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ANU student designs baby rescue unit

August 23, 2014Community Involvement / Social Issues, Education, Science & Technologympositiveone@gmail.com

Hassan, an M.Sc (Biochemistry) student, explains working of a baby rescue unit designed by him to ANU Vice-Chancellor K. Viyanna Rao at the academic exhibition held in Guntur on Friday. Photo: T. Vijaya Kuma / The Hindu

An indigenous baby rescue unit to extricate children who accidentally fall into borewells in countryside has been designed by a student of Acharya Nagarjuna University (ANU) here.

Hassan, a first year student of M.Sc. (Biochemistry), has designed a simple baby rescue unit, which he says, can be used to safely extricate babies from borewell pits, which sometimes are well over 100 ft deep.

His exhibit at the ongoing academic exhibition being held on Civil & Mechanical Engineering block has been catching the attention of viewers. ANU Vice-Chancellor K. Viyanna Rao asked the student to further modify the design and added that the university would support further research and development of the model.

Consisting of a cylindrical iron netted structure, the rescue unit has a bulb, a web camera and an oxygen cylinder tube attached to it. The structure is funnelled through the earth soil through extra pipes till it reaches the spot where the baby is located. Using the pictures beamed by the camera, the operator can use the trays at the bottom of the structure to extricate the baby with the soil. The continuous supply of oxygen with the tube helps the baby in staying alive during the operation.

“Conventional method of digging a parallel pit along with borewell consumes a lot of time and poses a risk to the life of baby. With the baby rescue unit designed by me, the whole operation gets completed within 2-3 hours and the precious lives of children can be saved,’’ Hassan told The Hindu.

Dean, College Development Council and Coordinator of academic exhibition, G.V. Chalam said that the exhibition featured innovative solutions including, solar based appliances, national disaster prevention mechanisms, NSS extension activities etc. The 10 science departments, professional colleges and University college of Pharmaceutical Sciences took part in the exhibition.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> National> Andhra Pradesh / by P. Samuel Jonathan / Guntur – August 23rd, 2014

Original manuscript of Urdu poet Ghalib’s work found

August 19, 2014Arts, Culture & Entertainment, Education, Leaders, World Opinionmpositiveone@gmail.com

Papers were presumed destroyed 50 years ago

New Delhi:

In a thrilling discovery for lovers of Urdu poetry, the original manuscript of famous poet Mirza Ghalib’s verses has miraculously survived after being reported missing and presumed destroyed almost 50 years ago.

Penned in 1821 by Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib, the original manuscript — Nuskha-e-Hameediya — survived after being reported missing during the 1940s’ India — Pakistan division.

Commissioned by Nawab Faujdar Mohammad Khan and penned by calligrapher Hafiz Mueenuddin, the manuscript features some of the most authentic and beautiful Urdu poetry ever written.

After years of believing that the manuscript was missing and accepting doctored and amended versions of this work as ‘authentic’, Urdu poetry lovers can finally see the genius of Ghalib as it was originally intended.

The discovery of the original manuscript has sparked celebrations in the creative community, especially the researchers on the works of Mirza Ghailb, many of whom are thrilled that the doctored and amended texts will not go down in history as the definitive poems.

The manuscript was the first of the nine known manuscripts of the ‘Divans of Ghalib’, commissioned when Ghalib was just 24 years of age. Accounts from scholars and publishers say the original manuscript contained almost 1,800 verses, nearly twice the number of verses that were published in the “authorised” version in 1941. While writing, Ghalib did not find the omitted verses fit for publication, but true poetry lovers were ever keen to read the missing text.

In 1969, Professor Hamid Ahmad Khan wrote that he examined the manuscript in 1938, but did not keep extensive notes on his thoughts regarding the omitted piece, later going on to publish a ‘corrected’ version of the poems.

By the time the corrected version of the poems had been released, the actual manuscript had disappeared, presumed missing or possibly destroyed during the India — Pakistan division back in 1947. With no original text as evidence, readers had to accept that Professor Khan’s version as authentic.

Husaini Arts online art gallery and museum takes the credit for the find.

“This is indeed an incredible find and we are extremely thrilled that we now get to read the original manuscript, which is almost 200 years old. Urdu poetry lovers everywhere will be rejoicing at this news that the original text can now be added to the canon of work Mirza Ghalib worked on. The original Nuskha-e-Hameediya is about to be brought to light, and all those who love Urdu poetry are about to see the true, authentic text that Ghalib first intended to be read by the elite in the 19th century,” a Husaini Arts spokesperson told Gulf News.

Ghalib, born Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan on December 27, 1797, was the pre-eminent Indian Urdu and Persian poet during the last years of the Mughal empire. He used pen-names of Ghalib and Asad. During his lifetime, the Mughals were eclipsed and displaced by the British and finally deposed following the defeat of the Indian rebellion of 1857, events that he wrote of.

