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A STAIN ON THE ENGINEERING PROWESS SIR VISVESVARAYA Governor H R Bhardwaj blamed the vested interests and lashed out at the Congress governments for trying to destroy universities........
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When courage has hope for nourishment….
SPORADIC RAIN PLUS GARBAGE, A RECIPE FOR DISASTER
“Neither UPA nor BJP this time” asserts ex-PM
Buddha and the meat In Buddhism, the views on vegetarianism vary from school to school. According to Theravada, the Buddha allowed his monks to eat pork, chicken and beef if the animal was not killed for the purpose of providing food for monks...................................................
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Taking Bangaloreans for a ride By K. Kalyan
Elections are a stunning race, In a city like ours, humble handshakers chase. Roads are the base, Paramount to please the rich and poor alike, Else the high-fi cars delay, And bikes on roads leapfrog. Rains are real gains, And demise as well when it arrives again and again, Putting roads on a disarray: Decimated, deluged and wrecking havoc, Letting all living and nonliving things meander. Where are the handshakkers now? For missing the specifications against vow. Roads are the base, Paramount to please the rich and poor alike.
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SPORADIC RAIN PLUS GARBAGE, A RECIPE FOR DISASTER
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angalore: There are a host of diseases await people due to continuous rains all over the city. If the garbage pile up continues along with the rains, it can be a sure recipe for disaster. Typhoid, Cholera, Hepatitis A, Diarrhoea are spread through insects, food, water and droplets. Malaria and Dengue are caused by mosquitoes. There are diseases like plague that can be spread through animals too, such as pigs, rodents and squirrels. In some rare cases, it can also lead to Japanese Encephalitis. Physicians agree that garbage is a breeding ground for so many diseases. The impact depends on the origin of garbage; whether it is infected garbage coming out of sewage, hospital or organic kitchen waste. Though organic or vegetable waste from the kitchen can be relatively less dangerous, garbage and rain can be a fatal combination. Dirt, on one hand, causes infection or diseases while water, on the other hand, helps in spreading it. Japanese Encephalitis is transmitted by mosquitoes and causes inflammation of the membranes around the brain. There are no vaccines for Dengue and Malaria, which is why you need to take extra care. For fever lasting more than 2 days along with vomiting, consult your doctor immediately. Body pain, fever, vomiting sensation, loss of appetite, loose motions are some of the most common symptoms to look out for. Ground water pollution is also a cause of worry as it can assist waterborne diseases. What should we do to avoid the above problems? Drink boiled water, maintain personal hygiene, get yourself immunised for typhoid fever, apply mosquito repellent on exposed parts of the body, keep your windows closed or use mosquito nets. Avoid street food because insects carry infectious organisms which may be transferred to the surfaces of vegetables and sliced fruits sold on streets. Prevent water or garbage accumulation in your surroundings.
When courage has hope for nourishment….
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angalore: Pakistani teen activist, Malala Yousafzai, celebrated her 16th birthday at the United Nations and demanded education for all children from the world leaders. Seven girls from across the world, who had done their share for children's education, were supporting Malala. “Let us pick up our books and our pens. They are our most powerful weapons. One teacher, one book, one pen, can change the world,” said Malala as everyone heard her with cheer. The girls were awarded the UN special envoy for global education's youth courage award as part of the Malala Day celebrations. Two Indian girls among seven others were awarded for their courage to promote the cause of education and dignity of women. They are the 21-year-old Ashwini
from Bangalore and 15-year-old Razia from Uttar Pradesh. Ashwini was awarded for fighting against odds to study and then using her education to campaign for the right to education for children with disabilities. She was born with a visual impairment and brought up in a rural community in India. At the age of 4 she was accepted at a charitable hostel where she was educated from 4-18 an opportunity that is usually denied someone in her situation - a disabled girl from a rural background. She made the most of this opportunity gaining a place a Bangalore University where she graduated in 2012 with a BA in History, Economics and Music. In 2011 Ashwini was awarded the Rani Chennamma award (named after of one of the famous woman freedom fighters of Karnataka) for her active participation in
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education and cultural activities. Ashwini now works for Leonard Cheshire Disability, a Bangalorebased NGO. Razia, a former child labourer who stitched footballs for a living, struggled against the odds and succeeded in passing Class 11. She then helped stop the exploitation of 48 child labourers and made sure that they were enrolled in school. Parents refused to allow the children to give up football stitching and go to school instead. It was more difficult to convince parents about girls' education. Razia's father, who is now proud of his daughter, had also refused to send her to school on the s a m e p l e a .
