Monthly Archives: December 2016

Workshop on micro controllers begins

A three-day national workshop on ‘embedded system-based micro controllers’ for polytechnic students began at the Jyothismathi Institute of Technology and Sciences (JITS) here on Thursday.

Inaugurating the workshop, B. Rajagopal, principal, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Government Polytechnic College for Women, said there were ample opportunities for the students after completing their polytechnic courses. He urged students to improve their communication skills.

Expressing concern over excessive use of smartphones, Mr. Rajagopal urged students to accord priority to their academics.

JITS principal V. Bugga Rao said that the institute was providing classes in various controllers to the students by experts from Hyderabad to make them perfect in the subject of micro controllers.

Chairman J. Sagar Rao and director K. Venkat Rao informed the students to utilise the workshop to upgrade their skills to excel in their career.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> States> Telangana / by Special Correspondent / Karimnagar – December 15th, 2016

Facebook arm to invest $40,000 in Hyderabad start-up

Home services aggregator FIXU to raise $2,50,000 for expansion

Telangana IT Minister K T Rama Rao launching Fix U services. To his left is Vamshi Krishna, the founder (file photo).

Hyderabad :

Social networking major Facebook has invested $40,000 in an Indian start-up that aggregates home services. Facebook has deployed its investments in FIXU through its arm FbStart, which helps developers grow their start-ups by giving them access to tools and services and global events.

The investments will be in the form of credits that are translated into various opportunities, which include interactions with Facebook and global exposure.

Promoted by Vamshi Krishna and Nikhil, FIXU has technology that on-boards home service vendors such as plumbers and electricians. “We have roped in 170 vendors so far and currently serve Hyderabad city. We can track the entire process using automated tools,” Vamshi Krishna told BusinessLine.

Expansion

Elated over Facebook’s recognition, FIXU is looking at expansion to Bengaluru and Mumbai towards the end of 2017. “We have raised no funds so far. We are looking at raising $2,50,000 in the angel round in the middle of 2017 to fund our expansion,” Vamshi Krishna says.

Facebook is going to give them free access to Dropbox services worth $5,000 and tool kits and other services worth about the same amount for a period of 6-12 months. Besides, the team will have interactions with experts at Facebook headquarters in the US.

A mass communications graduate, Vamshi Krishna met his co-founder Nikhil, who is a JNTU graduate, at a start-up event in the city and built the product. The six-month-old start-up is currently doing an average of 25 orders a day, with an average revenue of Rs. 500 per order.

There is already a crowd of start-ups out there offering similar services. “We are very fast and economical,” he claims, when asked how their service was different from others.

Besides the two founders, the start-up has two other employees as it has outsourced software development and marketing to third-party services.

Under the programme, FIXU would also receive mentoring from the Menlo Park-headquartered tech giant’s engineering teams.

The FbStart’s programme provides free access to more than 25 services including open source tools such as React Native, FB Login and Account Kit and App Analytics.

source: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com / Business Line / Home> Info-Tech / by K.V.Kurmanath / Hyderabad – December 20th, 2016

Senior sports journalist passes away

Jannu Sreenivasulu, popularly known as Çhitti Srinivas in the sports fraternity, news editor (Sports) of Sakshi TV, passed away in the early hours of Sunday.

He was 55 and is survived by wife, two sons and a daughter. Srinivas began his sports journalism career in Udayam in the late 80s and then joined Andhra Jyoti when its edition was launched in Hyderabad. He moved over to Vaartha before joining Sakshi Telugu daily as sports editor and then switched over to the TV channel of the same group. He was also briefly with CVR News Channel (with which he stayed only for a couple of months) before coming back to Sakshi group.

He covered many international events, including the 1996 World Cup cricket championship in India and the Afro-Asian Games, extensively besides almost all the important national and international events in the city in his career spanning close to 35 years.

