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Around the country in a solar car

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COIMBATORE, 16/02/2012: Syed Sajjad Ahmed (left), a businessman dealing with electrical accessories in Bangalore, with his relative on a solar car in Coimbatore on February 16, 2012 as part of his tour of South India for 1,000 km to generate awareness among the people on pollution and corruption. Photo: M. Periasamy / The Hindu
COIMBATORE, 16/02/2012: Syed Sajjad Ahmed (left), a businessman dealing with electrical accessories in Bangalore, with his relative on a solar car in Coimbatore on February 16, 2012 as part of his tour of South India for 1,000 km to generate awareness among the people on pollution and corruption. Photo: M. Periasamy / The Hindu

Syed Sajjan Ahmed travels 3,000 km in self-built four-wheeler.

Bengaluru , KARNATAKA :

Sixty-three-year-old Syed Sajjan Ahmed arrived in Bangalore in a self-developed solar electric-powered car to cover 3,000 km from Bangalore to Delhi to participate in the first India International Science Festival (IISF).

It took Syed 30 days to cover the arduous journey, which included crossing the Vindhyas. Born in Kolar, 70 km from Bangalore, the standard XII dropout began his career as a fruit vendor and went on to set up a shop for electronics repair.

His work included assembly of electronic goods, starting off with transistors, tape recorders and television sets and antennae. Later, he moved on to computers, before attempting to realise his childhood dream to do something for society.

“I had to leave school when I was 15 to start earning for my family. But the fire to create something that would be of use to humanity kept burning within me,” he says.

The break came in 2002. “I told myself that I am 50 now, and I must do something before I become too old and infirm.”

Ahmed started by modifying a two-wheeler to run on electric power, and then a three-wheeler, and later a four-wheeler.

He bagged the Karnataka government’s award for environment protection, instituted in honour of former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, in 2006, for his innovation. Ahmed says that the modified car is equipped with a set of five solar panels, each with a capacity of 100 watts.

The power generated by the panels propels the machine through a bank of six batteries, each with a capacity of 12 volts and 100 amps. He takes pride that his small car withstood the test of the 3,000-km trek. “There were times when we thought we would not be able to take the steep climbs on the ghat roads. But, it crossed all the hurdles without much trouble,” he adds.

Ahmed says he has travelled 1.1 lakh km in his four-wheeler across the country so far. He is accompanied by a cousin, Salim Pasha, who travels in a regular car alongside. Both started their journey to Delhi from Raj Bhavan in Bangalore on November 1.

Ahmed, who says his vehicle costs around one lakh rupees at present, would further be driving from Delhi to Dr. Kalam’s hometown of Rameshwaram. “I wanted to make this journey an adventure; I have driven this vehicle for 10 years and hope to keep it going,” he says. He will then return to Bangalore via Kanyakumari.

“Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam is my inspiration. Through my journey, I want to inspire and educate the public, especially students, about Dr Kalam’s Vision 2020 for uplifting the country,” he adds.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> Features> MetroPlus / IANS / December 08th, 2015

A different formula on TV

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Children working with the Maths kit. Photo: Special arrangement
Children working with the Maths kit. Photo: Special arrangement

A clever television contest for Most Innovative Maths Teacher finds schools vying for honours, and viewers asking for reruns. 

February 14. It was a special day for many students in the north Karnataka taluk of Kushtagi, Koppal district. They were all set to watch their teachers vie for the title of ‘Most Innovative Maths Teacher in Kushtagi’, at the first-ever mathematical reality TV show for teachers of government schools.

Doing the Math: Iranna Patil Photo: Special arrangement
Doing the Math: Iranna Patil Photo: Special arrangement

Of the six finalists, at the Ganitha Kalika Andolan contest, Iranna Patil of Government Higher Primary School, Thopalakatti, walked away with the title for his demonstration of the concept of data collection and analysis, and how it could be taught creatively to students of classes IV and V.

Teachers Hafisa Begum of Lower Primary School, Mankalkeri, and Geeta Basarakoda of Lower Primary School, Sherifnagar, took the second and third places, respectively. They were chosen for making maths an enjoyable learning experience.

