First rank holder Rithul P and second rank holder Safeel A.K. (Photo: DC)
Thiruvananthapuram:
Boys outsmarted girls by winning the first 10 ranks in the engineering entrance exams. A total of 57,081 candidates have been included in the rank list of the Commissioner for Entrance Examinations, which was published on Sunday. Out of this, 25,551 are girls.
Rithul P. of Malappuram secured the first rank with a total score of 585.84 and Safeel A.K. of Malappuram stood second with 583.5100. Haradev G.S. of Kollam came third with 578.8808. Nitin M.Pai won the fourth rank, Vivek Jacob Mathai the fifth, Farzin .K the sixth, Alan Thelliyil Augustine, the seventh, Muhammed Ahsan K.V. the eighth, Pranav .S the ninth, and Anand U.R., the tenth rank.
In the SC category, Sidharth Ravi and Sarath B. secured the second rank. In the Schedule Tribe category, Raksha S. and Umesh K.U. won the first two ranks. The first two rank holders have been eyeing admissions to the IIT and prefer the mechanical stream.
For first rank holder Rithul P. it was his second attempt. For second rank holder Safeel A.K. too, it was the second time. However, it was the first attempt for third rank holder Haradev G.S. The Kerala Engineering Entrance Examination was conducted at 332 venues, in all the 14 revenue districts of the State, New Delhi, Mumbai, Ranchi and Dubai.
source: http://www.deccanchronicle.com / Deccan Chronicle / Home> Nation> Current Affairs / DC Correspondent / June 16th, 2014
Books help human beings lead a good life, said former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, in the city on Saturday.
In an interactive session with the students of Presidency College, Mr. Kalam said when he was studying at the Madras Institute of Technology in Chromepet, he used to come to Moore Market complex to buy old books.
When asked about his first failure, Mr. Kalam said, in 1979, he headed a team which was involved in launching a satellite at Indian Space Research Organisation, Sriharikotta.
On the day of the launch, the satellite, instead of moving on its scheduled orbit, fell into the Bay of Bengal. That was his first failure from which he learnt and conducted several successful missions.
Answering another question on the importance of technology and research, Mr. Kalam said intensity was lacking amongst researchers today.
To improve this, there is a need to rewrite the curriculum in a way that it promotes research. Students should also learn to accept defeats and celebrate it, he said.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Chennai> Events / by Special Correspondent / Chennai – June 22nd, 2014
If you think rocket science is not a child’s play, think again. Rohit Kumar, a class XI student from NAS Inter College Meerut, created a working model of a hydro rocket based on the concept of Newton’s Third Law of Motion using commonly available waste at home.
But, Kumar is not the only greenhorn. Four other school children who were awarded by Council for Science & Technology for scientific innovations and projects did it within limited resources. Entries were invited from all schools in the state and these five, all from humble background, were selected for the coveted award from among 50 entries shortlisted for the final round. Significantly, four out of five students were of government colleges, where quality of education is deemed poorest in the state.
If Kumar was selected for rocket making, Sonali Mishra a class X student from Radha Kishore Government Girls Inter College, Basti was awarded for her outstanding work in the concept of mathematics. Umesh Chandra Jaiswal a class XII student also from a Government Inter College in Basti was awarded for his Unnayan Angle reader machine, a mathematical toy which determines the angle of a fixed object relative to a larger object. Mohammad Sajid, another Government Inter College student of class XII was awarded for his work on a working model of conversion of Kinetic energy into Electrical energy, his father Mohmmad Saeed is a welder. S Samridhi Jaiswal, an SKD academy student of class X received the award for her report on ‘Arsenic Contamination in Ground Water and Soil’.
Rohit explained “the bottle is partly filled with water and sealed. It is then pressurised with compressed air from a bicycle pump. Water and gas are used in a combination resulting in a 60-70 meters flight. It took me around two weeks to make it functional.” Another awardee, Sonali, remarked “I wanted to simplify the much feared mathematical concepts so that students afraid of the subject may also take interest. I was helped and motivated by my family and teachers making it easier for me to dedicate more time towards studies.” Her father Uttam Mishra is manager in a plywood factory. Mohammad Sajid said “my brother gave me the inspiration for this project. The motor utilises rollers in the road to generate electricity, so when any car passes over the rollers they turn to generate electricity,” his proud father Mohmmad Saeed.
The felicitated students of Government and private colleges give force to the thought that if provided with equal opportunities children from all walks of life can perform well on educational front. All of them were given prize money of Rs 10,000 along with mementos and certificates.
source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Lucknow / TNN / June 20th, 2014
Asra Tabassum Fatima W/O Mohammed Aslam Shareef, Food Corporation of India and daughter of Mir. Syed Jaffer proprietor San’a Garden has been awarded PhD degree in Genetics. She completed her PhD under the supervision of Mrs. Parveen Jahan.
