Mangalore :

Mangalore University is all set to start even semester classes on its Chikkaluvara campus in Somwarpet taluk of Kodagu district from January 2.

While plans were drawn to inaugurate the campus on November 18, the mandatory presence of vice-chancellor T C Shivashankara Murthy to receive the Indira Gandhi NSS Award-2013 from President Pranab Mukherjee now means the formal inauguration will be held mid January.

However, the university authorities have decided to make best use of the infrastructure ready by commencing classes on the new campus spread over 73.4 acres of land when the even semester of the academic year 2013-14 gets underway in January 2014. For now, the university authorities will shift the post-graduate courses in microbiology and bio-chemistry to the new campus from the Field Marshal K M Cariappa College in Madikeri.

Shivashanakara Murthy said as things stand now, work on the science building and staff quarters on the campus is ready. “The work on the women’s hostel is in the final stages. If the inauguration had been held as scheduled on November 18, we would have to contend with some pending works with the arts building and the boy’s hostel,” he said, adding that work on overhead tanks and other sundry works too will be attended to in this duration.

Noting that no decision has yet been taken on naming the Chikkaluvara campus, the VC said. “Local sentiments in Kodagu district favour the campus to be named as Cauvery campus. However, the university is yet to form any opinion on this issue. This is a decision that has to be taken by the Syndicate,” he said. The Mangalore campus of the university is named Mangalagangothri.

source: http:articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Mangalore> Mangalore University / TNN / November 13th, 2013

Announces Rs. 10 lakh for hostel in Mysore

Madikeri :

“Owing to severe competition in all sectors, students, despite having acquired high qualification, find it tough to get a good job without proper guidance,” opined MLA Vasu.

He was speaking at a programme organised by Kodagu Gowda Vidya Sangha at Gowda Samaj premises here yesterday to present awards to meritorious students.

Vasu pointed out that during earlier days, just an ordinary degree was able to fetch a good job and the scenario changed dramatically over the years owing to rise in number of graduates and tough competition in the job market. He appealed to the Kodagu Gowda Vidya Sangha to construct a good educational institution to provide quality education to students of all communities.

He donated Rs. 1 lakh to Gowda Education Fund and announced that he would provide a fund of Rs. 10 lakh for modernising the Sangha hostel in Mysore. He assured to discuss with MP H. Vishwanath and Chief Minister Siddharamaiah to allot a four acre plot identified for the Sangha to establish an educational institution.

District Government Employees’ Association President Karnaiyyana Ravi, Entrepreneur D.B. Balakrishna, Sangha President Hosur Ramesh Joyappa, former Manager of Madikeri Town Co-operative Bank Kotera Seethamma, Sangha Secretary S. Erappa, Vice-President Ambekallu Naveen Kushalappa and others were present.

Scholarships and awards were presented to 62 students who excelled in studies and various competitions. Students Rashmi, Jahnavi, Helen and Chetana, who had excelled in the degree examinations were felicitated.

Teacher Ame Chandramma, who was adjudged the best teacher during Teachers’ Day celebration, too was felicitated on the occasion.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / October 28th, 2013

Science block, housing blocks for teachers, hostels ready

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will inaugurate Mangalore University’s first post-graduation study centre outside its Mangalagangotri campus at Chikkaluvaru in Kodagu district on November 18. Classes on the new campus will being in December.

The study centre, which is about 16 km from Kushalnagar, is spread on 72.5 acres of land. Vice-Chancellor T. C. Shivashankara Murthy said the government had promised to hand over another 30 acres to make the centre a 100-acre off-campus.

Prof. Murthy said that science block, six housing blocks for teachers and a hostel with 20 rooms for women and another hostel of similar size for men were ready at Chikkaluvaru. The two hostels would accommodate 160 students, 80 men and 80 women. He said the arts block was under construction.

The university is offering bio-chemistry and microbiology post-graduation courses at Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa College at Madikeri. As the first semester classes for 2013-14 have commenced, those classes would be shifted to Chikkaluvaru campus after the first semester examinations in November, the Vice-Chancellor said.

The classes of second semester for those courses would be conducted at Chikkaluvaru from December end.

The university has proposed to offer post-graduation courses in chemistry, economics, commerce and social work at Chikkaluvarau from 2014-15, he said.

Second PG centre

The government recently allotted 20 acres to the university at Belapu village, about 25 km from Udupi town, to open the university’s second post-graduate study centre.

The university has prepared a Rs. 22-crore proposal to build infrastructure at Belapu and has written to the government to release Rs. 5 crore as initial fund.

It has been planned to lay the foundation stone for the construction once the government allotted the first instalment, Prof. Murthy said.

An arts block, a science block and a commerce block, a shopping centre, hostels for men and women would come up at Belapu, he said.