Ganitha Kalika Andolan (GKA) was started by Akshara Foundation in partnership with the Karnataka government and Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan to improve numeracy skills and facilitate classroom teaching of mathematics in the six districts of the Hyderabad-Karnataka region. Since June 2015, the Bengaluru-based not-for-profit movement has trained over 7,500 teachers in mathematics teaching, especially using teaching learning material such as the Akshara Math Kit, which contained play money, dice, weighing scales, beads and geometric shapes.

But how effective was the programme? Were teachers enthused about it? In 2014-15, the organisation had included popular film dialogues and even a maths jingle composed by Grammy award-winner Ricky Tej to make teaching and learning fun. Would television also help? This led to the GKA contest. The Nanjundappa Committee report for the Redressal of Regional Imbalances states that Akshara Foundation chose Kushtagi, one of the 39 taluks in the report’s ‘most backward’ taluks list. The organisation had trained over 300 teachers in the taluk even before GKA. A peppy teaser was aired on television, and soon teachers started sending in their entries in the form of short videos.

Of the over 230 entries from the 220 schools in Kushtagi, 20 were shortlisted for an exciting buzzer round. During the finals on stage, excitement was high. The teachers had to use elements from the maths kit to demonstrate their lesson. “I knew the answer to one of the judge’s questions, but I fumbled while facing the camera,” says Savitha Maleda. A teacher at the GHPS in Ryavanaki, she always enjoyed using song and dance to teach, but since the maths contest was announced, she has been trying out other creative ways as well. She now wants to do a post-graduation so that she can teach high school students as well.

For Iranna Patil, the contest was a big fillip. “It spread awareness about creative methods of teaching. Earlier, the maths kits were not being used much. Now, all my teacher friends want to use them. We have a Whatsapp group of science teachers, who share news about teaching methods,” says this young man.

Kanchan Bannerjee, managing trustee at Akshara Foundation, says, “We hope the contestants can inspire the larger teaching community as also the students and their parents to see maths as a fun subject.”

As partners involved in releasing the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER), Akshara Foundation is convinced that mathematics needs a leg-up in our schools. Before approaching the Karnataka government with the idea of GKA, the organisation had run the module for nearly four years in schools in Hoskote. They made sure the comprehensive teaching methodology envisaged in the GKA programme was compliant with the guidelines prescribed by the National Curriculum Framework 2005 and that it supported the textbooks and workbooks designed by the Karnataka Department of State Educational Research and Training. They made their manuals and video modules for teachers available under Creative Commons, making it possible for people to freely use them.

“The GKA model runs for two years, and with just a few adaptations it can be replicated anywhere. We hope that our government will extend this to other districts too,” says Ashok Kamath, chairman of Akshara Foundation.

That the TV channel had several viewers asking for a re-telecast shows what a masterstroke it was to use television for maths.

Mala Kumar writes for children and edits books for Pratham Books. She was one of the judges at the GKA contest.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> Features> Magazine / by Mala Kumar / March 05th, 2016

Youth Gives Up Job in West Asia, Takes to Organic Farming

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Tirunelveli, TAMIL NADU :

N Sheik Abdullah at work in his organic farm at Kalakudi village near Manur in Tirunelveli | EXPRESS
N Sheik Abdullah at work in his organic farm at Kalakudi village near Manur in Tirunelveli | EXPRESS

Tirunelveil  :

At a time when agricultural lands are turning into commercial housing plots, a youth has been silently transforming dry land into organic farming plots near Manur in the district.

Giving up his high salary job after working around nine years in West Asia, diploma holder N Sheik Abdullah (34) is busy now turning his integrated organic farm at Kalakudi village near Manur into a farm that grows watermelon, drum sticks and marigold.

“After completing a diploma in mechanical engineering, I worked in production arena in Erode and Coimbatore for around five years. Later, I took up the job of  a design engineer in the West Asia. With the support of my family members, I later purchased dry lands at Kalakudi village,” Abdullah said.

He returned from West Asia in March last year to launch into agricultural activities.

Hailing from Pettai in Tirunelveli city, he travels about 25 km to reach his farmland from his house daily.Step by step, he is turning the dry soil into one that is suitable for organic agriculture farming.

