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Alumni walk through familiar corridors as college turns 50

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A view of the Sri Govindaraja Swamy (SGS) Arts College in Tirupati
A view of the Sri Govindaraja Swamy (SGS) Arts College in Tirupati

Association to come out with database of graduates soon

What do A.P. Tourism Development Corporation (APTDC) Chairman V. Jayarami Reddy, litterateur ‘Sahasravadhani’ Medasani Mohan, former Minister Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy, Progressive Writers Association president Sakam Nagaraja and bureaucrat K. Dhananjaya Reddy have in common? They graduated from the Sri Govindaraja Swamy (SGS) Arts College here.

As the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD)-run institute entered its golden jubilee year on Wednesday, its old students went down the memory lane by recalling the “golden moments” of their lives.

After opening arts colleges for men and women in the name of Sri Venkateswara and Sri Padmavathi respectively, the TTD opened another arts college to cater to a growing demand for higher education in Tirupati. Besides students from the Rayalaseema districts, many from Nellore, Prakasam and Guntur districts have studied at the college, known for its value-based education.

Many alumni at the golden jubilee event took selfies with their old classmates, related anecdotes to one another and walked with a heavy air of nostalgia through the institution’s corridors and rooms.

“The values ingrained in the curriculum made us what we are today,” says Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) State general secretary G. Bhanuprakash Reddy, an alumnus. “Compared to corporate colleges, TTD institutions have better infrastructure, faculty members and foster spaces to encourage creativity among students,” says TTD Public Relations Officer T. Ravi, an alumnus.

Meanwhile, the alumni association of the institution has begun collecting details of its alumni through WhatsApp groups and Facebook profiles to come out with a database at the end of the year-long celebrations.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> States> Andhra Pradesh / by Special Correspondent / Tirupati – February 28th, 2019

On a high, literally

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Vijja Reddy Raja Sree being congratulated by her parents in Anantapur on Wednesday.
Vijja Reddy Raja Sree being congratulated by her parents in Anantapur on Wednesday.

It was a proud moment for Vijja Reddy Raja Sree, daughter of a Kuppam-based polytechnic lecturer. The girl received six gold medals at the 10th convocation of Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Anantapur, on Wednesday. She got the gold medal for securing the highest marks in JNTUA examination in 2018 and five endowment gold medals for standing first in all the branches of engineering and other categories.

An elated and smiling Raja Sree was the centre of attraction at the convocation hall with hundreds of her classmates, professors and parents of other students congratulating her on the achievement. And the icing on the cake was State government presenting ‘Pratibha Puraskar’ of ₹20,000 for her excellent performance in the B.Tech Civil Engineering.

Currently pursuing her M.Tech in Structural Engineering at S.V. University in Tirupati, she secured 88.89% in her graduation in 2018 from JNTU Anantapur Engineering College. She got through the GATE examination and received a stipend of ₹12,500 to pursue her post-graduation.

While she prepares for civils, she wishes to join the government service to be closer to her family. She gives credit for her success to hard work and encouragement from parents.

Her father Rajasekharaiah and mother S. Chandrakala, headmistress of MPUP School at Chowdepalli near Madanapalle, told The Hindu that they would encourage their daughter to do whatever she likes in future.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> States> Andhra Pradesh / by Special Correspondent / Anantapur – February 28th, 2019

City doctor selected for psychiatrist board

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The National Board of Examinations has the responsibility of granting permission for starting new PG Medical courses in recognised private and government hospitals.

Vijayawada :

Director of VIMHANS Hospitals and a senior psychiatrist there, Dr Indla Ramasubba Redyy, has been selected as part of a national-level psychiatrist board by The National Board of Examinations, affiliated to the Central Ministry of Health.

The National Board of Examinations has the responsibility of granting permission for starting new PG Medical courses in recognised private and government hospitals.

source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> Cities> Vijayawada / by Express News Service / February 23rd, 2019

Prameela Abburi passes away at 79

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Abburi Prameela, the first principal of Sri Sathya Sai Vidya Vihar, who passsed away in Visakhapatnam on Monday.
Abburi Prameela, the first principal of Sri Sathya Sai Vidya Vihar, who passsed away in Visakhapatnam on Monday.