G r a d u a l l y, w i t h d o g g e d determination and explaining the importance of education, some children could be weaned away from labouring away at football stitching. It took Razia two years to break the shackles of child labour. Later, a bal panchayat was formed in the village and Razia was elected its head. She went on to become a leader of the National Children's Parliament.
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Putting problems into perspective A short story by S. Gopal, Jayanagar IV Block
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man and his girlfriend were married. It was a large celebration. All of their friends and family came to see the lovely ceremony and to partake of the festivities and celebrations. A wonderful time was had by all. The bride was gorgeous in her white wedding gown and the groom was very dashing in his black tuxedo. Everyone could tell that the love they had for each other was true. A few months later, the wife comes to the husband with a proposal: "I read in a magazine, a while ago, about how we can strengthen our marriage." she offered. "Each of us will write a list of the things that we find a bit annoying with the other person. Then, we can talk about how we can fix them together and make
our lives happier together.” The husband agreed, so each of them went to a separate room in the house and thought of the things that annoyed them about the other. They thought about this question for the rest of the day and wrote down what they came up with. The next morning, at the breakfast table, they decided that they would go over their lists. "I'll start," offered the wife. She took out her list. It had many items on it enough to fill 3 pages, in fact. As she started reading the list of the little annoyances, she noticed that tears were starting to appear in her husbands eyes. "What's wrong?" she asked. "Nothing" the husband replied, "keep reading your lists." The wife continued to read until she
had read all three pages to her husband. She neatly placed her list on the table and folded her hands over top of it. “Now, you read your list and then we'll talk about the things on both of our lists." She said happily. Quietly the husband stated, "I don't have anything on my list. I think that you are perfect the way that you are. I don't want you to change anything for me. You are lovely and wonderful and I wouldn't want to try and change anything about you.” The wife, touched by his honesty and the depth of his love for her and his acceptance of her, turned her head and wept. In life, there are enough times when we are disappointed, depressed and annoyed. We
SUV killed four Bommanahalli: The driver of the SUV, who allegedly mowed down four people, including two women, and inured six others on Monday has surrendered in a Bangalore court. The accused is 60-year-old Krishnappa, who was the president of the Bommanahalli city municipal council till 2009. He used to live alone in the civic ward after his wife and daughter deserted him over a family dispute. Of the four victims of the hitand-run case, two were vendors selling vegetables on cycle-carts by the road side and two were their customers. Among the injured, four were pedestrians on the footpath and three were standing nearby.
The victims were identified as Indrani (40), Pusparani (45), Basavaraj (30) and Vijaya Nayak (35). The injured were taken to a nearby private hospital by p a s s e r s b y . The accused was recklessly driving the car at high speed and was under the influence of alcohol. "According to one of the injured, the accused came out of the mangled car (a Land Rover) and walked away from the spot instead of taking the victims to a nearby hospital," Deputy Commissioner of Police (Southeast) BS Lokesh Kumar said.
don't really have to go looking for them. We have a wonderful world that is full of beauty, light and promise. Why waste time in this world looking for the bad, disappointing or annoying when we can look around us, and see the wondrous things before us? I believe that we are happiest when we see and praise the good and try our best to forge the bad. Nobody's perfect but we can find perfection in them to change the way we see them. “You are not responsible for what people think about you. But you are responsible for what you give them to think about you.”
