Two students of Paramita High School to fly in May 2018
Students of Paramita High School in Karimnagar who have been selected to participate in international competitions in the USA. | Photo Credit: Byarrangement
Two students of Paramita High School (IIT) in Mankammathota of Karimnagar town have been selected to participate in the international robotic presentation which would be organized jointly by Lawrence Technologies, Michigan and RILE university, West Florida in the USA in May 2018.
Class IX students K. Aneesh and Md. Aziz, who participated in the National-level Robo Making Challenge and its functioning analysis organized by Novatech Robo Institute in Bengaluru at Christ University from December 7 to 9, have bagged the first prize in the competition in which more than 300 students from reputed schools across the country participated.
Incidentally, another set of students from the school — Meghana and Nikitha — participated in the International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) in Arizona in USA in May 2016. Two students of the school Paramita Schools chairman E. Prasada Rao said that the Atal Tinkering Lab set up by the Union government in their school in 2016 had come in handy for the students to have hands on experience in the robotic designing and participate in the national and international competitions.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Hyderabad / by Special Correspondent / Karimnagar – December 12th, 2017
Fast forward:Information Technology Minister K.T. Rama Rao trying out one of the consoles on display at the Gaming Connect 2017 in Hyderabad on Saturday.BY ARRANGEMENT
NVIDIA and Dell invited to partner with TS Government
A two-day event for gaming enthusiasts by graphics chipmaker NVIDIA that features scores of demo stations, latest games and premium devices opened in the city on Saturday.
Information Technology Minister K.T. Rama Rao, a gaming enthusiast himself, inaugurated Gamer Connect 2017, admitting he was there to check out a few games. The ‘Mt.Everest thing was pretty cool,’ he said about the experience a VR headset provides of the world’s highest peak.
The Minister, who later tweeted ‘pretty good way to start a Saturday,’ told the gathering, at the event in Gachibowli Indoor Stadium, that the State Government had launched IMAGE (innovation in multimedia, animation, gaming and entertainment technology) policy.
It is also developing a 1.6 million sq. ft. IMAGE Tower, which will focus on gaming industry.
“New opportunities will come in gaming, multimedia, visual effects, VR, AR, cyber security, analytics and deep learning,” he said. Gaming as an industry is more than $100 billion globally. Gaming and animation combined is over $243 billion across the world, with India accounting for hardly $1.5 billion,” he said, pointing to the growth potential.
He invited NVIDIA and Dell to partner with the State Government to create an annual event like the Gamer Connect in Hyderabad.
“I am told you already had 12,000 registrations for Gamer Connect today. I hope that number will grow manifold and we will make Hyderabad, with your support, an annual fixture for this event,” he said.
A release from NVIDIA said Gamer Connect was conducted earlier this year in Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Kochi and Lucknow. It is a platform for the Indian gaming community to bond, interact and explore new avenues in gaming. Gamer Connect also gives audiences an opportunity to experience the latest in PC gaming technology.
Some of the latest games showcased include Call of Duty WW II, Destiny 2, Middle Earth: Shadow of War, NFS Payback, and Assassin’s Creed Origins.
On display are some premium range gaming monitors. The NVIDIA also showcased GeForce GTX graphic cards featuring the latest Pascal architecture.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> National> Telangana / by Special Correspondent / Hyderabad – December 10th, 2017
City selected after evaluating multiple cities, says company
GE Appliances-backed co-creation community FirstBuild has decided to set up its India hub at T-Works, the makerspace coming up in Hyderabad.
On Saturday, an agreement to this effect was signed by Director-Electronics in the IT, Electronics and Communications Department Sujai Karampuri and chief information officer of GE Appliances India Chandramouli Vijjhala, in the presence of IT Minister K.T.Rama Rao.
FirstBuild India (1B India) intends to focus on IoT and business processes in appliances and manufacturing. It seeks to engage with T-Works and the maker community in knowledge sharing, skills development and community driven open-platform innovation, a release from the Minister’s office said.