Prameela Abburi (79), the first principal of Sri Sathya Sai Vidya Vihar, died at her residence in the city on Monday.

S.G. Chalam, school convener and State president of Sri Sathya Sai Seva Organisation, school principal A. Kausalya, members of the Governing Body, staff and students paid rich tributes to Prameela Abburi at a condolence meeting held at the school on Tuesday morning.

Mr. Chalam recalled the untiring efforts of Prameela in imparting quality education to the budding students and her passion to serve the needy and underprivileged with love.

Prameela had joined the school in 1985 and served as its first principal till 2000, and laid a strong foundation for imparting of value-based education.

She was an ardent devotee of Sri Sathya Sai Baba and had dedicated herself to imparting human values through education to the students.

She was married to the late Abburi Gopalakrishna, well-known painter and a former Head of the Department of Theatre Arts in Andhra University.

She is survived by her only son Hari who lives in the United States.

Her last rites will be performed in the city on Wednesday.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News>States> Andhra Pradesh / by Special Correspondent / Visakhapatnam – February 27th, 2019

VVIT prof gets award for research

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Several other awards were also given to people researching further in their fields after obtaining a Doctorate.

Guntur :

Professor Sangu Ravindra, Electrical and Electronics Engineering department, Vasireddy Venkatadri Institute of Technology (VVIT), has got the Young Scientist Award, said VVIT chairperson Vasireddy Vidyasagar.

The award was announced by International Organization of Scientific Research and Development (IOSRD) at Nambur of Guntur district on Thursday, and Dr Ravindra received it at an international conference organised in Chennai on Tuesday.

Several other awards were also given to people researching further in their fields after obtaining a Doctorate. Four researchers have been selected from across the country and awarded based on their research done on ‘Power Control and Conservation’.

source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> States> Andhra Pradesh / by Express News Service / February 15th, 2019

GMC’s Class of 1958 meets again in city

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Veteran doctors at a reunion in Vijayawada on Saturday.
Veteran doctors at a reunion in Vijayawada on Saturday.

The 1958 batch of the Guntur Medical College (GMC) met for a fond reunion at the Haritha Berm Park here on Saturday.

There were 120 students in the batch, but only 50 of them could make it for the batch reunion. Dr. Janardhana Reddy, a surgeon in the U.S. and Mangaraju, an orthopaedician also settled in the U.S,, flew to India just to attend the gathering. Vijayawada-based ENT surgeon C.V. Ramana Rao and Guntur physician K. Vasudeva Rao welcomed their classmates.

“Initially, we used to meet every year and then the meetings were held once in two years because some of the batchmates migrated to other countries,” Dr. Ramana Rao said. The batch will meet again in two years, Dr. Ramana Rao said.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> States> Andhra Pradesh / by Special Correspondent / Vijayawada – February 01st, 2019

Collector dons the role of a quizmaster

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East Godavari district Collector Kartikeya Misra conducting quiz for students in Kakinada on Friday. | Photo Credit: SPECIALARRANGEMENT
East Godavari district Collector Kartikeya Misra conducting quiz for students in Kakinada on Friday. | Photo Credit: SPECIALARRANGEMENT

Conducts grand finale of contest in run-up to ‘Jnana Bheri’

East Godavari district Collector Kartikeya Misra donned the role of a quizmaster to make youngsters aware of the importance of getting enrolled as voters. He conducted the grand finale of the quiz competition conducted in the jam-packed Ambedkar Auditorium on Friday in run-up to the ‘Jnana Bheri’ programme scheduled for December 22 here in which Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu is to interact with the students of different educational institutions.

Seven teams, each consisting of two members of representing one revenue division each, took part in the grand finale that lasted for about a couple of hours. Along with students, parents and teachers, officials of all the government departments and elite from the city formed part of the audience. The quiz is all about the Indian Constitution with special reference to the right to vote. Questions on history and cultural heritage were also asked.

