Mandi Police Inspector, staff booked at same Station Mysore/Mysuru: Busting a fake answer script racket being run under the wings of University of Mysore (UoM), the Mandi Police hushed up the matter without public knowing about the crime that was busted at a city lodge. Shockingly, even the Police top brass of the city were…
Mysore University develops new kit for rapid COVID testing
June 7, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: In what could be a major breakthrough in advanced COVID testing, scientists of University of Mysore (UoM) have come up with a new COVID detection kit with an accuracy rate as high as above 90 percent. Announcing this at a press meet at Vijnana Bhavan in Manasagangothri here this morning, Prof. K.S. Rangappa, Distinguished…
Mysore University plans to hold Convocation in October
June 3, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: University of Mysore (UoM) is planning to hold its 101st Annual Convocation during October this year, if Corona situation comes under control. Centenary Convocation of the Varsity was supposed to be held in March, 2020. But it was held online on Oct. 19, 2020 with address by PM Narendra Modi. “We are planning to…
Mysore Varsity to provide free higher education to students who lost parents to COVID
May 29, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The Syndicate Meeting of University of Mysore (UoM) has decided to reserve 5 seats in Under Graduate Colleges and Post Graduate Centres in its jurisdiction for those students whose parents have succumbed to Coronavirus. The meeting, held under the Chairmanship of Prof. G. Hemantha Kumar, Vice-Chancellor, UoM, here yesterday, expressed its concern over the…
Simple celebrations mark Buddha Poornima in city
May 26, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: With COVID-19 induced lockdown in force, the Buddha Poornima celebrations in city was a simple affair, marked by garlanding of Buddha’s statue and holding of virtual programmes. As part of the celebrations, Buddha’s Statue in Manasagangothri campus was garlanded at a programme organised by the University of Mysore’s Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Studies and Extension…
UoM employees to donate one day salary for COVID Care
May 22, 2021Rs. 50 lakh to be handed over to District Administration Mysore/Mysuru: The employees of the University of Mysore (UoM) have come forward to donate their one day salary for the treatment of COVID-19 victims. At an online meeting held under the Presidentship of UoM Vice-Chancellor (VC) Prof. G. Hemantha Kumar at Vijnana Bhavan in Manasagangothri…
Appointed as KSOU Registrar
May 7, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Prof. R. Rajanna, faculty of the Department of History, University of Mysore (UoM), has been appointed as the new Registrar of Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) in Mysuru. The post had fallen vacant after Prof. Lingaraj Gandhi was appointed as the Vice-Chancellor of Bangalore City University recently. Prof. Rajanna has the experience of serving…
State-level webinar ‘Awareness on COVID Vaccination’ held
May 2, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Seshadripuram Degree College, Mysuru, in association with University of Mysore (UoM), NSS Cell and IQAC, had organised a State- level webinar titled “Awareness on Covid-19 Vaccination” on Apr. 29. Nadoja Dr. Wooday P. Krishna, Hon. General Secretary, Seshadripuram Educational Institutions, spoke on the importance of vaccination, acting with social responsibility, impact of Covid-19 second…
COVID Curfew: Mysore Varsity issues guidelines on staff attendance
April 28, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: With the Government enforcing a 14-day COVID Curfew, the University of Mysore has issued guidelines to all its staff on office attendance and work during this period. In a circular issued on Tuesday, University Registrar Prof. R. Shivappa said that the heads of all Post-Graduate Departments, faculty and Principals of constituent colleges should function…
Former UoM VC Prof. Selvie Das passes away
April 26, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Prof. P. Selvie Das, former Vice-Chancellor, University of Mysore (UoM), a renowned educationist and a former Parliamentarian, passed away at her residence in Bengaluru in the wee hours of today following prolonged illness. She was 89. She was a spinster. Last rites were held at Bengaluru this afternoon, according to sources. Born in 1932…
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