Mangalore University approves challenge valuation

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April 6, 2012

muMangalore, April 6: The guidelines for implementing the challenge valuation in the various post graduate courses was approved at the academic council meeting held at Mangalore University on Thursday.

 

Mangalore University Vice-Chancellor Professor T C Shivashankra Murthy chairing the academic council meeting in Mangalore on Thursday.With this a candidate who has appeared for PG examination conducted by Mangalore University may apply through the Institution/Head of the Department for challenge valuation on payment of the prescribed fee, within 20 days after the publication of the result or 10 days from the date of dispatch of the marks cards by the Registrar (Evaluation) to the Institution/HoD, or within seven days from the date of communication of the result of re-totaling whichever is later.

 

Addressing the meeting, Mangalore University Vice-Chancellor Professor T C Shivashankra Murthy said that if there is a difference between marks awarded initially and on Challenge Valuation, the final marks shall be the average of the two awards.

 

In case the difference between the initial award and the final award is more than 10 per cent and is to the advantage of the candidate, then 50 per cent of the fee paid for the challenge valuation shall be refunded to the candidate. Grace marks shall not be taken into consideration for eligibility for refund of the challenge evaluation fee.

 

“Challenge valuation is permitted for all theory papers only. Answer scripts will be evaluated by a suitable external examiner selected from the panel of examiners approved by the Vice-Chancellor. However, such examiners should not have been valuers for that paper during the examination. The answer scripts for Challenge Valuation can also be sent to examiners or other universities, said VC.

 

12th Five Year Plan

 

The UGC had asked the University to submit the 12th Five Year Plan proposal after getting it duly approved by all the statutory bodies of the University.

 

Since the actual allocation of resources for the 12th Five Year Plan is yet to be finalised by the Government of India, the Universities have been requested to develop two parallel scenarios priority-wise, one with a hike of three times and another with a hike of five times of the 11th Five Year Plan allocation to University under both development of merged schemes.

 

Accordingly a committee was formed under the chairmanship of the Vice-Chancellor to draft the 12th plan proposals and a document titled “ Inclusive and Qualitative Expansion of Higher Education” is prepared.

 

The proposals are presented in two scenarios and are further classified under Capital Head, General Head and Salary Head.

 

Under scenario I the University has proposed Rs 40.5 crores as the required fund.

 

In scenario II Rs 65.80 crores has been proposed as the required fund.

 

Committee for PG course

 

As a college has requested the University to grant permission to start Post Graduate course in Bharathanatyam and Karnatak Music, a committee was formed to frame guidelines of the course and syllabus under the Presidentiship of Sarsa College of Fine Arts and Science Principal Dr Arati Shetty, said Vice-Chancellor Professor T C Shivashankara Murthy.

 

The regulations governing the choice based credit system (CBCS) for the two years (four semesters) Masters Degree Programmes in Bharathanatyam and Karnatak Music was presented before the academic council.

 

 

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May 9,2020

Chikkamagaluru, May 9: A young Hindu activist allegedly killed his brother at Beeranahalli in Tarikere taluk of Chikkamagaluru district in Karnataka over a board game dispute.

The accused has been identified as 26-year-old Kiran and the victim is his 29-year-old brother Arun, said police.

According to police, the duo were playing a board game on Thursday and they had placed a bet of Rs 500. 

After Arun won the game, he asked for the money and Kiran refused to yield, which lead to an argument. 

In a fit of rage, an intoxicated Kiran hit his brother and when the latter fell unconscious and dragged him on to the road.

Arun was immediately rushed to McGann Hospital in Shivamogga. However, he died on Thursday night, said police.

A case was registered at the Lakkavalli Police Station.

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Mangalore, Feb 17: The Popular Front of India (PFI) on Monday took out a march in Mangalore's Deralakatte without seeking permission, police said.

"They were only given permission for a programme but they took out a march from Madaninagar to Deralakatte," said ACP Kodanada Rama.

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April 19,2020

French Nobel prize winning scientist Luc Montagnier has sparked a fresh controversy by claiming that the SARS-CoV-2 virus came from a lab, and is the result of an attempt to manufacture a vaccine against the AIDS virus.

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The theory that Covid-19 virus originated in the lab is making rounds for quite some time.

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Professor Montagnier was awarded the 2008 Nobel Prize in Medicine for the identification of AIDS virus, with his colleague professor Franeoise Barre-Sinoussi.

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