British Deputy High Commissioner, Chennai, Mike Nithavrianakis presenting the scholarship to Natasha Bopaiah. P.M.Belliappa looks on. / Photo: V. Ganesan / The Hindu
Pemananda Monappa Scholarship helps deserving students pursue higher studies abroad
A twenty-year-old law graduate from Coorg has won The Pemanda Monappa Scholarship this year. Natasha Bopaiah, a graduate from Symbiosis Law School (Pune) will be leaving for Cambridge University this September to pursue her Masters degree. The scholarship is being offered by the Pemanda Monappa Trust and has funded four students in the last four years. Offered by P.M. Belliappa in the name of his late father, the scholarship, is awarded to Indian citizens who have completed a first degree at a recognised university in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala or Tamil Nadu, have been admitted to graduate studies in Cambridge, and have demonstrated financial need. It covers university tuition fees, college fees and allowances paid to scholars for living expenses in Cambridge. “I hope she returns home after her studies to contribute to society in a manner resembling what my father did many years ago,” Belliappa said at an event recently, where the scholarship letter was handed over to Natasha by Mike Nithavrianakis, British Deputy High Commissioner.
Natasha, a gold-medallist from Symbiosis, will be pursuing a degree in corporate and environment law at the University. “I would like to focus on issues such as the impact of climate change on human beings and also on farmers in particular,” she said, “Initially, I will be working on litigations but I hope to eventually handle politics.”
N. Ravi, Director, The Hindu Group of Publications Ltd., said “People from Coorg, though small in number are high achievers. There are so many names you can quote in the field of sports and academics. So it comes as no surprise that the scholarship, this year, goes to Natasha, who hails from there.” While Leela Samson, chairman of Sangeet Natak Akademi and Central Board of Film Certification, who presided over the event added, “Everything we have to offer the world is influenced by who we are. And they are unmistakably Indian… The wise explore and accept each new idea in their merit and with the holistic learning that Natasha will go through in another country will help her discover her strengths and weaknesses.”
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> Features> MetroPlus / by Anusha Parthasarthy / Chennai – August 08th, 2013
Sree Kaveri Kodagu Mahila Sangha’s Advisor Parwati Cariappa (extreme left) and Sangha President Sarasu Nanaiah are seen lighting the lamp at the inauguration of the free health camp in city yesterday as chief guest Dr. P.A. Kushalappa, Sangha Organising Secretary Gowri Mandanna and Hon. Secretary Lovely Appaiah look on. Mysore :
A free health check-up camp was held under the aegis of Sree Kaveri Kodagu Mahila Sangha at the Kodagu Sahakara Sangha premises in Jayalakshmipuram yesterday.
The camp was inaugurated by dermatologist Dr. P.A. Kushalappa and Mahila Sangha’s Advisor Parwati Cariappa.
The health camp was held in memory of late Ursula Kariappa, wife of Karthamada Kariappa.
Sangha President B. Sarasu Nanaiah presided. Hon. Secretary P. Lovely Appaiah welcomed.
A large number of people availed of the opportunity at the camp in which Physician Dr. Latha Muthanna, Dr. Padmini Kaveriappa, dentist Dr. Manasa Sendil, Paediatrician Dr. Jyotsna Prasad, Dr. P. P. Aiyanna (Ayurveda), gynaecologist Dr. Kamalamma, orthopaedic surgeon Dr. Ajay Hegde and Dr. Rajesh of Vasan Eye Care participated.
Sangha Vice-President Bollamma Appanna and the guests presented mementos to the doctors who participated in the camp.
Treasurer Jyothi Kashi, Joint Secretaries Bollamma Kuttappa and Kavya Kuttappa, Organising Secretaries Gowri Mandanna and Sumi Gopal and other members were present on the occasion.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / July 29th, 2013
The scheme will be launched by Dist-in-Charge Minister Dr H C Mahadevappa on July 10
About 68,773 BPL card holders will benefit from the ambitious programme of the Congress-led State government —Anna Bhagya scheme which will be launched on July 10, in Kodagu district. The programme will be inaugurated by the District-in-Charge Minister Dr H C Mahadevappa.