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source: http://www.siasat.com / The Siasat Daily / Home> Hyderabad / Friday – June 20th, 2014
Perseverance and hard work is the key of success, disappointment can become an obstacle in the way of success. These views were expressed by IAS topper Mohammed Musharraf Ali. The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) declared the results on Thursday of the Civil Service Examination 2013 in which Hyderabadi youth Mohammed Musharraf Ali Farooqui secured 3rd rank in the state and placed himself among top100 of the country.
Musharraf told that true spirit is needed for achieving any goal. He declared it baseless that Muslims are deprived of opportunities or representation and they are discriminated. He told that Muslims do not try to prove their mettle. He urged Muslim youth to play their role in the construction of nation and community instead of thinking for their own self. Today the country needs Muslim cooperation on every level this should be done by Muslims like an obligation. Muslims should prove their mettle instead of getting disappointed.
Mohammed Musharraf Ali resident of Hyderguda is the son of Mohammed Murtaza Ali Farooqui Deputy Commissioner of Prohibition and excise of Hyderabad division. He completed his primary education in a private school of Ramkoti and did inter from a private college of Narayanguda. He studied engineering from Muffakham Jah College of Engineering and Technology and was the topper in his batch.
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source: http://www.siasat.com / The Siasat Daily / Home> Hyderabad / Friday – June 13th, 2014
Syed Hina Afreen belongs to a middle class family. EAMCET repeater Hina secured 3360 rank in medicine category this time and it is hoped that she will get admission in MBBS. Hina had appeared for EAMCET last year and had got 11611. Instead of going for BDS or pharmacy she again appeared for EAMCET for this Siasat editor Mr. Zahed Ai Khan and Siasat Managing Editor Mr. Zaheeruddin Ali Khan encouraged her saying that she has lot of potentials. Siasat had sponsored the student for EAMCET coaching.
Syeda Hina called on Mr. Zahed Ali Khan and informed him about her success on which the later assured complete cooperation in the future. Hina and her parents thanked Mr. Zahed Ali Khan for his support.
Syeda Hina told that hard work, punctuality of prayers, recitation of Quran and blessings of her parents Mr. Syed Abdur Rafeeq and Mrs. Ismath Rafeeq have helped her in achieving the success.
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source: http://www.siasat.com / The Siasat Daily / Home> Hyderabad / Friday – June 13th, 2014
“Children should be allowed to pursue education in the subject of their choice instead of their parents forcing them to choose a course,” opined Dr. M.R. Ravi, Addl. Regional Commissioner.
He was speaking at the Prathibha Puraskar award presentation function organised by Bankers’ Recreation Club at its premises in Sharadadevinagar here last evening.
Dr. Ravi said that during earlier days only a few students used to score high marks in examinations and used to go unnoticed. However, he pointed out that many students excel in examinations because of good parental support and encouragement.
SBI Deputy General Manager S. Ramesh Rao advised the students to widen the scope of their learning as competition was prevalent in every sector.
Totally, 25 students who had excelled in SSLC exam were presented with Prathibha Puraskar. They are: Nithyasurabhi (622 – MMHS), daughter of Roopasri and Ananthashayanam; Hymavathi (620, SVHS), daughter of Gowramma and B.K. Udayashankar; Gaurav (619 – VVHS), son of Aparna Dattatri and Dattatri; Sumitha S Rao (618 – SVHS), daughter of B.S. Suchetha and B. Suresh Rao; M. Aashik Narayan (618 – RKVS), son of Ashabharathi and M. Ganapathy Prasad; Monisha Gowda (617 – SVHS), daughter of Mamatha and Dr. Ankegowda; Chandana Shravani (617 – CKC), daughter of N. Shobha and Mahadevegowda; H. Parikshith (617 – SVHS), son of Shobha and Honnegowda; Aashritha (617 – SVEI), daughter of J. S. Poornima and S. Dinesh; M. Ganavi (617 – BVB), daughter fo Rohini and T. N. Harish; Ancia D’ Souza (617 – SVEI), daughter of Dr. Alphonsus D’ Souza and Dr. Veena D’ Almeida; Y. K. Sai Supreth (616 – RKVS), son of Divyaraj and Y. B. Kuppuraju; Praneetha (615 – SVHS), daughter of Dakshaynini and Thammaiah; B. Namratha (615 – SVHS), daughter of D. L. Savitha and T. V. Bhanuprakash; B. Niranjan (614 – SVHS), son of Rajamma and Gangadharaiah; