A three-day national workshop on ‘embedded system-based micro controllers’ for polytechnic students began at the Jyothismathi Institute of Technology and Sciences (JITS) here on Thursday.
Inaugurating the workshop, B. Rajagopal, principal, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Government Polytechnic College for Women, said there were ample opportunities for the students after completing their polytechnic courses. He urged students to improve their communication skills.
Expressing concern over excessive use of smartphones, Mr. Rajagopal urged students to accord priority to their academics.
JITS principal V. Bugga Rao said that the institute was providing classes in various controllers to the students by experts from Hyderabad to make them perfect in the subject of micro controllers.
Chairman J. Sagar Rao and director K. Venkat Rao informed the students to utilise the workshop to upgrade their skills to excel in their career.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> States> Telangana / by Special Correspondent / Karimnagar – December 15th, 2016
Home services aggregator FIXU to raise $2,50,000 for expansionTelangana IT Minister K T Rama Rao launching Fix U services. To his left is Vamshi Krishna, the founder (file photo).
Hyderabad :
Social networking major Facebook has invested $40,000 in an Indian start-up that aggregates home services. Facebook has deployed its investments in FIXU through its arm FbStart, which helps developers grow their start-ups by giving them access to tools and services and global events.
The investments will be in the form of credits that are translated into various opportunities, which include interactions with Facebook and global exposure.
Promoted by Vamshi Krishna and Nikhil, FIXU has technology that on-boards home service vendors such as plumbers and electricians. “We have roped in 170 vendors so far and currently serve Hyderabad city. We can track the entire process using automated tools,” Vamshi Krishna told BusinessLine.
Expansion
Elated over Facebook’s recognition, FIXU is looking at expansion to Bengaluru and Mumbai towards the end of 2017. “We have raised no funds so far. We are looking at raising $2,50,000 in the angel round in the middle of 2017 to fund our expansion,” Vamshi Krishna says.
Facebook is going to give them free access to Dropbox services worth $5,000 and tool kits and other services worth about the same amount for a period of 6-12 months. Besides, the team will have interactions with experts at Facebook headquarters in the US.
A mass communications graduate, Vamshi Krishna met his co-founder Nikhil, who is a JNTU graduate, at a start-up event in the city and built the product. The six-month-old start-up is currently doing an average of 25 orders a day, with an average revenue of Rs. 500 per order.
There is already a crowd of start-ups out there offering similar services. “We are very fast and economical,” he claims, when asked how their service was different from others.
Besides the two founders, the start-up has two other employees as it has outsourced software development and marketing to third-party services.
Under the programme, FIXU would also receive mentoring from the Menlo Park-headquartered tech giant’s engineering teams.
The FbStart’s programme provides free access to more than 25 services including open source tools such as React Native, FB Login and Account Kit and App Analytics.
source: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com / Business Line / Home> Info-Tech / by K.V.Kurmanath / Hyderabad – December 20th, 2016
The South Central Railway (SCR) has bagged the ‘Best Team of Rail Vikas Shivir Award’ at the three-day Rail Vikas Shivir (a brainstorming exercise of Indian Railways) held at Surajkund in New Delhi.
The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, presented the award to Ravindra Gupta, SCR General Manager. The theme presentation of the SCR on ‘Creating 3X (Three Times) Bigger Indian Railway that is Economically Viable’ focussed on conversion of existing goods sheds to outsourced goods sheds which would lead to a multiple positive impact, financially enabling substantial gains to the Indian Railways, besides increasing service reliability and satisfaction.
The impact envisages creating six times bigger terminal capacity, integrating IT-enabled supply chain logistics, capturing new streams of traffic, off-loading the overhead costs, provision of all weather warehousing facilities and making goods sheds economically viable and vibrant 24 X 7, a press release said.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> Cities> Hyderabad / by Special Correspondent / Hyderabad – November 21st, 2016
Rs.720 cr. spent on strengthening distribution system for farm supply
The Southern Power Distribution Company of Telangana Ltd (TSSPDCL) has bagged the “green grid award” instituted by the Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC) at 10th Energy Summit and 4th Innovation with Impact Awards for Discoms, in New Delhi on Friday, for its efficiency in the demand supply management and providing better services to consumers.
