By Girija Madhavan Reading about student life now in newspapers and magazines, the mind harks back my own days in Maharaja’s College in the University of Mysore in 1955-58; and how different it was for women then. We joined the institution as students, equal with the young men. But the social rules were very different…
Mysore University launches Academic Co-work Space
June 11, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: The University of Mysore (UoM), in a first-of-its-kind move, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with two companies to establish Academic Co-work Space — Dhriti Bio Solutions, a deep technology start-up with 4 international patents and 5 best innovation awards and working towards creating a carbon neutral, sustainable and nutritionally secured world and…
Daksha launches degree course in Sustainable Development & Environment Management
June 10, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Daksha College, Mysuru, with the approval of the University of Mysore, has for the first time introduced BBA specialised Hons degree in “Sustainable Development & Environment Management.” The course aims to provide an opportunity to the current and future generation of students and professionals to make a real and meaningful difference in achieving the…
State Universities facing faculty shortage: UoM VC
June 6, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Observing that most of the Universities of the State were facing shortage of teaching faculty, University of Mysore (UoM) Vice-Chancellor (VC) Prof. G. Hemantha Kumar said that though the number of students was increasing with every year, the faculty shortage is hindering academic activities. He was speaking at the felicitation programme of Vijayapura’s Akkamahadevi…
University students stage protest against fee payment order
June 3, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Urging the authorities to take back the circular on payment of admission and exam fees, several students of University of Mysore (UoM), under the banner of UoM Research Students Association, staged a demonstration in front of the clock tower in Manasagangothri campus here on Wednesday. Alleging that UoM authorities all of a sudden have…
Mysore University to start Pharmacy College in 2023
June 2, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: After tasting success following the establishment of engineering college, the University of Mysore (UoM) will start a pharmacy college in the next academic year. The process of admission will commence in December, said UoM Vice-Chancellor Prof. G. Hemantha Kumar. He was speaking after inaugurating a workshop aimed at the AICTE (All India Council for…
Digitisation of manuscripts in KIKS on the cards: VC
May 26, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: University of Mysore (UoM) Vice-Chancellor Prof. G. Hemantha Kumar said that the University is mulling on digitisation of all manuscripts in Kuvempu Institute of Kannada studies (KIKS), on the lines of Oriental Research Institute (ORI). He was speaking after releasing four books — ‘Vaidya Samputa’ and ‘Chandrasagaravarniya Mooru Krutigalu’ edited by Dr. Y.C. Bhanumathi, …
UoM hostel inmates seek better facilities, stage protest
May 24, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: About 100 University of Mysore (UoM) hostel inmates, under the banner of Mysore University Research Scholar Association and Dalit Students’ Federation, staged a protest in front of Post Graduate Hostel for Men, Block-2 in Manasagangothri campus this morning, seeking better facilities in all UoM hostels. Association Working President Basavaraju, speaking to SOM said that…
MP Sreenivasa Prasad seeks land for Buddha Study Centre building in Mysore Varsity
May 18, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Chamarajanagar MP V. Sreenivasa Prasad has urged University of Mysore (UoM) to allocate an exclusive site for the construction of Buddha Study Centre building in Manasagangothri campus. He was speaking after inaugurating a special lecture on “The importance of Buddha’s teachings to contemporary world” organised by UoM’s Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Research and Extension Centre…
Digitisation of ORI’s rare manuscripts begins
May 17, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: The first stage of conserving rare and priceless palm leaf scripts and paper manuscripts of many centuries stored at Oriental Research Institute (ORI), governed by the University of Mysore (UoM), has begun. ORI, established 130 years ago, is a repository of about 70,000 manuscripts that date back to more than 700 years in languages…
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