The first round consisting of general knowledge while the second one was about elections and the third round was on Indian heritage. The participating teams were given a chance of choosing a particular topic from the given list for the fourth round and the audio, visual questions find place in the penultimate round. It was the rapid fire round that selected the winners for the first and the second places.

Selection of winning team for the third place became another challenge with three teams vying with one another by scoring equally. The quizmaster opted for the tie-break and announced the winning team for the third position. Mr. Misra handled the quiz in a professional way and tried not to imitate the professional quizmasters. Besides highlighting the importance of casting the vote in between the rounds, he also elaborated a few points related to the quiz questions.

Winners

Team consisting of Prasanth Patel and P. Sameesh from Bhashyam English Medium High School, Ramachandrapuram won the first place, while G. Sai Abhinay of Suryadeep English Medium High School and Yamini of Government Junior College, Gokavaram, representing Rajamahendravaram team stood in the second place. O. Bhavani and P. Nagachandra Poorna from Chebrolu Zilla Parishad High School representing the Peddapuram team won the third place.

Trophies and prizes were presented to the winners.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> States> Andhra Pradesh / by Staff Reporter / Kakinada – December 15th, 2018

Raman effect still visible in Mrs. AVN College

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The physics lab is maintained as it is, at Mrs. A.V.N. College in Visakhapatnam. | Photo Credit: C.V.Subrahmanyam
The physics lab is maintained as it is, at Mrs. A.V.N. College in Visakhapatnam. | Photo Credit: C.V.Subrahmanyam

Physics lab, where he did his practicals, is now heritage part of the hallowed institution

Any idea how did Nobel laureate C.V. Raman get the idea of his path-breaking theory which is called the Raman Effect or Raman Scattering.

It was in this city and at Mrs. AVN College where the seed for his theory ‘Molecular Diffraction of Light’ was sown.

Dr. Raman, who spent a few of his formative years in this city, was a student of Mrs. AVN College High School, where he completed his high school from Std VIII to X and later moved to Mrs. AVN College to complete his pre-university course.

In a passage in his biography, he quoted that from his sea-facing classroom, which was located on the first floor of the Gothic-styled stone building, he would observe the changing colours of the Bay of Bengal and it would fascinate him.

“It is from this classroom in this college that I developed the urge to get into the details of this phenomenon.” This was what he (Raman) had said, when he visited his alma mater in 1930, recounted Dr. Srinivasa Rao, the present HoD of the Physics Department, from the old diaries. According to college records, Raman studied in the high school from 1902 to 1905 and PUC from 1905 to 1907 and his father Chandra Sekhara Iyer was a teacher in Mrs. AVN College High School, said principal of the college D. Vijaya Prakash.

The physics lab in the college, where Dr. Raman conducted his first experiments, is still kept as it is and has become a heritage part of the edifice.

Glorious journey

Mrs. AVN College was set up in 1860, principally as a high school, with the support of the public and the then zamindars. In 1878, it was elevated to the status of a college in the name of Hindu College. In 1892, Ankitam Venkata Narsinga Row, a landlord, bequeathed a sum of ₹1 lakh, an11-acre site, a Gothic-style building, and a building grant of ₹15,000, and since then the college is known in his wife’s name as Mrs. AVN College.

It has grown from a strength of 50 students to over 2,500 today. Apart from Dr C.V. Raman, the college boasts of alumnus that includes revolutionary Alluri Sitaramaraju, statistician CR Rao, General KV Krishna Rao, film star S.V. Ranga Rao, freedom fighter Tenneti Viswanadham and writers such as Raavi Sastry and Sri Sri. The two-day founder’s day celebrations will begin from Thursday.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> States> Andhra Pradesh / by Sumit Bhattacharjee / Visakhapatnam – December 05th, 2018

A drill in shaping future innovators

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Students receiving INSPIRE Awards at IITH on Friday.
Students receiving INSPIRE Awards at IITH on Friday.

IIT-Hyderabad aims to mentor govt. school students in critical thinking

The Indian Institute of Technology-Hyderabad (IIT-H) is mentoring school students of Andhra Pradesh to be future innovators and critical thinkers.

