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at Ferozeshah…















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