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Obstacle Course Inaugurated At Sainik School In Kodagu

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Kushalnagar:

Air Vice Marshal P.J. Walia, Senior Officer-in-Charge Administration, Training Command, Indian Air Force, Bangalore and Chairman, Local Board of Administration, Sainik School Kodagu, chaired the 21st meeting of the Local Board of Administration of Sainik School here on  Oct. 29. 

The Chairman also inaugurated the Sangolli Rayanna Obstacle Course, which aims at training multiple fitness components of the cadets. This Obstacle Course will help in preparing them for SSB. In addition it will help in developing diversified skills and abilities like self-discipline, perseverance, courage, resourcefulness, self-reliance and teamwork among cadets.  

The Local Board of Administration Meeting was attended by Gp. Capt. R.R. Lall, Command Education Officer, Bangalore, Lt. Col. Seema Tripathi, Chief Coordinator, Prof. Y. Sreekanth, Principal, Regional Institute of Education, Mysuru, Prof. R. Shivappa, Registrar, University of Mysore, Vijay Kumar Swarnkar, Executive Engineer, CPWD, Mysore Central Division and P.S. Machado, DDPI, Kodagu district. 

Keeping in view the prevailing pandemic condition, Krishnaji S. Karichannavara, Director, Secondary Education, Karnataka State, Murthy, Under Secretary, Finance Department, Karnataka State and Dr. Jaibharat Madivaleppa Mangeshkar, Parent Member, attended the meeting online.  Col. Kannan, Principal and Member-Secretary, briefed all the training and administrative aspects of the school and the progress made in the past nine months. 

He said, ‘an obstacle course is a series of challenging physical obstacles cadets must navigate usually while being timed. Obstacle course can include running, climbing, jumping, crawling and balancing elements with the aim of testing speed and endurance.’ The members deliberated and arrived at various policy decisions for future development of the school.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> News / November 05th, 2020

GTN, A Legend And A Luminary

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Voice of the Reader:

Sir, 

KBG’s  ‘Nostalgically Speaking-8’ write-up on Prof. G.T. Narayana Rao in SOM dated Sept.6, 2020, has prompted me to write about my association with him since 1975. He joined our team of Ganabharathi as Committee Member in 1980 when I was the Vice-President. 

Guddehittalu Thimmappaiah Narayana Rao, GTN as he was popularly called, after his early education in Madikeri and Mangalore passed MA in Mathematics at Madras (1947). Lecturer in Madikeri College (1953-63) was his first appointment. After a three-year stint in Government College in Bangalore he came to Mysore in 1969 to settle down. He was absolutely simple in his dress, wearing white pant and bush shirt and chappals, going on a cycle or by walk wherever he had to go but equally forthright in speaking his mind out. He was a role model to some of us who were much younger to him.

GTN took the mantle of collecting funds for the construction of Veene Seshanna Bhavana on Adichunchanagiri road. His slogan was ‘Jagannatha’s Rath has to be drawn by all’ and  believed in ‘No great work has ever suffered for want of funds.’ He never hesitated to ask any stranger for funds and he even carried a receipt book in his bag to give it readily. His involvement was so much as he did not spare some of the shop owners on Sayyaji Rao and Dhanvanthri Roads. 

I fondly remember him barging into my clinic even during busy hours just to tell me a ‘vismaya’ (miracle in his words) that he collected a few hundred rupees. The major donation of Rs. 1 lakh he got was from Dr. Veerendra Heggade of Dharmasthala who was his student in a Bangalore College. 

As the estimated cost of construction was Rs.12 lakh he had to make a couple of trips to Bombay. Once he was invited by the  Bombay University to deliver a lecture on Science subjects offering him the flight and hotel charges. He politely refused to accept it and travelled in Gandhi class and stayed for a few days in his friend’s house asking the organisers to make that amount as a donation to Ganabharathi!

