Noted violinist and professor at department of music at BHU, Dr V Balaji was awarded the title ‘Violin Chakravarthy’ on the occasion
Varanasi:
Noted violinist and professor at department of music at BHU, Dr V Balaji, has been felicitated in Colombo recently.
Sri Lankan President Maithrieala Sirisena rewarded him during a programme ‘The State Music Award Ceremony’ organized by ministry of cultural affairs of Sri Lanka at Colombo, on the occasion of World Music Day.
Balaji presented a portrait of Bharat Ratna and BHU founder Pt. Madan Mohan Malviya to the Sri Lankan President on behalf of BHU.
Balaji was in Sri Lanka to participate in various events including a three-day workshop organized by Sandhwani Sangeet Niketan to mark its golden jubilee and also the centennial celebration of BHU.
He was awarded the title of ‘Violin Chakravarthy’ on the occasion.
source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News Home> City> Varanasi / TNN / July 09th, 2016
Girl students are boarding the women bus service for safe transportation.
The route of the women city bus service, ‘My Wings’ has been extended till Sarojininagar on the demand of the students of the Guru Nanak Girls Degree college, Charbagh.
As many as 32 girl students of the college had contacted the Lucknow City Transport Services, UPSRTC to extend the bus service till Sarojininagar. The women city bus service inaugurated in April had been operating between Charbagh and Engineering College.
But now it plies between Charbagh and Engineering College. “The principal of the college approached us and said that the timings of the bus were suitable for the students,” said MD, LCTS, A Rahman.
Along with 32 girls who board the bus everyday in morning at Sarojininagar, at least 45 girls board it back to home. LCTS had chosen the Charbagh-Engineering college route for the launch of the bus given the high demand.
The bus is available at every two hours from 8am till 8pm. The minimum fare charged is Rs 5 for every 4km.
source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News Home> City> Lucknow / by Neha Shukla, TNN / August 10th, 2015
Aquvio, a home grown start-up at Malaviya Centre for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship (MCIIE), Indian Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University (IIT-BHU), has been shortlisted among the top 20 semi-finalists in the Global Cleantech Innovation Programme (GCIP)-India Chapter. Only two start-ups have been selected from UP.
Aquvio innovators and civil engineering graduates from IIT-BHU, Naveen Kumar and Rohit Kumar Mittal, participated in the GCIP at UN conference hall in New Delhi where they were appreciated for their water-efficient start-up. Notably, the entries are made under three clean technology areas comprising energy efficiency, renewable energy, waste to energy and water efficiency.
The IIT-BHU graduates came up with a cost-efficient reverse osmosis-based water filtration solution that delivers potable water and promises high recovery rate of raw water unlike other water purifiers that results in increased water wastage. Technology business incubator, MCIIE, and other including former director of IIT-BHU, SN Upadhyay, senior scientist at Institute of Radioecology and Radiation Protection, Hannover (Germany), Dharmendra Kumar Gupta and former professor at department of electronics engineering, IIT-BHU, MS Maun extended help and support to them. The shortlisted semi-finalists were intimated via e-mails following which they participated in the orientation programme held at New Delhi recently.
“We sent our entry for the Cleantech Open competition that provides entrepreneurs the facilitation needed to launch and create successful clean technology ventures and start-ups. We were intimated via e-mail that we had been shortlisted among the top 20 and participated in orientation programme in Delhi,” said an elated Naveen.
GCIP was launched in 2013 by ministry of MSME, United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) and Global Environment Facility (GEF) with support of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry.
One of the main objectives of the Indian Cleantech Competition is to equip entrepreneurs with critical skills that will enable them to take their innovation to the commercialization stage or to help them scale up their innovation.
The selected finalists will be brought together at Cleantech Open Global Forum in Silicon Valley, California.
source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News Home> City> Allahabad / TNN / July 07th, 2016
A contingent of seven young Indian students who fought and beat cancer has bagged several medals in Russia in the World Children Winners Games held in Moscow between June 30 and July 2. All these participants are under 14 years of age and won 10 medals in indoor and outdoor games that were also attended by players from 14 other countries.
Yash Chandra, a 13-year-old Allahabad boy, won a silver medal in chess and a bronze medal in football. The Indian contingent won three gold, four silver and 3 bronze medals in total.
He and the other six members of the team who hail from UP, Mumbai and Hyderabad regularly visit the Tata Memorial Cancer Center for follow up check-ups. The event encourages young cancer survivors from all over the world. It is organised by the Gift of Life Foundation founded by two Russian actresses Chulpan Khamatova and Dina Korzun.
Yash was first diagnosed with cancer in his left kidney at a young age of three in 2003. He has not only survived the dreaded disease but has also become an inspiration for many who lose the fighting spirit in the life.
