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Vignan girls get placement in Schneider Electric
Fifty girl students from Vignans University have bagged a job in Schneider Electric, said dean (training & placements) N. Usha Rani.
She said this was the first time that the company representatives had visited a University in the two states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana to absorb students of this region into their company.
She said the selection was meant exclusively for girl students.
A total 221 girls attended the preliminary round, 99 qualified for the interview round while 50 of them bagged the job opportunity.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Vijayawada / by Special Correspondent / Vijayawada – February 03rd, 2016
Over 1,000 IFR delegates to be accommodated in star hotels
Visakhapatnam :
Around 1,000 outstation delegates (both Indian and foreigners), who are set to make the City of Destiny their ‘home’ during the International Fleet Review (IFR) slated to be held from February 4 to 8, would be put up at around a dozen hotels in the city.
The delegates would also be treated to traditional Indian dishes wherever the Indian Navy hosts official banquets. They would also get a taste of international cuisines in the star hotels.
According to highly-placed sources in the Indian Navy, almost all star hotels (three-star and above) have been booked for the IFR delegates. All the senior naval officers of the admiral and vice-admiral ranks would be accommodated in the five-star hotels, especially those dotting the Beach Road while other delegates would be kept in three and four star hotels.
As for the cuisine, traditional Indian food from different states would be served during the official banquets including the opening and closing ceremonies as well as presidential and prime ministerial banquets. “Hyderabadi biryani, nawabi and Punjabi dishes, besides Andhra and other South Indian food are on the menu. Some of the Indian cuisines would be available at IFR villages too,” said the source, adding that Araku coffee and ‘khadi’ as a traditional fabric would also be promoted during the mega event.
A district tourism official also revealed that a special traditional lunch would be dished out to 300 delegates at an APTDC resort while they tour the tribal belt at Tyda-Ananthagiri and Borra Caves. Tribal dance would also be showcased to them at lunch time.
As of now, more than 50 countries would be participating and more than 25 chief of naval operations (CNOs) would be arriving in the city for IFR. The International Maritime Conference would have more than 85 delegates while more than 25 foreign ships are also arriving. Delegates from all major nations such as UK, USA, Australia, New Zealand, Russia, China and Japan, besides all neighbouring countries (except Pakistan) are participating in the event.
source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News Home> City> Visakhapatnam / by Sulogna Mehta, TNN / January 31st, 2016
10-year-old Kavya Priya does her village proud
At a time when most girls of her age would be happy playing, 10-year-old Kavya Priya has already become a small celebrity in her neighbourhood.
Priya recently won the Nandi Award in the Best Child Artiste category at the recently held Nandi Natakotsavams in Tirupati for her role as a son in the social play Brundavanam , penned and directed by Cherukuri Sambasiva Rao.
The play also won two other awards, the second best award in the social play category and the best story award.
Kavya Priya essayed the role of a student of a corporate school as Bujji, who is caught up in a strife in the family. On one hand, her demanding father wants her to study in a corporate school, while a doting mother cares more for her health.
“This is the first experience for my daughter, a student of Sri Satya Sai Vidya Nilayam. But she showed no signs of stage fear or anxiety as she effortlessly portrayed the role of a boy,” said her father R. Suresh Babu who lives at AT Agraharam.
“The play gives a message that families that stay happily even in the midst of turmoil are like heaven on earth,” said director Sambasiva Rao.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> National> Andhra Pradesh / by Staff Reporter / Guntur – January 31st, 2016
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State govt. rolls out the red carpet to overseas Telugus
Naidu declares open Andhra Pradesh Non-Resident Telugu Corporation
Andhra Pradesh has thrown its doors wide open to the Telugu diaspora and is all set to embrace the community with open hands.
The Andhra Pradesh Non-Resident Telugu (NRT) Corporation was formally declared open by Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu here on Wednesday. He also launched the corporation’s website and mobile application.
Endowed with rich resources, both economic and knowledge, the Telugus have always been in the forefront to contribute to their motherland.
While the Janmabhoomi programme, during the previous TDP regime, proved to be a success in roping in the NRIs, the present regime had come up with new, transparent, adaptable, and a predictable platform so that the system functioned within the governmental framework.
Support assured
Mr. Naidu assured all help from the government for the non-resident industrialists and entrepreneurs coming forward to invest in their State.
He expected the smart village programme to get the much-needed shot in the arm with the involvement of the NRTs.
Mutually beneficial
Ministers Bojjala Gopalakrishna Reddy (Environment and Forest), P. Narayana (Municipal Administration), and Ganta Srinivasa Rao (Higher Education), and TANA office-bearers Satish Vemana and Jayaram Komati hoped that the corporation would act as a mutually beneficial platform to facilitate cultural exchange between the State and its citizens living outside.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> National> Andhra Pradesh / Staff Reporter / Tirupati – January 28th, 2016
Yamini’s Padma Vibhushan has hometown jubilant
Vijayawada :
The septugenarian dance exponent Mungara Yamini Krishna Murthy did her native Chittoor district in Andhra Pradesh proud with her highest honour of Padma Vibhushan, the second highest civilian award, to be conferred on her on Republic Day. She had received Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan earlier for great contribution to Indian dance.
A legend in Kuchipudi and Bharata Natyam dance forms, Yamini was born in Madanaalli in Chittoor district on December 20, 1940. But she left her birthplace at an early age to fathom the depths of dance. She grew up in Chennai and later moved to Delhi. Yamini underwent training under the tutelage of Vedantam Lakshmi Narayana Sastry, Chinta Krishnamurthy and Pasumarthy Venugopala Sarma at Kuchipudi and Vempati Chinasatyam in Chennai, doyens of Kuchipudi dance forms.
Yamini Krishnamurthy broke the glass ceiling and forayed into the dance field, which was considered as a male bastion in those days. Sumana, a dancer and writer from Tirupati, observed, “She is a great inspiration to every artiste. Her abhinayam and expressions are marvellous and a model to emulate for all the upcoming artistes,” Sumana said. According to her, Yamini achieved an equal ease in both Kuchipudi and Bharata Natyam, a rare feet in deed. “It is a belated honour, bust she really deserves it,” sumana commented.
Dwaram Lakshmi, Head of Department of Music and Fine Arts, Sri Padmavati Mahila Viswa Vidyalayam, said it was unfair to limit her unusual accomplishments in the dance world to one particular place by virtue of it being her birthplace. She made the country as a whole proud by showcasing its culture, especially Kuchipudi, on a world platform.
source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News Home> City> Vijayawada / Gali Nagaraja, TNN / January 25th, 2016
The fellow-artistes from the district began tracing the footprints of the veteran dancer upon receiving the news of conferring Padma Vibhushan upon her. Romella Munikrishna Reddy of Bharata Muni Art Academy, Madanapalli, said with a sense of elation, “It is Yamini Krishnamurthy who found an envious place for our nondescript town on the world map after great philosopher and son of the soil Jiddu Krishnamurthy”. Although she left the place a long time ago, her hometown owned her honour gleefully.