Most notably, he wrote several ghazals during his lifetime, which have since been interpreted and sung in many different ways by different people. Ghalib, the last great poet of the Mughal era, is considered to be one of the most popular and influential poets of the Urdu language. Today Ghalib remains popular not only in India and Pakistan but also among diaspora communities around the world.

source: http://www.gulfnews.com / Gulf News / Home> News> World> India / by Karuna Madan, Correspondent / August 18th, 2014

Raaheela Ahmed breaks many “firsts” as she enters Student Regent Position

August 19, 2014Community Involvement / Social Issues, Education, NRI's / PIO's, Uncategorizedmpositiveone@gmail.com

Annapolls :

Former School Board Candidate Appointed to University System of Maryland (USM) Board of Regents Raaheela Ahmed breaks many “firsts” as she enters Student Regent Position Annapolis, MD, August 13, 2014: After nearly winning a bid for the Prince George’s County Board of Education, District 5 seat against former chairwoman Jeana Jacobs in 2012 (47%-53%), Raaheela Ahmed breaks ground as the first Muslim, the first South Asian, and likely the first home-grown Bowieite to serve in the role of Student Regent. She is one of a handful of women that have been selected for this honor in the history of the system.

The selection process involved several interviews with members from the University of Maryland, College Park, the University System of Maryland Student Council, the Chancellor of the USM, and the Governor’s Appointment Office. All in all, it took 10 months for the selection to be made (November 2013 to August 2014), an unusually long process for this position.

Her appointment was made through an emergency executive order due to a legality which states that the Governor cannot appoint individuals to state positions after the primary election, which was moved up from September to June this year. Hence, her term (which was supposed to begin July 1) will begin as soon as she is sworn-in this month. Raaheela is excited to be representing over 150,000 students in 12 institutions and 2 regional centers. Her focus for this year will be on college affordability, financial literacy and mental health issues.

For more information, you may contact :

Raaheela directly via the methods listed below.

Raaheela Ahmed / 301-335-3860 / raaheela@umd.edu / www.raaheela.com

source: http://www.siasat.com / The Siasat Daily / Home> NRI’s corner / Monday – August 18th, 2014

Calicut University’s Course in Vocology to Bring Your Silky Voice Back

August 12, 2014Education, Science & Technologympositiveone@gmail.com

Thrissur :

This just might be the good news the playback singers, actors, anchors, teacher, lawyers and politicians, who earn their livelihood through their voice, in the state have long been waiting for.

In a development that will cheer thousands of voice professionals and voice patients who have developed various voice disorders, the Calicut University has come out with a unique graduate programme in Vocology, the science and practice of voice habilitation and rehabilitation, in collaboration with Chetana National Institute of Vocology, Thrissur.

This is the first time in the country that an Indian university is offering a course in vocology with an aim of producing vocologists who habilitate vocal behaviour – a speech-language pathologist, otolaryngologist, vocalist trainer, or voice coach.

Based on the proposal submitted by the National Institute of Vocology, the University gas given permission (U.O No6304/2014/admn) to the Vocology institute to frame the syllabus and other things related to the launching of the course, said Dr Musthafa, director of SDE, Calicut University.

There are hardly a dozen major vocology institutes across the world mainly in developed countries like NCVS Summer Vocology Institute in USA and institutes in Finland, Japan, Turkey, and UK. “There is a huge dearth of trained vocologists in the country since vocology is not widely taught in academic institutions in the country as an independent discipline. Celebrity voice professionals, including film stars and vocalists, are used to confront with voice disorders and seek rehabilitation and the return of their operational voice or to benefit professionally from vocal habilitation by learning to optimize the efficiency and effectiveness of their speaking voices,” said Fr Paul Poovathingal, the first vocologist in the country and the principal of National Institute of Vocology. “This six-semester course will equip a batch of 20 candidates to deal with all kinds of voice professionals and voice patients suffering from puberphonia (male having female sound), vocal cord paralysis, vocal nodule, phonatry gap, patients with wrong voice production, breathing techniques and poor lung pressure, and other voice disorders,” said Poovathingal. “Actor Mohanlal and even the late Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar, who had lost his functional voice suddenly at the peak of a concert, have confronted with voice disorders at one point of time in their careers. Some of the eminent professionals have even vanished from their field for ever after voice disorders developed,” said George S Paul, an academician and a physicist.

The high-level of pollution in lifestyle and surroundings is taking a toll on the voice professionals and they often need the help of professional to overcome the difficulties in their voice production and to discipline their voice. So vocology being a new branch of knowledge, there is great scope for job in this sector, he added.