The award was received by Chairman and Managing Director of TSSPDCL G. Raghuma Reddy from Chairman of the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) S.D. Dubey. The Discom has been chosen for the award for reducing the demand-supply gap and the best progress made in solar generation and distribution.
Speaking after receiving the award, Mr. Raghuma Reddy said apart from creating awareness among consumers for efficient use of energy with the help of quality pumpsets, providing capacitors to the pumpsets, supply of LED bulbs and roof-top solar power generation had given good results.
He explained that TSSPDCL had spent Rs.720 crore on strengthening the distribution system for farm power supply, providing switched line capacitors, implementation of high voltage distribution system for 1,80,198 agriculture pumpsets, arranging new pumpsets complying with demand supply management (DSM) standards, separation of agriculture feeders and others.
Mr. Raghuma Reddy complimented the role of Director T. Srinivas, J. Srinivas Reddy and M. Kamaludding Ali Khan in bringing down the demand supply gap with new management methods.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Hyderabad / by Special Correspondent / Hyderabad – November 12th, 2016
He was barely 15 when he had to choose between joining the Indian Cricket team and his dad’s unfulfilled dream of becoming a doctor. He opted for the latter, slogged 18 hours a day to land at Gandhi Medical College. Today, Dr Kannaiah Thalapally, a cosmo-dermatologist stands tall among the rest for being the youngest doctor in the world to perform more than 1,300 hair transplants in seven years.
What makes him a cut above the all is that he didn’t confine himself to needles and stitches. Interestingly, he plays for the Doctor’s Cricket League and has won more than 200 Man of the Match trophies all of which adorn his home and hospital. Not content with playing at the pitch, he went all the way to Phuket to become a certified scuba diver. Despite being swamped with work at the hospital, he went on to learn Carnatic music, western and hip-hop dance, photography and martial arts.
In 2014, he and his friends opened Livyoung hair transplant and anti-aging clinic at Jubilee Hills. “It was through word-of-mouth that the hospital grew than through ads and promotions,” he says.
“Thanks to my friend Praneeth Kumar Jangili, he took up my educational burdens and also munificently helped me set up my hospital. “Like any other doctor, I am bad at handling fiances. So handling patient’s expenses and still being non-commercial is difficult,” he shares.
He attributes his success to Dr Bhavani Prasad, Dr Krishna Kiran Echchampati, Dr Sharat Putta and Dr Sunil Aspingi, his friends, siblings Manoj and sister Mamatha. His 17-member team is apparently the largest hair transplant team in the world. “It is the only surgical centre in the world that does absolute painless transplants,” he informs.
Last year, he received the Vaidya Ratna Award from the State Council.
“I often find people hitting the rock bottom after they lose their hair or skin. How much ever we debate that beauty is secondary, we have to primarily understand that looks have imperceptible yet resilient connection with our confidence,” the doc says. He says that dermal fillers, botox, peels are helping people gain confidence and make them feel beautiful.
Talking of beauty, his photography page speaks volumes about his love for cameras and vision to create memories. “I own three cameras and 10 lenses. I am perhaps the the only guy in town to own a 400 F 2.8 lens. It was sheer passion that made me learn the craft thoroughly,” he beams.
From Ladakh to Kargil, from Rameswaram to Coorg, he has been almost everywhere with his camera. “I work for more than 20 hours in a day for 20 days. The other ten , I am off to some place with my camera or play cricket,” he reveals his mantra to unwind.
Just as you wonder how he manages to squeeze it all into his schedule, he throws yet another Googly. “I was lucky to have Savitri garu as my music teacher. She would come to my house at 10 pm to teach me. She understood my time constraints as a doctor. She passed away a couple of years ago and after that I haven’t sung much,” he adds.
