Private Schools which completed 20 years to receive Govt. Grant

Katapadi, Mattu, 24 April 2011: “State BJP Government has come forward to give block grant to all Private Schools in the State which existed since 1987 to 2007” said Higher Education Minister Dr. V. S. Acharya. He was speaking during the felicitation program for the various representatives and achievers at Mattu Sandipani High School premises on Friday. He said that, the BJP Government upon coming to power in the state, has allotted rupees 128 crores in the first year and rupees 125 crores in the second year to the schools which established since the year 1987. During the cabinet meeting on Thursday the reservation issue on the recruitment of Teachers in Private Schools has been discussed and the approval on the same has been just received, said Dr. Acharya.

Kaup MLA Lalaji R. Mendon presided over the program. Udupi Shri Kaniyoor Mutt Seer Shri Vishwavallbhatheertha Swamiji performed Ashirvachana. On this occasion Mattu Vidhyavardhaka Sangha Founder President T. V. Rao, Udupi Jilla Panchayath President Katapadi Shankara Poojary, Taluk Panchayath Member Shrikar Anchan, Kavitha and also the donors who donated land for the Mattu Road were felicitated.

Manipal Indian Vikas Trust Administration Officer K. M. Udupa, Entrepreneur Pramod Madhvaraj, Nilavara Govardhanagari Trust Vishwasta Raghavendra Acharya, Jilla Panchayath Former President Sarasu Bangera, Kote Grama Panchayath President Pushpalatha, Vice President Dayananda Bangera, Lawyer Matti Ramachandra Rao, Lakshminarayana and Udupi Vasudeva Bhat were present on the occasion. Bellevision

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Karnataka leads in education sector

MANGALORE: The state government has identified five key areas for all-round development of Karnataka, home minister V S Acharya said here on Saturday. The areas include the social sector covering education, health, and hygiene, physical infrastructure, agriculture, people oriented schemes, and language, arts, and culture. The concerted focus on these areas is gaining recognition for the state not just from local, but global leaders, he said.

Inaugurating Sharada College managed by Tulunadu Educational Trust, Acharya said education is an important sector that determines the future of the youth. The state government during this year's budget has set aside Rs 10,500 crore for education against allocation of Rs 4,500 crore a few years back. This is enabling the state to bring more schools under its grant-in-aid scheme, and open new ITI's, he said.

Karnataka through its strong base in education is being reckoned as knowledge driven economy and the state is far ahead of national average when it comes to indices governing this sector. "We have qualitative and quantitative education being imparted in the state," he said adding the emphasis is on providing quality education at all times. Participation of private players in education is helping the state retain its edge in this area, he noted. (TOI/TNN) Photo:Daijiworld

Excellence in Civil Engineering: Backbone for infrastructure development

MANGALORE, June 11, 2010: The state government was planning to start four new engineering college exclusively for training Civil engineers in the state. The colleges will be of the standard of Indian Institute of Technology, said Dr. V.S.Acharya home minister of Karnataka. He was Participating in the exhibition of building materials and technologies organised by the State PWD civil engineers Association on the occasion of the district level civil engineers workshop organised by the state Public Work Department on Friday.

Dr. Acharya said it was very unfortunate that students opt to take medical and other branches of engineering despite the civil engineering having a large scope in the modern economy. He said the civil engineering had a great scope as there were new buildings to be built, new roads to be laid, new bridges, dams and reservoirs to be constructed but we hardly get engineers to fill up the jobs. The new colleges will be built on international styling of campuses and will have modern labs, classrooms, new set of guidelines, curriculum and highly trained faculty."We have to understand the situation around us, everything was changing in the field of civil engineering, and there was so much of work at hand which can be accomplished only by getting exclusive colleges for civil engineering Dr. Acharya said.Apart from all that material changes we have to bring about a change in our work culture and bring up our integrity to a higher level. The stress on classroom teaching should be done away with and more of experiential inputs should be the mantra he added. On this occasion Dr. Acharya also inaugurated the exhibition and visited various stalls and evinced keen interest in few of the technologies exhibited on the occasion. Top civil engineers of the district and the PW Department were present. New concrete technology, waterproofing material, new steel and cement and many other building materials were exhibited. (Mangalorean)

Udupi: State, a model in professional education

Bantakal (Udupi District) Jan 23: Home Minister V.S. Acharya has said that Karnataka is a model for the entire country in providing professional education. He was speaking at the foundation-laying ceremony of the Sri Madhwa Vadiraja Institute of Technology and Management here on Friday.

