Monthly Archives: July 2014

AU proud of its alumnus holding HRD portfolio

Education, Leaders

The organisers of an international meet on environment on Monday showered praises on Minister for HRD Ganta Srinivasa Rao. Stating that he was a towering personality, easily accessible and ever-smiling, AU College of Engineering Vice-Principal P.S. Avadhani said they were feeling proud that Mr. Rao, an alumnus of the university, had become a Minister holding higher education portfolio.

Greeting him with Telugu couplets, Prof. Avadhani said they had high hopes on Mr. Rao for promotion of higher education. The function was held at Y.V.S. Murthy Auditorium, which is named in memory of a former student. Dr. Y.V.S. Murthy Charitable Trust contributed Rs.2 crore to construct ultra modern auditorium with a seating capacity of 300.

AU Engineering College principal Ch.V. Ramachandra Murthy said they were proud of former students and mentioned how they were second in the country to start chemical engineering in 1933 and formed AU College of Engineering with four departments in 1955. He said they had got 27th ranking in the entire country.

Incidentally, Mr. Rao is not the lone alumnus to hold an important office in the legislature. Union Minister for Urban Development M. Venkaiah Naidu, Vizag, and Anakapalle MPs K. Haribabu and M. Srinivasa Rao are products of Andhra University.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Visakhapatnam / by Special Correspondent / Visakhapatnam – June 30th, 2014

Vijayawada archers for Asian Games trials

Sports

It’s crunch time for two city archers — Vennam Jyothi Surekha and Purvasha Sudhir Shinde — as they are among the top eight archers of the country’s compound segment and they will be part of the selection trials on from which four will be shortlisted for the 2014 Incheon Asian Games.

The Archery Association of India (AAI) has staged four National Ranking Archery Tournaments (NRATs) and picked the top eight arches in both compound and recurve segments. “Four archers will be picked for the Asian Games after two back to back trials in July,” said AP Archery Association administrator Ch. Satyanarayana.

Much to the delight of the local archery administrators, the 15-year-old Purvasha, a trainee from Volga Archery Academy, catapulted herself to the top league by garnering encouraging points to emerge among the top eight. She won the sub-junior and junior titles and later dominated the women segment by winning the third NRAT at Hyderabad.

“Now we have two champion archers from Vijayawada in Jyothi Surekha and Purvasha and both will be vying for berths for Korea,” said Krishna District Sports Development Officer P. Ramakrishna.

Purvasha Shinde
Purvasha Shinde

Purvasha in her maiden international event at Columbia (World Cup Stage 2) reached the last 16 in women’s draw beating Colombian Superstar Sara Lopez 146-144. However, she could not replicate her form in the pre-quarters going down to eventual finalist Toja Cerne of Slovenia. India’s former No. 1 archer Jyothi Surekha, who has been performing consistently, is finding the going tough as she is left with no coach after her fallout with Volga Archery Academy. Surekha is now taking tips from International Isaiah R. Sanam from Hyderabad.

Jyothi Surekha
Jyothi Surekha

Jyothi Surekha, a find of late Indian coach Ch. Lenin, made her mark in the Indian archery as a precocious talent by winning bagful medals to the country.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Vijayawada / J. R. Sridharan / Vijayawada – July 01st, 2014

APNGOs to Felicitate CM on July 12

Arts, Culture & Entertainment, Leaders

Vijayawada :

The Andhra Pradesh Non-Gazetted Officers’ (APNGO) Association has decided to felicitate chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu, on behalf of Andhra Pradesh Joint Action Committee (JAC), for supporting the government employees as promised by him during his poll campaign.

APNGOs president A Vidya Sagar told mediamen here Sunday that Chandrababu Naidu will be felicitated at the Loyola College Auditorium in the city on July 12. State finance minister Yanamala Ramakrishnudu will also attend the event.

The APNGOs will meet the CM for discussing the problems being faced by the government employees and also request him to resolve the health card issue. The employees will also support the government in building a new capital for Andhra Pradesh, he assured and urged that state-level meetings should be held in the cities of the new state henceforth.

A JAC meeting will be organised on July 11 at the NGO Home in Vijayawada where the new committee will be elected, he said.

Vidya Sagar thanked the CM for deciding to set up district selection committees, raising the retirement age of government staff to 60 years and declaring the period of Samaikyandhra agitation as holidays.

Association West Krishna district convener Md Iqbal, associate president D Satyanarayana, JAC leader M Satyanandam, Progressive Recognised Teachers’ Union district head V Sanjeeva Reddy and state head K Reddemma, Fourth Class Employees’ Union convener P Vasu, Library Staff Association president K Madhusudhana Raju, Drivers’ Union district head Ch Srinivasa Rao and other employees’ associations were present.

source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New  Indian Express / Home> States> Andhra Pradesh / by Express News Service / June 30th, 2014

Mega Expo on Electronic Products Inaugurated

Business & Economy, Science & Technology
Organisers of a stall explaining the working of a laptop during an IT expo at a private function hall in Vijayawada on Friday | express photo
Organisers of a stall explaining the working of a laptop during an IT expo at a private function hall in Vijayawada on Friday | express photo

Vijayawada :

A three-day mega expo organised by Vijayawada Information Technology Association (VJITA) was inaugurated by Vijayawada East MLA Gadde Ramamohan Rao here Friday at Sesha Sai Kalyanamandapam.

