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CITD becomes the first MSME institute to go solar

Green Initiatives / Environment, Records, All, Science & Technology
INNOVATIVE:Officials demonstrating Intelligent Dustbin, that gauges the amount of waste that falls in it, a patented product of Central Institute of Tool Design.-Photo: K.V.S. GIRI
INNOVATIVE:Officials demonstrating Intelligent Dustbin, that gauges the amount of waste that falls in it, a patented product of Central Institute of Tool Design.-Photo: K.V.S. GIRI

It will expand the solar power generation to 400 KWP in the days to come

Ministry of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) goes solar with Hyderabad-based Central Institute of Tool Design (CITD) installing a 50 KWP roof-top solar energy power plant that generates close to 250 units per day. The plant is the first to be installed in all of the 300 institutes and centres that come under the MSME.

Installation of the power plant has resulted in the institute saving Rs. 2.91 lakh every six months. The CITD is expected to expand its solar power generation to 400 KWP in the coming years. Solar power, once the plant reaches its full capacity will cover about 10 to 12 per cent of energy requirements of the institute.

The next MSME institute in the city to go for solar power is expected to be National Institute of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (NIMSME), said Additional Secretary and Development Commissioner Ministry of MSME Surendranath Tripathi said at the inauguration of the plant here on Sunday.

However, other MSME institutes in Arga and Bhubaneswar are expected to install solar power plants before the NIMSME. “All of the 300 institutes in the MSME will go for solar power based on the requirement. The government has already assessed the requirement,” Mr. Tripathi told The Hindu .

Inaugurating the solar plant, Mr. Tripathi said, “The Ministry wants its institutes to be self-sufficient energy wise. The CITD has been working towards installing solar power plant much before other MSME institutes and hence it is the first in the country to get a solar power grid”. Established in 1968 the CITD is the first tool room in India. The campus offers courses to 11,000 to 12,000 students per year out of whom 300 are residential scholars.

The inaugural event also witnessed the launch of video conferencing facility for sharing live classes with sub-centres at Vijayawada, Vizag and Chennai.

CITD Principal Director Sujayat Khan informed that the institute provides four diploma courses, three Masters in Engineering courses in association with Osmania University and one M. Tech course in association with Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University. “The institute also provides vocational training and job oriented software skills for Graduate Engineers and Post Graduate Engineers.

The Placement Cell facilitates campus placement for students enrolled in the Institute,” said administrator Lt. Col. N. Ravi Chowdhary. The CITD also assists close to 2,000 small and medium industries in and around Hyderabad.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Hyderabad / by Special Correspondent / Hyderabad – July 25th, 2016

End of search for sports lovers; just login to book a playground

Arts, Culture & Entertainment, Records, All, Sports

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Hyderabad :

Struggling to find a place in the city to play cricket or indulge in other sports activities? Feeling deprived of physical activity due to lack of facilities in your neighbourhood?

It is a good news for sports lovers and fitness freaks, who are passionate about physical activity. ‘Groundwala.in’, a Hyderabad based startup, is offering a solution to people who are struggling to find a suitable place, time and team mates. One can just login to Groundwala.in and book a playground suiting their time and sport.

This new age startup, which was started in November 2015 by young entrepreneur Ankur Singh has become a hit with sports lovers and also playground owners, by attracting over 5000 active users in Hyderabad. From facility booking to sports event registrations, Groundwala.in offers a range of services to players, sports facility owners, and sports event organisers.

“Though it has been just seven months since we have launched operations, I have done lot of ground work before launching it to know about how sports events are conducted and how the venues are booked. Due to our home work and perfect planning, we could attract about 5,000 active users in Hyderabad. More than 125 sports venues have been registered with us,” said Ankur Singh, founder of Groundwala.in.

Drawing inspiration from the success story in Hyderabad, they have extended the service to other cities like Pune and Delhi. Groundwala.in is a team of six members and founder Ankur is looking forward to expand the team. While they are facilitating cricket and badminton matches right now, Ankur is planning to promote football, which is gaining popularity in the country. With big plans to extend the services of Groundwala.in to other cities, the team aspires to become a household name among sports lovers, over the next year.

