235 students and 19 institutions receive Yenepoya academic excellence awards

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February 20, 2012

Mangalore, February 20: Yenepoya Foundation, a unit of Yenepoya Moideen Kunhi Memorial Educational and Charitable Trust, distributed academic excellence awards to 235 students and 19 institutions for their performance in SSLC, PUC and undergraduate degree examinations in 2010-11.

Mangalore MLA U T Khader distributed the awards at a function organized at indoor stadium of the Yenepoya University.

Speaking on the occasion he said the talent in a student should not be confined for obtaining marks but it should encompass all areas including discipline.

He said that it was a frightening fact that the number of educated and qualified people is rapidly increasing in illegal activities, crime and corruption throughout the country. We should seriously think on it, he said.

Mr Khader also urged that more and more students from rural area should plunge into higher education and compete with urban students.

Delivering the introductory remarks, B Ahmed Haji Mohiuddin, Chairman of the Thumbay Group of Institutions chairman, informed that as many as 2055 students and 35 institutions had submitted applications for the academic excellence awards.

The Foundation distributes academic excellence awards to students excelling in SSLC, PUC and undergraduate degree examinations and motivates them through scholarships every year.

These awards are given to students of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts of Karnataka and Kasargod district of Kerala purely on basis of merit. The recipients of these awards are around 200 every year and the total annual budgetary allocation for this is around Rs 10 lakh. For the year 2010-11 the foundation is giving awards for 235 students and 19 institutions.

He said the award is given to individuals who have scored highest percentage in respective examinations (SSLC, PUC, BA, Bcom, BSc, BBM, BEd,BCA) and to a few minority institutions which have scored 100 % result in their respective examinations. The selection committee consists of YMK Foundation members who select the awardees as per procedure and strictly on the basis of merit. The award consists of cash awards ranging from Rs 3000 to Rs 10,000 and certificates. Yenepoya foundation is also giving excellence awards for the meritorious children of the employees of Yenepoya group who have scored highest percentage in respective examinations.

As a Social commitment , Yenepoya Foundation also sponsors five seats each in MBBS, BDS, BSc (Nursing) and BPT every year to the Yenepoya Medical, Dental ,Nursing and Physiotherapy colleges which are based on merit cum means for the students from Karnataka state and Kasargod districts. Out of which, one seat in each course is reserved for orphans, sponsored by the orphanages, he said.

Yenepoya Mohammed Kunhi, Chairman, Yenepoya Group, presided over the programme. Yenepoya Abdullah Kunhi, Chancellor, Yenepoya University, Dr P Chandramohan, Vice Chancellor and Dr C P Habeeb Rahman, Chairman, Unity Health Complex were present among others.

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Udath M
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Tuesday, 23 Aug 2016

The prestigious \ Yenepoya Academic Excellence Award\", which is given every year to the deserved , meritorious and needy students , is an indication of the SOCIAL OBLIGATION which the benefactor institution is having in the real sense. Hardly few (finger count) institutions are having this kind of practice and one lively example as per my knowledge is concerned is the \" Shyamanuru Shiva Shankarrappa Education Foundation which is, convening similar programme in the name and style \"S S Jana Kalyana Trust \". Khudos to Yenepoya Foundation for convening this auspicious mission of lending supporting hands for the fulfillment of ambition for good education of the students community as a whole. Spending Rs.10,00,000/- every year on this, can be defined with a popular simile in Kannada language \" KEREYA NEERANU KEREGE CHELLI \" . Thank You and keep it up Sir."

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June 7,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 7: An eminent scientist on Sunday suggested a shift system in schools to prevent spread of the coronavirus and continuing with online classes with focus on project-based learning in a big way to promote creativity.

Former Director General of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) V K Saraswat supported the idea of online teaching in the absence of regular classes in view of closure of schools due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

But, he said it should be organised in far better and more interactive ways so that delivery of knowledge can be better. The NITI Aayog member stressed the need for schools to have a strategy when they reopen keeping in mind the safety of students.