Accordingly, the BPL card holders will get rice at Re 1/kg. If there is one member, then he will get 10 kg rice, two persons will get 20 kg and more than three members in a family will get 30 kg rice.
There are 15,359 BPL card holders in Madikeri taluk, 28,002 in Somwarpet taluk and 25,372 in Virajpet taluk, said Department of Food and Civil Supplies Deputy Director Dr S E Mahadevappa.
Out of 68,733 BPL families, about 2,596 ration cards have single members, 7,977 cards have two members in the family. About 19,299.10 quintal rice would be required for supply.
Madikeri taluk has 572 BPL cards with single members, 1,653 cards with two members and 13,133 cards with more than two members. Somwarpet taluk has 798 cards with single members, 2,767 cards with two members and 24,436 cards with more than two members. Similarly, Virajpet taluk has 1,226 cards with single members, 3,557 with two members and 20,578 cards with more than two members.
There are 9,679 families in Anthyodaya Anna yojana in the district. This includes Madikeri taluk—1,693, Somwarpet—3,463 and Virajpet—4,523. Anthyodaya families will get 29 kg rice, and six kg wheat in a month.
There is no unit system for Anthyodaya anna yojana.
Four litre of kerosene will be supplied to those who do not possess LPG in rural areas and six litre of kerosene is supplied among those in urban areas.
All those card holders who have not yet given their thumb impression and photographs can provide their information at gram panchayats and franchises in cities.
Online applications can be submitted for availing new ration cards.
source: http://www.deccanherald.com / Deccan Herald / Home> District / Madikeri – DHNS , July 06th, 2013
Dr Hemant Deshmukh with Jeevandayee scheme’s beneficiary Sadhna Dattaram Sawant at Mumbai’s King Edward Memorial (KEM) hospital / Photo: Bhaskar Paul
In October, Madrira Ganapathy, a rice and coffee grower in South Coorg, Karnataka, was told by doctors that he had four arterial blocks, all of them above 85 per cent, around his heart. He had to undergo surgery quickly. The following month, he got himself admitted at Fortis Cauvery Heart Hospital in Mysore and underwent surgery successfully.
The operation cost Rs 1.5 lakh but Ganapathy, who earns about Rs 60,000 a year from farming his four acres of land, did not have to pay. Why so? His bill was settled by Yeshasvini Trust, a non-profit organisation under the Karnataka government which runs a micro health insurance scheme for rural folk.
“I am not a BPL (below poverty line) card holder but, at the same time, I could not have afforded a surgery like this. The scheme is of big help to people like me,” says Ganapathy, 48, who has been part of Yeshasvini for five years. “I am now asking my friends also to enrol in the scheme.” Karnataka official P. Ramakrishne Gowda enrolling a farmer in the Yeshasvini scheme in Mandya district./ Photo: Deepak G. Pawar
Yeshasvini was launched in June 2003 and now covers about three million people in the state. It is open to all income groups in rural areas, provided the applicant has been a member of any cooperative society for at least six months. It costs Rs 210 a year per family member and covers 805 surgeries in 446 network hospitals.
The hospitals offer medical consultation for free and diagnostic facilities at a discount. In cases involving hospitalisation, the trust clears the bill via a third party administrator. In 2011/12, Yeshasvini Trust settled bills worth Rs 60.27 crore against 77,738 surgeries.
Besides, as many as 116,000 people were treated as outpatients. Since the scheme’s inception, the trust has paid Rs 412 crore for 469,000 surgeries. “We expect the outgo to hospitals to be around Rs 90 crore in 2012/13 because of the increase in hospital charges from April 1,” says Yeshasvini Trust CEO R.M. Nataraja. The trust is largely self-funded – it will mobilise about Rs 60 crore in premiums this year while the government pays Rs 40 crore.
“Yeshasvini is the first insurance programme in the world to coin the term micro health insurance, and its success is because poor people trust only the government,” says eminent heart surgeon Dr Devi Prasad Shetty, Chairman of Narayana Hrudayalaya, and a member of Yeshasvini Trust. “This is the greatest advantage the government enjoys as a large scale health insurance provider.”
