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Nori’s statue to be unveiled today

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The Forum For Better Bapatla is instal the statue of Padmabhushan Nori Gopalakrishnamurthy, a famous hydroelectric engineer, in Bapatla as a token of gratitude for him for bringing name and fame to the town. The statue will be unveiled at Patelnagar on Saturday by former dean, Acharya Nagarjuna Universuty, S.R Parimi. His son Kesav Nori and other guests will attend the function.

Born in Bapatla on February 16, 1910, Nori studied in Bapatla Board School and secured first rank in SSLC examination in 1924. Later he joined Guindy College of Engineering,Madras from where he graduated in Civil Engineering in 1930. In 1931, he joined the prestigious Indian Service of Engineers.

Starting his career as assistant engineer in Solapur district, Maharashtra, he worked in various capacities as Chairman, Bhakra Nangal Management Board, Managing Director of Water and Power Consultancy Organisation, Chairman, Bombay Metropolitan Region Development Authority.

He was president of Central Board of Irrigation and Power during 1967-68 and authored number of technical papers which won him awards.

Mr. Gopalakrishnamurthy is instrumental in setting up Koyna Hydoelectric Project in Maharashtra and served as chairman of Bhakra Nangal Project. He received Padmasri in 1963 and Padmabhushan in 1972 from Government of India.

During second world war, he designed and constructed aerodromes at Pune and Belgaum as well as Noval Engineering Centre at Lonovala.

He served as chairman of Indo-Bangladesh Joint River Commission and Vice-Chairman of International Congress of Large Dams.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> National> Andhra Pradesh / by Staff Reporter / Bapatla – April 02nd, 2016

Orthopaedician wins Dhanvantari medal

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He presents a paper on procedure to extend tibia bone in treating hip arthritis during APOSA meet

Guntur-based Post Graduate in Orthopaedics, Harshavardhan Surat has won the coveted Dhanavantari Medal, for an innovation in hip surgery replacing the expensive procedure of hip replacement.

Dr. Harshavardhan won the medal at the recently held state conference of Andhra Pradesh Orthopaedic Surgeons Association for his paper presentation on a procedure to extend the tibia bone in treating hip arthritis. “For those suffering from hip arthritis, the usual procedure is to treat it with ‘Milch Batchelor Osteotomy’ in which there is incision of hip joint resulting in shortening of the leg on which surgery is performed. People opt for expensive hip replacement surgery but by extending the tibia bone the operational cost could be saved,” said Dr. Harshavardhan.

He further said that hip replacement surgery would make it difficult for patients to squat and do other works usually in rural households. By winning the medal, Dr. Harshavardhan has emulated his father and noted Orthopedic surgeon Amaranath Surat, who had the medal in 1984 for his paper on ‘Compartment Syndrome.’

Best Poster Award

A case study by a team of Orthopaedic surgeons S. Amarnath, K.R.V. Karthik and S. Harshvardhan on a rare condition, ‘Total tarsal coalition’ won the award for Best Poster Award in the conference.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> National> Andhra Pradesh / by Staff Reporter / Gunturu – March 11th, 2016

Raman Fellowship for nano research centre chief

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K. Ramachnadra Rao, Lecturer in Physics and Research Director for Crystal growth and Nano-science Research Centre, Government College (Autonomous), Rajamahendravaram, was selected for the prestigious Raman fellowship for Post-Doctoral Research in the US by the University Grants Commission to carry out research on Development of Renewable Energy Recourses.

Under the fellowship, Dr. Ramachandra Rao will work at the University of Louisville under the guidance of Prof. Jessica Jesanski for a year.

According to Mr. Rao, the project is aimed at developing mechanically flexible and robust polymer films for fabrication of economic polymer-based solar cells for various applications.

Congratulating Dr. Rao, Government Arts College Principal Ch. Mastaniah said the fellowship had brought international recognition to the college.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> National> Andhra Pradesh / by Special Correspondent / Rajamahendravaram – February 20th, 2016

Vignan girls get placement in Schneider Electric

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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

10-year-old Kavya Priya does her village proud

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Kavya Priva with the Nandi award for the Best Child Artiste.- Photo: T. Vijaya Kumar
Kavya Priva with the Nandi award for the Best Child Artiste.- Photo: T. Vijaya Kumar

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

Telugu states bag 14 Padma awards

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Hyderabad :

Telangana and Andhra Pradesh once again made their mark on the national stage with 14 individuals from the two Telugu speaking states bagging the Padma awards.

Between them, the two states shared two Padma Vibhushan awards, five Padma Bhushans and seven Padma Shris for the year 2016. The awards were announced in New Delhi on the eve of the Republic Day on Tuesday.

Last year, the two states had to settle for four Padma Shri awards while the year before in 2014, unified AP had the honour of receiving two Padma Bhushans and seven Padma Shri awards.

