Dr. V.K. Aatre, former Director General of DRDO, delivers Convocation address, lauds UoM for being among top 20 Varsities Mysore/Mysuru: The 103rd Convocation of the University of Mysore (UoM) was held at Crawford Hall in city this morning. Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot, who is also the Chancellor of all State-run Universities, bestowed Honorary Doctorates on Nadoja…
Mysore Varsity Honorary Doctorate degree awardees: A profile
October 18, 2023The 103rd Convocation of University of Mysore (UoM) was held at Crawford Hall in city this morning. On the occasion, Honorary Doctorates were conferred on Nadoja Dr. P.S. Shankar, Emeritus Professor of Medicine, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bengaluru and Senior Journalist K.B. Ganapathy (KBG), Founder-Editor, Star of Mysore and Mysuru Mithra newspapers. However,…
MDJA congratulates K.B. Ganapathy
October 18, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru District Journalists Association (MDJA) has congratulated Star of Mysore and Mysuru Mithra Founder-Editor K.B. Ganapathy (KBG) on being bestowed with the Honorary Doctorate by University of Mysore (UoM). In a press release, MDJA President S.T. Ravikumar and General Secretary M. Subramanya said that KBG, who is the doyen of journalism in Mysuru,…
103rd Convocation of Mysore University tomorrow
October 17, 2023Honorary Doctorates for Dr. P.S. Shankar, K.B. Ganapathy and Javagal Srinath Mysore/Mysuru: As many as 32,240 students will be conferred degrees at the 103rd Convocation of the University of Mysore (UoM) to be held at Crawford Hall in city at 10.30 am tomorrow (Oct. 18). Addressing a press meet at Crawford Hall here yesterday, UoM…
Abandoned puppies get shelter at PFA
October 16, 2023Following the publication of K.B. Ganapathy’s Abracadabra titled ‘Special visitors at my house’ in yesterday’s Star of Mysore highlighting the plight of abandoned puppies, a representative of the city-based NGO People For Animals (PFA) visited the spot at K.C. Layout last evening at around 6 pm and took away the three puppies to their animal…
Special visitors at my house
October 15, 2023This Sunday morning, I had three surprise visitors at my gate making squeaking sound that attracted our watchman’s attention. On opening the side gate and checking, he noticed three young puppies prowling around happily in front of the cemented area of the gate. By the time I went there to see the new visitors, the…
India wins The Vaccine War!
October 4, 2023Jaya Ho Bharat, Jaya Ho Narendra Modi Last evening I spent 161 minutes watching the movie ‘The Vaccine War’ and returned home feeling terribly guilty as a journalist. I also felt like a minor hero because I never compromised as a journalist and sold myself for 30 pieces of silver. The film is about India’s…
Holy River Cauvery and Unholy Cauvery Water Dispute
October 2, 2023To quantify the water Karnataka releases to Tamil Nadu, the Centre has constituted a Committee. In that Committee every member is a Tamilian. In this Committee there is an engineer nominated by Karnataka and the irony is even that engineer is a Tamilian. — H.D. Kumaraswamy, former Chief Minister Having written enough and more in…
Rotary Mysore-Star of Mysore Dasara Quiz Contest: P. Ayush of NIE, Mysuru, wins first prize
October 1, 2023Hard work is the key to success, says former VC of Rajiv Gandhi University, Prof. K.C. Belliappa Mysore/Mysuru: P. Ayush a student of National Institute of Engineering (NIE), Mysuru, won first prize in the Dasara Quiz contest organised by Rotary Mysore and Star of Mysore at Phoenix International Academy (Rotary High School) on KRS Road…
This is Amrit Kaal for Karnataka to accept National Education Policy
September 30, 2023The education policy for our independent India that is Bharat was simply a carry over of what Britishers gave us during their colonial rule of our country. After independence, there was a hurriedly prepared education policy that was put in place in 1948 when our present Constitution was not framed. As a result, I knew…
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