Abdullah said he has  plans to keep local breeds of cows, goats and chicken in the organic farm.

He has also planted local tree species of banyan, neem, pipul, fig, Poovarasu among others.

Abdullah, who considers organic farm expert Nammalvar as his role model, has undergone training at his organic farm ‘Vanagam’ in Karur district. He has cultivated paddy in the farm and plans expand it to more areas in his plot.

His idea is to produce healthy milk, egg and organic agriculture produces, which has no pesticides and chemicals.

Satisfied with the milk yield of local breeds of cattle,  the 34-year-old is also chalking out measures to save them.

source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> States> Tamil Nadu / by M. Abdul Rabi / March 03rd, 2016

Lexington Town Meeting members selected

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Lexington, MA ,  U.S.A :
By Jordan Frias
jfrias@wickedlocal.com

Rizvi, originally from Lucknow, India, missed the February deadline for nomination papers, but learned about the write-in candidate process.

LEXINGTON

Syed Ali Rizvi stood outside of Bowman Elementary School March 2 to gain support for his write-in campaign to become a Town Meeting member for Precinct 2.

Rizvi, originally from Lucknow, India, missed the February deadline for nomination papers, but learned about the write-in candidate process.

“Someone mentioned to me that you can be a write-in candidate. I didn’t know that,” he said. “The best investment I can make to the town is serving it.”

Rizvi was elected with 33 votes, according to unofficial results from the town clerk’s office, as was Jason Bressner, who received 14 write-in votes. Five other candidates in Precinct 2, who were on the ballot, each received two votes.

Precinct 2 was one of two that didn’t have enough people running for Town Meeting. Three write-in candidates were elected to Town Meeting this year.

Rizvi has been involved in school functions since he moved to Lexington 10 years ago.

“We have benefited tremendously from the town and all of what it offers,” he said. “Bowman parents have known me for many years.”

Rizvi had a lawn sign created for parents driving by or to Bowman Elementary School to see, which he held up on Election Day for people like Peter Kovner who might not have known about him.

Kovner only voted for the five Town Meeting candidates on the ballot because he knew of no write-in candidates. Rizvi had held up his sign in the morning and Kovner voted that evening.

“If somebody had let me know that they were running I would have put them down. If they had a sign, they would have my vote, not that they would need it,” Kovner said.

Kovner said low voter turnout was concerning, but he wasn’t at all bothered with the fact that these races weren’t contested. The March 3 election had a 16 percent turnout, according to the town clerk’s office.

“If there were more contentious issues in town people would run. I don’t think people are being smug, I think they’re pretty happy with what’s been happening,” he said.

Long-term membership

One of the longest-serving members, Dan Fenn II, has been in Town Meeting for 52 years. Having experience working in Washington, D.C., Fenn calls Town Meeting “a microcosm of the democratic process.”

“You see the same kind of personalities, the same kind of human behaviors in Congress in Washington,” he said. “It’s important to participate in public affairs of the community in which you live.”

source: http://www.lexington.wickedlocal.com /  Home> News Now> Article / by Jordan Frias / Lexington, March 06th, 2015

Tansen lives! Ghulam Mustafa Khan

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Hailing from the senia tradition of Tansen, Ustaad Ghulam Mustafa Khan is that gem that Hindi filmdom can still boast off. Rubina P. Banerjee salutes the maestro whose journey started at the age of 8 and continues even today at 82!

Coke Studio recently witnessed the magic meandering of the golden voice of Ghulam Mustafa Khan Sa’ab as he sang Rahman’s composition ‘Aao balma…’. The studio rebounded with the sonorous depths of Khan Sa’ab’s voice while Prasanna, on the Carnatic guitar, kept pace with his vocal dexterity. At 82, the Padmabhushan awardee is keeping in tune with the times while keeping alive the tradition of the Rampur Sahaswan Gharana.