But how come this young startup achieved success in just around six months of its launch? “The best investment in starting a successful startup is a good idea, which can give solution to a problem.

I myself had found it difficult to find a suitable venue to play a sport many times earlier. As Groundwala.in addresses the problems faced by sports lovers in today’s busy times, we were able to strike a chord with the customers,” stated Ankur.

source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> Cities> Hyderabad / by J. Deepti Nandan Reddy / July 13th, 2016

JITS prof. wins accolades at World Congress on Engineering

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Jyothismathi Institute of Technology and Sciences (JITS) associate professor Vankudhotu Malsoru won accolades for his paper presentation at the 24th World Congress on Engineering-2016 organised by the International Association of Engineers in London, from June 29 to July 1.

30 countries

Mr. Malsoru presented a paper on ‘domain specific performance evaluation sequential pattern mining approaches’, and won appreciation from the gathering from over 30 countries.

JITS chairman J. Sagar Rao, principal A.R. Naseer and other faculty members accorded a warm welcome to the associate professor for bringing laurels to the college and the State on Wednesday.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> National> Telangana / by Special Correspondent / Karimnagar – July 14th, 2016

Ghadis fade into history in Telangana

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Changing times:The famous Kalleda Ghadi in Parvatagiri village has been turned into a free school for the local community in Warangal district.- Photo: M. Murali
Changing times:The famous Kalleda Ghadi in Parvatagiri village has been turned into a free school for the local community in Warangal district.- Photo: M. Murali

The awe-inspiring symbol of feudal power, Manor houses, locally known as Ghadi which are found across Telangana have faded into oblivion.

Ghadis are dwelling places of people who had wielded power on local communities during and after Nizam’s era in Telangana districts. Usually a feudal lord owned thousands of acres of land and had under his control over half a dozen villages and even more. The feudal lords belonged to all castes, mostly upper castes – Reddy, Brahmin and Velama communities.

The crumbled Ghadis and ruins can be seen now. The popular Ghadis in Warangal district – the one at Atmakur owned by Reddy community had collapsed over the decades as they left the place long ago. The one at Visnur in Palakurthy mandal owned by one Ramachandra Reddy is now locked and abandoned.

Another historic Ghadi at Kalleda village owned by Velama lords in Parvathagiri is intact and was converted into a free school for the local community by the descendents of Errabelly Veera Raghava Rao.

The Kalleda Ghadi is a place worth visiting. Built on six acres of land in 1936 with brick and lime stone it has completed 80 years of existence.

The roof is a combination of jack arch and Madras chajja. The height of the two-floor building is 40 feet and the compound wall is 20 feet. It has 40 rooms in all.

The majestic Kalleda Ghadi which inspired fear among the local people is now a happy place for children hailing from downtrodden communities.

Speaking to The Hindu , Errabelli Rammohan Rao said that over the decades their families thrived in the village. Now they thought it was time to give back something to the people who served them. Starting school in the Ghadi was the best thing. “Giving education is one of the best things you can do to anybody, particularly these children who cannot afford it at all,” he said.

Besides shaping all-round development of students, the Kalleda rural school had produced sportspersons of national and international repute.

The Ghadis which are dilapidated continue to be the private property of the families and their heirs. Not many owners visit them for various reasons known only to them.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> National> Telangana / by Gollapudi Srinivasa Rao / Parvathagiri (Warangal Dt.) – July 08th, 2016

Discovery of new bacterium brings laurels to Palamuru University

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In what seems to be a prelude to the second phase of Haritha Haaram, an associate professor in Palamuru University’s Department of Microbiology has earned the rare distinction of discovering a new strain of bacteria helpful in plant growth and agro-forestry.

The bacterium, Chryseomicrobium Palamuruense, will be the first ever to be named after Palamuru (Mahabubnagar), and its discovery has led Palamuru University to create a new page in the science arena, says Professor Pavan Kumar Pindi, who isolated the bacterium from a soil sample taken from inside the university campus. The sample was collected from a drain in 2009, and its culture began a year later running into over five years of research before the bacterium was isolated.