May be they will have to organise shifts so that within the same space they can handle the students; May be they will have to employ more teachers, and they can run two shifts. "May be half the strength in a class can come in the morning and others in the afternoon.

Or students of first to sixth standard can come in the morning and seventh to tenth can come in the afternoon, Saraswat told PTI. Reopening strategy will have to be worked out by the education department, added the former Chief Scientific Advisor to the Defence Minister.

Along with normal classes, online education should be continued as a regular system in future, and promoted in a big way because that is the way technology is going to help delivery of knowledge, he added. Saraswat also raised the pitch for reforms in the education sector, saying India is facing the problem of rote learning.

Rote learning has to give way for more project-based teaching, he underlined. Children should be made to work on projects at home and that can be done online. That will also support the changeover from rote learning to creative learning.

I personally believe the education delivery system -- primary, secondary and college levels -- has to be completely changed because creativity in India is less and creativity would come only if we replace rote learning with project-based learning, Saraswat said.

On some academics holding the view that the marks-based model is killing the education system in India as it does not promote creativity, he said evaluation of any outcome is important. Even when we perform in our normal way, evaluation cannot be replaced.

Otherwise, you cant find out how much you have succeeded in delivery. Certainly evaluation cannot be dispensed with. He did not agree with some experts, who favoured a single, uniform system for school education in India by dispensing with CBSE, ICSE and state boards. I am not for normalising everything in life.

I personally believe variety should be there. This concept of one kind of a system is okay for a Communist society, society which was trying to drive everybody like a herd, he said.

Creativity comes with variety, and there is nothing wrong in having different kinds of education system, but one thing which is important is we have to integrate vocational training as part of the education curriculum," Saraswat said. Vocational part cannot be kept away from the education system, he added.

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February 4,2020

Bengaluru, Feb 4: The CBI has booked Karnataka cadre senior IPS officers Hemant Nimbalkar and Ajay Hilori along with eight others in connection with Rs 4,000-crore I-Monetary Advisory (IMA) scam in which gullible investors were allegedly cheated in the name of Islamic banking, officials said on Tuesday.

The move came after the CBI received an approval from the Karnataka government to proceed with investigation into alleged role of 1998-batch IPS officer Nimbalkar and 2008-batch IPS officer Hilori, they said.

Along with the two officers, the agency has also named the company IMA, its founder Mansoor Khan and others in the case.

The CBI had approached the state government seeking permission to proceed against the two officers who are in senior positions in the Karnataka Police and allegedly helped IMA founder Masoor Khan, they said.

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June 29,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 29: Former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah along with Congress leaders on Monday rode a bicycle from his residence to Minsk Square to protest against the hike in fuel prices.

KPCC President DK Shivakumar was also seen riding a bicycle along with other members of the Congress party to Minsk Square where the party staged the protest.

During the protest, Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar along with party leaders carried a bike on their shoulders.

"We are carrying out our duty today. At the time of the UPA government's rule, when there was any hike in fuel prices, several BJP leaders had made bold statements. It is ironic that today, at the time of this COVID-19 pandemic, even despite the price of barrels falling, they have increased fuel prices," said Shivakumar.

"In Delhi, diesel prices have exceeded petrol prices. We must protest against this. The DCP can file whatever case he wants to. Despite several cases against us, we have never been shaken up. They are inconveniencing people and causing the people to burn in hell. These people must be protected," he added.

With the hike in fuel prices, the petrol prices stand at Rs 83.04/litre (increase by Rs 0.05), and the diesel prices stand at Rs 76.58/litre (increase by Rs 0.13) in Bengaluru, according to a price notification of state oil marketing companies.

The Congress has termed the increase in the prices of petrol and diesel as "unjust" and "thoughtless", and urged the Central government to roll back the increase with immediate effect and pass on the benefit of low oil prices directly to the people.

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