What can one ask an Ustaad, who started singing at 8 and is still going strong at 82! All my questions seemed banal when it came to his art but one has to start somewhere so we started at the very beginning with his first concert…

“My journey into music had started with the music inherent in my family. At the time, every city had a Victoria Garden and it was the custom that on Janmashtami, the first public performance of those interested in music be performed as a debut. Ali Maqsood Sa’ab, who was the Chairman of the Municipality, organised the Janmashtami function every year and asked me to perform. I was only 8 then and it was the January of 1950 but my performance was much appreciated and people lauded me for my courage to perform at this tender age in front of such a well-informed audience!”

If he performed so well at 8, at what age did he start learning music?

My question brings a smile to his lips…

“I started learning to sing before I had even started talking! My father used to hold me on his chest and teach me sa re ga… even as I was starting to lisp my first words. After a point, I began saying sa re ga… before any other word. My mother was the daughter of the great Inayat Hussain Khan and music was the legacy of my family. Our seniya traditions go back to the times of Tansen and my great great grandfather Ustaad Qutubuddin Khan Sa’ab was the court musician of the Nawab of Oudh, Wajid Ali Shah. My father, Ustaad Waaris Hussain Khan was my first guru. Both my parents wanted me to be a singer.

I started so young that I could remember the tune but not the words! After my father I was trained by Ustaad Fida Hussain Khan who was the court singer at the Baroda royal durbar. And then I learnt with none other than the great Nissar Hussain Khan Sa’ab himself. I never had to find a guru outside my family as there were so many eminent musicians in my family itself.”

Does he look back on his childhood with laughter?

“I have only one complaint with my childhood – that my parents never allowed me to play. Studies and riyaaz; that’s all I did! My father had told all the elders in my family that if I stepped out they should discipline me and make sure I was back inside. Even my mother, who loved me immensely, would complain to my father and ensure I got a sound beating when I played truant. So I have no idea what it is to play and never learnt any sport. I only play with my tanpura.”

When did he realise that he could also sing well?

“You know you are good if the people who are in this field praise you, as they minutely observe and know your strengths and weaknesses. I was indeed very lucky as my brother, Hafeez Ahmed Khan became a producer for All India Radio and I came over to Mumbai. He had organised a programme with all the great performers of the time and I had the privilege of singing with Ustaad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan Sa’ab for four hours at a stretch!

“At the end of the performance, Ustaadji asked me how I managed this deep sonorous voice when my frame was so thin! – and he blessed me. It was a wonderful moment for me.”

The path of music which he embarked on now saw him perform for Dr. Rajendra Prasad (former President of India) in 1952. He was named Junior Tansen in the Haridas Sangeet Sabha in 1969 and awarded the Ustaad Haafiz Ali Khan and Ustaad Chand Khan awards. He performed in India and abroad in the presence of the Queen and Lady Diana and was awarded the Padmashri in 1991, the Sangeet Natak Academy Award (2003) and the Padmabhushan in 2006.

How did he then find his way into the Hindi film world?

“The first film I sang for was in Marathi, ‘Chand Pretticha’. I was here from 1957 and started singing playback for Marathi and Gujarati films but if you ask me if I know the languages, I don’t. At a function, a lady came up to me and said, ‘Khan Sa’ab, aap ga rahi thi, main sun raha tha,’ Yeh mujhe ek aurat keh rahi thi!” His laughter fills the room.

Getting back to films, he says he started with Mrinal Sen’s ‘Bhuvan Shome’ and sang ‘Sajanaa kahe nahi aaye…’  for ‘Badnaam Basti’ under the same music director, Pandit Vijay Raghav Rao. It was Muzaffar Ali’s ‘Umrao Jaan’ that saw him sing the immortal ‘Jhoola kinne dala…’ and ‘Pratham dhar dhyan…’ under Khayyam’s music direction. The ambience of the kotha and the plight of the little Umrao as she is sold into the life of a courtesan, are made all the more poignant by the soulful rendition of the song by Khan Sa’ab.

His connection to Hindi filmdom doesn’t end there. From the late ’50s, he has been a guru to Asha Bhosle, Manna Dey, Geeta Dutt and today, Hariharan, Shaan and Sonu Nigam are among his students. “They have all given me a lot of love and respect and brought me fame as a teacher,” says the Ustaad. On their part, his shagirds acknowledge that their singing skills have been greatly enhanced by their guru.