His love for Karnatak music started while he was in  Madras and it continued till his end in 2008. His reviews on music were unbiased and forthright, sometimes quite open and critical too. 

Ganabharathi on the occasion of Veene Seshanna Bhavan’s  Silver Jubilee in 2016 posthumously honoured GTN with a Silver Plaque which was received by his wife Lakshmi Devi Rao. It is also gratifying to note that a memorial music concert is instituted in his memory in Ganabharathi. His admirers have contributed handsomely to this fund.

Being an avid student of Science he always used to quote Einstein’s popular saying ‘Science without religion is lame and Religion without science is blind’. He has written several books on science including Nobel Laureates Einstein and Chandrashekar. One of his books in Kannada ‘Vijnanada Moolatatvagalu’ has won an award also.  After becoming the President of Ganabharathi in 2011, I am proud to say that I am following his footsteps in collecting funds for the development of the institution. 

I would like to conclude with GTN’s yet another selfless service for a cause. With his intense commitment to the improvement of art and culture in Mysuru he had provided free of cost a place in his house for the noted Dance Master late Muralidhara Rao to conduct his classes.

– Dr. C.G. Narasimhan, Mysuru, 9.10.2020

source:http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Voice of the Reader / by Dr C G Narasimhan / October 22nd, 2020

Six Girl Students March Into All-Boys Kodagu Sainik School

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Kushalnagar:

The Sainik School at Koodige in Somwarpet taluk of Kodagu district has made a historic change in its admission procedure by admitting girl students for the first time since its establishment. The school has so far remained strictly all-boys institution.

Six girl students have secured admission to sixth standard after rigorous entrance and medical tests. They will be treated as boarders and will stay inside the campus once the academic year starts after the Centre relaxes COVID-19 unlock rules for educational institutions. 

Sainik schools were established in 1951 with the aim of reducing the regional and class gaps among officers in the Indian Military. Sainik School in Kodagu is the 22nd Sainik School in the country and the second in Karnataka. It was established on Oct. 18, 2007. There are 25 such schools in the country now. 

The Kodagu School comes under the purview of Karnataka State Government and Ministry of Defence and is administered by a Local Board of Administrators. Col. G. Kannan is the Principal of the School while Lt. Col. Seema Tripathi is the Vice-Principal. 

The school trains its students in overall development while providing quality education and creating a consciousness of national integration. For admission to Class 6, child should be between 10 and 12 years, and for admission to Class 9, child should be between 13 and 15 years.

Though Defence Minister Rajnath Singh had given a nod to allow girls to take admission in these schools from 2017 onwards, the process began in 2018 with Sainik School in Chhingchhip in Mizoram becoming the first school to admit girls. Later the process began in other schools.

The six girls who have secured admission for Kodagu Sainik School were selected from a group of 455 students who wrote the All India Sainik School Entrance Examination (AISSEE). In all, 8 students have secured admission and two will be day scholars. The remaining six will stay inside the school campus. They are Deepa Ullagaddi, G.N. Priyanka, Haripriya Suresh Savadi, Tripti Kumari, Vanishree and Sanjana. Avni Avasthi and Vaishnavi Yeddula will be day scholars. 

Speaking to Star of Mysore, Vice-Principal Lt. Col. Seema Tripathi said that 10 percent of class strength will be reserved for girls. Each class has 85 students. “It will be the first batch for us and we are all eager to receive and train them to be Army officers. Infrastructure like hostel rooms, indoors and game rooms have been created in the Administrative Block and staff like lady warden, lady nurse and one lady employee have been appointed,” she said. 

“We want to make the girls feel at home. At the same time we understand that they will need some extra attention, care and counselling. We are prepared for it. The school has sent a proposal to the Government for an exclusive dormitory/ hostel for girls as the strength will increase from next year,” Lt. Col. Seema Tripathi said. 

