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Prof Sandeep Sancheti appointed to head NIT-Delhi

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October 31, 2011

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Mangalore, October 31: Prof Sandeep Sancheti, Director, National Institute of Technology Karnataka has been appointed by the government to head new National Institute of Technology, New Delhi, which is set up by the Union government.

Prof Sanchethi will be completing his present term on November 17.

He holds a Ph.D from the Queens University of Belfast, U.K. He obtained his B.Tech (ECE) from Regional Engineering College, Warangal (NIT Warangal) and M.Sc.(Engg) from Delhi College of Engineering (Delhi Technological University) in 1982 and 1985, respectively.

He began his career at M.B.M. Engineering College, Jodhpur as Assistant Professor in Dept. of ECE. Subsequently, he was an Associate Professor, Professor and Head of Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering at Malaviya Regional Engineering College, Jaipur and Dean (Academic) at Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur. He was also the Principal Coordinator of QIP (Poly) programme of AICTE, Government of India and Chairman of NIMCET, an all India MCA entrance test. He has more than 25 years of teaching, research and administrative experience

His major area of research interest is High Frequency Electronics, R.F. Circuits and Systems, Microwave Antennas and Semi-conductor Device Modeling. He has to his credit more than 75 research papers in national, international journals and conferences.

He is recipient of Commonwealth Scholarship & Fellowship under Colombo Plan from 1992-1995. He has also been awarded SERC Fellowship from D.S.T., Government of India in 1998 and UKISTRF award from British Council in 1999-2000. He has undertaken several sponsored research activities, projects and consultancy from many reputed organizations from time to time.

He is a Life fellow of Institution of Electronics & Telecommunication Engineers (FIETE), Life member of ISTE (LMISTE), Life Fellow of Broadcast Engineering Society (LFBES) and Member of Institution of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (MIEEE), USA. He has served in the capacities of Honorary Secretary and Chairman, IETE, Rajasthan Centre and is currently serving as Vice-President IEEE MTT India Chapter.

He is a founder member of Indo-US Collaboration on Engineering Education (IUCEE), Member of Academic Advisory Board of Microsoft (India), Member of GOI Committee on up gradation of Govt. Engineering Colleges and a Member of team to conceptualize the Technical Education Quality Improvement Program-II (TEQIP II) – a World Bank Assistance program. He was a member of Govt. of India Science and Technology delegations to USA and Republic of Ireland. He is a member of South-Western Regional Council, AICTE Bangalore. He is on the Editorial Board of Journal of “Services Research”. He is also on the panel of number of Academic Bodies, Governing Boards, Selection and Advisory committees at National level.

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February 27,2020

Kalaburagi, Feb 27: Kalaburagi police has issued notice to AIMIM leader Waris Pathan to appear before the investigation officer to give his statement in connection to the controversial statement that he recently made during an anti-CAA rally.

"We have already served notice to appear and the date is 29th. He is supposed to give his statement. Some people have already recorded their statements," said Kalaburagi Police Commissioner MM Nagaraj.

Recently while addressing an anti-CAA rally in Kalaburagi, the AIMIM leader had said: "Time has now come for us to unite and achieve freedom. Remember we are 15 crores but can dominate over 100 crores."

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August 4,2020

Bengaluru, Aug 4: Karnataka on Tuesday reported its biggest single-day spike of 6,259 Covid-19 cases and 110 fresh deaths, taking the total infection count to 1,45,830 and the toll to 2,704, the health department said.

The day also saw a record 6,777 patients getting discharged after recovery, outnumbering the fresh cases. Out of 6,259 fresh cases, a total of 2,035 cases were from Bengaluru Urban district. The previous biggest single-day record was on July 30 when the state added 6,128 cases.

A bulletin from the department said cumulatively 1,45,830 Covid-19 positive cases have been confirmed in the state and it included 2,704 deaths and 69,272 discharges. Out of the 73,846 active cases, as many as 73,212 patients were stable in isolation at designated hospitals while 634 in the intensive care units.

Among the fresh deaths, Bengaluru Urban accounted for 30 followed by Dakshina Kannada (13) and Mysuru (9).

Most of the people who succumbed either had a history of Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) or Influenza-like illness (ILI), the bulletin said. Besides Bengaluru Urban, the other districts which reported higher fresh cases on Tuesday are Mysuru 662, Kalaburagi 285, Ballari 284, Belagavi 263, Dakshina Kannada 225, Davangere 191, Dharwad and Hassan 188. Bengaluru Urban district continued to top the list of positive cases with a total of 63,033 infections, followed by Ballari 7,638 and Dakshina Kannada 6,388.

Among discharges too Bengaluru Urban tops the districts with 27,877 discharges, followed by Ballari 3,724 and Kalaburagi 3,470. A total of 14,89,016 samples had been tested so far, out of which 42,458 on Tuesday with 29,488 being rapid antigen tests.

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May 8,2020

Bhatkal, May 8: In a shocking development 12 new coronavius positive cases were detected in Bhatkal town of Uttara Kannada district in a single day. 

Around 20 days ago an 18-year-old girl in Bhatkal was tested positive for the covid-19. The source of this infection was the First Neuro hospital located at Padil in Mangaluru where a covid-19 patient from Bantwal had undergone treatment. 

Now, the Bhatkal girl’s family members and neighbours also have tested positive for the deadly virus. Madeena Colony, Usmainya Colony, Nawayath Colony, Tengungundi Cross, Hindu Colony, Kukti Nagar, Jali Cross and Azad Nagar are sealed down by officials after the confirmation of new cases. 

Those infected include a 5-month-old baby, elderly people aged 60, 75, 83 and children aged 3, 11 and 12 years. 

Meanwhile, Kumata-Honnavar MLA Dinakar K Shetty has written to Uttara Kannada DC urging the complete seal down of Bhatkal taluk.

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