The results of the research have been published in the International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology (IJSEM), an international peer reviewed journal of American Society of Microbiology. The publication can be viewed online after it undergoes scientific evaluation from American scientific and production evaluation.

“The bacterium aids the growth and survival rate of nursery plants and agro-forestry tree species. It has high potential as bio-fertiliser and also as enzyme producer for industrial applications,” says Prof. Pavan Kumar, adding that it aids in increasing the plant growth hormones in many agricultural crops. While there are many bacteria which aid plant growth through Nitrogen fixation, each is specific to certain host plant and the latest discovery is specific to nursery plants, Prof. Pavan Kumar says. Application of this strain as bio-fertiliser prepares the plant to withstand biotic and abiotic stress in any climatic and soil conditions.

“The same was confirmed by experiments done in collaboration with IIT-Delhi, the results of which are published in the Indian Journal of Biotechnology,” he said, and added that the novelty of this bacterium has also been recognised by the National Centre for Biotechnology Information.

The Palamuruense strain culture has been deposited in culture deposition centres of Japan, Korea, Netherlands, and Sweden for preservation for future and further research. A patent will soon be applied for, said Prof. Kumar, who also had been a postdoctoral fellow of DAAD for three years and of CCMB for five years.

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All about the bacterium

The bacterium, Chryseomicrobium Palamuruense, to be the first ever to be named after Palamuru

Professor Pavan Kumar Pindi isolated the bacterium from a soil sample taken from inside the university campus

It aids the growth and survival rate of nursery plants and agro-forestry tree species

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source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Hyderabad / by Swathi Vadlamudi / Hyderabad – July 04th, 2016

AIG doctor GV Rao receives BC Roy award

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Hyderabad :

Dr GV Rao, director, chief of surgical gastroenterology, minimally invasive surgery and transplantation services at the Asian Institute of Gastroenterology, received the prestigious Dr BC Roy National Award from President Pranab Mukherjee in New Delhi on Friday, on the occasion of National Doctors Day.

Dr Rao is one of the few surgeons in the world with enormous experience in minimally invasive endoscopy and laparoscopy surgeries. He pioneered several innovative hybrid techniques including laparoscopic assisted pan enteroscopy, intra operative cryoscopy. He is one of the pioneers in the emerging technology of Natural Orifice Trans Luminal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES) also known as ‘No Scar Surgery’.

Dr Rao is the board member of Asia Pacific Endoscopy Task Force, Asia Pacific Endo Laparoscopic Surgeons and is in the executive committees of Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology, Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy of India, Association of Minimally Invasive Surgeons of India. He is also the President Elect for the International Hepato Pancreato Biliary Association.

He is credited and acknowledged for the First Trans Oral Endoscopic Appendectomy in the world. This is considered the next big revolution in minimally invasive surgery which would decrease the morbidity of surgery.

He had earlier received government of India’s Parliament Gold Medal for his work in gastroenterology. He was awarded the honorary fellowship of the Venezuelan Surgical Society, Egyptian Laparoscopic Surgical Society among other laurels.

source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> Cities> Hyderabad / by Express News Service / July 02nd, 2016

University of Hyderabad’s journalism department is India’s best

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Hyderabad :

The department of communication of University of Hyderabad has been ranked as the country’s top-ranked department of communication and journalism of any university.

According to the latest rankings of mass communication and journalism institutions released on Sunday by Outlook India based on a national perception survey, the UoH department that has been offering masters and doctoral programmes in communication for over 25 years is the only public institution listed in the top 10 apart from Jamia’s MCRC which is a research centre. Overall, the department is ranked fourth among the top 10 colleges of mass communication in India with an overall score of 802.8 out of the total 1,000.

The department, which is part of the SN School of Arts and Communication, UoH, was ranked fourth overall and stood second in academic excellence with a score of 169.3 and third in infrastructure with 208.