He, along with his seven friends contribute 15 per cent of his income towards charity. They are supporting 178 children and 46 senior citizens financially, emotionally and physically.
Along with his friend cum trainer Jackson master, Kannaiah doesn’t skip a day at the gym to get trained in kick boxing. Thanks to Jackson master, Kannaiah sports a six pack today. Jack of all trades you say? Doc of all trades is more like it.
source:http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> Cities> Hyderabad / by Purnima Sriram / Express News Service / November 09th, 2016
He discovered the malarial parasite in the intestines of female mosquito at the fag end of his stint as medical officer on these premises
The pride of being home to the discovery of malarial parasite is not something that any city would let pass without a care. The site of such historic discovery in Hyderabad, however, lies tucked away in a remote corner of Begumpet, unnoticed by many, and unused for more than six years.
The Sir Ronald Ross Institute of Parasitology, a heritage building, is under lock and key for most of the time, not open even for the visitors who might be interested in catching a few glimpses of the photo museum inside.
Nobel laureate Ronald Ross discovered the presence of malarial parasite in the intestines of female anopheles mosquito at the fag end of his stint as medical officer on these premises between 1895 and 1897, when it was a hospital for the British regimental troops. Copy of a journal entry by Mr. Ross about the discovery dated August 20 can be found in the museum, as also his drawings of the parasite.
The building later served as an “officers mess” for British regiment, and was under Deccan Airlines for a brief while. Later after accession of Hyderabad State, it was handed over to the Osmania Medical College for further research on Malaria.
However, later, the 2.5-acre premises were handed over to the Airport Authority of India (then National Airports Authority) for development of the peripheral areas of the Begumpet Airport. In 1975, with initiative from the OU Zoology department, the structure was handed over to the Osmania University, while the land remains with the AAI. After being identified as heritage structure, renovation of the building was carried out in 2010-12 with Rs.45 lakh, which has brought back the lost aura to it. However, since then, the premises remain unoccupied, with whatever research in the institute’s name, having been shifted out into the OU premises.
“Land ownership by the AAI remains a road block for any effort to develop it as a pioneering research centre for vector-borne diseases. There is no approach road to the premises. Though Rs.6.5 crore was sanctioned earlier by the Archaeological Survey of India for approach road, we could not use it as AAI denied permission,” Director of the institute B.Reddya Naik informed.
Besides, water supply too was disconnected recently by the AAI to curb illegal water tapping, which rendered the premises even more unusable. Correspondence since 1997 with the Civil Aviation Ministry for transfer of land has not yielded results.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Hyderabad / by Swathi Vadlamudi / Hyderabad – August 21st, 2016
Partnership:Rakesh Mishra, director, CSIR-CCMB, and Dr. K. Manohar, director, NIMS, after signing an MoU in Hyderabad.
This will help NIMS clinicians gather expertise in basic sciences that CCMB has established itself in
Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) and Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) signed a memorandum of understanding to improve the hospital’s capabilities in stem cell and regenerative therapies.
The MoU will help NIMS clinicians to gather expertise in basic sciences that CCMB has established itself in. The MoU was signed as part of a larger project funded by the Department of Science and Technology of Govt of India.
NIMS is also developing a bone marrow facility to conduct stem-cell transplants. The MoU gives CCMB access to clinical aspects of research and would facilitate better stem cell research.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Hyderabad / Staff Reporter / August 10th, 2016
Satya Srinivas with a portrait of his mother Photo: Sangeetha Devi Dundoo / The Hindu
Satya Srinivas pays a tribute to mothers and grandmothers at Goethe Zentrum, the space where his former house stood
Satya Srinivas grew up in Journalist Colony, Banjara Hills, before a few office complexes came up in the residential colony. His father was a journalist with Andhra Jyothi and Srinivas grew up interacting with children of fellow journalists in the locality.