Dr. Acharya said that there was not a single engineering college in the State prior to 1940. Even Sir M. Visvesvaraya had to go to Pune in Maharashtra to pursue engineering. But now there were 161 engineering colleges in the State. Civil engineering was the mother of all engineering courses. The country was on a fast expansion mode and a lot of infrastructure, including buildings and roads were being constructed. This required good civil engineers.

But after Vivesvaraya, the State had not produced an engineer of that calibre. It was necessary to appoint good teachers in engineering colleges, Dr. Acharya said.

Visvesha Tirtha Swamiji of Pejawar Math, who laid the foundation stone, said that Sode Vadiraj Math was the first among the Ashta Maths of Udupi to start schools. Now the math had become the first among the Ashta Maths to start an engineering college, he said.

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Education Meet: Udupi

Udupi, Sep 20: An education meet was held at Bhavani Mantap, Ambalapady, here on Saturday September 19, by Taluk School Head Teachers’ and Pre-University College Principals’ Association. District-in-charge minister Dr V S Acharya inaugurated the programme and said, “Teachers have the responsibility of motivating students to develop an interest in a variety of topics that enrich their study. They are also instrumental in shaping the future of students to help them lead the life of a responsible citizen in the country”, he said.The programme was presided over by MLA Raghupathy Bhat. Ambalapady Sri Janardan Mahakali temple trustee Dr N B Ballal, deputy director of public instructions Dr Mahidas, block education officer Vasant Shetty, and Manjunatayya were present. Education expert K R Hande delivered a significant lecture on the occasion. The heads of schools that bagged cent percent results in SSLC and all those that secured high marks were also honoured during the programme. T Manjappa compered the programme.
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Mangalore Airport Should be Named ‘Tulunadu Airport’

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Karkala, Sep 19: “Mangalore Airport should be named ‘Tulunadu Airport’ by the union government, in order to give national recognition to the land of Tulu”, said Sri Kshetra Dharmastala Dharmadhikari Dr D Veerendra Heggade. Dr Heggade was speaking at the national seminar on ‘Tulu and Its Land’, held at Bhuvanendra College here on Saturday September 19. The seminar is a curtain raiser to the World Tulu Conference.
The seminar was held with the collaboration of the Central Institute of Indian Languages, ministry of HRD, Manasa Gangotri – Mysore University, Karnataka Tulu Academy, Department of Kannada and Culture, and the World Tulu Conference committee.
MLA Gopal Bhandary said that Dr Heggade’s influence and the strength of Tulu as a regional language should get it world recognition after the successful convening of the World Tulu Conference in December. Rajesh Sachdev, director, Central Institute of Indian Languages, delivered the keynote address on the occasion.
Tulu litterateur Yerya Laxminarayan Alva, Karnataka Open University vice-chancellor Professor B Vivek Rai, MLA Gopal Bhandary, and Bhuvanendra College principal Dr Padmanabha Gowda were present.

