1. Home
  2. ABVP to hold mega project exhibition and competition for engineering students

ABVP to hold mega project exhibition and competition for engineering students

May 9, 2012

Shristhi

Mangalore, May, 9: The Karnataka state unit of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad will be organising 'Srishti-2012' a state level project exhibition and completion for engineering students from May 12 to 14 at Shayadri Engineering College near here.

Announcing this at a press meet here on Wednesday, Kumar Alva, General Secretary of 'Srishti-2012, said that nearly 2000 students from more than 75 engineering colleges from across the state will be participating in the event. Also technical experts from corporate sector, academic arena and the related will visit the event, he said.

“This year Srishti has received an overwhelming response from the technical students' fraternity. More than 700 final year project were submitted from which only the best 250 are selected by a panel of experts. Also more than 500 technical paper presentation and 200 hobby projects under the event Avishkar were submitted; out of which only 200 TPP & 100 hobby projects are selected respectively. The number of college participation has increased to 100 compared to the previous 'Srishtis' with students across all the branches of engineering participating this year. Also a new competition under the event 'Idea Impact' has been introduced this year, wherein the student will present their innovative ideas on the topic “Science and Technology for Social Empowerment and Solution to Problem faced by the Nation. More than 75entries were submitted under the category wherein only the best 35 ideas are selected. The Technical paper presentation and Idea Impact competition will be held on May 13 and also the project will be evaluated by industry expert and faculty members on the same day”, he said.

A reception committed under the adept Chairmanship of Sudhir Ghate, Chairman, Magnum Intergrafiks Pvt. Ltd. has been formed and also an organizing committee under Chairmanship of Devdas Hegade, Principal Shayadri College of Engineering and Management to look after the arrangements.

Mr Alva said, the inaugural function will be held on Saturday May 12, at 4.30 pm. Chief Minister of Karnataka was graciously agreed to inaugurate this this day technical extravaganza. Nalin Kumar Katil, Member of Parliament, Mangalroe, along with E.S. Chakravarthy, Centre Head, TCS Bangalore will be the chief guests. Also the mammoth gathering of budding engineers will be addressed by chief speaker N. Ravikumar, Zonal Organizing Secretary ABVP presided by Sri Manjunath Bhandary, Chairman, Bhandari Foundation, Adyar.

The second day of 'Srishti-2012' will witness a special talk at 3.30pm on “Understanding India” by Shradhalu Ranade, Renowned Scientist, Chennai. This session will be presided over by Sri Kirti C Shah, Project Leader- Cardolite Specialty Chemicals India Pvt. Ltd. Also a cultural program has been organized at 6pm wherein “Rastra Devobha” a patriotic play will be presented by Santana Natyalaya.

A special seminar on “When medicine met engineering- opportunities and scope in India and the developing world" will be held at 11am. Eminent Pharma scientist Dr. Praveen Bhat Gurpar, MBBS Phd (USA) will be sharing his views and interacting with the students on Monday.

The Valedictory and the prize distribution session will be held on at 4.30pm on Monday. The Minister for Science and Technology Sri Anand Asnotikar, Siddaih, Principal Secretary for Higher education and Sri Suhad Gopinath, youngest CEO in the world, presently Chairman, Globals Inc. will be present as chief guests. Prizes worth Rs 3 lakh will be awarded under various categories including the championship trophy, runner up trophy and student friendly award. The national Vice-President of ABVP Dr. Raghu Akmanchi will be addressing the function as chief speaker with Sri Yogish Bhat, Deputy Speaker, Legislative Assembly, as the president.

The exhibition will be open for public from May 13, 10am onwards, he said.


Comments

Add new comment

About text formats
  • Coastaldigest.com reserves the right to delete or block any comments.
  • Coastaldigset.com is not responsible for its readers’ comments.
  • Comments that are abusive, incendiary or irrelevant are strictly prohibited.
  • Please use a genuine email ID and provide your name to avoid reject.
coastaldigest.com web desk
July 25,2020

Chennai, July 25: A widow living alone in her apartment in Chennai city suburbs has filed a police complaint against ABVP national president Dr Subbiah Shanmugam, accusing him of harassment, including urinating and throwing used surgical masks at her doorstep.

Shockingly, no action has been taken so far by the police, even though the complaint against Dr Shanmugam, who is in government service, was filed on July 11 at the Adambakkam Police Station here by the widow’s relative Balaji Vijayaraghavan. 

Dr Shanmugam and the 62-year-old widow were living in the same apartment complex in Nanganallur and an argument broke between them over a parking slot. “He wanted to use our parking lot. We agreed but demanded a nominal charge for using it. He was outraged by our demand and even broke our signboard at the parking lot,” Vijayaraghavan wrote in his complaint.

He also alleged that Dr Shanmugam began harassing her by throwing “pieces of chicken” outside her apartment despite knowing she is a vegetarian. Vijayaraghavan also alleged in his two-page written complaint that the ABVP National President had urinated outside the woman’s apartment gate and had been throwing garbage and used masks at her gate.