Speaking at the occasion, he said that the expo, where laptops, tabs, iPads and computers are on display, would help the students and other customers to know all about all the technological details at one platform. “Earlier, we used to go Hyderabad to purchase the latest and high-end equipment, but now it is available at this expo,” he said.

VJITA president I Murali Venkat Krishna said, “We are organising this expo for the second time with more than 54 stalls of various vendors and distributors than the earlier one.”

Secretary of VJITA P Ramesh Babu says, “We are expecting around 25,000 people as against the 20,000 last time to avail this opportunity.”

Corporator Chennapati Gandhi, Treasurer S Srinivas and other members attended the inaugural programme.

source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New  Indian Express / Home> States> Andhra Pradesh / by Express News Service / June 28th, 2014

GIET Granted Autonomous Status

Education
 Rajahmundry :
Godavari Institute of Engineering and Technology (GIET) has been granted autonomous status.

The GIET, established in 1998, is the first engineering college in East Godavari district to get the autonomy. There are about 32 engineering colleges in the district.

The GIET can now design its academic curriculum, conduct examinations, introduce new courses and evaluate examination papers. The GIET has its own controller of examinations.

It has 4,000-student strength and offers eight M.Tech courses.

In 2006, the GIET received National Board of Accreditation (NBA) and got UGC recognition later. It got permanent affiliation to Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kakinada (JNTUK) in 2013 and obtained “A” grade NAAC recognition in the same year.

GIET general manager D Subba Raju told TNIE that plans were afoot to get deemed university status next year or in 2016.

The GIET is having necessary faculty and infrastructure to become a deemed university, he said.

source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> States> Andhra Pradesh / Express News Service / July 02nd, 2014

Sniffer Dogs to be divided between Andhra Pradesh, Telangana

About Seemandhra / Andhra Pradesh, Records, All
Picture for representational purpose (Photo: DC/File)
Picture for representational purpose (Photo: DC/File)

Vijayawada:

After dividing the police force, the trained sniffer dogs were divided between the two states. Apart from making the sniffer and tracker dogs stationed in each region to stay put, the intelligence security wing dogs were also distributed. According to ISW officials, AP got 10 sniffer dogs while Telangana got eight based on the population.

DSP of dog training academy at Moinabad K. Subrahmanyam said, “The dog squads are divided, but the training academy is the same. We have 40 dogs being trained in our academy and they will be inducted to the police force as per the earlier requests. We already have five attacker dogs of Belgian Malinois with Octopus the anti-terror force.

In the present batch that is undergoing training, we have five more Belgian Malinois being trained.” However, the requirement for sniffer and tracker dogs from the districts has been increasing. In Machilipatnam on Thursday a sniffer dog died and police cremated it with the official salute. “Several dogs have become old and sick. There are deaths reported from the district units regularly,” said an official.

source: http://www.deccanchronicle.com / Deccan Chronicle / Home> Nation> Current Affairs / by DC Correspondent / June 29th, 2014

‘Vizag has a vast potential to become a transhipment hub’

Business & Economy
JM Baxi Group Executive Director Capt. Sriram Ravi Chander in an interview with The Hindu in Visakhapatnam recently. / Photo: CV. Subrahmanyam / The Hindu
JM Baxi Group Executive Director Capt. Sriram Ravi Chander in an interview with The Hindu in Visakhapatnam recently. / Photo: CV. Subrahmanyam / The Hindu

There is a need to draft zone-wise development plans for port-based industrial activity, says J.M. Baxi Group executive director. With a vast hinterland of 700 km covering eight States, including newly-carved out Telangana and extending up to North and North East India, had the scope to become a major investment destination.

The proposed tax holiday for 10 years, a slew of incentives under special category State status and development of an industrial corridor from Visakhapatnam to Chennai on the lines of Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor Project will make the city a transhipment hub, according to J.M. Baxi Group executive director Capt. Sriram Ravi Chander.

In an exclusive interview to The Hindu, he said the city with a vast hinterland of 700 km covering eight States, including newly-carved out Telangana and extending up to North and North East India, had the scope to become a major investment destination.

Rosy picture

Painting a rosy picture about its future, Capt. Ravi Chander, who is also the CEO of Visakha Container Terminal which launched its operations on June 26, 2003, said Visakhapatnam had all the prerequisites to be developed like Shanghai, Rotterdam, Singapore and Jebel Ali (near Dubai).

Mooting time-bound short-term and long-term zone-wise development plans post-bifurcation for development of port-based industrial activity with the support infrastructure like warehousing, connectivity and ancillary units, he said the governments at Centre and in the State should finalise policy initiatives in consultation with stakeholders.

“I am confident of Visakhapatnam emerging as a hub port on the East Coast making it the gateway for South East and South-East Asia. We have the right combination in Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is known for his success for port-centric development in Gujarat, and AP Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, a good learner, who is credited with developing Cyberabad in Hyderabad,” he said.

The days of policy paralysis syndrome were over. “Freight and industrial corridors should be developed with a proactive land acquisition and rehabilitation policy by making land-losers equity-holders in the new projects,” he stated.

Capt. Ravi Chander wanted task forces set up to execute action plans to achieve the desired objectives and mentioned how CII was in talks with Boston Consulting Group to prepare a vision for developing Visakhapatnam.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Visakhapatnam / by Santosh Patnaik / June 29th, 2014