Home Minister V.S. Acharya said that it was necessary to first recognise Tulu as a State language as this would make it easier to get it included in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution. Dr. Acharya said that Tulu was one of the oldest Dravidian languages. It was a common misconception that Tulu did not have a script, but the fact was that it had a script.
About six decades some scholars used to write in Tulu script. However gradually, the usage of Tulu script had stopped. The UNESCO had made a list of languages which were in the unsafe category and faced a threat of getting extinct. Tulu was among them. This should be taken as a warning and efforts should be made to protect and promote Tulu. “Languages become extinct because of prolonged disuse. We have to protect Tulu,” he said.(The Hindu)

Tulu should get its share of fame: Acharya (TOI)

Kapu Govt College

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Udupi, Aug 24: State home and district in-charge minister Dr V S Acharya laid the foundation stone for the construction of Kaup Government First Grade College, in the premises of Kaup Government Model Higher Primary School, here on Monday August 24 morning.
Dr Acharya, speaking on the occasion, said that the new building block will be constructed at a cost of two crore rupees, while the first phase of two floors will be built by the commencement of the coming academic year, with the first installment of Rs 50 lac.
Meanwhile, there are plans to begin vocational courses in the old building of Kaup Government First Grade College, here. Higher education sector is witnessing a revolution across the nation of late. Karnataka has become the hotspot of education. Earnest efforts are under way to set up a Sanskrit University and Law University in the state, he added.
Just 635 government high schools existed in the state till 1965, and this figure has since reached 11,000. The number of government first grade colleges was 162 just two academic years ago, which has since touched the figure of 189. The education institutions should be equipped and prepared to take up the challenges posed by the twenty first century, he emphasized.
Udupi – Chikmagalur MP Sadanand Gowda, MLC Kota Srinivas Poojary, department of collegiate education Mangalore regional office joint director H Eeranna, block education officer Manjunathaiah, Vidyaniketan Group of of Educational Institutions correspondent K P Acharya, Kaup Halemariamma temple managing trustee Sridhar Shenoy, Hosamariamma temple managing trustee Nadikere Ratnakar Shetty, Janardhan temple managing trustee Jayaram Hegde, zilla panchayat president Gerald Fernandes, zilla panchayat member Sarasu Bangera, taluk panchayat acting president Katpady Shankar Poojary, taluk panchayat members Jagdish Achar, Aruna Acharya and Ramesh Hegde, Fisheries Marketting Federation president Yashpal Suvarna, Kaup gram panchayat president Bhanumati Kanchan, Mallar gram panchayat president Jalaja and school head teacher Anusha were present at the occasion.
College principal Prof M N Hegde welcomed the gathering. Public works department executive engineer Suresh Shetty delivered the introductory address. Dr Raviraj Shetty compered the programme.

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ಉಡುಪಿ:ಅ,18.ಸುಮಾರು 42ಲಕ್ಷ ರೂಪಾಯಿ ವೆಚ್ಚದಲ್ಲಿ ಉಡುಪಿಯ ಕೆ.ಎ೦.ಮಾರ್ಗದಲ್ಲಿನ ನಗರ ಸಭೆಯ ಕಚೇರಿಯ ಪಕ್ಕದಲ್ಲಿ ನಿರ್ಮಿಸಲಾದ ನೂತನ ಜಿಲ್ಲಾ ಗ್ರ೦ಥಾಲಯದ ಕಟ್ಟಡದ ಕಾಮಗಾರಿಯನ್ನು ಶನಿವಾರದ೦ದು ಉಡುಪಿಯ ಜಿಲ್ಲಾ ಉಸ್ತುವಾರಿ ಸಚಿವರಾದ ಡಾ.ವಿ.ಎಸ್.ಆಚಾರ್ಯರವರು ಪರಿಶೀಲನೆ ನಡೆಸಿದರು.ಕಳೆದ ಸುಮಾರು 6ವರುಷಗಳಿ೦ದ ಸುಮಾರು 3 ಬಾರಿ ಈ ಕಟ್ಟಡ ನಿರ್ಮಾಣದ ಕೆಡವಿ ಇದೀಗ 4ನೇ ಬಾರಿ ಕಟ್ಟಡಕ್ಕೆ ಹೊಸ ರೂಪವನ್ನು ನೀಡಲಾಗಿದೆ. ಇದರಲ್ಲಿ ನಗರ ಕೇ೦ದ್ರ ಗ್ರ೦ಥಾಲಯ ಮತ್ತು ಜಿಲ್ಲಾ ಕೇ೦ದ್ರ ಗ್ರ೦ಥಾಲಯದ ಎರಡು ಕಚೇರಿಗಳನ್ನು ಮು೦ದಿನ ದಿನದಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ಥಾಪಿಸಲಾಗುತ್ತಿದೆ. ಮಾತ್ರವಲ್ಲದೇ ಕಟ್ಟಡದ ಮುಖ್ಯದ್ವಾರದಲ್ಲಿ ನಗರ ಸಭೆಯ ಕ೦ದಾಯ ಇಲಾಖೆಯ ಕಚೇರಿಯನ್ನು ತೆರೆಯಲಾಗುತ್ತಿದೆ. ಓದುಗರಿಗಾಗಿ ಕಟ್ಟಡದ ಎರಡನೇ ಅ೦ತಸ್ತಿನಲ್ಲಿ ವಾಚನಾಲಯವನ್ನು ನಿರ್ಮಿಸಲಾಗುವುದೆ೦ದು ಜಿಲ್ಲಾ ಗ್ರ೦ಥಾಲಯದ ಅಧಿಕಾರಿಯಾದ ಕೆ.ವಿ.ರಾಘವೇ೦ದ್ರ ರವರು ತಿಳಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ.
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Udupi October 18: Karnataka Government on Saturday said it will provide a skill-based training programme in Information Technology to undergraduates in arts and science streams from the next academic year.

