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MIT's unmanned aerial vehicle bags laurels abroad

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October 4, 2011

Manipal, October 4: Following the successes of Formula Manipal cars in competitions overseas, another team of Manipal Institute of Technology students brought back laurels from the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) AeroDesign 2011 competition held at Lockheed Martin Corporation, Georgia, USA between April 29, 2011 and May 1, 2011. They displayed the unmanned aerial vehicle at the Innovation Centre of MIT here on Tuesday.

AeroMIT team as they are called, built an unmanned aerial vehicle for the annual international SAE competition. SAE is an international body for engineering professionals in the aerospace, automotive and Commercial Vehicle Industries. Present on the occasion were vice chancellor of Manipal University, Dr K Ramnarayan and director MIT Dr Kumkum Garg.

Briefing the gathering, Ibrahim Kaleel, a third year aeronautical student said that the Team secured 13th in Oral Presentation Round and 15th in Design Round out of 75 teams. The overall position was 29th out of 75 after the flight rounds. The team received critical appreciation from NASA's next-generation transport aircraft engineers for its systems engineering report and was one among the top five teams. In this regards, team received a Certificate of Completion from NASA Headquarters.

The AeroMIT Project started towards the end of 2009 and the team was successful in turning a mere concept into reality in time for the AeroDesign Competition which was celebrating silver jubilee this year. The competition features 3 classes: Regular, Micro and Advances. The team entered the Regular Class, where the aim is to carry maximum payload.

Seventy five teams from across the globe took part in the competition. The AeroMIT team started on a high note with successful test-flights at Cobb County Radio Control Modeler's Club at Marietta. The competition kick started with technical inspection and design presentation at Hilton Conference Centre, Marietta, which the team cleared with great ease. The plane was evaluated by judges from US space agency NASA, aircraft manufacturers Lockheed Martin, Gulfstream and Dassault Systems.

The team comprises Parth Khare leader (fourth year, aeronautical) Shekhar Jha, (fourth year, mechanical), Samdarshi (fourth year, mechanical), Karan Bhise (third year, aeronautical), Ibrahim Kaleel (third year, aeronautical), Kumar Mrityunjay (fourth year, mechanical), Katayan Sinha (fourth year, mechanical) and Arun Kumar (third year, aeronautical). Sheikh Adil Anwar (third year, aeronautical), Pratik Mukherjee (Second year, mechanical) and Akash Budhia (fourth year, IT) looked into the management aspect. Dr. Ramamohan Pai and Mr. Manikandan M, Department of Aeronautical and Automobile were the faculty advisors for the team.

Project was sponsored by Aditya Birla Group and Anu Projects Consultants and Engineers. They sponsored an amount of 2.5 lakh and 1 lakh respectively.

The team is working to take part in SAE AeroDesign West 2012 to be held at California from March 16 to 18, 2012. Team has recruited new students to the team. This year the team is taking a great leap and would be entering two classes: Regular Class and Micro Class.


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Vice chancellor, Dr K Ramnarayan talks to the students who designed the plane for the competition in Georgia, USA

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The plane which was built by AeroMIT for the competition in Georgia, USA

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January 7,2020

Bengaluru, Jan 7: Slogans of ‘Inquilab Zindabad’ rent the air at Town Hall on Monday evening as thousands of students, social activists, lawyers, doctors and theatrepersons among others staged a protest to denounce Sunday’s attack on the students and faculty of New Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU).

“This is unacceptable. As students living in hostels, we are now worried about our safety,” said Prakruthi Kishore, a student of National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bengaluru.

Rishi Kumar, a student of Indian Institute of Science, pitched in. “JNU is an extremely protected university located in the national capital. It’s surprising that such an incident occurred amid tight security.”

Delhi police and the government need to wake up and take stringent action against the goons, Kumar said, adding: “Students can’t be treated like puppets. The government needs to act immediately.”

“The government is behaving shamelessly by sending goons to threaten students and professors of JNU,” said Alokanath Pandit, a lawyer.

With “Zor se bolo-azadi, tum din me maaro-azadi, hum raat me ayenge-azadi,” drowning the cacophony of traffic at the intersection, the sloganeering reached a crescendo around 6pm as the protesters raised their hands in a show of solidarity with the beleaguered JNU community.

Theatrepersons Prasanna and Arundathi Nag, farmer leader Kodihalli Chandrashekar and social activists Tara Krishnaswamy and Srinivas Alavilli were present at the protest venue. “It is not fair that educational institutions are now becoming the target. First, they hiked fees and now they are attacking students. What is the government doing,” Arundathi asked.

“JNU has always been an institution which has raised its voice against atrocities across the country as its students harbour no fear. This is an alarm bell for the country and the government to wake up. Students are the future and can’t be targeted,” she added.

Chandrashekar said Narendra Modi is unfit to be the Prime Minister as he doesn’t keep his word. “Modi said he will help farmers but has done nothing for them. He said he will provide employment to students but is now making them furious,” he said.

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July 16,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 16: Aiming to forge a citizen-government partnership in combating the Covid pandemic, the Karnataka government is seeking plasma donations from survivors for a token appreciation of Rs 5,000, a minister said on Wednesday.

"I request all those who have recovered from Covid-19 to donate plasma and save lives. As a token of our appreciation, we will give Rs 5,000 to patients who come forward and donate their plasma," said Medical Education Minister K. Sudhakar.

He said the battle against the pandemic can only be won through citizen-government partnership.

On Wednesday, Covid cases swelled by 1,975 infections in Bengaluru, ground zero for the pandemic in the southern state, raising its total number of cases to 22,944, out of which 17,051 are active.

In the past 24 hours, the state as a whole registered a record 3,176 cases, raising Karnataka's tally to 47,253, even as 87 people succumbed to the virus.

Meanwhile, Sudhakar said 8,134 booth level workforce will conduct a house to house survey along with other Covid control measures in Bengaluru.

He said many locals and block level officers will be the members of the workforce.

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August 1,2020

Mandya, Aug 1: In a terrific incident, a college student has stabbed his own mother to death in Karnataka’s Mandya town over a trivial issue. The police have managed to nab the accused. 

According to police, the boy was irked by his mother rebuking him for staying out with his friends late in the night.

On Wednesday (July 29), she scolded him for not listening to her advice, following which he stabbed her to death, the official said. 

The student was arrested on July 30. He reportedly confessed to the crime. 

A police officer said that the woman was upset over her son frequently spending time with his friends till late in the night.

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