Besides AJK Mass Communication Research Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia (an independent media centre), the department of communication of UoH is the only department at a public university to be featured in the top five. The rest in the list are private institutes.

“With national and international recognition for many of its faculty members, the department attracts students from across the country and a few even from abroad,” Prof. Vinod Pavarala said.

source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> Cities> Hyderabad / by Express News Service / June 27th, 2016

Not an average 8-year-old

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Suram Vignesh Arjun
Suram Vignesh Arjun

Suram Vignesh Arjun set a record in the Telugu Book of Records recently by reciting 100 Vemana poems in about five minutes

He is a just a class 4 student, and yet he can deliver many an extempore on a wide range of subjects. And, he has amazing memory.

Meet eight-year-old Suram Vignesh Arjun who set a record in the Telugu Book of Records recently by reciting 100 Vemana poems in five minutes and 45 seconds.

He shot to fame during the separate Telangana movement when he was only six years old. He eloquently spoke about the bifurcation movement and also about Jayashankar who espoused the cause.

Impressed by his extempore at one such meeting last year at Kakatiya University, Deputy Chief Minister Kadiam Srihari presented him a cash reward of Rs. 10,000 instantly.

Son of Narender, a farmer, and Laxmi, a teacher, Suram is studying in Nachinapalli in Duggondi mandal.

His uncle, Ch. Venkat Reddy, who is also a teacher, said the boy developed amazing memory when he was very young.

Whatever was taught to him, he would say the same again, said Mr. Reddy.

Having developed multi-skills, the boy came second in the sloka recitation competition, rendering 29 slokas from 11th chapter of Bhagavad Gita.

He also bagged second prize reciting C. Narayana Reddy’s poems at the Balotsav in Kothagudem in national-level competition.

Speaking to The Hindu , Suram said he spends time reading books or browsing internet searching for information for his speeches.

He does not have a television at home, which is seen as a major distraction for children.

“I want to become the Chief Minister like Mr. K. Chandrasekhar Rao or the Prime Minister like Mr. Narendra Modi after growing up,” he said.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> National> Andhra Pradesh / by Gollapudi Srinivasa Rao / Warangal – June 27th, 2016

Chaitanya, Subba Rao win Sahitya Awards

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Hyderabad :

Chaitanya Pingali, a journalist and grand daughter of freedom fighter Pingali Venkaiah, who designed the National Flag, has won the 2016 Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar (Telugu) for her contribution to Telugu literature.

Meanwhile, Alaparthi Venkata Subba Rao, better known as ‘Balabandhu’, won the Bala Sahitya Puraskar.

‘Chittagong Viplava Vanitalu (2013), a well researched work on revolutionary woman who participated in Chittagong uprising, has fetched Chaitanya Pingali the Yuva Puraskar.

She is the first Telugu girl to get Akademi’s Yuvapuraskar.

Alaparthi Venkata Subba Rao won the Bala Sahitya Puraskar for his poetry collection ‘Swarna Pushpaalu’.

The Sahitya Akademi rewards authors annually for their literary contribution in all the major Indian languages.

Dr K Srinivasa Rao, secretary, Sahitya Akademi, said that winners of Yuva Puraskar and Bala Puraskar will receive a cash award of `50,000 and an engraved coper-plaque.

Awards will be presented on a later date.

source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> Cities> Hyderabad / by Express News Service / June 17th, 2016

Paramita rewards ISEF participants

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Paramita Educational Institutions chairman E Prasada Rao has announced a cash reward of Rs 20,000 each to three students of their school, who brought laurels to Telangana with their participation in the International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) in the USA recently.

Students D Nikhitha, D Vamshi and T Meghana have won accolades for their science model “Reflected altitude triangle” from the district-level to international level.

The science model helped them travel throughout the country and also the USA. The students also shared their experiences while participating in various national and international science fairs.

At a function at Paramita High School here on Sunday, Mr Prasada Rao felicitated the students.

Directors Anukar Rao and Rashmita and others were also present.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> National> Telangana / by Special Correspondent / Karimnagar – June 14th, 2016