It is hosting a three-day workshop from November 30 as part of INSPIRE Awards – MANAK (Million Minds Augmenting National Aspirations and Knowledge) initiative, executed by Department of Science and Technology, Govt of India, and National Innovation Foundation – India (NIF).

The initiative aims to motivate students in the age group of 10-15 years to think critically. A total 37 students from Andhra Pradesh, mostly from government schools, were selected for their ideas based on novelty, social applicability, how environment-friendly and user-friendly they are.

The workshop is being coordinated by Dr. Mudrika Khandelwal, Assistant Professor and Dr. Ranjith Ramadurai, Associate Professor, at the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering, IIT Hyderabad.

Speaking about the importance of this initiative, Dr. Mudrika Khandelwal and Dr. Ranjith Ramadurai said, “It is important to tap the creativity at early stages of life when they are open and fearless. We are sure this will be a great platform to bring out talent.”

The scheme’s objective is to select, support and reward one million original ideas/innovations rooted in science and its real-life applications, to be able to foster a culture of creativity and innovative thinking among schoolchildren.

Prof. Deepak John Mathew and Dr. Neelkantan from the Dept. of Design, spoke about the importance of design. Dr. P. Rajalakshmi from Wireless Networks (WiNeT) Laboratory, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, gave a demonstration on drones.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Hyderabad / by Special Correspondent / Sangareddy – November 30th, 2018

Skater Rana’s marathon reaches Vizag

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Way to go: Rana Uppalapati has covered 4,500 km till date. | Photo Credit: C.V.Subrahmanyam
Way to go: Rana Uppalapati has covered 4,500 km till date. | Photo Credit: C.V.Subrahmanyam

‘Indian Golden Quadrilateral’ aims at raising money for girl child education

Noted skater Rana Uppalapati, who has taken up the task of covering the 6,000-km Golden Quadrilateral to create awareness and raise money for girl child education, reached Visakhapatnam on Thursday.

The ‘Indian Golden Quadrilateral’ programme, being funded by the Titan Company Limited in collaboration with the Tata Group, was flagged off at Hosur in Karnataka on September 5 and he had so far covered Karnataka, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Odisha.

The 37-year-old skater, who covered about 4,500 km and reached his home town after 70 days, was given a warm welcome by the denizens, skaters and friends, at the VUDA Children’s Arena in Siripuram.

Money mobilised so far

He is accompanied by a six-member logistic team, who travel in a car ahead.

“In the last 70 days, we have interacted with at least 5 lakh people across various parts of the country and raised ₹3.60 crore, which would be enough for educating close to 10,000 girls. But our target is to provide education for 25,000 girls and I am sure in the next 30 days, we would achieve it,” Mr. Rana Uppalapati said.

Earlier he undertook two such skating trips to create awareness on health issues.

The longest trip he had taken up was from Vizag to Chennai, around 800 km.

Covering 6,000 km now was definitely a tough task, “but it will be a milestone if I can achieve it,” he said.

“In the first 30 days, due to bad roads, high temperature and a few other hassles, we would cover around 12 km per day, starting at 4 am. But later we started to cover close to 50 to 60 km, on a daily basis. Today, I skated from Tagarapuvalasa to Lankapalem, covering almost 67 km in just two and half hours. When we show people the amount of difficulty involved in our journey, the message reaches in a strong way,” said Mr. Uppalapati.

He said his journey would end by meeting kids, communities and other people in schools, colleges, meeting halls etc every day.

“Apart from educating underprivileged girl children, we are also creating awareness among children on safety, especially on good touch and bad touch.”

The mission is expected to end on December 18 at Hosur. A grand event is being planned in Bengaluru.

Managing Director of the Titan Company Bhaskar Bhat, AVP & Head, Corporate Sustainability Titan NE Sridhar, family members, city-based skaters, athletes and others were present.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> States> Andhra Pradesh / by Harish Gilai / Visakhapatnam – November 22nd, 2018