While the academic activities will be the same for boys and girls, there will be some relaxations to girls when it comes to physical activities. “At present, we are holding daily online classes for all students in the absence of regular classroom atmosphere. But a strict ‘no gadget day’ is observed on Sundays,” she added.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> News / September 13th, 2020

Teachers’ Day: Kodagu Model School

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Kodagu Model School, Vidyashankara Layout, Mysuru, observed Teachers’ Day as ‘Black Day’ to highlight the problems they have been facing since COVID-19 outbreak.

Teachers wore black wrist band to register their protest and demand Government’s intervention in resolving their grievances.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Photo News / September 10th, 2020

Madikeri: Lt Cdr Suraj Aiyappa to represent naval college in USA

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Madikeri :

Lt Cdr Muckatira Suraj Aiyappa has been selected to represent India to undergo the prestigious staff course at the US warfare training college.

Suraj Aiyappa happens to be the son of Gonikoppal Arvathoklu Retd Lt Col M A Cariappa and Saraswathi Cariappa. He will be one of the representatives from 52 countries who will participate in the staff training course in the USA.

Aiyappa had attended the Rashtriya Indian Military College at Dehradun. He acquired a cadet captain degree from the Naval Academy. He was chosen as an officer of Indian Navy in the year 2010. He won the Chief of Naval Staff gold medal and best commanding officer of the navy in 2010. He has served as instructor at the Naval Academy.

At the programme held at Visakhapatnam in 2016, he had received the guard of honour presented by the President. His wife, Dr Yamuna, is a dental surgeon by profession.

source: http://www.daijiworld.com / Daijiworld.com / Home> Karnataka / by Daijiworld Media Network – Madikeri (SP) / August 27th, 2020

5,054 students passed in SSLC in Kodagu

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Out of 6,499 candidates who enrolled for 2019-20 SSLC exams, 6,255 attended the exams and 5,054 have passed.

Deputy Director of Public Instruction P S Machado said the district had achieved 81% results. The district stands in the 18th position in the state.

As per the new norms issued by the Education department, Kodagu has secured ‘B’ grade.

In Madikeri taluk, 1,808 students from 43 schools took the examination and 1,476 of them have passed, thereby bringing 81.64% results to the taluk.

As many as 22 schools have secured ‘A’ grade, seven schools have secured ‘B’ grade and 14 schools have received ‘C’ grade.

Somwarpet taluk has secured 78.68% results. As many as 2,482 students from 64 schools had attended the exam out of whom 1,953 have passed.

As many as 23 schools have received ‘A’ grade, 17 schools have secured ‘B’ grade and 24 schools have secured ‘C’ grade.

In Virajpet taluk, 1,965 students from 57 schools have attended SSLC exams and 1,625 have passed. The pass percentage of taluk is 82.70%.

As many as 21 schools have been awarded ‘A’ grade, 19 schools ‘B’ grade and 17 schools ‘C’ grade.

Top 10 students

The top 10 toppers in the distirct are: Jagath Poovaiah from Fatima Convent, Kushalnagar (620 marks); Gana from Sandeepani High School, Somwarpet (618 marks); Vijay M D, Morarji Desai School, Koodige (618); Anusha Ponnamma K S, Lions , Kalathmadu (617); Hritvika H S, Fatima Convent, Kushalnagar (616); Shrivatsa M K from Rajarajeshwari School, Kotturu (616) and Rasha Shareen, Sri Krishna Vidya Mandira, Siddapura (615 marks).

