Minister Dr. Ashwathnarayan wants UoM to be an ‘Institution of Eminence’ Mysore/Mysuru: Expressing dissatisfaction over the lack of result-oriented academic activities and activities in the pursuit of excellence at the University of Mysore (UoM), Higher Education Minister Dr. C.N. Ashwathnarayan said that the historic University must shrug off stagnancy. “It has been quite a while…
Academic Council, Syndicate meetings to be live streamed
November 30, 2022Bengaluru: On the occasion of ‘Good Governance Month’ in December, all Universities in the State should start live streaming of the Academic Council and Syndicate meetings on their social media channels from next month, said Higher Education and IT BT Minister Dr. C.N. Ashwathnarayan. Addressing a press meet here yesterday, he said that Higher Education…
Excelsoft receives “Best Performer IT, ITES: Mysuru Region Award”
November 23, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Excelsoft Technologies Pvt. Ltd., was awarded the “Best Performer IT, ITES: Mysuru Region” at the recently concluded ‘STPI IT Exports Awards – 2022, Karnataka’ event held as part of Bengaluru Tech Summit-2022. Excelsoft has won this award for two consecutive years. D. Sudhanva, CEO and Founder of Excelsoft Technologies, who was invited to share…
Centre of Excellence in Mysuru for semiconductor training
October 24, 2022KDEM & VVCE sign Memorandum of Understanding Mysore/Mysuru: Karnataka Digital Economy Mission (KDEM), a subsidiary organisation of the Government of Karnataka, has come forward to train students in the semiconductor sector. At the recently held Big Tech Show at Hotel Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel in city, as a prelude to the Bengaluru Technology Summit to…
Mysuru to be a talent and knowledge hub
October 20, 2022IT-BT Minister outlines vision, future projects for Heritage City at Big Tech Show Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru will be the future talent and knowledge-based hub with many knowledge-based industries coming up, generating over 12,000 jobs. Seven such companies have already come here and seven more are in the pipeline with an investment of Rs. 10,000 crore, said…
Semiconductor fab plant in Mysuru: Approval process to take 14 months: IT-BT Minister
October 20, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: At the CEO Roundtable last evening at the Big Tech Show-2022, Minister for IT and BT Dr. C.N. Ashwathnarayan said that the State Government wants to set up a CERT (computer emergency response team) for effective coordination of responses against cyber incidents. “Protecting our IT assets is of paramount importance and the upcoming generation…
Following Nalwadi’s footsteps will help in State’s progress and prosperity: Minister
October 2, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Minister for Higher Education Dr. C.N. Ashwathnarayan said that following the footsteps of Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar will help in building a progressive and prosperous State. He was speaking at Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar award conferment programme organised jointly by District Administration, Zilla Panchayat , Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar Jayantotsava Samithi and Ursu…
Digitisation of rare palm-leaf manuscripts: Minister opens full-fledged Fumigation Chamber at ORI
September 30, 2022Mysuru: A full-fledged Fumigation Chamber to conserve rare palm-leaf manuscripts at the Oriental Research Institute (ORI) was inaugurated by the Minister for Higher Education, IT and BT Dr. C.N. Ashwathnarayan yesterday. ORI, established 130 years ago, is a repository of thousands of manuscripts that date back to more than 700 years in languages including Sanskrit,…
Bill on seven new Varsities passed
September 22, 2022Bengaluru: The Karnataka Assembly on Wednesday passed a Bill to create seven new Universities in the State. The Karnataka State Universities (Amendment) Bill proposes to create new Universities in Bidar, Haveri, Kodagu, Chamarajanagar, Hassan, Koppal and Bagalkot. Also, the existing Mandya Unitary University’s jurisdiction will be extended to cover the entire Mandya district. Piloting the…
No new first grade colleges in the State: Minister
September 18, 2022Bengaluru: Higher Education Minister Dr. C.N. Ashwathnarayan has said that the Government will not open any new first grade colleges in the State. The Minister made this announcement in the State Assembly while replying to a question raised by K.Y. Nanjegowda during Question Hour. “There are 440 Government first grade colleges in the State now…
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