Mysuru: A meritorious student of the University of Mysore has been arrested by the Jayalakshmipuram Police on charges of posting mobile numbers and photographs of girl students on a website that provides escort services. The student has been identified as Jayanth Kumar, who is a final year student of Environment Science. He is the son of…
Irregularities at Mysore Varsity, KSOU: Samithi demands probe
April 28, 2017Mysuru: Demanding a probe into the alleged irregularities at University of Mysore (UoM) and Karnataka State Open University (KSOU), the Mysuru Vishwavidyanilaya Ulisi Horata Samithi has said that it would submit a memorandum to the Chief Minister as well as the Prime Minister seeking a probe. Addressing a press meet at a private hotel in…
UoM students accuse Professor of partiality
April 28, 2017Mysuru: A section of students from the Department of Environment Sciences, University of Mysore (UoM), has complained against Prof. A.G. Deviprasad accusing him of partiality. In a written complaint to the Acting Vice-Chancellor and the Registrar, 16 students have alleged that Deviprasad, a Professor of Biodiversity, was being partial towards them as they have not…
Ph.D awardees
April 24, 2017Mysuru: The University of Mysore (UoM) has awarded Ph.D in Sericulture to Ritwika Sur Chaudhuri for her thesis ‘Genetic and Molecular Approaches to Understand Growth and Aging in the Silkworm, Bombyx Mori L.’ submitted under the guidance of Dr. G. Subramanya. C.S. Pradeepa -kumara has been awarded Ph.D in Chemistry for his thesis ‘Synthesis and…
Search Panel to finalise UoM V-C probables will meet in May
April 23, 2017Mysuru: Looks like the State Government has finally woken up to the ugly public spat between Acting Vice-Chancellor of University of Mysore Prof. Dayanand Mane and Registrar Prof. R. Rajanna as it has asked the Search Committee constituted to appoint a new Vice-Chancellor to meet in May to finalise probable candidates. The war of words…
Students stage protest demanding removal of Varsity Registrar
April 21, 2017Mysuru: Hundreds of students of the University of Mysore, staged a protest here yesterday demanding the removal of Registrar Prof. R. Rajanna for levelling baseless allegations against Varsity Acting Vice-Chancellor (V-C) Prof. Dayanand Mane and also on the inmates of the girls hostel, thus bringing a bad name to the University. The students who sat…
UoM hosts Natl. seminar on Historian Prof. D.S. Achyuth Rao
April 21, 2017Mysuru: Noting that renowned Historian Prof. D.S. Achyuth Rao’s (DSA) family members had a lot of interest in History, Prof. K. Sadashiva of the Department of Studies in History, University of Mysore (UoM), said that Prof. Achyuth Rao’s published research articles are very much useful for history students even today. He was presiding over a…
University of Mysore to get full-time VC by April end
April 19, 2017Mysuru: The University of Mysore will get a full-time VC by end of this month. According to sources, a total of 150 Professors including the present Acting Vice Chancellor Prof. Dayananda Mane had submitted their applications for the coveted post. It is said that the search committee has already met thrice to discuss on the…
Dalit students defend Acting VC
April 19, 2017Mysuru: Accusing Mysore Varsity Registrar Prof. R. Rajanna of making baseless charges against Mysore Varsity Acting Vice-Chancellor Prof. Dayanand Mane, the Dalit Vidyarthi Okkuta and Dalit Research Scholars Association of UoM, have demanded immediate sacking of Rajanna. Addressing the press meet at Patrakarthara Bhavan here this morning, Dalit Research Scholars Association President B. Murthy alleged…
UoM Acting VC’s visits to girls hostel leads to complaint
April 18, 2017The University of Mysore Acting Vice-Chancellor Prof. Dayananda Mane is in news for making frequent visits to girls hostel in the Manasagangothri campus. These frequent visits by the Acting VC to the girls hostel has prompted the University of Mysore (UoM) Registrar Prof. R. Rajanna to write a letter to the Higher Education Minister Basavaraja…
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