Supplementary exams will be held in the month of September for the students who could not make it to the exams and those who have not availed pass marks. Such students may contact the Headmasters of their respective schools for registrations, the DDPI said.

source: http://www.deccanherald.com / Deccan Herald / Home> State> Karnataka Districts / by DHNS / August 12th, 2020

‘Get acquainted with Kodava tradition’

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Kodava Education Society Joint Secretary Chiriyapanda Raja Nanjappa inaugurates 'Kodavame Padipu' programme at CIT PU College in Ponnampet on Wednesday. Karnataka Kodava Sahitya Academy Chairperson Dr Parvathi Appaiah, Academy member Dr Mullengada Revathi
Kodava Education Society Joint Secretary Chiriyapanda Raja Nanjappa inaugurates ‘Kodavame Padipu’ programme at CIT PU College in Ponnampet on Wednesday. Karnataka Kodava Sahitya Academy Chairperson Dr Parvathi Appaiah, Academy member Dr Mullengada Revathi

People are busy in agricultural activities during the month of Kakkada and also it keeps raining during the month. Hence, our ancestors imposed restrictions on holding auspicious programmes during Kakkada month, opined Kodava Sahitya Academy member Dr Mullengada Revathi Poovaiah.

Speaking during ‘Kodavame Padipu’ programme, organised by Karnataka Kodava Sahitya Academy, at Coorg Institute of Technology (CIT) in Ponnampet on Wednesday, she said that the youth should understand the reasons behind the religious rituals. “Our elders gave a lot of importance to indigenous food and used them during the rainy season. They planned their food according to the seasons,” Revathi added.

Inaugurating the programme, Kodava Education Society Joint Secretary Chiriyapanda Raja Nanjappa said it is believed that the Kodava tribe was present during the origination of River Cauvery and called upon the present generation to get acquainted with the local tradition and culture.

He further said, “The Jamma land is not government land. It is inherited by Kodavas from generations. Also, the gun is used for religious rituals in Kodava culture. However, our ancestors did not use a gun for fighting. Gun rights of Kodavas should be preserved, he added.

During the programme, the resource persons spoke on the importance of ‘Kakkada Padinett’, ‘Kakkada Tingalra Pudume’, ‘Kodava Namme’ and ‘Kodava Takk.

Karnataka Kodava Sahitya Academy Chairperson Dr Ammatanda Parvathi Appaiah, member Padinjaranda Prabhukumar, CIT PU College Principal Dr Sannuvanda Rohini Thimmaiah, Thookbolak Kala Sahitya Vedike convener Madhosh Poovaiah and others were present.

Students of CIT PU College watched the programme online.

source: http://www.deccanherald.com / Deccan Herald / Home> States> Karnataka Districts / DHNS, Kodagu / August 14th, 2020

Kodagu secures 18th place in SSLC results

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Students and teachers of Government High School in Mayamudi, which has achieved 100% results in SSLC examinations. DH Photo
Students and teachers of Government High School in Mayamudi, which has achieved 100% results in SSLC examinations. DH Photo

Kodagu district stood at the 18th position in the state in the SSLC examination results announced on Monday.

The district has shown a lot of improvement as it was in the 22nd position last year.

This year, a total of 7,164 students took SSLC exams in 27 exam centres in the district. Among them, 74 candidates were from Covid-19 containment zones.

Jagath Poovaiah of Fathima Convent in Kushalnagar has emerged as the district topper while scoring 620 out of 625 marks.

Gana, a student of Sandeepani School in Somwarpet, has scored 618 marks and is the second topper from the district. She has scored 122 marks in first language Kannada, 97 in English and 100 each in Hindi, Mathematics, Science and Social Studies.

Other toppers

Vijaya M D from Morarji Desai Residential School and K S Anusha from Lions School, Gonikoppa, have secured 617 marks each and share the third place in the district.

H K Rahul from Vishwamanava Kuvempu High School of Chowdlu village has secured 607 marks.

OLV English Medium School student N K Shravani has secured 605 marks.

Government High School in Mayamudi has secured 100% results. The students have excelled in the examinations, despite the pandemic. Most of the students in the school are from economically backward families and therefore, their achievement is worth a praise, Headteacher Vani Nachappa said.