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angalore: BEML is expanding its Rail & Metro Business in order to meet the demand of Indian Railways and upcoming Metro Projects in different cities in the country. The products being supplied by BEML for Indian Railways include Integral Rail Coaches, Inspection Cars, Electrical Multiple Units and Stainless Steel EMUs for suburban railways and Utility Vehicles, Track Laying Equipment, Broad-Gauge Railbus, Spoil Disposal Units. Shri P Dwarakanath, Chairman & Managing Director of BEML Limited called on Shri Mallikarjuna Kharge, Hon'ble Railway Minister during his maiden visit to Bangalore in the first of July 2013. Later, Mr Dwarakanath held detailed discussions with the Minister with regard to supply of Rail Coaches to Indian Railways. Sooner the good news came for BEML in the form of a new
order worth of Rs 747 Crores for manufacture and supply of 92 sets of Standard Gauge Metro Cars for the prestigious Phase III, RS-9 Project of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Limited (DMRCL). This Order will boost the present Order Book position of BEML to Rs 6,400 Crores, according to a press release. In addition, major Orders for manufacture and supply of Standard Gauge Driverless Metro Cars for MRTS Phase-III Project from DMRC and Orders for Mainline Passenger Coaches and Stainless
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“Neither UPA nor BJP this time” asserts ex-PM
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angalore: About 2014 elections, political pundits predict that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lacks effective presence in several States, including large ones such as Andhra Pradesh (AP), Kerala, Tamil Nadu (TN) and West Bengal (WB) and others in the North-east (NE) barring Assam to an extent, and is unlikely to mount a credible challenge in the 168 Lok Sabha (LS) seats these account for. The Congress is likely to lose a major chunk of votes and many seats in eight important states in the general elections, says election forecast of India Today. The second term of United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government has been eventful for all the wrong reasons. In the mean time former prime minister and Janata Dal-Secular president H.D. Deve Gowda said the Left parties and the Telugu Desam Party were in touch with him on formation of a front as an alternative to the Congress and the BJP. "An alternative front will emerge. I am sure of it," Gowda told media persons. The JD-S leader said neither a Congressled alliance nor a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led group would come to power in New Delhi after the Lok Sahba elections. “An alternative front, call it by whatever name, will take shape and form the government," Gowda added. He refuted reports in a section of the media in Bangalore that he and former BJP leader and president of the Karnataka Janata Party (KJP) B.S. Yeddyurappa had talks on possible merger of the two parties or understanding to fight the Lok Sabha elections. Gowda noted that Yeddyurappa was now hinting that he might go back to the BJP. The JD-S had won only three of the 28 Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka in the 2009 elections. It had seat adjustment with the Communist Party of IndiaMarxist (CPI-M) and the Communist Party of India (CPI) which have little presence in the state now. The BJP, which was in power in the state then, had won 19 and the Congress six. Now the Congress has returned to power in the state, defeating the BJP in the May 5 assembly poll, and has begun identifying candidates for the Lok Sabha election as it wants to win more than 20 seats this time.
Indian port infrastructure in default
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angalore: With three projects worth over Rs 3,200 crore, Karnataka ranks third with share of about 40 per cent in value terms for the projects under bidding in the ports sector in the public-private partnership (PPP) mode as of April 30, 2013. “However, there are no port projects that have been completed or are under construction in the PPP mode in Karnataka,” according to the study titled 'Port Developments in India,' conducted by The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM). Kerala has the maximum share of about 40 per cent with two port projects worth over Rs 5,500 crore under bidding as of the aforesaid period. In Kerala, just one completed port project worth over Rs 700 crore has been put to service delivery under the PPP model, while two projects worth over Rs 6,200 crore are under
construction in the state “Out of the total 881 PPP projects worth over Rs 5.4 lakh crore taken up under the PPP model across India, 62 projects in the port sector worth over Rs 82,000 crore are in the different stages of implementation,” said Mr D.S. Rawat, national secretary general of ASSOCHAM while releasing the chamber's study. While 21 PPP projects in the port sector with a share of 52 per cent worth over Rs 43,000 crore are under construction, eight projects worth about Rs 14,000 crore with a share of about 17 per cent are under bidding. Of the remaining, one project is in the expression of interest stage (EOI) and one has been cancelled. Gujarat accounts for lion's share of over 50 per cent in value terms for the total number of completed projects in the ports sector worth over Rs 24,700 crore that have been put to service delivery under the PPP model.
