Actress Nidhi Subbaiah, who did her engineering in Mysore’s Sri Jayachamarajendra Engineering College, will be seen in a documentary film which is being made by the students of SJCE to commemorate the golden jubilee celebration of the college.
The actress took to her micro-blogging website page to share the information, “In Mysore, students from my coll SJCE dropped in to interview me for a documentary they’re making! 50 years of Jayciana..Where it all began!” Nidhi, who got nostalgic, further posted, “Such free spirited wonderful people! Miss the time when I used to be organising the college festival!.. Student life in Mysore City.”
Before foraying into Bollywood, the actress had acted in Kannada movies like Pancharangi and Krishnan Marriage Story. There are reports that the actress, who is looking for quality scripts, may soon sign couple of Kannada projects.
source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> Entertainment> Kannada> Movies / TNN / April 07th, 2014
Lt. Col. Kuppanda M. Muthanna (centre), who brought an old copy of a group photograph of 1956-57, is seen sharing it with yours truly and Dr. A.A. Kuttappa, at the venue — kids we were !
Last Sunday, I went to my alma mater Government First Grade College, Mercara, now rechristened as Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa College, Madikeri in Kodagu district, my native place.
That visit was to participate and get myself felicitated by the Alumni Association which was started a few years ago at the initiative of a planter couple Mr. and Mrs. K.S. Devaya of Lakshmijala Estate, who happen to be the alumnae of this College and could take interest and spare time to form the Association. Since then, I am told, the alumnae have been holding the annual get-together without fail. Soon the idea of felicitating those who are considered achievers among them in their given field of activity was introduced. This year, I was their choice for such recognition along with Dr. Kodira A. Kushalappa, IFS, retired Chief Conservator of Forests and Mr. Kolibailu A. Belliappa, retired IAS officer.
Though I had become the member when it was first started, I had not attended any of the annual get-togethers. This time I was cornered by a couple of members from City who said I must accept this honour. It was more in deference to the wishes of these well-meaning members that I condescended and went to Madikeri. And I was very happy and pleased to make that journey — a kind of pilgrimage. The presence of the College Principal Dr. A.A. Parvathy was as it should be and I thought, was in keeping with the protocol for such functions.
Dr. Kanjithanda Sunil Muddaiah, Managing Trustee of the Coorg Institute of Dental Studies, located, for appearance, rather precariously on the slopes of a hill in Virajpet and the only dental college in Kodagu, the land of hills and valleys, was the chief guest. An unassuming gentle person, an youngster, also an achiever in his own right considering the way he has built this college and carried it to the heights of excellence in his own way. He does this not for accumulating more money, which in any case he has inherited, coming from a rich, nay wealthy, family of coffee planters, but for passion, a purpose in life. I guess, at the end, the secret of success of all successful persons in life is their passion for what they do rather than mere hard work, which every money-hungry person does. Let it be.
The office-bearers, specially the President Mr. Nandineravanda A. Appaya, took great care in welcoming the alumni with great warmth and then affording them an opportunity to meet each other, recognise each other and then go nostalgic of the old days… in my case, of the days 58 years ago. Time and labour had taken toll of the health and appearance of many, just as in my case. Yet, once recognised, there was bonhomie and good cheer. It was like suddenly finding a long-lost brother or sister. Many were heard asking, “Mr. So and So I presume?” There were embarrassing moments for me as I failed to remember some who were classmates and also hostel mates.
For sure, with age, memories fade and the physical appearance along with mannerisms too change, compared to what I had seen 58 years ago. Naturally, it is hard to recognise a person immediately. It was gracious on their part that no one mistook each other.
I learn, though the Alumni Association was started in 1998 by Konganda S. Devaya with a small number of members, it was dormant till 2013, last year, when N.A. Appaya took over as President. I hope Appaya’s efforts will continue with a new road map for the Alumni Association with increased membership. [Those interested in becoming members of the Association may contact M.K. Kuttappa (Sachi) on Mob: 98454-73965]
In the mixed group of alumnae I found, among ladies and gentlemen, some in good health and some in poor health; some financially well placed, some not so well placed; some retired as government officers with high positions, some simply as government officers; some big coffee planters, some small coffee planters; some with problems connected to the family and hitha shatrus [beloved enemies as children are sometimes called for the trouble they give to their parents], some with their children settled in the US and feeling proud. I too have such issues and problems but overcame them listening to the wiser counsel of wise people. We need not despair. I would like to share here with my readers three such positive, life-sustaining words of solace:
Life is a game of Bridge. We did not invent the game nor design the cards; we did not frame the rules and we cannot control the dealing. The cards are dealt out to us whether they be good or bad. But, we can play the game well or play it badly. A skilful player may have a poor hand and yet win the game. A bad player may have a good hand and yet make a mess of it.
Our life is a mixture of necessity and freedom, chance and choice. We may not change events, but we can change our approach to events.
— Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
I came and saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift; nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, not yet favour to men of skill but time and chance happens to them all.
— Old Testament
Begin each day by telling yourself: Today I shall be meeting with interference, ingratitude, insolence, disloyalty, ill-will and selfishness — all of them due to the offenders’ ignorance of what is good or evil.
— ‘Meditations’ by
Marcus Aurelius
Tail-piece: As I strolled around the inner corridors of the college [architecturally a perfect college building which should be a model to those who build colleges] and the galleried classrooms, my thoughts went back to the days I spent there. Boys came with bell-bottom pants while girls came wearing lungis or mundus in coloured checks of Sri Lankan origin. Then there were mini skirts and drain-pipe pants. Lecturers used to come immaculately dressed — suit with tie, closed-collar coats. Nowadays I see them in casuals, wearing bathroom chappals.
No wonder, in many cases, students have no respect for teachers and in turn, teachers have no concern for students.
e-mail kbg@starofmysore.com
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Abracadabra….Abracadabra / by K.B. Ganapathy / March 25th, 2014
Administrative nod to release 136 crore for government medical college in Kodagu, says Home Minister
With the foundation stone laying for the medical college, the beginning step towards he fulfillment of the long pending demand of a Medical College in Kodagu district, was taken on Monday.
Home Minister and Kodagu district in-charge minister K J George performed the ground breaking ceremony and laid the foundation stone for the medical college near Karnangeri in the outskirts of Madikeri.
The Home Minister said that the State government will establish medical colleges in Kodagu and other six districts in the State and an administrative nod has been given towards the release of Rs 136 crore for the Government medical college in Kodagu. A link road will be constructed from Abbi Falls road to the medical college. Also, government will stress on the development of Raja seat and the development of roads in the state.
MP H Vishwanath said that the dream of Late Gundu Rao, MLA Appacchu Ranjan, K G Bopaiah and others, to start a medical college has been brought into reality by the Congress lead state government, he said. As much as Rs 4.600 crore of housing loans availed by poor people has been waived by the state government and 11 lakh people in the state have been benefited by the loan waiver, he said.
MLA Appacchu Ranjan, who presided over the function said that the proposal to start a medical college was submitted by the last BJP government and has sanctioned Rs five crore. But, the Siddharamaiah government has provided Rs 136 crore, he said.
District Surgeon Dr Muthappa said that the college will be built at a 28.11 acre land in 18 months. The campus will have hostels for students, and quarters for doctors.
MLC T John, former minister M Nanaih, Zilla Panchayat President B Shivappa, ZP Health standing committee President Mani Nanjappa, Mysore IGP Ramachandra Rao, DC Anurag Tiwari , SP M N Anuchet, ZP CEO Shrividya and others were present.
source: http://www.deccanherald.com / Deccan Herald / Home> District / DHNS / Madikeri – March 03rd, 2014
Events like Pratibha Karanji provide the best stage for students to unveil their talents, said Zilla Panchayat Vice President Biddanda Usha Devamma.
She was speaking after inaugurating the district-level Pratibha Karanji competitions organised by the Zilla Panchayat and Department of Public Instructions at St Joseph’s School on Thursday.
Students may improve their thinking by taking part in competitions related to art and literature, which will also develop creativity in them, she said.
Noting that ample grants are being provided to the department of Public Instructions by the Government, ZP Vice President called upon the children to utilise the programmes implemented under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, to their best potential.
‘Nali-Kali’ programme for primary students is being successfully implemented and the moral education provided in schools plays a vital role in forming students to be the best civilians, she added.
Deputy Director of Public Instructions Kantharaju, Block Education Officer Aras, DIET Senior Professor Vedamurthy and others were present on the occasion.
source: http://www.deccanherald.com / Deccan Herald / Home> District / DHNS – Madikeri, January 16th, 2014
Chief minister Siddaramaiah will inaugurate the new post-graduate centre of Mangalore University, science block, women’s hostel and staff quarters at Chikka Aluvara in Kushalnagar of Kodagu district on Tuesday.
The new post-graduate centre has come up in 70.47 acres of land and the work on it wad commenced on November 15, 2010, vice-chancellor T C Shivashankara Murthy said.
The university had sought grants of Rs 24.50 crore for setting up the science, commerce and arts blocks, library, administrative office, hostels for students, staff quarters, auditorium, ground, guest house, health centre, commercial complex and roads and Rs 20 lakh towards staff salary in 2008.
The government in 2009-10 had sanctioned Rs 2 crore and released Rs 1.50 crore.
The VC said the science block was built at a cost of Rs 4 crore. The compound was constructed at a cost of Rs 72 lakh. There are separate hostels for men and women and it was built at a cost of Rs 3.20 crore. The centre also have a house constructed at a cost of Rs 1.04 crore.