Leading the winners this year are Ch Ramoji Rao of the Eenadu Group, who was chosen for the Padma Vibhushan, the second highest civilian award in the country, for his contribution to education, literature and journalism. The danseuse Yamini Krishnamurthy is the other winner of the award.

Chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana N Chandrababu Naidu and K Chandrasekhar Rao expressed happiness at the Ramoji Group chairman being chosen for the prestigious award. Naidu said Ramoji Rao had taken print and television journalism to great heights. He had launched ‘Eenadu’ in Visakhapatnam in 1974.

The 79-year-old Ramoji Rao, who was born in Pedaparupudi of Krishna district in Andhra Pradesh, is also a film producer with 87 films to his credit, has a chit fund business and owns a group of hotels. His Ramoji Film City in Hyderabad is a filmmaking destination for producers even from Hollywood, apart from being a tourist attraction.

Among the Padma Bhushan winners are the popular sports stars Sania Mirza (tennis) and Saina Nehwal (badminton). With the Rio de Janeiro Olympics round the corner, the awards are expected to come as a great boost to both of them. Mirza had won the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award last year.

SS Rajamouli, who made waves with his blockbuster film ‘Bahubali’ has been awarded the Padma Shri. Rajamouli, officially listed as hailing from Karnataka by the government in its release announcing the awards, is currently shooting in Kerala for ‘Bahubali-2’.

His father, K Vijayendra Prasad, told TOI that he was happy that his son has been given the award. “First of all, it is God’s grace. And secondly, he is sincere, hardworking and humble. He deserves the award,” he said.

Two other well-known personalities from the city, social worker Sunita Krishnan won the Padma Shri while gastroenterologist Dr D Nageshwar Reddy has been awarded the Padma Bhushan.

Well-known artist K Laxma Goud, cardiothoracic surgeon Dr Mannam Gopi Chand and cardiac surgeon Dr Alla Gopalakrishna Gokhale were also awarded the Padma Shri.

QUOTE
This award is not just mine, but belongs to all Telugu people who have been with me in this journey in journalism
Ramoji Rao
First of all, it is God’s grace. And secondly, he is sincere, hardworking and humble. He deserves the award
– K Vijayendra Prasad, father of director SS Rajamouli

|Telugu Winners
Padma Vibhushan
Yamini Krishnamurthy Art classical dance
Ch Ramoji Rao Literature, education & journalism

Padma Bhushan
Dr Alla Venkata ama Rao Science and engineering
Yarlagadda Laxmi Prasad Literature and education
Dr D nageshwar Reddy Medicine, gastroenterology
Saina Nehwal Sports – Badminton
Sania Mirza Sports Tennis Padma

Padma Shri
Dr Nayudamma Yarlagadda Medicine, pediatric surgery
Sunita Krishnan social work
Dr TV Narayana social work
SS Rajamouli Art Film direction & production (Officially listed as from Karnataka)

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News Home> India / TNN / January 26th, 2016

CA Final Topper Clears Exam in One Sitting, Makes Chennai Proud

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Chennai /  Vijayawada :

A 23-year-old BCom graduate from Chennai, James John Britto, has emerged the national topper in his maiden attempt in the final Chartered Accountant exam, the results of which were announced on Sunday. Trailing him was Mohan Kumar Nagolu from Thottamledu, a non-descript hamlet under Chodavaram village panchayat near Srikalahasti in Chittoor district in Andhra, who emerged second.

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A resident of Mogappair, Britto completed his graduation in Loyola College. The final exam of one of the most toughest and rigorous professional courses in the world was conducted in November. Britto’s overall score was 595 out of 800 (74.38 per cent) which secured him the first rank in the country. The CA exams are divided into three levels — Common Proficiency Test (CPT), Integrated Professional Competence Course (IPCC) and the Final Examination.

“After clearing the foundation exams (CPT), I started preparing for the intermediate exams (IPCC). Since I did not wish to discontinue, I was preparing for the IPCC alongside my UG course,” said Britto.

On strategies he adopted to clear the exam, which people with even five to 10 years of professional CA experience find tough, he said, “I stuck to my basic plan of studying hard for 10-12 hours on an average everyday and this eventually peaked during the last few weeks of preparation.”

When asked about his future plans, one thing Britto was clear about was that he wanted to work in the city.

“As of now, I am looking at employment and have kept options open regarding the nature of the company. But one thing is for sure, I wouldn’t prefer working abroad as I love working here in the city,” said Britto, son of A Raja, a leading chartered accountant.

His father being in the field for nearly 30 years was one of the factors that Britto said contributed to his great success. “My father, who is in the same industry for close to 30 years, helped me a lot during the preparations and I would say his role was crucial throughout the CA exam journey.” Of the 42, 469 candidates who took up the exam last November, only 2,440 (5.75%) managed to clear the exam.

Nagolu Mohan Kumar from Tirupati and Avinash Sancheti from Kolkata secured the second and third rank in the final exam with scores 572 (71. 5 per cent) and 566 (70.75 per cent) respectively. When Mohan received a call from Manoj Fadnis, the president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), informing him about his results, Mohan Kumar was literally on cloud nine.

