Sridharani, a 7 class student of the AP Paper Mills Model High School, has passed ‘Praveena Uttarardh’ examination with distinction
At 11, she has passed the Hindi examination ‘Praveena Uttarardh’ conducted by the Dakshina Bharata Hindi Prachara Sabha with distinction, creating a record in the coastal Andhra region.
Apart from being a bright student, Sridharani, a 7 class student of the AP Paper Mills Model High School, is also active in extra-curricular activities. She nurtures the ambition to become a teacher some day.
The young girl appeared for the Pradhamika examination at the age of eight and within three years, she became the youngest student to complete the Praveen Uttaradh by scoring 72 per cent, the highest among the group in Rajahmundry. Before achieving this feat, she has crossed eight other levels which included Pradhamika, Madhyama, Rashtra, Praveshika, Vishardha Puruvardh, Vishardha Uttarardh and Praveena Uttaradh.
Over two decades ago, sending children to learn typewriting and Hindi coaching classes was very common in this locality. Hindi classes conducted by the Dakshin Bharat Hindi Prachara Sabha were a big hit in summer vacations. But with the advent of technology, computer coaching took precedence pushing to the background the other two activities.
Sridharani comes from an economically poor family and her father is bed-ridden. Her mother works as a domestic maid to make both ends meet while the little girl tries to help her mother in domestic chores whenever the time permits.
“I am eager to write the Pandit exam but my Hindi teacher told me that I’ll have to wait until I complete 18 years. I was told that a student of my age completed medicine in one of the States in our country, then why can’t I appear for the Pandit exam now?,” Sridharani wonders.
“It is for the Dakshin Bharata Hindi Prachara Sabha, the State government and academicians to take a stand and guide Sridharani accordingly,” says Seema Nallani, General Manager, Corporate Social Responsibility, International Paper, which owns the APPM.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> National> Andhra Pradesh / by Special Correspondent / Rajahmundry – April 29th, 2014
Indian institute offers two course in sports management for aspiring professionals
Retired Indian cricket great VVS Laxman (second from right) at the launch of IISM’s Dubai Campus on Tuesday. (SUPPLIED)
Former Indian Test star VVS Laxman launched a sports management institute in Dubai which aims to educate aspiring managers and professionals.
The International Institute of Sports Management (IISM), a venture of Eduhub Education, claims to be India’s first dedicated sports management training institution.
It opened the new campus in Dubai in collaboration with the Wisdom Educational Group that is running a group of professional colleges and training centres in the UAE and India.
The IISM Dubai Campus in Bur Dubai, located near the Burjman Metro Station, is equipped with state-of-the-art sports learning facilities in a 500 square metre facility.
It will be offering two sports management courses.
“Sports is becoming big but there is a huge gap in providing training facility for training professional sports managers. The UAE has spent nearly Dh42 million only to train athletes out of the UAE, but there is a huge shortage of trained sports managers. Experts come from other countries like Australia and Europe at a high consultancy fees. Many young students who are keen to pursue a career in sports management can join the courses offered by IISM in Dubai and its campus in Bombay. By next month we are planning to open a second campus in New Delhi,” said Shall Kapri, Dean of IISM.
Students will undergo training in sports marketing, sports finance, rules and regulations, ethics in sports, sport facility management, sports event staging and sponsorships, sports marketing research, sports journalism and leagues and team management.
Nilesh Kulkarni, an Indian cricketer, the founder and director of Eduhub Education, was present among other sports personalities at the launch on Tuesday.
The IISM Advisory Board includes sports personalities like Indian tennis star Mahesh Bhupathi, Development Officer of BCCI, Professor Ratnakar Shetty, and former Indian captain and commentator Ravi Shastri, among others.
Out of the two certificate courses initially offered by the Dubai Campus of IISM, the first one is a Certificate in Sports Management (CSM) to students who have completed Class XII and is spread over a period of five months, said Ahmed Rafi, Chief Executive Officer, Wisdom Education Group.
He said the second course offers short term executive certificate in sports management for working professionals over course of three to five days.
“We have collaborated with Eduhub to provide sports educational opportunities in the UAE where sports are witnessing phenomenal growth,” he added.
With major sports events like the FIFA World Cup happening in the GCC region (Qatar), there are many career openings in the sports field, he added.
source: http://www.emirates247.com / Emirates 24/7 / Home> Sports> Local / by VM Sathish / Wednesday -April 30th, 2014
Old students of ‘Kaara Mastaru’ line up several programmes to celebrate their teacher’s birthday on November 9. Katha Nilayam he established in Srikakulam was a monumental contribution to Telugu literature and an inexhaustible treasure house of reference.
Former students of St. Anthony High School here constituted a committee with Kavana Sarma (Prof. K.V.N. Sarma of Bangalore) as its president to celebrate the 90 birthday of their former teacher, noted writer, and Central Sahitya Akademi award winner Kalipatnam Rama Rao in the city.