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Cartoons, the best way to criticise politics
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.G. Road: The Indian Institute of Cartoonists presented Between the Lines, an art exhibition of cartoons & caricatures by Prashant Kulkarni. The event was inaugurated by Mr. Prabhakar Raobail, an award winning cartoonist on 6th July 2013. th Prahant Kulkarni, born on 17 Jan 1959 has been drawing cartoons for over a span of 30 years. He is prominently a political cartoonist and also draws cartoons on various walks of social life. His cartooning skill was initiated in Bangalore where he studied his engineering degree. He was inspired by the doyen c a r t o o n i s t L a t e M r. B V Ramamurthy of Deccan Herald. Later when he returned to Mumbai, he drew cartoons for various periodicals. Currently he is associated with Loksatta, a Marathi daily newspaper from the Indian Express Group. He has a lot of research work in cartooning. 'Nivadak Marathi
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Vy a n g a c h i t r a ' i s a documentation of his work. This book has been honoured by the Maharashtra State Government. He has been the President of Cartoonist Combine (Mahar ashtra). H e has
org aniz e d several workshops on cartoons in schools and NGOs. He presents a unique programme on cartooning i.e. 'Lines, Language and Laughter' comprising of audio visuals, along with live demonstrations and mimicry. He has been awarded 3rd prize in the Maya Kamath Memorial Awards Competition 2009 which is the prestigious award for Excellence in Political Cartooning.
Go! Tell them you don't act on somebody's directives! Go quickly and respond to those alegations!
Buddha and the meat
n Buddhism, the views on vegetarianism vary from school to school. According to Theravada, the Buddha allowed his monks to eat pork, chicken and beef if the animal was not killed for the purpose of providing food for monks. Theravada also believes that the Buddha allowed the monks to choose a vegetarian diet, but only prohibited against eating human, elephant, horse, dog, snake, lion, tiger, bear, leopard, and hyena flesh. The Buddha did not prohibit any kind of meat-eating for his lay followers. In Vajrayana, the act of eating meat is not always prohibited. The Mahayana schools generally recommend a vegetarian diet, for they believe that the Buddha insisted that his followers should not eat meat or fish. In the modern world, attitudes toward vegetarianism vary by location. In Sri Lanka and the Theravada countries of South East Asia, monks are obliged by the
vinaya to accept almost any food
that is offered to them, including meat unless they suspect the meat was slaughtered specifically for them. In China, Korea and Vietnam, monks are expected to abstain from meat. In Taiwan, Buddhist monks, nuns, and most lay followers eat no animal products or the fetid vegetables traditionally garlic , Allium chinense, asafoetida, shallot, and victory onion or mountain leek, although in modern times this rule is often interpreted to include other vegetables of the onion genus, as well as coriander this is called Su vegetarianism. Some Zhaijiao lay adherents do not eat any meat. Japan initially received Chinese Buddhism through Korea in 6th century. In the 9th century, Emperor Saga made a decree prohibiting meat consumption except fish and birds. This remained the dietary habit of Japanese until the introduction
of European dietary customs in the 19th century. Again around the 9th century, two Japanese monks ( Kūkai and Saichō ) introduced Vajrayana Buddhism into Japan and this soon became the dominant Buddhism among the nobility. In particular, Saichō, who founded the Tendai sect of Japanese Buddhism, reduced the number of vinaya code to 66. During the 12th century, a number of monks from Tendai sects founded new schools (Zen, Pure Land) and deemphasised vegetarianism, Nichiren Buddhism today likewise de-emphasises v e g e t a r i a n i s m . H o w e v e r, Nichiren himself practiced vegetarianism. Zen does tend generally to look favourably upon vegetarianism. The Shingon sect founded by Kūkai recommends vegetarianism and requires it at certain times, but it is not always strictly required for monks and nuns. In Tibet, where vegetables have
been historically very scarce, and the adopted vinaya was the Nikaya Sarvāstivāda, vegetarianism is very rare, although the Dalai Lama, the Karmapa, and other esteemed lamas invite their audiences to adopt vegetarianism whenever they can. Chatral Rinpoche in particular, has stated that anyone who wishes to be his student must be vegetarian.