The biggest success of Yeshasvini, however, is in proving that, with just about Rs 17 per person a month, it is possible to run a massive, sustainable health insurance programme. “Yeshasvini has demonstrated a model that works with the willing participation of the beneficiaries,” says G.V. Krishna Rau, Chairman of the trust, and Principal Secretary, Department of Cooperation, Karnataka. “The challenge now is to take this forward by enlarging its scope and making it a universal scheme.”
The model has inspired other states such as Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh to start similar programmes. In April 2008, the Centre launched the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana, a health insurance scheme for BPL card holders which covers costs up to Rs 30,000. In late 2011, the Maharashtra government introduced the Rajiv Gandhi Jeevandayee Arogya Yojana covering about 490,000 people in eight districts.
According to programme officer Mukesh Mohode, the Maharashtra government paid a premium of Rs 180 crore to Kolkata-based National Insurance Company for coverage of these districts. The scheme provides a family floater cover of Rs 1.5 lakh a year covering 972 procedures, including cancer treatment. For kidney transplants the scheme provides up to Rs 2.5 lakh. The scheme, unlike the Yeshasvini plan, is fully funded by the state government and the beneficiaries do not have to pay any premium. Maharashtra aims to extend the scheme to all districts in two to three months.
While the Yeshasvini plan is for rural families, the Jeevandayee scheme benefits both BPL and above poverty line (APL) people (but only up to those with a maximum income of Rs 1 lakh a year) in urban areas as well. One of its recent beneficiaries is Sadhna Dattaram Sawant, a 71-year-old widow who lives in Mumbai’s Parel with her son who does not hold a regular job. She holds an orange ration card, given to people with annual income below Rs 1 lakh. Sawant had been suffering from kidney and cardiac ailments and needed a renal angioplasty to help increase blood supply to her left kidney. This would help solve her hypertension and reduce chances of a heart attack.
On November 26, doctors at the King Edward Memorial (KEM) hospital, run by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, conducted Sawant’s angioplasty. Sitting on her hospital bed the following day, wearing a hospital-issued white dress, Sawant looked happy. “I thought I would be lying in bed for a long time. I am so happy I am able to walk around a day after the procedure,” she said.
Sandhya Kamath, Dean at KEM, says the hospital has so far handled about 1,700 cases under this scheme. Hemant Deshmukh, the doctor who conducted Sawant’s procedure, says his department alone takes up at least seven or eight similar cases under the scheme every month. “The procedure would have cost Rs 50,000 at King Edward and Rs 1 lakh at a private hospital,” he says. “Under the scheme, the cost to the patient is zero.”
source: http://www.businesstoday.intoday.in / Business Today / Home> Archives> Business Today> Cover Today / by K.R. Balasubramanyam and Sumar Layak / January 06th, 2013
Mysore :
As a child M Jadeyegowda first saw Dr H Sudarshan dispense medicines to tribals at Biligiri Ranaga Hills near here. Initially, he stayed away from the doctor. Later, curiosity drew the tribal boy to the doctor. Dr Sudarshan and his Karuna Trust became the biggest influences on his life.
Other than providing medical help, Dr Sudarshan taught children in the tribal parts of Karnataka’s Chamarajnagar district. Jadeyegowda was a reluctant student. Today, he’s an assistant professor at Kodagu’s College of Forestry. “As a kid, I saw the doctor conduct surgeries with minimum facilities,” Jadeyegowda,43, says.
In October 2006, when the Vivekananda Girijana Kalyana Kendra (VGKK) — to which Karuna Trust is affiliated — celebrated silver jubilee, Jadeyegowda, MSc, shook hands with President Abdul Kalam. He was one of the six students who had attended the tribal school set up by the NGO 25 years back. Jadeye now heads VGKK and is a trustee of the Karuna Trust. “I’m more comfortable being recognised as a beneficiary,” he says. “Jadeye is a beneficiary of our health and education programmes. That helped him,” Dr Sudarshan says
source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com /Home> City> Mysore> TOI Social Impact Awards /by H M Aravind, TNN / February 01st, 2013
Suhail K M, a 17-year-old Kodagu boy, who without knowing swimming, had jumped into overflowing Cauvery River to rescue his classmate, who was about to drown, is among 22 children chosen for the National Bravery Awards-2012.