Synergy in vision
Stating that FirstBuild has decided to set up its India operations in Hyderabad after evaluating multiple cities, the release said GE Appliances COO Melanie Cook had in September led a high-level delegation to the city and discussed the collaboration. She had highlighted the importance of the maker culture and synergy in the visions and values of FirstBuild and T-Works.
Based out of Louisville, Kentucky, FirstBuild is a global co-creation community that harnesses the brainpower of the maker movement to change the way major home appliances are conceived, designed and manufactured. It speeds products from mind to market and enables customisation through small batch production, without the costs and risks of traditional mass manufacturing.
Game-changer
An invitation was extended to Mr. Taraka Rama Rao and his team to experience first-hand the capabilities and maker culture at GE Appliance’s FirstBuild facility in the US, the release said.
Earlier this week the Minister, addressing a CII Summit, said at 250,000 sq ft T-Works will be India’s largest makerspace. Work has begun and facility would be ready by December 2018.
“I believe it is going to change the way we do business with respect to design in hardware space in India,” he had said, pointing out that it has been conceived on a collaborative platform comprising the State government and private sector partner institutions. The tools, software and equipment are to be provided by the latter. The facility will house $20 million worth equipment.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Hyderabad / by Special Correspondent / Hyderabad – December 09th, 2017
File photo of the Kacheguda railway station in Hyderabad. | Photo Credit: P.V.SIVAKUMAR
Kacheguda Railway Station under the South Central Railway (SCR) has earned the unique distinction of being the first Energy Efficient ‘A1 Category’ Railway Station on Indian Railways.
The station has achieved 100% energy efficiency by replacing 1,312 conventional lights with light-emitting diode (LED) lighting, among other steps. About 370 ceiling fans, too, were replaced with energy efficient Brushless DC Electrical (BLDC) motors fans, and 12 air conditioners with energy efficient inverter-type air conditioners. All these measures would save about 1.76 lakh units and ₹14.08 lakh per annum with reduction of the connected load by 46.18 kW for Railways, said General Manager Vinod Kumar Yadav.
Complimenting Divisional Railway Manager Arun Kumar Jain and his colleagues V. Venkata Ramana and P. Prem Kumar for the feat, Mr. Yadav said they had put in extensive efforts to achieve this distinction.
Kacheguda Railway station is a historic building and had completed 100 years. Situated in the heart of Hyderabad, it was built in 1916 by the Nizam’s Guaranteed State Railway during the reign of Mir Osman Ali Khan, the seventh Nizam.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Hyderabad / by V. Geetanath / Hyderabad – December 08th, 2017
The Church of South India (CSI) lost a luminary with the passing of its former Moderator, Rt Rev Dr BP Sugandhar, here on Tuesday. The who’s who of the community and leaders cutting across all parties attended his funeral at St John’s Cemetery in Secunderabad on Wednesday evening. He was 73 and is survived by his wife Nalini Sugandhar, sons John Priya Babu and Dr Vimal Sukumar and daughter Glory.
Bishop Sugandhar was a student at Wesley Boys’ School in Secunderabad. He completed his Bachelor of Divinity at the United Theological College (UTC) in Bangalore and later obtained a Doctorate in Theology. He was the fifth successor of Frank Whittaker as Bishop in Medak, Hyderabad falls under Medak Diocese, and was consecrated by the then Moderator, the Rt Rev Vasant P Dandin. at the Medak cathedral in September 1993.
He was the Deputy Moderator of the CSI from 2000-2004 and the Moderator for two terms (2004- 2008). Popularly known as the people’s bishop, he was much acclaimed for his ability to remember and recollect people by their names.
Bishop Sugandhar was an office-bearer of the Andhra Pradesh Federation of Churches, (APFC) a society that incorporates Bishops of the Roman Catholic, Protestant, and Indigenous Church traditions and whose members strive for ecumenism.
He also served as vice-president of the Andhra Pradesh Auxiliary of the Bible Society of India (BSI). He was also on the governing board of UTC, Bangalore, and the Andhra Christian Theological College (ACTC), Hyderabad.