“My happiness knew no bounds when Manoj Sir called me up and told me that I had secured the all-India second rank. The call was immediately followed by another one, this time from M Devaraj Reddy, vice-president of ICAI. I was thrilled and shared the news with my family,” Mohan Kumar told Express over the phone. Mohan, who pursued the CA course right from Intermediate, took coaching from Superwhiz in Vijayawada and did his articleship with Datla and Associates in Hyderabad. He attributed his success in the CA final to hard work. “Since November, four months prior to the commencement of exams, I had been studying 12 to 13 hours a day, including Sundays,” he said, opining that systematic preparation is the key for success in CA exams.

Mohan Kumar’s father N Nagaraju Reddy is a farmer, while his brother Bhanuprakash has completed his BTech. Kumar’s entire family celebrated his success with the villagers also joining them.

Going forward, Mohan Kumar said, he wanted to work with a good MNC for three-four years before going for own practice.

Meanwhile, Superwhizz principal S Venkateswara Rao said along with Mohan Kumar, the institute had bagged three more ranks within the first 50 ranks. J Harsha Sai bagged the 7th rank, M Swathi the 32nd and P Pradeep Rai secured the 50th rank at the national level. The ICAI also released results for the CPT exams conducted during the December 2015 on Sunday. The overall pass percentage for this exam was around 34.45 percent as only 34,129 out of the 99,077 candidates who appeared for it cleared the test.

source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> Cities> Chennai / by Express News Service / January 18th, 2016

JNTUK faculty achieves fourth patent for microbes

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Assistant Professor and Head of the School of Biotechnology, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kakinada, Ramesh Malothu, has achieved fourth patent and the Microbial Type Culture Collection and Gene Bank (MTCC) microbial culture deposition on ‘Mutant Aspartate Kinase Gene from Coryne Bacterium Species and its application for production of L-Lysine.’

“It is all about the mutations in coryne bacterium species has made specific change in Aspartate Kinase (AK) gene.

Due to the change in the AK gene, the expression levels of L-Lysine are enhanced. L-Lysine is an amino acid which is essential for both human and animals, but it is not supplied to the body in required quantities,” Dr. Ramesh said on Tuesday.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> National> Andhra Pradesh / by Staff Reporter / Kakinada – September 30th, 2015

MANSAS Trust to build 300 bed hospital, medical college in Vizianagaram

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Visakhapatnam :

The Maharajah Alak Narayan Society established by the royal family of Vizianagaram will establish a 300-bed hospital and medical college on 40 acres in Vizianagaram. The funds for the development and promotion of the hospital and college will be raised with the help of the Visakhapatnam Urban Development Authority (Vuda) which has partnered with the MANSAS trust to auction certain properties owned by the trust in Vizianagaram and Visakhapatnam.

Addressing media persons here on Friday, Vuda vice-chairman, M Babu Rao Naidu, said, “Around 232.5 acres of urban, sub-urban and rural real estate owned by the MANSAS Trust has been identified in the Vuda zone and surveyed for auction. Of this, 230 acres is in Visakhapatnam district alone and the remaining 2.5 acres in Vizianagaram. We will go for e-auction to ensure that all the loop holes are plugged.”

Vuda authorities said the auction process would begin from September 21 with a 2.5 acre plot of land in Vizianagaram town. According to Vuda sources, the MANSAS Trust is the richest land owner in the state, owning as it does more than 13,000 acres of urban and rural real estate in the four north coastal districts alone. The sources further disclosed that all of it was once the personal property of the Vizianagaram royal family that was handed over to the trust, which is still run by the royal family.

MANSAS representatives said that all the norms specified would be followed in building the medical college and hospital. They further pointed out that the trust runs some of the oldest educational institutions in the state and the trustees have for long been proposing the idea of developing a modern hospital and a medical college.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News Home> City> Visakhapatnam / TNN / September 05th, 2015

2-day AGM of ex-Saikorians concludes

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The two-day annual general meeting of ex-Saikorians, organised at Sainik School, Korukonda, in Vizianagaram concluded on Sunday.

Ex-Saikorians from Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada and Hyderabad chapters attended the 23rd annual general body meeting. Principal in charge and Headmaster Lt. Col. Praveen Kumar welcomed the members and told them about the achievements, development works and ongoing projects at the school during the last one year.

The senior-most former student, K. Krishna Kumar and Lt Gen K.R. Rao (Retd.) addressed the senior cadets and association members. School Registrar Sqn. Ldr. M. Subba Rao and staff members were present. The AGM is conducted to plan various welfare measures, financial issues for the uplift of the poor, needy and the orphans. Saikor Association established a few schools with the basic objective of giving back something to society, especially to poor and needy people.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Visakhapatnam / by Special Correspondent / Visakhapatnam – August 31st, 2015