The Construction works of arts and commerce blocks (at a cost of Rs 4 crore) and water supply system (Rs 50 lakh) are under progress .
The Syndicate has approved work of constructing the commerce and arts blocks respectively. The university has requested the state government to provide a special grant of Rs 20 crore during 2013-14 for the various works that are being taken up at an estimated cost of Rs 30 crore.
The Existing PG departments of bio-chemistry and microbiology will be shifted from Field Marshal KM Cariappa College, Madikeri to the PG centre from January 8.
With the work on the arts and commerce block nearing completion, the university will start PG courses in economics, political science, commerce and MSW at the new PG centre from the next academic year. Plans are afoot to start two additional PG courses in the science block of Chikka Aluvara centre. Power and water connections will be up by the time the Centre formally start functioning from January 18.
source: http://www.articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / TheTimes of India / Home> City> Mangalore> Commerce / TNN / January 06th, 2014
There is need to create an awareness on HIV/Aids among people, said Zilla Panchayat Vice President Biddanda Usha Devamma.
She was speaking at a World Aids Day programme organised by the district administration, zilla panchayat, department of health and family welfare, District Aids Control unit, district Legal Services Authority, here on Monday. Zilla Panchayat standing committee (education and health) Mani Nanjappa, Zilla Panchayat Chief Executive Officer Srividya, District Health Officer Dr O R Srirangappa and others were present.
Protest
The contract workers of Karnataka State Aids Prevention Society staged a protest demanding the fulfillment of their demands, by wearing black badge.
The staff members of ICTC, ART, DSRC, Link ART and blood bank took part in the protest.
Addressing the protesters, Contract Workers district unit leader Sadananda said that Karnataka tops in controlling the spread of Aids. However, the workers who have been striving for the purpose are not given facilities.
The protesters urged to regularise the services of contract labourers and double the wages of the contract workers. The wages which were pending for the last few months should be released at the earliest.
Mudigere
Students who become victims of wrong selections, tend to miss a lot of opportunities in life, said JMFC Principal Civil Judge Padmaprasad.
He was speaking after inaugurating legal literacy programme jointly organised by the law department, NSS unit and health department, to observe World Aids Day at Government Boy’s PU College on Monday.
“Adolescence is a period which takes youth in wrong direction. Only those who aim high and are spirited throughout, achieve in their lives.”
“Life gives several opportunities, therefore students should come out of negative and unwanted thoughts that come to their mind. Even the parents should shower love on children so that they will not succumb to bad habits,” he said.
Taluk Health Officer Dr Yogesh called ‘awareness’ as the only medicine for Aids.
Students should educate themselves about Aids and also spread awareness in the society, he said.
source: http://www.deccanherald.com / Deccan Herald / Home> District / by DHNS – Madikeri / December 02nd, 2013
Ravi Ramaiah is on cusp of setting a record by becoming the first KAS officer from the Soliga tribes. But to his misfortune, this 28-year-old, selected to be a Class I officer in 2011, is yet to receive his appointment order. The reason: the recruitment process has been kept in abeyance because 25 of the 362 successful candidates were found to have indulged in malpractices.
But Ravi, who hails from a hamlet near Nagarahole in Mysore district, has not given up hope. Working as a police constable in Mysore’s Jayalakshmipuram police station, Ravi began dreaming of becoming a bureaucrat after his primary school teacher Suresh and lecturer Rudrappa felt he could achieve more.
“They encouraged me to take the KSPC exams. I cleared both exams and the interview in my first attempt. I used to study at least eight hours a day,” Ravi said. He scored 956 marks out of 1,800 in the Mains exam and 150 out of 200 in the interview.
“The imbroglio over appointments has ruined my dreams,” Ravi says.
Coming out with flying colours in the face of adversity is not new to Ravi. “I did my primary education at a government school in Beeranahalli, walking alone 3 km from and to my house in the jungle. These lonely treks made me decide to be a self-made man. Jungle made me a brave and bold man,” he says.
Ravi’s father, Ramaiah, studied till class III, while mother Jayamma never went to school. “He is a born naturalist. He can smell the air and predict rain two days in advance,” Ravi says of his father. His eldest brother is an SSLC dropout, while the second brother completed his II PUC.
Ravi’s teacher Suresh took him to Hunsur and got him admitted to a government high school.
source: http://www.articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Bangalore> Government School / by Rajiv Kalkod, TNN / November 28th, 2013
Mangalore University is all set to start even semester classes on its Chikkaluvara campus in Somwarpet taluk of Kodagu district from January 2.
While plans were drawn to inaugurate the campus on November 18, the mandatory presence of vice-chancellor T C Shivashankara Murthy to receive the Indira Gandhi NSS Award-2013 from President Pranab Mukherjee now means the formal inauguration will be held mid January.