The most satisfying part of his life is perhaps knowing that he has done his best to keep alive the tradition of the Rampur Sahaswan Gharana; a gharana known for vocal dexterity. His four sons Ghulam Murtaza, Ghulam Qadir, Ghulam Rabbani and Ghulam Hasan Khan are singers as well and have been trained by him.

Today they are professional singers in their own right and have sung for the renowned Rahman in films like ‘Fiza’, ‘Meenakshi’ and ‘Saathiya’. Rahman himself is a student of Khan Sa’ab’s and says he has a lot to learn from his guru. The mellifluous Ustaad Rashid Khan is his nephew as well as his shagird.

However, it is his grandsons who make him proud. Little Faiz and Shoaib have received taalim from the great Ustaad that is their grandfather. Watching Rahman’s song ‘Soz o salaam…’, I see Khan Sa’ab’s eyes light up as Faiz sings the verse flawlessly. His eyes wander wistfully as if seeing in his grandson, his own 8-year-old avatar, performing at his first concert in Victoria Gardens!

source: http://www.freepressjournal.in / The Free Press Journal / Home> Entertainmen / by FPJ Bureau / February 16th, 2014

Actress Gauhar Khan All Set to Make Her Hollywood Debut

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Gauhar is all set to make her hollywood debut with a song in the big budget film 'Solar Eclipse-Depth Of Darkness' | (File/IANS)
Gauhar is all set to make her hollywood debut with a song in the big budget film ‘Solar Eclipse-Depth Of Darkness’ | (File/IANS)

Popular model and actress Gauhar Khan seems to be following the footsteps of Priyanka Chopra and Deepika Padukone.

After PeeCee and Deepu, now Gauhar is all set to make her Hollywood debut with a song in the big budget film ‘Solar Eclipse-Depth Of Darkness’ which is based on Indian independence and set in Violent India, post partition.

According to the reports in Times of India, ‘Chand Bibi’ will be seen in Mujra sequence which is choreographed by none other than Saroj Khan, making it more special for her.

In an interview with the leading newspaper, she said, “After seeing me dance on ‘Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa’, Sarojji had said that she wished I was her daughter. I’m thrilled that she is choreographing this song.”

Talking about her fitness, “My fitness is keeping me super excited. I do crazy weight training and I’m very happy with the shape I’m in. Of course, in the mujra I’ll be all covered up!” she added.

source:  http://www.newindianexpress.com  / The New Indian Express / Home> Entertainment> Hindi / by Online Desk / March 03rd, 2016

VIT student bags full scholarship for master’s programme

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Vellore, TAMIL NADU :

Neeraj Gupta, founder and CEO of Formulate IP presenting the scholarship award to Khwaja. Mohammed Kamal Khwaja, a final year B.Tech student of VIT University, was declared the first prize winner of the KTH Master's Challenge 2016 in Wireless Systems track.
Neeraj Gupta, founder and CEO of Formulate IP presenting the scholarship award to Khwaja. Mohammed Kamal Khwaja, a final year B.Tech student of VIT University, was declared the first prize winner of the KTH Master’s Challenge 2016 in Wireless Systems track.

Khwaja to pursue studies at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm

A final year B.Tech student of VIT University has been awarded a full scholarship to pursue master’s programme at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden. The scholarship came after he bagged the first prize at the KTH Master’s Challenge 2016 in Wireless Systems track.

As part of the challenge, Mohammed Kamal Khwaja, who is studying Electronics and Communication Engineering at VIT, went through a number of quizzes, essays and interviews. He was declared one of the top three students in India during December 2015. The positions of the top three prize winners were announced at a prize ceremony in Bengaluru, a press release said.

“The KTH Master’s Challenge is a nation-wide competition organised by KTH Royal Institute of Technology. The competition has multiple rounds to test various skills and knowledge of students,” he said.

He added that the first prize winner was offered a full scholarship of INR 23,00,000 to pursue the master’s programme at KTH along with an internship opportunity at FormulateIP.

Khwaja, who is currently pursuing his final year project at Singapore University of Technology and Design, said he was delighted to be declared the first prize winner, and as part of the prize, he has been awarded a two-year scholarship to pursue master’s studies at KTH.