The old students, who were taught by Kaara Mastaru, as Kalipatnam Rama Rao is affectionately and reverentially addressed, held a meeting a few days ago to constitute the committee and chalk out a programme to celebrate their master’s birthday on November 9.
Noted dermatologist and former student of Kaara Mastaru, G. Raghurama Rao, who is secretary of the organising committee, said proper celebration was needed to mark Kaara Mastaru’s fruitful career spanning 70 years, during which period he taught many students and inspired creative writers.
Laudable contribution
Katha Nilayam he established in Srikakulam was a monumental contribution to Telugu literature and an inexhaustible treasure house of reference, Dr. Raghurama Rao said. Bringing out a special commemorative souvenir with contributions from his colleagues and students, creating a website on the writer, among a host of other programmes, are being planned on that day.
Former students of Kaara Mastaru and his admirers can contact Dr. Raghurama Rao on 99890 22314 for details.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Visakhapatnam / by Special Correspondent / Visakhapatham – April 27th, 2014
Burgula Narsing Rao. / Photo: G. Ramakrishna / The Hindu
From pelting stones at the cops to hiding under Nayapul bridge, rocks were an integral part of Hyderabad’s history, says Burgula Narsing Rao
“In all Indian agitations, stones are very important!” laughs Burgula Narsing Rao. In one of the most riveting conversations we have had in our research for the documentary on the rocks and Hyderabad, he describes why he, an eminent Hyderabadi senior citizen, once threw stones!
His ancestral village is Burgula, 68km from Hyderabad. He served as its Sarpanch from 1976 to 1995. A student leader and freedom fighter himself, he has the regions’ political movements committed to a memory that is razor-sharp even at 84. I will recount here just one part of a dense, personally annotated account of the region.
To transition from the Nizam’s government, during the gap between joining the Indian Union in 1948 and the democratically elected state government of 1952, a parallel bureaucracy with officers from outside the state was brought into Hyderabad. Andhra was still a part of Madras presidency then, so Andhra officers came from there. There was simmering discontent with this Andhra bureaucracy that, in September 1952, broke out on the streets in the form of the Mulki/Non-Mulki agitation.
“It started from Warangal. I was President of Nizam College Students Union. We also called for agitation. We were not parochial and did not favour slogans like “Andhras go back”. We wanted Mulkis to be given preference in employment. We wanted officers who came after Police Action to be repatriated to their native states. We wanted education and employment opportunities.”
On September 3rd, students of City College came out agitating, were fired upon and 3 persons were killed. Students added the immediate demand, that the government hand over the bodies, to earlier demands.
On 3rd evening when Narsing Rao went home, there were summons from the Chief Minister. “I woke up Bharat Vajpayee (Secretary of Arts College Union) and took him along. Almost the entire cabinet was there and very disturbed. I reiterated that they had to hand over the bodies. My uncle, Chief Minister Burgula Ramakrishna Rao, became very emotional and promised to do so.”
Next day, September 4th about 20,000 people gathered at Osmania Hospital. “There were emotional speeches. Trouble erupted. I saw armed police all over: at the hospital, across the Nayapul Bridge (made of stone masonry, after the terrible 1908 Musi flood, under Mehboob Ali Khan’s rule). Police started firing and people scattered. We went under the bridge for protection, emerged to throw stones we found there at the police, went back under it for protection.”
“All schools, colleges were closed for one month curfew. We regrouped and demanded an inquiry into firing. The Government responded with an inquiry and the outsiders being repatriated.”
“But the one month turmoil shook the government. Nehru and Maulana Azad came to Hyderabad. At the Fateh Maidan public meeting, Nehru assured us about our demands. Next day he addressed students at Nizam College grounds: a 45-minute class on the meaning of democracy. As Chairman of the Action Committee and President of the Students Union, I was on the dais and began a vote of thanks, ‘Thanks Panditji for your advice and guidance, we will try and restore normalcy…’, when I suddenly found myself being lifted up high. It was Nehru! There are many Hyderabadis around the world, who were there that day, who still remind me of that! My mike had failed, the audience could not hear and was restive. Nehru simply lifted me and put me onto the other mike! It was one of the most exciting moments of my life.”
“Seriously though, the Telangana agitation against denial of opportunity to the Telangana people began there: in the 1952 student movement.”
Narsing Rao had a book-worthy amount of invaluable information to share. There is space here for just so much. Clearly though, those were times of passionate action for socio- political justice. Inspiring times! Somewhere in all this excitement, the stone masonry of Naya-Pul culled from our rocks gave young agitating students shelter and a means of self defence. Our rocks have been sentinels in our history and enduring protectors. They are as inspiringly strong and remarkable as the history of our region. Etched in various ways into memories of our city, they must be protected in our current development in order to remain unique markers of our city’s human and physical geography.