The 62-year-old woman has been living alone in her apartment for the last year following her husband’s death. In his complaint, Vijayaraghavan also said the family was “concerned about her safety”, while asking police to take action against Dr Shanmugam, who he says, “has a bad track record in maintaining rapport with neighbours.”

CCTV footage corroborates with the allegations of urinating outside the residence of the widow. However, the ABVP claimed the incident as a “malicious and derogatory propaganda” by the Congress’ student wing of NSUI.

Also Read: Finally FIR registered against ABVP national president for allegedly harassing widow

Comments

Add new comment

About text formats
  • Coastaldigest.com reserves the right to delete or block any comments.
  • Coastaldigset.com is not responsible for its readers’ comments.
  • Comments that are abusive, incendiary or irrelevant are strictly prohibited.
  • Please use a genuine email ID and provide your name to avoid reject.
News Network
March 15,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 15: The Karnataka government on Saturday issued a statement saying that surveillance and containment measures against the spread of coronavirus have been increased in the state.

"In the wake of coronavirus scare, 104 Arogya Sahayavani (call centre) has reserved 20 lines for receiving calls for COVID-19," read the statement.

It also read that the dedicated seating at the 104 call centre has been increased to 40 and one person form 108 call centre will be responsible for coordinating with the ambulance services.

The statement also read that the government had arranged an orientation for the medical college staff to train them to deal with coronavirus patients.

While six people from the state were reported positive of coronavirus, the Union Ministry of Health, one amongst them was a 76-year-old man from the Kalaburagi region and he died due to co-morbidity.

The state Health Department Commissioner has said that the Telangana government has been notified about the man's death as he was also admitted to a hospital there.

So far, 84 people have been infected with COVID-19 in India.

Comments

Add new comment

About text formats
  • Coastaldigest.com reserves the right to delete or block any comments.
  • Coastaldigset.com is not responsible for its readers’ comments.
  • Comments that are abusive, incendiary or irrelevant are strictly prohibited.
  • Please use a genuine email ID and provide your name to avoid reject.
News Network
August 9,2020

Bengaluru, Aug 9: Swollen rivers and flood-like situation continue to threaten lives and property in several parts of Karnataka that have been ravaged by torrential rains over the last few days.

Though there has been a respite from the downpour in some parts, rivers continue to flow above the danger mark, inundating low lying areas in several parts of Malnad, coastal and interior Karnataka.

There are also reports of continued landslides in hilly areas of Kodagu and Chikkamagaluru.

In Dakshina Kannada, heavy rains have submerged several areas in Bantwala and Belthangady, among others, with the Netravati river overflowing and also water being released from nearby dams.

Officials said incessant rains in Cauvery river catchment areas have led to increased inflow in the Krishna Raja Sagara dam in Mandya district. Water is being released from it and people living in low lying areas have been warned, they said.

There is also a flood-like situation in Najanagudu and nearby areas of Mysuru as the swollen Kapila river has inundated roads connecting Ooty in neighbouring Tamil Nadu, with water being released from Kabini dam.

There has been some respite from heavy rains in certain parts of Kodagu, which has been ravaged by floods and landslides. However, several areas of the district continue to be in deluge with the Cauvery and Lakshmana Tirtha rivers overflowing due to rains in the hilly areas.

There are also reports of landslides in some parts of the district.

Meanwhile, continuing rains are hampering the search operation by NDRF and authorities to locate five people, including the priest at Talacauvery, the origin of the river Cauvery, who had gone missing due to massive landslides at Bramhagiri hills on Wednesday night.

There are also reports of landslides at a few places in Charmadi ghat region of Chikkamagaluru and the road connecting to Dakshina Kannada has been closed temporarily.

Though Belagavi district has had some respite from the heavy rains, flood like situation continues to persist as the Krishna river and its tributaries are swollen due to continued inflows because of rains in neighbouring Maharashtra.

Inflow has also increased to the Tungabhadra dam of Ballari district due to rains in the catchment areas of Shivamogga and Chikkamagaluru.

Authorities have alerted people living in low lying areas about opening dam gates to release water anytime with rising inflow.

There is a similar flood like situation in parts of Yadgir, Raichur and Bagalkote districts with water being released from various dams.

The state government has released ₹ 50 crore for emergency relief and has announced ₹ 10,000 as immediate relief each to affected families.

An amount of ₹ 5 lakh has been announced for completely damaged houses, while in the case of partially damaged ones, relief will be distributed considering the extent of damage.

Comments

Add new comment

About text formats
  • Coastaldigest.com reserves the right to delete or block any comments.
  • Coastaldigset.com is not responsible for its readers’ comments.
  • Comments that are abusive, incendiary or irrelevant are strictly prohibited.
  • Please use a genuine email ID and provide your name to avoid reject.