Union Sports Ministry sanctions Rs. 5.50 crore for the Foundation
Bangalore :
Budding athletes in Kodagu and surrounding districts have all reasons to smile as Ashwini Nachappa’s Sports Foundation at Kaikeri near Gonikoppa in Kodagu district will be converted into a national training hub for athletics with the installation of an eight-lane synthetic athletic track.
The sports foundation arena will be installed with synthetic track worth Rs. 5.50 crore. The idea of installing synthetic track was mooted by former international athlete Ashwini Nachappa in 2010 for which the Union Sports Ministry gave an approval at the beginning of this year. The Sports Ministry has decided to sanction the facility under the National Sports Development Scheme and is expected to the benefit the budding and national level athletes.
Sports Authority of India (SAI) Netaji Subhas Southern Centre, has signed an 30-year agreement with Ashwini’s Sports Foundation for utilisation of Synthetic Athletic Track and allied infrastructure to be built in the coming days.
The Rs 5.50 crore agreement was signed by Roque Dias, Regional Director, SAI and Arjun Awardee Ashwini Nachappa who is Founder and Managing Trustee of the Foundation, according to the sources.
The new facility at Kodagu will enable Sports Authority of India to conduct National Camps and organise sports events. The ministry is expected to release first installment (25 percent of the total cost) along with the finalisation of tender for the installation of the synthetic track. Technical Committee comprising of officials, experts and Olympians will look into the works which are expected to commence in November this year.
The entire project will cost Rs. 9.90 crore. With the Union Government funding Rs. 5.50 crore, the foundation will have to raise Rs. 4.40 crore.The Foundation is already being helped by Biocon’s Kiran Mazumbdar Shaw, Mohandas Pai and the Embassy Group to run the existing the facility. The foundation has 28 trainees and athletes between age group of 12-19 years in which few of them have already made a mark at the State and National level.
With Government coming forward to the support such initiatives, it will definitely help in country producing quality athletes who could make our country proud at international level.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports News / July 22nd, 2014
Capt (IN) Ben H Berson assumed charge as the new principal of Sainik School Kodagu, at Kudige, near Kushalnagar, Kodagu district, recently.
After assuming charge, he said, “Every life needs a dream, every dream needs a plan, every plan needs a team”. He said, with team spirit, India can become the best country and Sainik School Kodagu, the best school in the world.
He briefed about his plan of action, expressing that his prime area of concern was development of intellectual and emotional faculties of cadets and staff as well as academic infrastructure in the campus.
Earlier, Berson was accorded an elegant guard of honour and received by Wg Cdr M K Khan, the headmaster, and Lt Cdr A P Ajesh, the registrar. A special assembly was held on the occasion, wherein the headmaster introduced the incumbent principal. During the function, Princy Berson gave away prizes to cadets, who had excelled in various competitions. Saira Khan, president of the Kodagian Ladies Club, was present.
Captain (IN) Berson had headed the faculty for Basic Sciences and Humanities at INA Ezhimala earlier. After getting his engineering degree from Karunya, Coimbatore, he was commissioned as a direct entry officer into the Education Branch of the Indian Navy in 1991.
He has served as instructor and registrar at the erstwhile Naval Academy at Goa and Senior Education Officer at INS Dronacharya and INS Shivaji. He was also the Deputy Director at the Naval Institute of Education and Training Technology, Kochi.
source: http://www.deccanherald.com / Deccan Herald / Home> District / Mysore, DHNS – June 19th, 2014
Students from Sister City Cincinatti, USA, at a tea estate in Kodagu. Seen are (from left) teacher Sarah Langenderfer, Jack Langenderfer-10th grade, Sam Krimmer-11th grade, Sister City President Dr. Ratee Apana, Kevion Howzie-10th grade and Molly Giglia-11th grade. These students are from two schools in Cincinnati — Walnut Hills and Schroeder.
Mysore :
High School students from Cincinatti — Molly Giglia, Sam Krimmer, John Langenderfer and Kevion Howzie — together with teacher Sarah Langdenderfer are in city to see their Sister City, learn about high school students here, their daily lives and get a feel of the culture of Mysore.
They were given a warm welcome by students and staff of Kautaliya Vidaylaya who will also perform a small cultural piece for these students. They will visit and spend time in the classroom at St. Joseph’s School. They will meet with students from Rotary School in Mysore, who will accompany them on a service learning session at the NGO Odanadi. On this visit, they have seen Shravanabelagola and Brindavan Gardens. They experienced Mysore city through the Royal Mysore walking tour company, visited Chamundi Hill as well as the Palace.