(The writer is a documentary filmmaker, writer and teacher.)
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> Features> MetroPlus> Rockspace / by Uma Magal / Hyderabad – April 24th, 2014
Siva Sivani Institute of Management was nominated for the Indian B-School Awards – MBA by Choice, and amidst high competition has been the proud winner of two prestigious awards – B-School Intellectual Capital Award and B-School Learned Faculty Award.
Having won several other prestigious awards in the past, these two new awards are added feathers in SSIM’s cap. The awards mark a spectacular period of change for the institution, representing genuinely remarkable progress towards achieving a set of transformational objectives.
The awards recognize the institution’s endeavour to take noteworthy steps towards its ambition of being a truly international quality business school. Welcoming the award, SSIM’s leaders feel that they are honoured to receive this accolade and it certifies all the hard work from the dedicated staff and students.
SSIM is fast moving towards being the best B-School in India with the collective success of the staff and students. The awards are a significant acknowledgment of SSIM’s focus on striving to offer quality education, research and student experience, and improving student employability.
source: http://www.smetimes.in / SME Times / Home> PR Newswire / April 24th, 2014
K Nikita who won the Leo of the Year award at a function in Visakhapatnam on Thursday
Being a civil engineering student doesn’t stop her to reach out to the deprived lot and serve society in the best possible manner.
It is this selfless attitude that made K. Nikita, III year student of Dr. L. Bullayya College, stand out from the crowd and win an international award ‘Leo of the Year 2012-2013’. As part of Leo Club Visakhapatnam Greater, a community-based youth wing of Lions Clubs International, Nikita got selected for her consistent effort serving diverse communities. Nikhita is the first person to win the award from the State and second in the country, says her father K.L.V. Krishna Rao.
Apart from being a brilliant student and an NCC cadet, Nikita has designed several projects that heighten the happiness quotient of the needy. “The club, involving 20 youngsters, provides me a platform to meet different people and understand their requirements. Visiting places such as Central Jail, Juvenile Home for Girls, old age homes and slum areas made me think beyond classrooms,” she says.
Community projects
Nikita feels creating tailor-made community projects provide an avenue to foster leadership qualities. She says, “service is contagious. It gives me immense pleasure when people benefit out of our programmes and spread the smile. The recent week-long workshop at the Central Jail saw inmates participating in a series of sports and quiz contests. I feel these people have been brushed aside by society due to varied reasons. And it is our responsibility to bring change in their lives.”
Drawing inspiration from her parents and team-mates, Nikita is confident about living her dream by utilising her time efficiently. Shuffling between studies and community work, according to her, is an art that one nurtures over a period of time. “Everything is time bound in life. It is important to plan your day. With so much to do in life, the art of living lies in enjoying what you do. And in the process, you will end up finding time for anything you want to do,” she adds.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> National> Andhra Pradesh / by Rani Devalla / Visakhapatnam – January 31st, 2014
If you think that the success of a movie depends on its casting, music and foot-tapping item numbers, you are mistaken.
The movie ‘Minugurulu’ has no such regular templates to draw the audience to the theatre hall. However, the well-made film will hardly leave its viewers disappointed as its theme is entirely different from the run-of-the-mill melodrama.
Released in 2014, the film, directed and produced by Ayodhya Kumar Krishnam Setty, grabbed special jury prize in the International Children’s Film Festival of India apart from being nominated for Best Indian Film at the 9 India International Children’s Film Festival.
To facilitate the aspiring directors understand the concept of directing message- oriented films, Vizag Film Society has taken the initiative of screening the film on April 25 which will be followed by a free workshop on filmmaking.
The director of the film is coming to Vizag to engage the wannabe filmmakers and take them through the workshop that focuses on the making of ‘Minugurulu’. “To celebrate the theme-based film’s success, we have organised this workshop. The session facilitates an interactive forum with director Ayodhya Kumar where one gets familiar with the nuances of making low-budget films,” honorary secretary of VFS Narava Prakasa Rao said.
Certificates will be given away to those who participate in the free workshop. Free screening of Minugurulu will begin at Visakhapatnam Public Library from 10 a.m. Those who want to register can contact 9052954800 or 9032477463.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Visakhapatnam / by Staff Reporter / Visakhapatnam – April 22nd, 2014
Kotnak Jangu, one of the few who can read the Gondi script, at a Gunjala Gondi script reading programme held in Hyderabad on Friday on the occasion of World Heritage Day. Veteran journalist Potturi Venkateswara Rao (left) and UoH vice-chancellor Ramakrishna Ramaswamy seem relishing the dialect. | RVK RAO
Contrary to what everybody believes as established fact that first freedom struggle in India took place in 1857, a Gondi king with the help of Muslims fought against the British in 1730 and even sent a minister to bring army from Afghanistan.
