Award for UoH student
Shaikshavali, PhD Scholar in the School of Engineering Sciences and Technology (SEST) at the University of Hyderabad (UoH), has won the best poster award for his presentation on “Graphene Oxide Assisted Reduction of Metal Precursors to form Graphene/Metal Oxide Composites and their Application in Energy Storage” at the 4th Nano Today conference held at Dubai.
This is the third such international best poster award he secured during his PhD studies. He will be submitting his PhD thesis on Nano Science and Technology under the supervision of Dr. V.V.S.S. Srikanth.
Organised by Elsevier, the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, and the journal Nano Today, the conference seeks to bring together researchers interested in nano-science and nanotechnology.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Hyderabad / by Special Correspondent / Hyderabad – December 14th, 2015
Tribal youth turn creative
In pursuit of exploring their inherent creative skills and gain self-employment, a group of 35 young men and women of tribal communities from far-flung agency areas have successfully completed a three-month residential training programme in fashion designing, which concluded in Bhadrachalam on Monday.
Thanks to the initiative of the Integrated Tribal Development Agency (ITDA), Bhadrachalam, several tribal women and men with penchant for art and fabric design have undergone professional training under the aegis of two instructors from the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), Hyderabad.
They had gained hands-on experience in designing garments in impressive patterns to suit every occasion, various body types and contemporary tastes during the free residential training programme at the ITDA’s Youth Training Centre (YTC) in Bhadrachalam.
“The three-month training programme helped me acquaint myself with the vibrant potential of fashion designing and gain the requisite skills in designing trendy garments,” said Kursam Narsimha Rao, a tribal youth from Ramaraopeta of Dummugudem mandal.
“I did TTC in drawing and started an art studio in the temple town a few years ago,” he said, insisting that he was keen to diversify his creative enterprise by harnessing his newly acquired skills.
It is proposed to set up a ready-made garment unit under the aegis of the ITDA in Bhadrachalam for absorbing the trained tribal women and men with the requisite skills and aptitude into the unit, said V. Prasad, principal, YTC, ITDA, Bhadrachalam.
The ITDA project officer K. Kalicharan presented certificates in fashion designing to all the 35 tribal women and men, those who had successfully completed the certificate course, at a ceremony held in Bhadrachalam on Monday evening.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> National> Telangana / by P. Sridhar / Khammam – December 08th, 2015
TS to Celebrate Eashwari Bai’s Birth Centenary?
Hyderabad :
After announcing a memorial award in the name of Eashwari Bai, former national president of Republic Party of India, the Telangana State government is likely to celebrate her centenary birth anniversary in 2018.
Tribal welfare minister Ajmera Chandulal on Tuesday said the state government would extend complete support to the Eashwari Bai Memorial Trust to conduct the celebrations.
Addressing the gathering at the Eashwari Bai Memorial Award presentation ceremony held at Ravindra Bharathi, Chandulal praised the Trust for keeping the legacy of Eashwari Bai alive by running several education institutes on her name for the girls. She was the most courageous women of her generation, the minister said. He also appreciated the Trust for choosing Milind Kamble for the award.
The award for the year 2015 has been given to Pune-based Dalit Entrepreneur and founder chairman of Dalit Indian Chamber Commerce and Industry Milind Kamble. The award is instituted by Eashwari Bai Memorial Trust, in association with the State government.
Kamble, who is one among the few successful Dalit businessmen, hails from Pune. He thanked the state government for recognising his contribution to the Dalit community.
source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> States> Telangana / by Express News Service / December 02nd, 2015
Satya Nadella to Unveil Four New IT Policies of Telengana
Hyderabad :
Microsoft Corporation CEO Satya Nadella will unveil four new policies of the government of Telangana, IT minister KT Rama Rao has said.
Speaking at the inauguration of an animation and gaming incubator of Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) here on Saturday, Rama Rao said, “What is more important than creating infrastructure is framing of policies. We have invited Satya Nadella to T-Hub on December 28. On the same day we are going to launch four new policies on Information Technology, Innovation, Image and Electronic System Design Manufacturing (ESDM). Our focus will now be on both software and hardware, and these policies, especially ESDM, will help us compete with countries like Taiwan and South Korea which have done exceptionally well in hardware. We will ask Nadella to unveil our policies and we hope that some other bright gentlemen will also join us on that day.”
Referring to a suggestion made by one of the speakers at the inaugural, Rama Rao said the gaming city would be renamed as Image. “I really liked the name Image. It’s fantastic. It kind of sums up the mood that is there in the state today. It talks about innovation, incubation, incorporation. The young minds that we talk about today are all reflected in that ‘I’ and we are happy that somebody suggested that we go with the name Image. From here on we will call it Image instead of gaming city.”
Speaking about the incubator, Rama Rao said, “I am happy that this campus came up here because right across we are planning to build the T-Hub Phase-II and Image, having everything in the same vicinity will be very helpful to youngsters interested in multimedia, animation, gaming, VFX, etc. This is the right time for them to look at more opportunities in this sector.”
Gaming City to Be Renamed as Image
Satya Nadella will unveil four new policies on IT, Innovation, Image and Electronic System Design Manufacturing (ESDM) of the state government on December 28
The foundation stone for Image will be laid early next year
Coinciding with Image launch, Hyderabad will host international conference on gaming, animation, visual effects, etc
He advised IT department secretary Jayesh Rajan and others to plan the launch of Image and get it ready by the month of February. “Early next year what we proposed to do is to have an international conference on gaming, animation, visual effects, etc. Let us bring in the best of the world to this place and I request Ranjan to complete all the formalities so that Image will be ready for launch and we can lay the foundation stone. Coinciding with that we can have a conference with all these bright minds,” the minister said.
“The intent of the government is very clear: under the guidance of our Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao we have in the last 18 months ascertained the position as one of the premier destinations for IT in the country. But we are not completely content with that.”
“In fact, there are multiple initiatives which are currently in progress and with the kind of planning we will reach greater heights,” Rama Rao said.
Terming Hyderabad as the safest place in the country, KTR said, “We feel sorry for what is happening in Chennai. No other city is as safe as Hyderabad is and no other city is shielded from these natural forces. I think Hyderabad has this unique opportunity. We have to seize this and make sure that we become premier destination for IT and other fields.”
source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> States> Telangana / by Express News Service / December 06th, 2015
Footballer Srinikhita’s dreams come true
The dream of Danturi Srinikhita, a girl from Nyamatabad in Nyalakal mandal, who had made it to football training programme at New Jersey in USA, has come true.
Collector Ronald Rose, who met the girl on Wednesday, had recommended her name to A. Dinakar Babu, the Managing Director of Youth Advancement and Tourism.
Mr. Dinakar promised to provide her seat in the sports school, according the wish of Srinikhita.
The Collector promised to present her a cash award in addition to allocating seats to her brothers – Venakatapathi Raju and Rama Raju – in residential school. “Srinikhita deserves all this help,” said Mr. Ronald. She was a dropout from school, but Magic Bus, an NGO working with children, changed her life forever. It recognised her talent in football and helped her hone skills as a goal-keeper. A story about Srinikhita was published in these columns on July 4, 2015, which caught the attention of district administration.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> National> Telangana / Staff Reporter / Sangareddy – December 03rd, 2015