Jul 02nd
UoH gets award for being disabled-friendly
University of Hyderabad has been selected for the seventh NCPEDP- Mphasis Universal Design Awards for carrying out exemplary work towards the cause of accessibility and ensuring dignity for people with disabilities, under the category of corporates and organisations.
Other winners in this category include IndiGo, National Informatics Centre (NIC), and SAP Labs India Pvt. Ltd, among others. UoH is the only university and education institute to receive the award this year.
Dr. S. Rajgopal, a life science faculty and chairman of the Empowered Committee for Differently-Abled Persons (ECDAP), said, “The recognition jointly accorded to UoH by a reputed international non-governmental organisation, NCPEDP, and a multi-national corporation known for leading business solutions, Mphasis, is very special to us because it speaks volumes on the invisible work carried out for the benefit of students with special needs.”
National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People (NCPEDP), in association with Access Ability and Barrier Break, and with the support of Mphasis, instituted the NCPEDP – Mphasis Universal Design Awards in 2010.
The university got a grant-in-aid of about Rs. 6 crore by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India, after a disability audit was done in 2012-13. The grant given is being utilised for installing 18 lifts in fifteen buildings on the campus. Each lift is fitted to accommodate wheelchairs in accordance with the Bureau of Indian Standards. Other fittings like auditory signals, Braille signing, etc. have also been undertaken, a press release said.
The recognition is very special to us because it speaks volumes on the invisible work carried out for the benefit of students with special needs.
Dr. S. Rajgopal,chairman, ECDAP
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Hyderabad / by Special Correspondent / Hyderabad – July 02, 2016
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University of Hyderabad’s journalism department is India’s best
Hyderabad :
The department of communication of University of Hyderabad has been ranked as the country’s top-ranked department of communication and journalism of any university.
According to the latest rankings of mass communication and journalism institutions released on Sunday by Outlook India based on a national perception survey, the UoH department that has been offering masters and doctoral programmes in communication for over 25 years is the only public institution listed in the top 10 apart from Jamia’s MCRC which is a research centre. Overall, the department is ranked fourth among the top 10 colleges of mass communication in India with an overall score of 802.8 out of the total 1,000.
The department, which is part of the SN School of Arts and Communication, UoH, was ranked fourth overall and stood second in academic excellence with a score of 169.3 and third in infrastructure with 208.
Besides AJK Mass Communication Research Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia (an independent media centre), the department of communication of UoH is the only department at a public university to be featured in the top five. The rest in the list are private institutes.
“With national and international recognition for many of its faculty members, the department attracts students from across the country and a few even from abroad,” Prof. Vinod Pavarala said.
source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> Cities> Hyderabad / by Express News Service / June 27th, 2016
IAS officers learn about Telangana history and culture
Hyderabad :
For the next three days, IAS officers of the state will get an opportunity to reminisce their student life as they will be taught about Telangana’s history, culture, irrigation, finance and other subjects.
Realising the importance of teaching its bureaucrats about the needs of the state, the state government here on Monday organised an ‘Orientation programme for public servants in the context of Telangana.’
Speaking at the inaugural function, Dr Ch Hanumantha Rao, a former member of the Planning Commission of India and Professor, Center for Economics and Social Research (CESS), Hyderabad, said that in India even good things take decades to be implemented.
“NITI Aayog has been set up by the Centre for strengthening the planning process as a ‘Think Tank’ as well as cooperative federalism through greater participation of states. In fact way back in mid-eighties, the then PM Rajiv Gandhi planned to do this, but here it takes decades for good things to be implemented,” Rao said.
Rao said that to solve any issue it is important to go back to basics and see where the problem lies. Talking water problem as an example, he said, “The best way to solve water problem is by saving water.
We failed to use them economically and used up all the ground water. We failed to make better use of water bodies. So, to solve this problem, save water and to do that instead of having a uniform price, charge according to the volume used.”
source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> States> Telangana / by Express News Service / June 28th, 2016
Not an average 8-year-old
Suram Vignesh Arjun set a record in the Telugu Book of Records recently by reciting 100 Vemana poems in about five minutes
He is a just a class 4 student, and yet he can deliver many an extempore on a wide range of subjects. And, he has amazing memory.
Meet eight-year-old Suram Vignesh Arjun who set a record in the Telugu Book of Records recently by reciting 100 Vemana poems in five minutes and 45 seconds.
He shot to fame during the separate Telangana movement when he was only six years old. He eloquently spoke about the bifurcation movement and also about Jayashankar who espoused the cause.
Impressed by his extempore at one such meeting last year at Kakatiya University, Deputy Chief Minister Kadiam Srihari presented him a cash reward of Rs. 10,000 instantly.
Son of Narender, a farmer, and Laxmi, a teacher, Suram is studying in Nachinapalli in Duggondi mandal.
His uncle, Ch. Venkat Reddy, who is also a teacher, said the boy developed amazing memory when he was very young.
Whatever was taught to him, he would say the same again, said Mr. Reddy.
Having developed multi-skills, the boy came second in the sloka recitation competition, rendering 29 slokas from 11th chapter of Bhagavad Gita.
He also bagged second prize reciting C. Narayana Reddy’s poems at the Balotsav in Kothagudem in national-level competition.
Speaking to The Hindu , Suram said he spends time reading books or browsing internet searching for information for his speeches.
He does not have a television at home, which is seen as a major distraction for children.
“I want to become the Chief Minister like Mr. K. Chandrasekhar Rao or the Prime Minister like Mr. Narendra Modi after growing up,” he said.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> National> Andhra Pradesh / by Gollapudi Srinivasa Rao / Warangal – June 27th, 2016