“Britishers hanged about 300 people for revolting, all this we got to know after reading Gunjala Gondi manuscripts,’’ said V Krishna, professor, Centre for Dalit and Adivasi Studies and Translation, University of Hyderabad (UoH) on Friday at the recitation programme of Gunjala Gondi Script organised on the occasion of World Heritage Day at Potti Sriramulu Telugu University.
He said when manuscripts written in Gondi script were found in Gunjala village, Adilabad district, only four people were left who were able to read the script. “With the intention of preserving the script for posterity, we are going to document the script in audio and video format,” said Krishna.
At the programme, Kotnak Jangu, one of the few who can read the script recited a few phrases from the manuscripts. “I have written my biography in the script and teaching it to youngsters of the village,” said Kotnak.
With a very few people left who can read the script, efforts are being made to teach it to the current generation. It will be taught at 15 schools in Adilabad district, said Jayadhir Tirumal Rao, visiting professor at CDAST who has been working on revival of the script for the past couple of years adding that Integrated Tribal Development Agency (ITDA) is providing funds for research on the script and came forward to establish a research centre for the script.
Appreciating the efforts of the centre in preserving the script, Ramakrishna Ramaswamy, vice chancellor, UoH said that though scripts were excavated at Mohenjo-daro, no body was equipped to read and understand them. “Now with this work of the professors, Gondi script can be integrated with its culture and sounds of the language,” said Ramaswamy. “In the future, we will teach the script to Koya, Khond, Andh tribes also. We request the government to introduce the script in all the scheduled areas,” appealed Tirumal Rao.
source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> Cities> Hyderabad / by Express News Service – Hyderabad / April 19th, 2014
J. Prithvi Reddy, recipient of the Belmondo Medal;General Secretary of Foundation Alliance Franciase, Paris, Jean-Claude Jacq and Jean-Manuel Duhaut./ Photo: Nagara Gopal / The Hindu
Director of Alliance Francaise Hyderabad is happy that the Belmondo Medal has been awarded to a Hyderabadi
Jean-Manuel Duhaut is a happy man. His stay in Hyderabad as the Director of Alliance Française, Hyderabad, which was supposed to end by August this year has been extended. “There are many coincidences in my life about coming and working in India. In 1983 I was to come and teach French in India as a visiting lecturer; then I was first assigned to Hyderabad. Just the day earlier I watched Gandhi film with my students. At that time I knew India but had no idea of a city called Hyderabad.
I looked up the map and could trace my future place of dwelling. Just when I was getting excited about my stint in Hyderabad, I was told that the place which I was supposed to take had got filled in. However my India plans as a lecturer would still be on. I was sent to Delhi,” recollects Jean.
The French language and cultural institute recently wrapped up a function where city-based J. Prithvi Reddy was awarded the prestigious French Belmondo medal that is awarded to people who have made a significant contribution to Alliance Française. This medal was designed by famous sculptor Paul Belmondo, father of the illustrious French actor Jean-Paul Belmondo. “Jean Paul Belmondo is to France what Amitbah Bachchan is to India,” explains Jean.
Prithvi Reddy was awarded the medal for his invaluable contribution and long association with Alliance Française. He helped the centre sustain when it was in a very bad crisis some years ago,” elaborates Jean.
Talking more about his association with teaching, Jean says “I chose teaching over the mandatory military service and that is how I applied for civil services abroad where we teach French at erstwhile French colonies. Many people still mistake us to be a foreign institution, but we are not. We are actually the largest controlled NGO that is only involved in teaching French and establishing a cultural dialogue between the two countries.”
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> Features> MetroPlus> Society / by Prabalika M. Borah / Hyderabad – April 10th, 2014
“Reducing maternal mortality is not only the duty of doctors but is also a social responsibility. Education of women will reduce the mortality rate as we have seen in Kerala and Punjab,” former president and eminent scientist APJ Abdul Kalam has said.
Speaking at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) World Congress-2014 held at the Hyderabad International Convention Centre (HICC) at Madhapur here on Friday, he said, “Today, 4.5 million children in the world are lacking nutritious food. We need to provide the newborn with vitamins to make our future generations healthy and strong.”
Over 3,500 doctors from 62 countries attended.
Paul Fogerty, senior vice-president and chair of RCOG, released online International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (BJOG) and people can have their doubts clarified by by sending their queries to RCOG2014.com.
David Richmond, president, in his inaugural address described Hyderabad as a beautiful city. The event will be held once in three years. Suchitra Pandit, president of the Federation of Obstetrician and Gynaecologist Societies of India, also spoke.
source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> Cities> Hyderabad / by Express News Service – Hyderabad / March 29th, 2014
