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World Konkani centre to distribute Rs 2cr scholarship among 1300 students

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August 22, 2012

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Mangalore, August 22: Vishwa Konkani Student Scholarship Fund, established by World Konkani Centre, Mangalore will award Scholarships worth Rs 2 crore to over 1300 students from economically backward families of Konkani Communities studying in a wide range of academic disciplines.

The award ceremony will be held on Saturday, the August 25 at 11.00 a.m. at T.V. Raman Pai Convention Hall, Kodialbail, Mangalore, stated press release issued here by Venkatesh N Baliga, Secretary, Vishwa Konkani Kendra.

Scholarships for 480 Engineering and MBBS students will be distributed on this occasion by Oscar Fernandes, Member of Parliament in the august presence of T.V. Mohandas Pai, Chairman, Manipal Universal Learning. N. Yogish Bhat, Deputy Speaker of Karnataka Legislative Assembly will be Chief Guest of the Function. K.B. Kharvi, President of Karnataka Konkan Kharvi Mahajan Sabha will grace the function as guests of honour.

Vishwa Konkani Student Scholarship Fund

'Vishwa Konkani Student Scholarship Fund' envisages grant of educational scholarship to economically backward students having Konkani language as their mother tongue. It was instituted in the year 2010 as envisioned by the eminent thinker and corporate leader T.V.Mohandas Pai as a Stream Concept (Collect & Distribute). VKSSF has successfully raised and distributed Rs. 50 Lakhs to 162 deserving students in the year 2010 and Rs. 1.00 Crore to 547 students in 2011. VKSSF has now evolved in to a large Scholarship Programme with over 1300 beneficiaries and Rs. 2 Crore worth of Scholarships in the year 2012.

Eminent Konkani Philanthropists like T.V. Mohandas Pai, Dr. T. Ranjan Pai, K. V. Kamath, Ramadas Kamath U., Jagannath Shenoi, Dr. P. Dayanand Pai, Ronald Colaco, Madam Grace Pinto, A. Annappa S. Kamath, Rohan Monteiro, Pradeep G. Pai and joined hands with VKSSF in strengthening the stream of Funds.

This year for the Flagship Programme of Engineering and MBBS Scholarships, Online Application Window period was open from 10th June 2012 up to 10th July 2012. More than 400 applications received apart from 280 re-applications by beneficiaries of 2010 & 2011 batch. A network of referees and verifiers across the country comprising of Doctors, Chartered Accountants and Educationists worked towards selection of over 480 most deserving and meritorious students from Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra and Goa belonging to different castes and religions with Konkani as their Mother Tongue.

New Initiatives


PU and Degree Scholarship Programme


Vishwa Konkani Student Scholarship Fund has designed a new scheme to support educational quest of PUC and Degree Students with an outlay of Rs. 40 Lakhs.

In a major attempt to empower socially and economically backward Konkani Speaking people, 550 PU and Degree Students from communities such as KHARVI and KUDUBI of Karnataka state have been selected for this New Scholarship Programme. Under this scheme the students will receive Rs. 2,500 and Rs. 5,000 for I PU and I Degree respectively in the year 2012. Apart from the above, 100 Degree Konkani Students from Kerala State are also been selected for award of scholarships under the new scheme as a special thrust.

This New Scheme is in accordance to the announcement made in the last year's Scholarship Award Ceremony by Chairman of the Fund Ramdas Kamath U. Scholarships under this programme will be distributed in a separate ceremony to be held in the month of September 2012.

Study Abroad Scholarship Programme


To support the aspirations of Konkani Students who want to pursue their advanced education in reputed universities abroad, VKSSF has instituted a Study Abroad Scholarship Programme. This year 10 Such Students will be awarded Rs. 1.00 Lakh each under the programme.

Governance of the Fund


As the Fund is functioning on the basis of 'Stream' concept, the entire amount generated every year will be distributed to the beneficiaries and no separate corpus will be maintained. Contributions to the Fund will be eligible for Tax Exemption under section 80(G) of the Income Tax Act.

'Vishwa Konkani Student Scholarship Fund' is administered by a Governing Council comprising eminent personalities. U. Ramadas Kamath, Senior Vice President, Infosys is the Chairman of the Fund and Pradeep G. Pai, Managing Director of Hangyo Ice Creams Pvt. Ltd., is the secretary. The council is also guided by Basti Vaman Shenoy, the founder and the president of World Konkani Centre and Board of Trustees of Konkani Language and Cultural Foundation.

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May 27,2020

Bengaluru, May 27: Amid uncertainty caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, which has disrupted school education in Karnataka, the state government is seeking the help of the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to televise classes, a state minister said on Tuesday.

"We request you to provide minimum three channels on the Doordarshan network exclusively for the Department of Public Instruction, Government of Karnataka," Primary and Secondary Education Minister Suresh Kumar said in a letter to Union I&B Minister Prakash Javadekar.

Suggesting co-branding the channels under DD and the state education department, he asked for the channels to be mandatorily transmitted by the cable and DTH operators under the Cable Act.

The state education department has already discussed with Prasar Bharti officials, who, according Kumar, have assured 3+3 hours of timeslots on the education channel Chandana on cost basis.

"We have also made all the necessary arrangements for content creation by the teachers," he said.

Meanwhile, the minister has revealed that television is the best medium for the students as a home learning mode in these challenging times.

"The department of public instruction reviewed various technological options and considered TV as one of the best means for home learning," Kumar said.

In a survey conducted by the education department, it was found out that 95 per cent households had television sets.

Kumar said the state operates government schools in nine languages, including Kannada, English and Urdu.

"To cater to all the students, and considering a long-term strategy to run schools by maintaining social distancing, we are in immediate need of minimum three exclusive channels to teach through TV," he said.

According to Kumar, the Karnataka government is facing hardships to meet the capital expenditure requirements, hence, it is seeking help from the I&B Ministry.

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June 21,2020

Bengaluru, June 21: An assistant sub-inspector of police who was undergoing treatment for COVID-19 infection in city-based Victoria hospital passed away on the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday as he did not respond to the treatment for coronavirus.

The 59-year-old ASI was attached to the Wilson Garden traffic police station in Bengaluru. He tested positive for coronavirus on June 18 and was rushed to the COVID ward in Victoria hospital on June 19. He had fever for the last four days. His wife and two children have been quarantined. According to the police, the station has not yet been sealed down and no policemen have been quarantined.

The Wilson Garden ASI is the third Bengaluru police personnel to die of COVID-19 in the last one week. Earlier, an ASI from the VV Puram traffic police station had died undergoing treatment. On Saturday morning, a head constable from the Kalasipalya police station who was admitted at Victoria hospital passed away. The series of deaths in the police department has created fear among other policemen across the city.

One the other hand, dozens of policemen were tested positive in different parts of Karnataka today including 21 from two police stations of Bengaluru. 

Around 15 policemen from the Kalasipalya police station and five policemen from the Ashok Nagar traffic police station tested positive for coronavirus on Sunday.

In Kalasipalya, three ASIs, head constables and police constables have tested positive. In Ashok Nagar traffic police station, a probationary sub-inspector, an ASI, two police constables and a lady constable tested positive for the virus.

One more police constable working in Bandepalya police station also tested positive. Seven policemen who were in his primary contacts have been quarantined. BBMP officials have begun the process of fumigating the station premises and its surroundings.

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