It was raining cats and dogs on November 3, 2011. The Cauvery River at Bhagamandala in Kodagu district had turned into a fast-flowing torrent.
A group of Class 8 students from the Sri Cauvery Junior College at Bhagamandala in Madikeri taluk attempted to cross the river via a bridge.
One of the boys, Faruq, stopped to clean his muddied trousers. Losing a toe-hold on the bank, he slipped into the water and the current carried him downstream. Faruq, who did not know how to swim, cried for help, the water entering his mouth and nostrils with each cry.
Seeing this, Suhail, who also did not know swimming, immediately jumped into the water and made his way towards Faruq. Reaching the ailing boy, he somehow managed to get to the shore and safety.
Suhail’s act of courage has rendered him suitable for an award from the National Awards for Bravery in 2012. Suhail is a resident of Ayangeri village near Bhagamandala. He wants to become a medical doctor.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will present the awards to children prior to Republic Day and all children will participate in the parade.
Apart from giving each awardee Rs 1 lakh cash prize, the government will also ensure that they pay no education costs till the graduate level. Awardees will also get a scholarship, which will allow them to study professional courses such as engineering and medicine.
source: http://www.CoastalDigest.com / Home> News / CD Network / Saturday, January 19th, 2013
Rotary spirit in action, Rtn. PDG Col. B.M. Chengappa dontates Rs. 2 lakh
Caption: Rtn. PDG Col. B. M. Chengappa (centre) is seen with (from right) Rtn. Joseph Mathew, Rtn. Sunil Baliga, President, Rotary West School, Rtn. B.S. Sridhara Raj Urs and Rotary West School Head Mistress Latha Shivkumar.
Mysore, Nov. 20 :
At 94, he is as sprightly as a man in his thirties. With an ever-cheerful and positive attitude towards life, Col. B.M. Chengappa, after a distinguished Army career, has been actively engaged in running his cardamom plantation in Virajpet, Kodagu.
An ardent Rotarian, he served as the District Governor of Rotary Dist. 3180 in 1983-84 and continues to be a member of the Rotary Club of Mysore West.
Col. Chengappa was invited to visit Rotary West Schools run by Rotary West Association (RWA) in Saraswathipuram and Kanakadasa Nagar here on Nov. 16. He was taken around Kanakadasa Nagar campus by RWA President Rtn. Sunil Baliga where RWA is building a PU College apart from running a Higher Primary School.
Rtn. B.S. Sridhara Raj Urs explained to Col. Chengappa the workings of the institution and the need for funds to carry on the activities. In a grand gesture, Rtn. Col. Chengappa announced a donation of Rs. 2,00,000 on the spot to RWA. He also announced that he would contribute Rs. 1 lakh every year as long as he could. May his tribe increase.
source: http://www.StarofMysore.com / Home> General News / November 20th, 2012
Former test cricketer VVS Laxman and World Badminton women’s doubles bronze medallist, Olympian Ashwini Ponnappa are joining hands with Save Our Urban Lakes (SOUL) to campaign along the Bon Cheruvu, also known as Hasmathpet Lake in Secunderabad.
The initiative aims at calling for follow-up action from the various governement departments on the recommendations made by former Ranga Reddy District Collector Seshadri to save the said lake from pollution, drainage and encroachment.
The effort seeks to draw attention to violation of laws by the many residential constructions that are taking place within the prohibited limits/radius of water bodies.
A message in support of the walk, sent by Dr RK Pachauri, who as Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with former US President Al Gore, will be read out at a media conference post the walk. A message sent by Dr PM Bhargava, Padma Bhushan and one of the most distinguished scientists of the country, will also be read out. He was the former vice chairman of National Knowledge Mission and former and founder Director of CCMB, Hyderabad.
The walk will begin today at 2 pm in front of Nilgiris Super Market, located near Mansarovar Heights Phases I, II and III in Thirmulgherry.
source: http://www.ibnlive.in.com / Home> Latest News / The New Indian Express, Express News Service / Hyderabad, October 10th, 2012
Did you expect the Arjuna award this year?
