Former DRDO Director General Dr. V.K. Aatre, folk singer M. Mahadevaswamy and Puneeth Rajkumar (posthumous) Mysuru: The 102nd Convocation of University of Mysore (UoM) was held this morning at Crawford Hall. Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot conferred Honorary Doctorates — Honoris Causa (D.Sc) — on former Director General of DRDO (Defence Research and Development Organisation) Dr. V.K….
Mysore Varsity announces job-oriented courses
December 24, 2021Mysuru:In a decision that will go down well with Kannadigas, the University of Mysore (UoM) has decided to permit students pursuing B.A, LLB and B.Com LLB courses to write the exam in Kannada. The Academic Council meeting of the Varsity held on Thursday at Vijnana Bhavan in Manasagangothri also decided to introduce a slew of…
Mysore Varsity declares holiday to all staff
March 24, 2020Mysuru/Mysore: In a bid to prevent Coronavirus from spreading, University of Mysore (UoM) has declared holiday for its teaching and non-teaching staff from Mar.23 to Mar.31, said Varsity Registrar Prof. R. Shivappa who added that the holidays were declared following instructions from the State Government asking them to declare holidays to all colleges coming under…
Mysore Varsity provides 3.50-acre land for Classical Kannada Centre
February 5, 2020Approval of Union HRD Ministry to be sought to start the Centre: Minister C.T. Ravi Bengaluru: The Centre of Excellence for Studies in Classical Kannada (CESCK), set up for research, documentation and study of Kannada as a classical language at the Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), Hunsur Road, Mysuru, will soon function from University…
Mysore Varsity to introduce Tribal Development Course
September 13, 2019University of Mysore Vice-Chancellor Prof. G. Hemantha Kumar participating in the conference said that University has plans to start a course related to Tribal Development from the next academic year. The course will be started at Chamarajanagar in the University campus. It was earlier planned to start it at Manasagangothri itself but was decided to…
Mysore Varsity releases Mysore Declaration on Universal Health Coverage
June 25, 2019‘UHC should be treated like One Nation, One Scheme’ Mysuru: Centre for the Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy (CSSEIP), University of Mysore (UoM), had organised a two-day workshop on “Accelerating Universal Health Coverage in India: Issues and Challenges,” funded by National Academy of Medical Sciences (India) at Vijnana Bhavan in Manasagangothri here recently. …
Mysore Varsity presents Rs. 2.98 crore deficit budget
June 8, 2019Mysuru: University of Mysore Registrar Prof. Lingaraja Gandhi presented a deficit budget of Rs.2.98 crore for the year 2019-20 at the Academic Council meeting held yesterday at Crawford Hall. The University had submitted a proposal for Rs.183.31 crore to the State Government. But the government has sanctioned Rs. 125.45 crore only. However, the University will…
Mysore Varsity scientists’ paper on new drugs against cancer draws world attention
May 9, 2019Prof. Rangappa-headed research team collaborates with Israeli scientists Mysore: Scientists from the University of Mysore (UoM) headed by former UoM Vice-Chancellor and the present General President of Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA) Prof. K.S. Rangappa have published an article on cancer research that has gained international significance. The article titled “Targeting heparanase in cancer: Inhibition…
Mysore Varsity hikes admission, exam fees
April 28, 2019Proposal sent to Government for Rs.160 crore grant but got Rs.122 crore Mysuru: The University of Mysore (UoM), one of the oldest varsities in the country, has hiked the fee by 10% for the academic year 2019-2020. The varsity has decided to hike the fee as it is the major source of internal revenue, following…
Mysore Varsity decides to increase seat intake by 20 per cent
March 16, 2019Mysuru: The University of Mysore (UoM) has decided to increase the student intake by 20 per cent from the coming academic year. A decision to this effect was taken by the Varsity following the State Government’s directive to enhance the Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in institutes of higher learning, at the UoM Academic Council meeting…
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