Most Rev Thomas K Oommen, the Moderator of the Church of South India, Rt Rev Dr Vadapalli Prasada Rao, the Deputy Moderator, Rev Dr Daniel Rathnakara Sadananda, the general secretary, and Adv. Robert Bruce, the treasurer expressed their grief.
source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News> City News> Hyderabad News / TNN / December 07th, 2017
World Telugu Conference welcome arches to feature personalities from across
Telugu personalities who illuminated Telugu language, literature and culture will get the pride of place in cities and towns across the State as Telangana is gearing up to host the prestigious World Telugu Conference-2017.
Kings, poets, writers, scholars, artistes and leaders who shaped the history, politics and culture of Telugu people and Telangana State will adorn 100 welcome arches in Hyderabad and other cities.
Another 200 hoardings with illustrious personalities from the Telugu States will come up in the city and across the State and in other metros like Chennai, Bangalore where significant number of Telugu people live. It is a way of paying tributes to them and educating and creating awareness among the young generation about their roots, says the organising committee of WTC.
Prominent names
Telangana Sahitya Academy is overseeing the display of arches and each welcome arch will be dedicated to one prominent person and it will depict the portrait and excerpts from their popular works. Hala King, poet Pampa, Prataparudra, Adikavi Palkuriki Somana, Bammera Pothana, Gona Budhareddy, Bhakta Kavi Ramadasu, Suravaram Pratapa Reddy, Vattikota Alwaruswamy, Kaloji, Oddiraju brothers, first Chief Minister of Hyderabad State Burgula Ramakrishna Rao, former Prime Minister and multifacted personality P.V.Narasimha Rao, renowned poets Dasharathi Krishnamacharya, C.Narayana Reddy and several other eminent persons will be the focus of the welcome arches.
Telugu poets Nannayya, Thikkana, Yerrapragada, Allasani Peddana, Vemana, poet composer Annamacharya, social reformer and writer Gurajada Apparao, revolutionary poet Sri Sri among others will beam across the arches evoking the pride of Telugu people congregating for the conference from across the world, they say.
Pillars decorated
The metro rail pillars will become alive with the landscape of Telangana, capturing its way of life, culture, festivals and folk arts and Hyderabad Metro Rail Authority is coordinating the work with artistes. Principal Secretary, Tourism and Culture, B.Venkatesham says all the welcome arches and hoardings will be in place by December 12 and the city will be beautified and decked up for the event celebrating the Telugu language.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Hyderabad / by M.L. Melly Maitreyi / Hyderabad – December 06th, 2017
He has helped in repatriation of 300 migrant workers languishing there
He is seen by many as messiah of Gulf victims as he has supported them through thick and thin in the last five years, spending his hard-earned money. His tireless efforts and coordination with State and Central Governments brought home about 50 bodies of migrant workers, and 300 migrant workers have been successfully repatriated home.
Born into an agriculture family at model village Manoharabad of Jakranpally mandal, Patkuri Basanth Reddy went to Bahrain as a construction worker after completion of SSC and had lived there for several years. During his stay, he had witnessed labourers being cheated by Gulf agents.
Moved by the plight of Gulf workers, he came back to Hyderabad and established Gulf Telangana Welfare and Cultural Association. Recognising his efforts for the cause of Gulf victims, the Telangana Government honoured him with the best social worker award, which he received from Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao at Golkonda Fort on August 15.
That apart, he has several awards to his credit for his social work. He had Dr. B. R Ambedkar Vishista Seva Puraskar conferred on him in 2016, Prof. Jayashankar National Award in 2015. He has been selected for Mahatma Jyothiba Phule Award, and he will receive it from Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan in New Delhi on December 10.
According to Basanth Reddy, there are over 6 lakh migrant workers from Telangana in the Gulf. An estimated two lakh workers are from erstwhile undivided district alone. Many workers who went there in search of work on fake or kalivili (in local parlance) visas created by Gulf agents are languishing in jails in Gulf countries.
He says thousands of poor workers who went there, by taking money from moneylenders at a high rate of interest, are living in distress on streets. As they are uncared for by their employers, some are committing suicide and some are dying.
