Daily Archives: July 21, 2014

UoH faculty get patents from Europe and USA

Education, Science & Technology, World Opinion

Two faculty members of the University of Hyderabad – K.A. Padmanabhan and M. Ghanashyam Krishna, have received United States and European patents for ‘Non-Stoichiometric Titanium Nitride films’ along with M.S.R.N. Kiran, former Ph.D student of the School of Physics, UoH.

The faculty members are from the School of Engineering Sciences and Technology and Department of Physics. The application for the patents was submitted in 2008, a WIPO number awarded in 2009, European Patent in October 2013 and the US Patent in July 2014. The patent application and process was funded and facilitated by TIFAC, a division of the Department of Science and Technology, a press release said.

The patent deals with the manufacture of transparent, large band gap, high refractive index and high temperature stable non-stoichiometric titanium nitride thin films. These films exhibit different colours such as blue, magenta, brown and golden yellow, which makes them very attractive for decorative applications including artificial jewellery and watches.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Hyderabad / by Special Correspondent / Hyderabad – July 21st, 2014

Trainee boxers strike gold

Records, All, Sports, World Opinion
Chairman of Visakhapatnam Port Trust M.T. Krishna Babu with trainees of Sports Authority of India's STC at Port stadium, Visakhapatnam Shashikala (on his right) and Nikhat Zareen who won gold medals in the Golden Gloves international youth men and women boxing meet in Serbia on Monday. / The Hindu
Chairman of Visakhapatnam Port Trust M.T. Krishna Babu with trainees of Sports Authority of India’s STC at Port stadium, Visakhapatnam Shashikala (on his right) and Nikhat Zareen who won gold medals in the Golden Gloves international youth men and women boxing meet in Serbia on Monday. / The Hindu

Two girls, who are trainees of the Sports Authority of India’s Sports Training Centre at the Port stadium here, won a gold medal each and helped India finish as runner-up in the Golden Gloves international youth women boxing meet held in Serbia from July 9 to 14. Twenty five teams participated in the meet.

Nikhat Zareen and Shashi Kala have participated in the international events in the past and the former has a few medals to her credit. Nikhat, hailing from Nizamabad district claimed the 54 kg category gold medal and Shashi Kala, a native of Himachal Pradesh won the 69 kg gold medal in the Serbia meet. Their coach, I. Venkateswara Rao, a Dronacharya awardee, is also from the port city.

The medal winners and their coach were congratulated by Chairman of Visakhapatnam Port Trust M.T. Krishna Babu on Wednesday. Deputy Chairman G.V.L. Satya Kumar, Sports Officer and former Olympian M.V. Manikyalu, Administrative Officer of SAI STC T. Kishor Kumar and general secretary of AP Boxing Federation G.V. Raviraju were also present.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Visakhapatnam / by Special Correspondent / Visakhapatnam – July 17th, 2014