International N. Mukesh Kumar, SAI athletics coach Nagapuri Ramesh, Imran Mirza, father of Sania Mirza, Sports Authority of Telangana State Chairman A. Venkateshwar Reddy, Chairman of SAAP P.R. Mohan, Former BCCI president N. Shivlal Yadav, secretary of BAI K.Ch. Punnaiah Choudhary, president of Olympic Association of Telangana Prof K. Ranga Rao, expressed condolencesTelangana Sports Journalists Association also expressed shock at the demise of Srinivas.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Hyderabad / by V.V.Subrahmanyam / Hyderabad – December 18th, 2016

Ambedkar Puraskar to NRI

Hyderabad :

Patkuri Basant Reddy of the Gulf Telangana Welfare Association was honoured with the Dr. Ambedkar Vishista Seva Puraskar for his services to the NRI community.

He received the award from Union Minister for Food and Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan at a function in New Delhi. The award is instituted by the Bharatiya Dalit Sahitya Academi and is given to people who serve the underprivileged.

Mr. Basant Reddy played a key role in Dubai in mitigating the sufferings of thousands of migrants from India, mostly the poorer sections, exploited by the middlemen and the companies in the Gulf. He is the only person from Telangana to have been selected for the award.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Hyderabad / by Special Correspondent / December 17th, 2016

‘Stick Manohar’ teaches 1,500 kids magic tricks in 85 minutes

Hyderabad :

A lathi and a crowd is something that goes hand in hand in a police officer’s life. However, for S Manohar Rao, who goes by the name ‘Stick Manohar’, a crowd of 1,500 schoolchildren and a magic wand in hand was the last step before making it into the Guinness Book of World Records.

The 55-year-old is an Assistant Commisioner of Police (ACP) attached to the Central Crime Station, Detective Department, of Hyderabad Police. Friday was a day where he successfully attempted a “Largest Magic Lesson” when he taught four different magic lessons to a crowd of 1500 schoolchildren in 85 minutes at Majestic Garden Function Hall here to create Guinness world record.

During his performance, Rao efficiently communicated his skills to the children whose eyes were glued to his hand movements. He showed them, first, how to flip a band on their fingers on one hand to make it automatically fall on exactly the same fingers on the other hand. The second trick taught them how to fold a paper with a tricoloured paper hidden inside it quickly and turn it into Indian flag of the exact size of the paper.

Next in the row, was a common trick performed with four ropes of equal size in which, with the skill of the hand, you can make trick the audience into believing that you have been changing the size of the ropes constantly.

The last one was a magic performed balancing playing cards. He performed the feat in front of Squadron leader Jayasimha, BNS Kumar, V Janardhanam, counselling psychologist and others.

source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> Cities> Hyderabad / by Express News Service / December 17th, 2016

Veteran journalist Hanumanta Rao no more

Hanumantha Rao | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

Veteran journalist and author V. Hanumanta Rao, 91, passed away at his residence in Nagarjunanagar, Ameerpet, here on Tuesday.

Popularly known as DNF, for running a news agency, Data News Features (DNF), Hanumanta Rao was associated with the field of journalism for over 65 years. He worked for several media organisations, including Krishna Patrika, Eenadu, The Economic Times, Visalandhra, Prajasakti and others. He managed the agency for over three decades.

The Telangana Union of Working Journalists (TUWJ) and journalist bodies expressed grief and extended condolences to the bereaved family members.

Telanagana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, YSR Congress Party president Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy, TDP general secretary N. Lokesh, CPI State secretary Chada Venkat Reddy, Unity Centre of Communist Revolutionaries of India (Marxist-Leninist) State secretary Vinod, and others condoled Hanumanta Rao.

On behalf of Mr. Chandrasekhar Rao, Chief Public Relations Officer V. Jwala Narasimha Rao visited the residence of the departed journalist and placed a wreath on the body.

Hanumanta Rao also trained scores of journalists and he was one of the most respected figures in the journalistic and political circles. His year books, published by DNF, were also very popular.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Hyderabad / by Special Correspondent / December 14th, 2016