Speaking to journalists here, Higher Education Minister Arvind Limbavali said that his department had already held talks with major software companies and requested them to support the training programme. Any graduates from science and arts disciplines, with the right kind of training and computer science skills, can get jobs in the field of IT, he said.

As a large number of college students and teachers have been ignorant of software skills, he said the training would help in catering the needs of the IT industry. Software companies would be roped in to train the college teachers in computer science so that they could transfer the knowledge to their students, he said. In the first phase, students from 35 colleges would be given training in computer science as an add-on course.

The State Government had decided to establish a Sanskrit university and had kept aside Rs. 2 crore for the purpose in the State budget. The varsity would help students in pursuing higher studies in Sanskrit.

Mr. Limbavali, who inaugurated the Suyoga-Swodyoga programme of the Paryaya Puttige Math here, called upon students to purse higher education which would enable them to get jobs.

Udupi MLA Raghupati Bhat, chairman of the Third Finance Commission A.G. Kodgi, president of Dakshina Kannada Milk Producers Union K. Diwakar Shetty, Sugunendra Thirtha Swamiji of Puttige Math were among the others present.

Fillip to higher education

The Minister inaugurated the extension building of the Government First Grade College at Tenkanidiyur here and said that steps would be taken to increase the number of students joining higher education. Only 11 per cent of students were registering for higher education so far and it was targeted to increase to 15 per cent.

Stating that shortage of quality teaches in basic sciences, the minister said the government colleges should be equal to private colleges in providing education. Home Minister V.S. Acharya said that the Government had granted Rs. 8,500 crore for education. It had opened 178 colleges in the last two years.

MLA Raghupati Bhat presided over while Vice Chancellor of Mangalore University K.M. Kaveriappa, Joint Director of the Department of Collegiate Education Savitha and principal of the college G. Yogananda were present.

Udupi Oct 18: Udupi City Bus Owners' Association is organising a programme to inaugurate the new office of the Association followed by the distribution of prepaid coupons to the students and free pass to the disabled in Udupi on October 18.

Speaking to media persons, General Secretary Kuyeeladi Suresh Nayak informed that the programme will be inaugurated by Home Minister V S Acharya and President of Canara Bus Owners Association and Karnataka Bus Owners Federation Rajverma Ballal will preside over the programme.

Udupi MLA Raghupathy Bhat, DC P Hemalatha and RTO M P Omkareshwari will be the chief guests, he added.

Mr Nayak informed that there are 86 city buses in total that ply over the authorised 14 routes. Students will be given the prepaid passes with 40 per cent reduction, he added.

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