The syllabus for the course is being prepared by Fr Paul Poovathingal, George S Paul, Dr R Jayakumar, famed laryngologist who performed surgery on Mohanlal, V R Prabodhachandran Nair, a linguist, in consultation with Dr Ingo Titz of USA, who is considered as the father of Vocology.

source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> States> Kerala / by Dhinesh Kallungal – ENS / August 11th, 2014

Ph.D. awarded to Shagufta Parveen

August 8, 2014Arts, Culture & Entertainment, Educationmpositiveone@gmail.com

Hyderabad :

According to Controller of Examination, Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Mrs. Shagufta Parveen has been awarded Ph.D. in Hindi.

She has worked on the topic “Samkaleen Geetkaroun ki ‘Hindi-Urdu’ Kritiyon ka Avalokan Rashtriya Navjagran Ke Sandarbh Mein (Bekal Utsahi aur Dushyant Kumar Ke Vishesh Sandarbh Mein)” under the Supervision of Prof. T. V. Kattimani.

Mrs. Parveen is the Hindi Officer of MANUU and she is the wife of Deputy Registrar Mr. Azhar Husain Khan.

source: http://www.siasat.com / The Siasat Daily / Home> Hyderabad / August 07th, 2014

For the first time a woman Professor is officiating VC Jamia

August 5, 2014Education, Leadersmpositiveone@gmail.com

For the first time in its more than 92 years of history, Jamia Millia Islamia (a minority institution) is being run by a woman as vice chancellor Talat Ahmad, a globally renowned geologist, is on leave.

University sources said that Dr (Ms.) Talat Aziz, professor Department of Teacher Training & Non-formal Education in Faculty of Education is the acting VC. It is understood that Professor Ahmad will be away from university for some days. Officially the senior most University professor becomes acting VC in absence of a regular VC.

The development is being termed as historic as never before any woman has been even nominated officiating VC of Jamia that has been at the forefront of women empowerment since its inception in 1920.

Dr (Ms.) Talat Aziz, who did her Higher Secondary from Jamia School in 1967, is not an outsider.

A product of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) from where she completed her M.Sc. (Chemistry) in 1973 and B.Sc.(Hons) in 1970, she has held many administrative posts including, Member Academic Advisory Committee, Academic Staff, College; Member Advisory Committee SCERT, Govt. of Delhi; Member Advisory Committee DIET, Ghuman Hera, Govt. of Delhi; Vice President, Delhi Education Society since1998 and others.

Also, she was Member of Court, Jamia w.e.f. 16th Jan’02 to 15th Dec. 2003. For some time she was director Jamia Senior Secondary School (Girls) Urdu Medium (S.F.).

source: http://www.okhlatimes.com / Okhla Times / Home> JMI> OT Campus Reporter, JMI / August 01st, 2014

Urdu medium topper Shaikh Junaid shows excellent performance in B.Tech too

August 3, 2014Arts, Culture & Entertainment, Educationmpositiveone@gmail.com

Hyderabad :

Mr. Mohammed Zaheeruddin resident of Bandapally, Kortla reached Siasat office and thanked Mr. Zahed Ali Khan Siasat editor.

On the occasion he told that he is greatly obliged to Siasat daily, because due to the encouragement of Mr. Amer Ali Khan news editor his nephew Shaikh Junaid passed SSC with 553 marks from Naunehal School Urdu Medium, Kortla.

He has topped the Urdu medium schools of the state.

He was presented Abid Ali Khan gold medal by Siasat editor Mr. Zahed Ali Khan and is now pursuing B.Tech from Muffakham Jah College Hyderabad with the cooperation of Siasat. He passed B.Tech 2nd year exam with 88 pc marks.

Siasat editor Mr. Zahed Ali Khan, news editor Mr. Amer Ali Khan congratulated him for his excellent performance.

source: http://www.siasat.com / The Daily Siasat / Home> Hyderabad / Sunday – August 03rd, 2014

Hardoi village boy tops CPMT

July 31, 2014Educationmpositiveone@gmail.com

Lucknow :

Small town students excelled in the combined pre medical test results declared late on Monday night. While Shams Mohammad Khan of Tumurki village in Hardoi topped the exam, Abu Asim of Azamgarh bagged the second place.

Shubham Malhotra and Alia Zehra bagged the thrid and fourth positions. Priyanshi Swarup from Lucknow bagged the fifth position. Shobhit Garg, Mohd Arshad, Saurabh Kumar Patel, Kushagra Srivastava and Neelansha Varshney filled the remaining five slots in the top 10.

Controller of examination, prof AK Singh said that candidates would be able to see the result on the KGMU website www.kgmu.org/www.upcpmtee2014.com after 12 noon on Tuesday.

He said that the counseling schedule would be uploaded on the website www.dgme.eu in a day or two.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Kanpur / TNN / July 18th, 2014