6 Abhinav Bindra peps up aspiring Olympians July 21 - July 27, 2013
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angalore: City-based non-profit GoSports Foundation today hosted a first-of-its-kind Athletes' Conclave at ITC Windsor in Bangalore, where notable senior athletes and other eminent personalities shared their experiences and knowledge with aspiring Olympians and Paralympians on sports performance and career related topics. Aiming to provide a platform that enables interaction, information and inspiration, the GoSports Foundation Athletes' Conclave 2013 played host to top junior and elite Indian athletes across multiple sporting disciplines. "Victory is more than winning. Victory is never giving up, never losing sight of my goal. Victory is knowing that I will do whatever it takes to reach there" said Olympic Gold Medalist, Abhinav Bindra, as he flagged off the GoSports Foundation Athletes' Conclave to an audience of 83 athletes, from across the country, across 12 sports, including Swimming, Table Tennis, Cycling, Golf and Tennis, amongst others. Talking about his Olympic journey, sharing his challenges and experiences in an honest
conversation with the athletes, Mr. Bindra reassured each of the aspiring Olympians in the room that they all must cultivate the hunger for victory and that hunger will fuel their abilities to b e c h a m p i o n s . In a day that also encompassed sessions by Johan John from Nike, legendary coach Pullela Gopichand, senior journalist Sharda Ugra, nutritionist Ryan Fernando and sports lawyer Nandan Kamath, the athletes were educated on topics ranging from communication skills required to deal with the media, choosing the right sports equipment and dealing with the nutritional requirements of sport. Sports journalist Sharda Ugra said "I hope that the athletes take as much as they can from these multiple sessions, leaving this room with information that will inspire and educate them." Ms. Ugra had earlier in the day delivered a session educating the young athletes on the need for their coexistence with the media fraternity nationally and g l o b a l l y . GoSports Foundation Athlete and Golfer Chikkarangappa was quick to point out that it was the
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first time that he had seen so many athletes from multiple sports under the same roof. As the day progressed, the athletes were treated to an honest and insightful sharing by former All England Badminton Champion and legendary coach Pullela Gopichand, who urged every athlete to stay focused on being a champion. "Don't look for the faults, the bad luck or the negatives. Look at dreaming of being a champion continuously. Always stay in the dream and focus on the dream while giving everything you do a hundred percent." said the ace shuttler who "We are delighted and
grateful to have so many experts share their time and expertise so willingly in pursuit of a common goal. We had conceived this event keeping in mind our core belief that sporting champions are created when the right talent gets the right support at the right time. The small steps we have taken today through the GoSports Foundation Athletes' Conclave will contribute to the future of our nation's Olympic dreams tomorrow." said Nandan Kamath, the Managing Trustee of the GoSports Foundation.
Debut novel turns into a movie
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on't let the title fool you. A lot of ground is covered in Richard C. Morais's first novel, “The Hundred-Foot Journey”: close to 25 million feet from India to England and then France, the last leg via a tricolor caravan of used Mercedes-Benzes that chugs through much of Western Europe. This is to say nothing of the psychological distance traversed by the narrator, Hassan Haji, a Muslim boy born on the edge of a slum in what w a s s t i l l c a l l e d BombaxMillionaire” meets “Ratatouille.” Accordingly, everything is drawn in broad strokes. This novel will soon be a movie. Oscar-winner Helen Mirren
(The Queen) is set to star in the adaptation of the novel. When a family is displaced from their hometown of Mumbai, they settle in a small town in the French Alps and attempt to open an Indian restaurant — a hundred feet away from Madame Mallory's traditional French restaurant. Mirren will play Madame Mallory, a famous chef in the town who “wages war” with the family, but eventually takes one of the sons under her wing. Lasse Hallstrom (Salmon Fishing in the Yemen) will helm the project for DreamWorks. Steven Spielberg a n d O p r a h Wi n f r e y a r e producing. You need to wait until August 2014 to watch the movie on screen.