“I enjoyed the trip. I am so happy that I could bring medals for my country. What if these are not Olympic medals? For me and others in my team, these are nothing less than Olympics medals.” said Yash. Adding to his experience, the brave kid said, “I was very impressed by the way Russians have preserved their heritage buildings. They are so systematic.”
Manoj Kumar Srivastava, Yash’s father, said, “Events like these not only boost the morale of young cancer survivors but also spread awareness about this dreaded disease. If cancer is detected on time, these kids can also lead a normal life like my son.”
source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News Home> City> Allahabad / Rajeev Mani / July 08th, 2016
IIT-Kanpur has started technical survey in five villages close to the river.
Kanpur:
As part of its endeavour to achieve ‘aviral aur nirmal’ (continuous and clean) flow of Ganga under the Namami Gange project, IIT-Kanpur has started technical survey in five villages close to the river.
The team is working on three aspects during the survey – do villagers use toilets, where is the solid waste discharged and what is the arrangement for sanitation and water supply.
The team also found out the number of domestic animals and the arrangement for their drinking water.
Prof Vinod Tare of IIT-K, who is closely associated with the Namami Gange project, said 13 prominent educational institutions have adopted 65 villages situated on the banks of Ganga. These institutions include NIT Uttarakhand, IIT-Roorkee, Aligarh Muslim University, NIT Allahabad, IIT-BHU, ISM-Dhanbad and IIT-Kharagpur.
“These 65 villages are situated on the river bank between Alaknanda to Gangasagar. Ganga travels through seven states and covers a distance of 2,500 kms before flowing into Bay of Bengal,” said Prof Tare who has been working on Ganga for the past two decades.
Abhishek Gaur, senior project associate at IIT-K and part of the team, said the survey is almost complete in Ramel Nagar, Khayora Katri, Pratappur Hari, Hindupur and Ludhawakhera villages situated close to Ganga.
Tare said preparations are on to construct a new ghat at the barrage. He said soon the work of renovation of the city ghats will begin.
In Bithoor, beautification of the ghats would be done by Kanpur Development Authority (KDA).
source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News Home> City> Kanpur / TNN / July 08th, 2016
With a lanky figure, meritorious Vibhor Gupta is very likely to come across as a schoolboy.
But he is one who had emerged the second Kanpur topper in JEE Advanced and seventh in the IIT-Kanpur zone. He could be youngest to join IIT-K this year. Vibhor would be turning 17 on August 2.
Vibhor’s father Lav Kumar said that his date of birth is August 2, 1999 which makes him 16 year old.
“We are native of Auraiya but I got Vibhor admitted in Sir Padampat Singhania Education Centre in Kanpur to ensure that he gets good education. He used too stay in a rented room near school and prepare for JEE Advanced. He hardly had time to do anything except studies,” he said.
Vibhor said that computer science and engineering department of IIT-K is the best and therefore, he decided to opt for pursuing BTech from here.
His 80-year-old grandmother Krishna Devi, who accompanied him, said that she was literate and able to read ‘Ramayan’ even at this age.
In 2010, 14-year-old Sahal Kaushik was the yougest entrant in IIT-K. He had joined MSc physics. Sahal was the topper of Delhi JEE zone and had an AllIndia rank of 33.
source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News Home> City> Kanpur / Abhinav Malhotra / July 06th, 2016
Here’s good news on Kabir Jayanti. Decks have been cleared for an array of projects in the name of Kabir, the great poet-saint. The detailed project report (DPR) of a new museum complex and hut (Kabir ki jhopdi) at Kabirchaura Mutt, Moolgadi was submitted to the union ministry of culture this year. The remaining projects are currently in the pipeline.
The ministry of culture had sanctioned Rs 5 lakh for preparation of DPR in August last year. However, the ministry asked for some changes in the DPR and wrote to the mahanth of Kabirmutt, Moolgadi, on the same.
The revised DPR was submitted in January this year and the proposed cost of the project is Rs 4.65 crore, mahant at Kabirchaura mutt, Sant Vivekdas Acharya, said on Kabir Jayanti on Monday.
As per the DPR, a hut and a three-storeyed museum building are expected to come up in mutt premises.
The mahant said, “The rooms of the hut will be furnished with Kabir’s belongings so that devotees and tourists are better acquainted with the way he lived. Notably, the proposed hut is to come up at the exact spot where the poet’s hut was some 500 years ago.”
” A museum complex will be set up adjacent to the modular hut to store and preserve the belongings of Kabir and his successors and contemporary saints”, added Das.
source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News Home> City> Varanasi / TNN / July 04th, 2016