Honestly, I didn’t think about it. I’ve been training extremely hard and trying to do my best in the game. I think my hard work paid off when Jwala and I won gold during the Commonwealth Games and then the bronze at the World Championship. My aim was to win a medal for the country during the London Olympics, but unfortunately that could not happen…
When Jwala and you missed out on the quarterfinal berth by a difference of just one point despite winning the match, it seemed as though the two of you had no clue as to what happened?
Yes, Jwala and I were unaware that we failed to make it to the quarterfinals despite winning the match. We knew we had to win by a certain margin, but the exact number eluded us. It was much after the match that we got to know of our fate. Plus, there was so much drama happening around that time…
Drama?
To be honest, a few countries did not play fair and we had to bear the consequences. The Chinese and Indonesians have always ruled the roost in badminton. Post our ouster, we lodged a formal protest, but it fell on deaf ears. Of course, the complaint was lodged a little late in the day. Gopi sir (Pullela Gopichand) too was very vocal about the issue. However, the decision was completely unfair. We have to work so hard to book a berth for ourselves at the Olympics. But there are countries like Australia, South Africa, Canada and others, who don’t really have to qualify as they get in through the Continental spot.
Heard that you won’t be teaming up with Jwala in the future?
That story is completely wrong. I’m not planning on changing my doubles partner. It’s just that Jwala is taking a break now and since I’ll be playing, I have to pair up with other players. We’ll be back soon.
What about playing singles?
It’s not easy to shift gears from doubles to singles and vice versa in a blink of an eye. Both formats need a lot of training and different sets of disciplines. I’m happy playing
doubles for now.
Saina, Jwala and you are credited with making the sport glamourous.
I’m flattered when people call me glamourous. When Saina broke into the scene, she brought along a lot of new fans of the sport. Ditto with Jwala and me. One has to be a good performer to get people into watching a sport which is not cricket. It’s nice to be well-dressed on court. Of course, people have loved watching us play and that’s a great thing.
source: http://www.articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / Home> Sports> More Sports / by Sarah Salvadore, TNN / August 30th, 2012
Dubai, 09 August 2012:
The Ganiga Samaja, one of the prominent association of U.A.E organized a Blood Donation Camp on the occasion of Holy month of Ramadan. This blood camp was conducted at the Lathifa Hospital (Al Wasl Hospital) from 7pm to 10pm and a large number of blood donors participated in this successful blood donation camp.
All the members of the Ganiga Samaja Dubai (U.A.E.) were eagerly waited for the donors at the blood donation camp and welcomed them happily. The camp was held in a most cordial manner and the donors filled the forms, had tested prior to the blood donation and helped a great humanitarian deed. All donors felt and had satisfaction that by their donation they could save a few lives and also could help them to maintain their health as well.
In the donation many prominent personalities took part namely; Daya Kirodean (Dubai Karnataka Sangha), Balakrishna Salian (Vice President -Mogaveers, U.A.E.), Sudhakar Thumbe (President -Billawa Balaga Dubai), Sudhakar Alva (U.A.E Bunts), Prakash Rao Payar (Dwani Pratistana), Aruna Muthagadoor, Sadan Das (Kannada Koota U.A.E.), Murugesh Gajare(Basava), Ganesh Prasad (Kodagu Dakshina Kannada Gowda Association), Ashok Belman (Gulf Kannadiga), Prashant (Mangalore Media) and many other attended the blood donation camp.
The President of Ganiga Samaja Mr. Satish Venkataramanna and the organizing committee thanked all the participants of the first blood camp organized by them and were very grateful for all the donors.
On behalf of Ganiga Samaja, all donors who took part in this camp were gifted with Letter of Appreciation, T-Shirt, Pen and also Juice and Snacks were distributed by Chilly-Willy owner Mr. Satish Venkataramanna.
On the occasion of the Holy month of Ramadan, by organizing the first blood camp the Ganiga Samaja, Dubai (U.A.E) joined the elite group of various organizations of U.A.E who too conducted the blood camp and were lifted the value of a holy deed. This deed was greatly witnessed and endorsed by Government of U.A.E
source: http://www.bellevision.com / Bellevision Media News Network / by Ganesh Rai / Pics by Ashok Belman / Dubai, August 12th, 2012
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