“I believe in social work. When a Gulf worker in distress is restored to his family, I feel immense pleasure. Therefore, along with some like-minded people, I have floated the social service organisation to render service to poor migrant worker families,” said the 42-year-old Basanth Reddy.
In the current month, with the help of the External Affairs Ministry and Telangana Minister K.T. Rama Rao, he ensured safe landing in New Delhi of 30 migrant workers who were stranded in Iraq . He personally goes to the airport to receive bodies from the Gulf and travels in the ambulance along with the bodies to their villages. “I have so far spent ₹ crore for my social service but never expect anything from society. I believe service to man is to service to God,” he says.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> States> Telangana / by P. Ram MOhan / Nizamabad – December 02nd, 2017
Gujarati Seva Mandal coach Maduri Venugopal (centre, background) with his wards (from left to right): Vidhi Jain, Ch. Saitejesh, Dr. Chandrachud, Palak Ghia, Nikhat Banu, Varuni Jaiswal and N. Bhaavitha.
Gujarati Seva Mandal has for years trained champions
Coaching children can be a thankless job, with the kids easily distracted or simply not interested. So just as writing for tiny tots requires special communication skills, teaching them a game can be quite taxing.
Maduri Venugopal at the Gujarati Seva Mandal (GSM) in Secunderabad has been churning out champions for years, if not over a decade. While most ‘academies’ charge hefty fees or poach talented players from others and ‘shine’ in their success, GSM’s president Ghanshyambhai B. Patel and secretary Janakbhai Brahmbhatt have ensured their scheme is affordable and within reach of the common man.
Good show
Almost at every table tennis championship, its players, especially the younger ones excel, if not take the honours. The recent Stag and late Sri Ananta Narayan Reddy and late Smt Rameshwaramma Memorial Telangana State Inter District cum State table tennis championship at the Lal Bahadur Indoor Stadium, Hyderabad was no different.
Four wards of the Gujarati Seva Mandal clinched titles while two finished runners-up. Palak Shah in the cadet girls category has remained unbeaten in five State ranking and the inter district championships. Although Nikhat Banu now represents Reserve Bank of India at State and national tournaments, she’s the first big name to emerge from GSM.
Training ground
While Nikhat won the women’s crown, Chandrachud claimed the men’s section honours. A psychiatrist at a corporate hospital with not much time to spare for the game, Dr. Chandrachud trains regularly at the GSM for about a week before each championship. Varuni Jaiswal was supreme in the junior girls section and completed the winning quartet.
N. Bhaavitha in sub-junior girls and Ch. Saitejesh in the junior boys were the runners-up. Varuni will represent Telangana at the senior National championships in three categories — junior, youth girls and women. Others selected to play for Telangana are Vidhi Jain (sub-junior girls), Monica Manohar (women), Saitejesh (men).
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Hyderabad / by A. Joseph Anthony / Hyderabad – December 02nd, 2017
Telangana’s capital gets Metro Rail, even as PM Modi, Ivanka Trump and other delegates arrive for the Global Entrepreneurship Summit
Colour and light (clockwise from top left) Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Ivanka Trump, advisor to the US President, shakes hands after inagurating the Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Hyderabad on Tuesday
Hyderabad :
For Hyderabad, November 28 will go down as a historic day, with the launch of an ultra-modern metrorail service by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and the landing of various dignitaries — including US President Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump, and about 1,500 innovators and investors for the GES event.
If the arrival of Ivanka, Advisor to the US President, entrepreneur and high priestess of fashion, raised a lot of hype and excitement, the rollout of the ₹14,132-crore Hyderabad Metro signified a major milestone for the burgeoning metropolis.
The day ended with a fabulous dinner for 101 at the heritage Falaknuma Palace Hotel, featuring the world’s largest dining table.
Hyderabad is often ranked among the best cities to live in India, and the Metro ride by Modi, Governor ESL Narasimhan and Chief Minister K Chandrasekhara Rao (KCR) promises improved traffic flow and easier commuting for the city’s denizens.
The loco pilot who drove the first official trip of the Metro, from Miyapur to Kukatpally and back, was a young woman, S Supriya, caused much cheer as well.