Other schools which have registered 100% results are: Morarji Desai Residential School in Basavanahalli, Cauvery School and Pragathi School in Virajpet, St Annamma High School and Bright School in Virajpet, Sandeepani English Medium School and Vishwamanava Kuvempu English Medium School in Somwarpet and Shantinikethana School, Kodagarahalli.

source: http://www.deccanherald.com / Deccan Herald / Home> State> Karnataka Districts / by DHNS / August 11th, 2020

Student secures 92% in PUC exams in spite of personal tragedy

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Nidyamane Prakruthi.
Nidyamane Prakruthi.

Personal loss failed to shake this student. When all her classmates were busy preparing for the PU Board exams, Nidyamane Prakruthi lost her family in a road mishap. However overcoming grief, this gritty student has secured 92% in the exams.

Her father Nidyamane Ashoka, mother Hemavathi, brother and sister died on the spot in a car accident near Sullia in Dakshina Kannada during September 2019. They were all heading to Moodbidri to see Prakruthi, who was studying at Alva’s College.

Prakruthi fought the trauma and put all her efforts in studies, to excel in the examinations.

Kodagu toppers

Apoorva H G from St Micheal PU College, Madikeri, has scored 590 out of 600 (98.33%) in Second PU Board examination in the Commerce stream, thus bagging the topmost position in the district in the stream.

A U Ranjana, a student of Vidyanikethana PU College, Gonikoppa, is the topper in the Science stream for the district. She has secured 589 marks (98.17%).

K S Lakshmi from St Jospeh Composite PU College, Madikeri, is the district topper from the Arts stream. She has scored 564 marks (94%).

PU Education Department Deputy Director Shivalinga Shetty said the other toppers from the Commerce stream are B N Chaitra (97.50 %), A M Devika (97.33%) and B M Lipika (97.33 %) from St Annamma PU College, Virajpet.

Mrinalini Tamankar (97.83%) from Vidyaniketana PU College, Gonikoppa, has secured second place in the district in the Science stream with 587 marks, K Yukta Kaverappa and Fatima Taslima P R from the same college have scored 582 marks (97.17%).

H G Dhayashree with 562 marks (93.67%) is the second topper in Arts. She is a student of Made Mahadeshwara PU College, Madenadu.

H P Ankita from St Joseph Composite PU College and H C Geetha from Government PU College, Sampaje, have shared the third position in Arts with 558 marks (93%).

source: http://www.deccanherald.com / Deccan Herald / Home> State> Mangaluru / by DHNS, Madikeri / July 15th, 2020

Col. G. Kannan Takes Charge As Kudige Sainik School Principal

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Kushalnagar:

Col. G. Kannan recently took charge as the new Principal of Kudige Sainik School located in Kudige Agricultural Farm premises near Kushalnagar in Kodagu district. He was received by Vice-Principal Lt. Col. Seema Tripathi.

Soon after taking over, Col. Kannan paid floral tributes to martyred soldiers memorial in the campus.

Speaking on the occasion, Col. Kannan expressed happiness about the facilities provided to the students and also lauded the School’s achievement over the years.

Noting that Kudige Sainik School was one of the prestigious educational Institutions, he stressed on the need for maintaining discipline, unity and hard work. Expressing concern over the spread of COVID-19, Col. Kannan said that it was important to fight unitedly to tackle the virus, which has been causing great havoc across the world. Emphasising on the need for maintaining COVID regulations, he said it is important for every individual to take precautionary and safety measures such as wearing of face mask, use of hand sanitisers and maintenance of physical distancing for containing the spread of the virus.

He further said that the School must make special efforts for more admission of girl students.

School’s Administrative Officer Squadron Leader R.K. Dey, senior teacher S. Suryanarayan and other staff were present.

Col. G. Kannan has the experience of serving as the Principal of various Training Schools of Defence Department. He has been conferred Vice-Chief of Staff Award in recognition of his service. He is a Post-Graduate in Computer Applications and holds a B.Ed degree too.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> News / July 13th, 2020