The Wireless Systems programme, which is part of the Electrical and Electronic Engineering at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, is ranked 16th in the world by the QS rankings 2015.

Khwaja has also been offered an internship to work at FormulateIP – an intellectual property, innovation management and consulting firm co-founded by a KTH alumni.

He has pursued research internships at Hong Kong and Singapore. Presently, he is pursuing his final year semester project at Singapore as part of the Semester Abroad Programme offered by VIT.

VIT Chancellor G. Viswanathan said their goal has always been to help students reach their full potential be it through academics or extra curricular activities, the release added.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> National> Tamil Nadu / by Staff Reporter / Velllore – February 29th, 2016

Lions region meet held

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Mysuru, KARNATAKA :

Dr. Bellipadi Shyam Prasad Shetty, who inaugurated the Regional Meet, is seen with (from left) Lion Mohammed Nasir, Lion Sayed Ismail, Cine Actor V. Chandan, District Governor Lion C. Hemanth Kumar, Nur Alam Choudhury, Region Chairman Lion R.Y. Arun, Lion Lady Hemalatha Arun, Lion V.S. Sheshadri, Lion Sriprakash and Lion N. Subramanya.
Dr. Bellipadi Shyam Prasad Shetty, who inaugurated the Regional Meet, is seen with (from left) Lion Mohammed Nasir, Lion Sayed Ismail, Cine Actor V. Chandan, District Governor Lion C. Hemanth Kumar, Nur Alam Choudhury, Region Chairman Lion R.Y. Arun, Lion Lady Hemalatha Arun, Lion V.S. Sheshadri, Lion Sriprakash and Lion N. Subramanya.

Mysuru :

The Region Meet of Region VIII of Lions Clubs International, Dist. 317 A, was held at the GLN Convention Hall in city recently. In all, 745 delegates have registered and attended the Meet.

Dr. Bellipadi Shyam Prasad Shetty, the Head of the Department, Cardio Thoracic & Vascular Surgery, JSS Hospital, Mysuru, who was the chief guest, delivered his keynote address on the theme ‘Hrudayada Araike, Namma Haraike.’

He advised the gathering to spread the message of Heart Care as heart ailment is the biggest killer in the world. He further wanted everyone to follow a strict and healthy food habit and adopt a life style of compulsory exercise of atleast half an hour per day and refrain from bad habits of smoking and consumption of liquor and other harmful drugs.

Lion C. Hemanth Kumar, Dist. Governor of Lions Clubs International, Dist. 317-A, Nur Alam Choudhury, Founder and CEO, Prestige Constructions LLC, Ajman, UAE and V. Chandan, Cine Actor & Runner-Up of Bigg Boss – Season 3 also attended the programme as guests of honour.

Various service activities worth about Rs. 8 lakh were carried out on the occasion, including donation of a Maruti Van to Vikala Chethanara Abhyudhaya Seva Samsthe, T.K. Layout, Mysuru.

Chethan and Nur Alam Choudhury have expressed their willingness to join the Lions Movement in appreciation of the yeoman services that the World’s largest NGO has been rendering to the real needy in the society.

Lion R.Y. Arun, Region Chairman, presided over the meeting. Lion N. Subramanya welcomed. Lion P. Rajan introduced the chief guest. Lion Sriprakash proposed a vote of thanks. Lion S. Achutha and Lion Lady Veena Sriprakash compered the programme.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / February 28th, 2016

City’s Muay Thai Boxers bag 14 medals

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Mysuru, KARNATAKA :