The 30 km stretch will be open to the public from Wednesday. It is expected to help lakhs of IT employees here.
ICING ON THE CAKE
For Telangana, three years old and brimming with energy in the start-up and innovation spheres, the chance to host the Global Entrepreneurship Summit was the icing on the cake.
The three-day summit, being jointly hosted by India and the US, was inaugurated by Modi and Ivanka.
The even is focused on women entrepreneurs, and Ivanka was the lead speaker. Women constitute approximately 54 per cent of the 1,500 participants from over 150 nations, said the organisers.
Among the ‘who’s who’ of participating women are Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman; Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj, Cherie Blair, barrister and wife of former British PM Tony Blair; Miss World Manushi Chillar, tennis star Sania Mirza; author Shobhaa De; transgender activist Laxmi Narayan Tripathi; and Kuchipudi dancers Bhavna and Yamini Reddy.
A CITY AT WORK
The 426-year-old city has been working hard on summit preparations.
The State government, which has been criticised for a decaying road infrastructure, worked overnight to deck up the important roads and thoroughfares through which the PM, Ivanka and top foreign delegates would pass.
The Metro routes were all painted and ‘greened up’ while the flyovers got some 3-D art, courtesy the creativity of the Cyberabad workforce.
The facelift cost the exchequer nearly ₹100 crore, and came four years after the Biodiversity Convention in 2013, which brought delegates from over 150 countries.
The government also faced much flak as beggars were allegedly rounded up and dogs poisoned as part of the city’s cosmetic change.
T-HUB SUCCESS
Hyderabad’s T-Hub, the country’s largest technology incubator, has emerged as a significant incubator mentor for start-ups, and its success has excited the government enough to plan a mega facility with four towers.
The Summit, is expected to give a further fillip to the start-up ecosystem and entrepreneurship culture in the city.
Further creating a buzz is the special dinner of Hyderabadi cuisine at the Falaknuma Palace (now on long lease with the Tata Group’s Taj).
Top industrialists and foreign delegates will join Modi, Ivanka and KCR at the table for 101.
NITI Aayog is organising the summit. Companies such as Amazon, Amway, CNBC, Cognizant, Dell, Google, Intel, Kauffman Foundation, Salesforce, Silicon Valley Bank and Walmart are supporting the event.
The 2010 edition of the annual GES was hosted by Washington, followed by Istanbul, Dubai, Kuala Lumpur, Marrakech, Nairobi, Kuala Lumpur and Silicon Valley in the subsequent years.
source: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com / Business Line / Home> News / by M. Somasekhar / Hyderabad – November 28th, 2017
Vidul Thimanna, an ex-student of Army Public School, Bolaram, Secunderabad, has topped the all India merit list of Technical Entry Scheme (TES) to join the Indian Armed Forces. The list was released on November 29. Vidul, who is presently an engineering student at the prestigious Army Institute of Technology, Pune, will discontinue the course and join the Indian army.
Vidul’s father Col CM Thimanna, a Shaurya Chakra awardee, is currently posted at the Military College of Electronics and Mechanical Engineering Secunderabad and hails from Coorg (Kodagu) in Karnataka. “It has been my passion to serve the country by joining the Indian Army. To me, the challenging and the adventurous life the army offers is any day better than delivering from a cubicle of a MNC,” he said.
The Technical Entry Scheme is a technical intake of the Indian Army with the aim of transforming young boys into techno-warriors during the course of training of four years. “The modern day operational requirement needs an officer to possess a synergistic blend of healthy body and a sound technical mind. Technical entry scheme is a highly competent entry into the Indian army with a very limited intake and rigorous standards of selection procedures and presently is the most sought after entry,” according to army officials.
Vidul Thimanna had earlier this year cleared class XII examination with a score of 97 per cent.
“We are proud of our son for taking such a decision and positive that he will definitely keep the name of the country above self throughout,” Vidul’s mother, Veena Thimanna said.
source: http://www.deccanherald.com / Deccan Herald / Home> City News> Hyderabad News / TNN / December 02nd, 2017