Memories of the 80s and 90s are vivid, especially those associated with his mother and mothers of his friends. “We were a small family, but my mother would cook food that’s sufficient to feed 10 people. My friends used to visit frequently and she loved to feed them,” he says. A watercolour portrait of his mother is his way of paying a tribute to her.
On display at Goethe Zentrum, the very plot where his house once stood, are watercolour paintings and sketches of elderly women. “Mothers are nurturers,” he says, sharing another anecdote. “A friend, Vagesh, lived in a village in Mahabubnagar. His grandmother would cook more than required on a daily basis. There was a bus stop close to their house; passengers would get off the last bus and spend the night at the bus shelter until they get another bus at dawn. She found happiness in feeding these strangers. We rarely find such mothers and grandmothers today.”
Satya Srinivas works as a development and environment consultant, with a focus on community-based natural resource management. He exhibited his photographs along with his friend, T.Sivaji, who was showcasing his paintings, in 2004.
That exhibition, ‘The Green Shadows’, stemmed from their work in forests and tribal development. “Nothing inspired me to hold an exhibition after that,” says Srinivas.
The idea of painting portraits of mothers appealed to him. He sourced photographs from family and friends. “Some shared group photographs, a few gave passport-sized images and some didn’t share any image. I had to rely on memory,” says Srinivas. He chose watercolours to arrive at varied skin textures and moods and each painting took him anywhere from three hours to a few days, depending on the season and the type of paper used.
It’s a homecoming for him to showcase his work at Goethe Zentrum. “When I learnt that Goethe Zentrum had opened here, I was pleased. My mother played veena, my sister was a dancer and my brother-in-law was a theatre artiste. So it was heart-warming to know that our former house is now a space for education, art and culture,” he says with a smile.
On August 8, the artist will host ‘#20:Down Memory Lane’, a session with poems and memoirs of the neighbourhood; from 5.30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
#20Memoirs is on view at Goethe-Zentrum till August 13.
It’s fun when you turn one! And 100 times the fun when you turn ten. Spectrum, the Science Club of St. Francis College, organised its 10th Investiture Ceremony, RESURGENCE-THE NEW DAWN on Wednesday and needless to say, it was a vibrant and spirited event.
The event was set aboard by the principal Dr. Sister Christine Fernandes. Spectrum also chronicled its history and showcased it for the public by means of a presentation titled “The Chronicles Of Spectrum” prepared by the President of the Club, Nikhila. Sri Devi Jasthi (nutritionist), Dr Rita Kakkar (former HOD of Chemistry, St.Francis) and Jaya Shree Prakash(Former HOD of physics, St.Francis) were the chief guests for the event.
The office bearers initiated into their roles by the dignitaries and took their oath on this very day. The cultural team, led by their head Hafeez organised two fun packed performances.
Apart from entertaining activities, Spectrum Club also paid a tribute to late APJ Abdul Kalam by the means of a video presentation. The event was concluded with the Vote Of Thanks given by the Vice President of the club, Apurva.
source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> Cities> Hyderabad / by Soumya Kumar / July 28th, 2016
Banking technology solutions and services firm VSoft Technologies that has developed a mobile app for the users to receive and pay money instantly is looking forward to roll out of the Unified Payment Interface by the National Payments Corporation of India.
Confident of an early launch and announcement of the transaction charges on the UPI platform, the Hyderabad company is in talks with banks to commercialise its ‘Jeb’ app. The company will announce next month banks who would be integrating Jeb on their mobile banking platform, VSoft Technologies chairman and CEO Murthy Veeraghanta said on Monday. The highlights of the app, company executives said, are its security as well ease of use features when transferring money from one account to another. The app allows users to add multiple bank accounts, view balance and transact from any account through a single platform. The users could interact with the application even through a voice command.
An alternative to cash payment, the app can be used to conduct a host of regular payments towards the purchasing groceries, paying schools fees and utility bills.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Hyderabad / by Special Correspondent / Hyderabad – July 27th, 2016