Seen in the picture are (kneeling from left) M. Manoj, Phaneesh, R. Darshan, N. Puneeth, Varun Bhat, K.M. Raaghu, B. Kishora, and Rohith Bhat; (standing from left) Referee M.J. Chethan, Abdul Razack, Naveen Shetty, Chidambaram, C. Chethan, M.S. Sanjana, MTI Official Tanveer Ahmed, MTI President M.H.Abid, Head Coach-Kru.Vikram, R. Rashi, Sumanth Subrahmanya, Dileep, Syed Touseef, Suleman Shariff and Referee Srihari.
Seen in the picture are (kneeling from left) M. Manoj, Phaneesh, R. Darshan, N. Puneeth, Varun Bhat, K.M. Raaghu, B. Kishora, and Rohith Bhat; (standing from left) Referee M.J. Chethan, Abdul Razack, Naveen Shetty, Chidambaram, C. Chethan, M.S. Sanjana, MTI Official Tanveer Ahmed, MTI President M.H.Abid, Head Coach-Kru.Vikram, R. Rashi, Sumanth Subrahmanya, Dileep, Syed Touseef, Suleman Shariff and Referee Srihari.

Mysuru :

Muay Thai Kick Boxers, representing Mysore Muay Thai Trust in city, have bagged 14 medals at the Muay Thai gala events conducted at the Muay Thai India-MTI national head quarters in Bengaluru recently.

Fighters from Odisha, Maharashtra, TN, Kerala and Karnataka participated at the events.

Results:

Shetty- Bantam Weight-Winner-A Div

B. Kishora – Welter Weight-Winner-A Div

Abdul Razack- Light Middle Weight-Winner-A Div

N. Puneeth- Light Fly Weight -Winner-B Div

Rohith.G. Bhat- Light Welter Weight-Winner-B Div

R. Rashi- Pin weight-Runner up-A Div

R. Darshan- Bantam Weight-Runner up-A Div

Chidambaram- Light welter Weight-Runner up-A Div

Suleman Shariff- Light Weight-Runner up-A Div

Syed Touseef Ahmed- Light Middle Weight-Runner up-A Div

C. Chethan- Middle Weight-Runner up-A Div

M.S. Sanjana- Fly Weight- Runner up-B Div

K.M. Raaghu- Light Welter Weight- Runner up-B Div

Varun Bhat- Cruiser Weight-Runner up-B Div

Sumanth- Cruiser Weight-Runner up-A Div

L. Srihari- Light Welter Weight-Semi Finalist-A Div

Dileep- Light Weight- Semi Finalist -B Div

Phaneesh Nagaraj- Welter Weight- Semi Finalist -B Div 

M. Manoj- Welter Weight- Semi Finalist -B Div

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports News / February 28th, 2016

Belagavi’s superbike tops India Bike Week

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Belagavi, KARNATAKA :

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Belagavi :

City-based Legacy Custom Motorcycle has brought huge laurels to Belagavi by winning first prize for its superbike Immortale, in India Bike Week held recently at Goa. Immortale has been designed and built in Belagavi.

The motorcycle is conceptualized by Faizal Sait, the son of Belagavi (North) MLA Firoz Sait. MLA Sait unveiled the bike in Belagavi for public view on Thursday evening in a small programme. Motorcycle has won appreciation and prize for its design in Bike Build Off segment.

Around 30 bike builders from across the India had submitted applications to showcase their bike design in which five designs were adjudged as Best Bike Design of the year. Legacy Custom Motorcycle lifted the trophy by winning among the shortlisted five designs. Before it, the bike had gone into two days of toughest test monitored by Hyderabad-based top biker Reza Hussain, machine expert Anand Belerao, Pune based Auto car magazine editor Kartikeya and Arjun Raina of Dehradun.

When come to the specifications of the motorcycle, Harley Davidson 883 iron has upgraded to 1250 CC engine in Immortale to meet extreme speed of bike. Girder suspension technique has been adopted in frontal suspension segment while rear suspension is fitted with Mono Shock placed to fit nicely under tail to provide sporty look. The bike has been built in FRP fibre to reduce weight of the body.

Failzal Sait said he spent about two and half months to prepare the design of Immortale, which is now receiving thousands of appreciation messages from bike lovers and riders across the country. Legacy Custom is the first firm to participate in India Bike Week from Belagavi and it’s first in Karnataka in fetching prestigious prize. “I and my team of Legacy Custom is not interested in manufacturing of motorcycles in large scale. But we do hand build bikes for close ones and for the bike enthusiasts,” Faizal said.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News Home> City> Bangalore / by Ravindra Uppar, TNN / February 25th, 2016