They spent two days in Kodagu at Dubare, Siddapur, Kutta, Nagarhole and the interactive park in Kadamakolli. Students learnt about tea and coffee cultivation and enjoyed many different plants, fruits and wild animals of the area.
Teacher Sarah Langenderfer has created a blog for their visit.
Varsha Vittal and Dr. Ratee Apana, President of the Cincinnati Sister City Association are in Mysore to assist with their arrangements in Mysore together with Vice-President of the Sister City Association Dr. Pat Niskode and MaryAnn Niskode in Cincinnati to make this visit a success.
Many families in Kodagu especially Kolera Tuckoo and Puthli, Karthamada Nirmala and Suju and H. Vittal and Sujatha Vittal welcomed students into their homes. They have a good understanding of the cuisine and day-to-day life of their hosts.
“We would like to encourage Mysoreans to contact us and connect with the students. They would love to visit a typical Mysorean home and learn about students their age in this city. We are waiting for a committee in Mysore to be set up that can help us strengthen and sustain this relationship,” said Ratee Apana, speaking to SOM.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / June 14th, 2014
Indian Coffee Board is set to launch a program to train people to be coffee makers or baristas. (Thinkstock)
In an effort to make coffee available and more popular across the country, especially in tea dominated northern India, the Indian Coffee Board is set to launch a program to train people around the country to be coffee makers or baristas. The ‘Barista training program’ of the Indian Coffee Board, involving a specially crafted syllabus will guide aspirants interested in coffee on the various aspects of coffee making, and will be launched in July according to the chairman of the Coffee Board Jawaid Akhtar.
Trainees will study the different types of coffee seeds, the right temperatures for roasting them, the best ways of grinding, and the right chemistry for a good coffee, says Akhtar who is also Chairman of the International Coffee Council. Trainees will be taken on a study tour to research centers of the coffee board, its coffee estates and will be given an internship opening at coffee chains. When they graduate from the program the coffee board with certify its trainees as qualified coffee makers, the Coffee Board chief said.
“Youngsters, especially those who have stayed abroad and have imbibed the global work culture are drawn to coffee in a significant way. Many see coffee making as a trendy thing to do. With coffee being affordable we want to create more interest in coffee making at home,” Akhtar said. In offering coffee courses for amateurs the coffee board is following in the footsteps of similar initiatives seen in emerging markets like China, Brazil, Russia and South Korea where coffee drinking has received huge impetus in recent times including home brewing.
The Indian Coffee Board’s Barista training program will allow aspiring coffee makers to train at its headquarters in Bangalore or the coffee board will depute its staff to conduct group classes in any part of the country, the head of quality control at the coffee board K Basavaraj said.
While the fee for the four-week training program has not been fixed the coffee board claims that it will run the program on a not-for-profit basis aimed purely at skill development and employment generation. “A similar program in a private institution will cost nothing less than a lakh,” a member of the coffee board faculty for the program said
“Indian coffee beans like Robusta and Arabica have earned fame the world over but very little is known about it in the Indian market. Consumers in cities like Mumbai, Delhi, Chandigarh and other parts.
source: http://www.financialexpress.com / The Financial Express / Home> Commodities / by Harsha Raj Gatty, Bangalore / June 17th, 2014
In a bid to maintain the quality of education, Coorg Institute of Dental Science has limited its student intake to 40 a class.
Nestled in the womb of the Western Ghats in the hilly highlands of Coorg is the Coorg Institute of Dental Science (CIDS). As you reach the institute you begin to wonder if you have arrived at a holiday spot, for, so breathtaking is the panoramic view from the top. The aesthetic essence of the tile-roofed stone buildings amidst the greenery is hard to ignore. The buildings of the institute are built by cutting the slopes to tuck in the brick and mortar structures. The mist covered mountains, the rich foliage and the specks of the tiny town of Virajpet below is a sight befitting the Gods.
Built on a sprawling 35-acre space, the institute boasts of excellent infrastructure and well qualified and dedicated staff. The institute is run by a Trust and Managing Committee consisting of members of the Kanjithanda family. The management of the institute is by a group of professional doctors and the managing trustee, Dr Sunil Muddaiah is an orthodontist. The Institute is the dream project of the father son — duo, Dr Sunil and his father KK Aiyappa. In fact the campus is called ‘Kanjithanda Kushalappa Campus’ after the patriarch. The institute is recognised by the Dental Council of India and the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi.