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HAL's Dhruv helicopters in Uttarakhand operations
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arathalli: HAL produced helicopters – Dhruv, Cheetah/Chetak – played a leading role in the biggest ever helicopter based rescue operation of Indian defence forces in flood and rain-hit areas of Uttarakhand recently. These copters deployed over flood and landslide affected areas in Uttarakhand performed effectively in dropping paratroopers, evacuating stranded people and in supply of food and medicines. The helicopters made hundreds of sorties in the high risk zone overcoming strong winds, visibility and with virtually no space for landing on high terrains. HAL teams were positioned at Deharadun and Delhi to ensure logistic support for the rescue
operations. Dhruv which can carry 16 passengers was the star performer. On many occasions, due to incessant rain IAF pilots could only use Dhruv as it was unsafe for other copters to land. Dhruv helicopters flew for nearly 630 hours during the operation and Cheetah/Chetak flew 5 2 0 h o u r s . “The indigenized helicopters pressed into service by the Army and the Air Force in flood-hit areas have proved their mettle in carrying out rescue and relief operations in highly inaccessible areas. We are proud of it”, says Dr. R.K. Tyagi, Chairman, HAL. HAL designed, developed and produced Dhruv helicopters have been delivered to the Indian Army,
Air Force, Navy and the Coast Guard. The are also exported. The civil version of Dhruv has been certified by the DGCA and delivered to ONGC, Govt of Jharkand and the BSF. The advanced technology features incorporated in the design of Dhruv include hingeless main rotor and bearingless tail rotor; integrated dynamic system encompassing main gear box and upper controls in a single housing; higher powered Shakti engines; integrated architecture display system (glass cockpit); duplex automatic flight control system; redundancy with twin engine, dual hydraulics and controls; 30 min dry running capability of gear boxes; crashworthy bottom structure,
landing gear, crew seat and fuel tanks with self-sealing capability; extensive use of composite material on fuselage and rotor system; integration of role and optional equipments such as rescue hoist, stretchers and cargo-hook. Dhurv also has advanced avionics (communication, navigation & surveillance), electrical mission systems. All this makes Dhruv, a versatile multi-mission, multi-role helicopter capable of operating in all-weather and extreme climate conditions ensuring high degree of reliability and survivability. Based on the expertise of Dhruv, HAL undertook the Design & Development of Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) and Light Utility Helicopter (LUH).
A STAIN ON THE ENGINEERING PROWESS SIR VISVESVARAYA
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angalore: Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) is a Collegiate public state university in Karnataka State. It was established on 1 April 1998 by the Government of Karnataka as per VTU Act 1994, to improve the quality of technical education in the state. Apart from a few notable exceptions, VTU has complete authorit y in
the state of Karnataka. It is a statutory requirement for colleges offering any program in engineering or technology in the state to be affiliated with the university. The university is named after Sir Visvesvaraya from Karnataka, the only engineer to be awarded a Bharat Ratna award, the highest civilian award in India. Jnana Sangama,
Belgaum is the headquarter of V T U . A d d i t i o n a l l y, t h e university has three regional centers located in Bangalore, Gulbarga and Mysore. Unlike before, the university has earned ill reputation for corrupt practices within. As a shocking news the Vi s v e s v a r a y a Te c h n o l o g i c a l University ( V T U ) a t B e l g a m awarded MBA degrees to f a i l e d students at the annu al
convocation held on January 7. Senior officials in VTU have hidden the fact by citing errors due to corruption of software. The software failed to show “failed” status, he said. This particular software, supplied by a reputed company, is used only for 'online examinations' conducted for MBA and M.Tech. programmes.
Of late, the race has begun for the posts of Vice Chancellors of the this university. The post has been vacant for a month at the Tumkur University. The VTU vice chancellor, Dr. H. Maheshappa's tenure already came to an end on June 30. There is little hope that the new state government will ensure transparency in the appointment process, marred by allegations of corruption during the last BJP government. Besides many academicians, Dr. Maheshappa himself is said to be lobbying hard for the VC's post. The haunting question among the public is why the process of finding a successor is often delayed. The opposition parties in Karnataka Legislative Council last week demanded the ouster of 'corrupt' Vice Chancellor of VTU and asked the government to immediately stop the ongoing appointments for the posts of Assistant Professors and Professors in the University. Mr Horatti said that rampant corruption was involved in the ongoing appointment of Assistant Professors and Professors to the prestigious University, which has nearly 200 engineering colleges in the state under its umbrella. The
higher eduction Minister R V Deshpande informed the house that the government will stall the appointments for one week and assured the members that the government would conduct an inquiry. Governor H R Bhardwaj blamed the vested interests and lashed out at the Congress governments for trying to destroy universities. He also blamed the government for trying to take away the powers of the chancellor. He also blamed the previous BJP government citing Bangalore university incident where members were hurling shoes at one another. “I know there is politicisation of universities, but I will not allow it as long as I am here. I am alone.” The Governor added. The prevailing conditions in the above mentioned universities are unhealthy and show that higher positions in the universities are under the clutches of political units. Is it not a stain on our education system and on late Sir Visvesvaraya himself for naming the university in his name?
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