However, the university authorities have decided to make best use of the infrastructure ready by commencing classes on the new campus spread over 73.4 acres of land when the even semester of the academic year 2013-14 gets underway in January 2014. For now, the university authorities will shift the post-graduate courses in microbiology and bio-chemistry to the new campus from the Field Marshal K M Cariappa College in Madikeri.
Shivashanakara Murthy said as things stand now, work on the science building and staff quarters on the campus is ready. “The work on the women’s hostel is in the final stages. If the inauguration had been held as scheduled on November 18, we would have to contend with some pending works with the arts building and the boy’s hostel,” he said, adding that work on overhead tanks and other sundry works too will be attended to in this duration.
Noting that no decision has yet been taken on naming the Chikkaluvara campus, the VC said. “Local sentiments in Kodagu district favour the campus to be named as Cauvery campus. However, the university is yet to form any opinion on this issue. This is a decision that has to be taken by the Syndicate,” he said. The Mangalore campus of the university is named Mangalagangothri.
source: http:articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Mangalore> Mangalore University / TNN / November 13th, 2013
Announces Rs. 10 lakh for hostel in Mysore (Left) MLA Vasu inaugurating the Pratibha Puraskar function organised by Kodagu Gowda Vidya Sangha at Gowda Samaj premises in Madikeri yesterday. (Picture right) Shows the best teacher award winner Ame Chandramma and achiever students being felicitated Madikeri :
“Owing to severe competition in all sectors, students, despite having acquired high qualification, find it tough to get a good job without proper guidance,” opined MLA Vasu.
He was speaking at a programme organised by Kodagu Gowda Vidya Sangha at Gowda Samaj premises here yesterday to present awards to meritorious students.
Vasu pointed out that during earlier days, just an ordinary degree was able to fetch a good job and the scenario changed dramatically over the years owing to rise in number of graduates and tough competition in the job market. He appealed to the Kodagu Gowda Vidya Sangha to construct a good educational institution to provide quality education to students of all communities.
He donated Rs. 1 lakh to Gowda Education Fund and announced that he would provide a fund of Rs. 10 lakh for modernising the Sangha hostel in Mysore. He assured to discuss with MP H. Vishwanath and Chief Minister Siddharamaiah to allot a four acre plot identified for the Sangha to establish an educational institution.
District Government Employees’ Association President Karnaiyyana Ravi, Entrepreneur D.B. Balakrishna, Sangha President Hosur Ramesh Joyappa, former Manager of Madikeri Town Co-operative Bank Kotera Seethamma, Sangha Secretary S. Erappa, Vice-President Ambekallu Naveen Kushalappa and others were present.
Scholarships and awards were presented to 62 students who excelled in studies and various competitions. Students Rashmi, Jahnavi, Helen and Chetana, who had excelled in the degree examinations were felicitated.
Teacher Ame Chandramma, who was adjudged the best teacher during Teachers’ Day celebration, too was felicitated on the occasion.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / October 28th, 2013
University may offer PG courses in commerce, social work, chemistry./ The Hindu Science block, housing blocks for teachers, hostels ready
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will inaugurate Mangalore University’s first post-graduation study centre outside its Mangalagangotri campus at Chikkaluvaru in Kodagu district on November 18. Classes on the new campus will being in December.
The study centre, which is about 16 km from Kushalnagar, is spread on 72.5 acres of land. Vice-Chancellor T. C. Shivashankara Murthy said the government had promised to hand over another 30 acres to make the centre a 100-acre off-campus.
Prof. Murthy said that science block, six housing blocks for teachers and a hostel with 20 rooms for women and another hostel of similar size for men were ready at Chikkaluvaru. The two hostels would accommodate 160 students, 80 men and 80 women. He said the arts block was under construction.
The university is offering bio-chemistry and microbiology post-graduation courses at Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa College at Madikeri. As the first semester classes for 2013-14 have commenced, those classes would be shifted to Chikkaluvaru campus after the first semester examinations in November, the Vice-Chancellor said.
The classes of second semester for those courses would be conducted at Chikkaluvaru from December end.
The university has proposed to offer post-graduation courses in chemistry, economics, commerce and social work at Chikkaluvarau from 2014-15, he said.
Second PG centre
The government recently allotted 20 acres to the university at Belapu village, about 25 km from Udupi town, to open the university’s second post-graduate study centre.
The university has prepared a Rs. 22-crore proposal to build infrastructure at Belapu and has written to the government to release Rs. 5 crore as initial fund.
It has been planned to lay the foundation stone for the construction once the government allotted the first instalment, Prof. Murthy said.
An arts block, a science block and a commerce block, a shopping centre, hostels for men and women would come up at Belapu, he said.
Minister for Higher Education R.V. Deshpande is expected to attend the inauguration of the PG study centre.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Mangalore / by Raviprasad Kamila / Mangalore – October 25th, 2013
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