The management believes that the quality of education can only be enhanced by a small class. Hence the intake of students is limited to 40. Monthly tests and a unique system of evaluation of students with the help of counsellors, who are senior members in the faculty has ensured good results.
The institute churns out nearly cent percent results since its inception in 1999. An interesting trend is that the girls outnumber the boys in a ratio of 85 per cent:15 per cent. Dr Sunil says this is probably due to the safety and security provided in the campus. Not to mention the ambience and climate.
The institute is affiliated to the Virajpet General Hospital and the Tata Hospital, Ammathi. There are 100 chair modern Dental Hospital with round the clock service. The dental hospital also has a modern major operation theatre with anesthesia facilities. Attached to the operation theatre is a 30 bed in-patient ward. Latest equipments in Dentistry like OPG and RVG units; Ceramic Laboratories and casting units, latest audio visual aids and Minor OT’s are available.
A Department of Implantology which is the third in the country under the Global Oral Implant Academy (GOIA) is fast developing. The management says a new special dental wing with state of the art facilities comparable to European standards and way above any similar existing facilities in the country is taking shape in the campus.
The department conducts frequent dental and screening camps. ‘Doorstep Dentistry Project’, is a unique programme where the staff and students go door-to-door in the far flung villages of Coorg and conduct basic dental check-ups and impart dental health education.
The number of patients treated through these camps touch 70,000.
While dental education is the focus, the all-round development of the students are also borne in mind. Facilities for a host of indoor and outdoor games are provided on campus. A full-fledged aerobic centre, gymnasium and a club for student activities is made available. There’s a film show twice a week and an auditorium with modern audio and visual aids are some of the other attractive amenities.
An internet kiosk with VSAT facility allows for easy communication. Hostel facilities are provided for all students in the campus.
The campus kitchen serves both vegetarian and non-vegetarian food. Fast food joints and coffee shops within the campus are popular with the students.
source: http://www.archive.deccanherald.com / DH Education / Home> DH Education / by Anjali Kariappa B / August 17th, 2006
MYSORE: An orphan girl, who was once forced to work as a domestic help at HD Kote, has cleared the SSLC exam, the results of which were announced on Monday.
Pavithra D, 17, a native of Hardenahalli in Davanagere, was taken to HD Kote and made to toil till city-based Juvenile Home for Girls rescued her in 2009. She continued her studies from Class 5 at People’s Park School. Now, she has scored 302 marks in SSLC. Pavithra told TOI: “After PU, I will pursue higher studies in a fine arts college. I also want to be a singer.”
Siblings Chubbakki, 17, and Mallige, 16, who hail from Kushalnagar in Madikeri, have been the inmates at Juvenile Home for the past two years. They have scored 318 and 297, respectively. Kavya, 15, from Hassan, has scored 297, while Hema, 16, from Madikeri, has scored 283 marks.
Juvenile Home has another reason to cheer. One of its inmates passed SSLC exam in first class. Chaudamma, 16, of Malligehalli in Shimoga, said: “I have scored 399. I had chicken pox during exams. I would have scored well had I been well then.” Speaking about her future plans, she said she aspires to become a “good teacher” to teach poor students. Sahana, 18, of Mandya, has scored 365, just 10 marks short of being first
class.
source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Mysore / TNN / May 13th, 2014
Nagamma J H, probationary officer of Juvenile Home, said that this is the first time that they have achieved 100% results with seven inmates clearing the exam.
A pretty girl from city of palaces Mysore Ranya studied in Bangalore but completed her engineering in Electronics and Communications from Gonikoppa of Coorg district. Taking up acting course in Mumbai Ranya got offer and rushed in the middle for the meaty offer in Kichcha Sudeep film ‘Maanikya’. Ranya is also well versed in Martial arts and dance.
Ranya like the present day ultra modern girl obeyed her parent’s advice to obtain good education. Ranya considers Sudeep as mentor in acting. As a traditional girl she goes to foreign country and meets Sudeep in the film.
What score the media and Kannada audience would give for Varalakshmi and Ranya will be known on Thursday as ‘Maanikya’ is set for release on May 1. With Ramya the charm of silver screen moving to politics who would occupy the place is a strong guess. There are already ‘R’ letter starring heroines in Kannada – Radhika Pandit, Raagini, Radhika Kumaswamy, Ramya Barna and others.
source: http://www.indiaglitz.com / Indiaglitz / Home / Wednesday – April 03rd, 2014
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
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