Minister for Higher Education R.V. Deshpande is expected to attend the inauguration of the PG study centre.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Mangalore / by Raviprasad Kamila / Mangalore – October 25th, 2013

Varsity seeks Rs. 5 crore from government to start construction at Belapu
A proposal by Mangalore University (MU) to open a post-graduation study centre in Udupi district received a fillip with the State government allotting 20 acres for it at Belapu village, about 25 km away from Udupi town.

Vice-Chancellor T.C. Shivashankara Murthy said that the university received a letter of allotment of land from the government about 10 days ago. He said that the university has prepared a Rs. 22 crore proposal to build infrastructure facilities at Belapu and has written to the government to release Rs. 5 crore to start with.

In addition, the Joint Director of Collegiate Education, Mangalore region, has written to the government recommending releasing Rs. 5 crore as the first instalment.

If the government released the fund, construction for a block to offer arts courses would begin before the end of this year. In addition, a science block and a commerce block, a shopping centre, hostels for men and women would also come up. The courses to be offered would be decided later, Mr. Murthy said.

He said that the university’s first post-graduation study centre was coming up at Chikkaluvaru in Kodagu district. It would be inaugurated in November.

The Vice-Chancellor said that a science block, six housing blocks for teachers and a hostel for women with 20 rooms were ready at Chikkaluvaru. A hostel for men with 20 rooms and an arts block were under construction.

He said that the university was offering bio-chemistry and microbiology post-graduation courses at its Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa College at Madikeri. As the classes for 2013-14 have commenced it was not proper to shift the classes to Chikkaluvaru now.

Those classes would be shifted after the first semester examinations in November. The classes of second semester for those courses would be conducted at Chikkaluvaru from December.

The university has proposed to offer post-graduation courses in chemistry, economics, commerce and social work at Chikkaluvarau from 2014-15, he said.

Approval of the syndicate, the highest decision-making body of the university, for starting those courses would be sought in January next.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Mangalore / by RaviPrasad Kamila / Mangalore – August 26th, 2013

MLC M C Nanaiah said, higher education is yet to reach about 88.8 per cent students in Karnataka.

After inaugurating the Students Council of Field Marshal K M Cariappa College here recently, he said, only 11.2 per cent of students in the age group of 16 to 24 pursue higher education in the state.

Condolence

Condemning the accident which claimed the life of a student of the college, Nanaiah said, road accidents were on the rise in the district. The police should initiate action against speed and rash driving, he said.

Mangalore University Vice-Chancellor T C Shivashankaramurthy said, the PG Centre at Chikkaluvara in Kushalanagar will be opened in November. Principal K A Erappa was present.

source: http://www.deccanherald.com / Deccan Herald / Home> District / DHNS / Madikeri – August 28th, 2013

456 students admitted against the available 664 seats for the science courses on Day 1
456 students admitted against the available 664 seats for the science courses on Day 1
Admissions for postgraduate courses of Mangalore University for 2013-14 began on a smooth note with processes for 21 science courses of 15 departments under way on Monday.

In addition to science courses in the university campus, admissions were available for courses under the two constituent colleges of the university – University College at Hampankatta and Field Marshal K. M. Cariappa College at Madikeri.

The centralised admissions with counselling were conducted in Mangala auditorium in the university campus.

According to Central Admission and Counselling Committee chairman K. R. Chandrashekar, 456 students were admitted against 664 seats for the science courses.

He said the Chemistry department received the highest applications – 750 – for 130 seats covering Applied Chemistry, Industrial Chemistry, Organic Chemistry and Chemistry. Among that, three seats at the University College remained vacant. All 52 seats of the Physics department, which had received 320 applications, were filled. Likewise, all 55 seats of Mathematics (180 applications); 26 seats of Applied Zoology (116 applications); and 26 seats of Applied Botany (100 applications) were filled.

No takers

He said that only eight students joined the Microbiology department at Field Marshal K. M. Cariappa College at Madikeri against 26 seats. There were 13 takers for Yogic Science in the university campus against 32 seats and 12 takers for Geo Informatics against 32 seats. In Marine Geology 10 seats were filled against 22 seats.

The admission process would close on July 19. Vice-Chancellor T. C. Shivashankara Murthy, who visited the auditorium at noon, said that simplification of admission procedure this time had helped many students.

He said the university had opened a counter for issuing eligibility certificates to students who wanted it on the spot. In addition, there were four bank counters. Adithi K. T. who graduated from Vivekananda College, Puttur, with B.Sc. said that initially she was disappointed to see that her name was in the waiting list of the Physics department. However, later she was happy to get the subject of her choice under merit category. Ms. Adithi, daughter of former president of Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat K. T. Shailaja Bhat, said she was not interested in politics but in teaching.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Mangalore / by Special Correspondent / Mangalore – July 16th, 2013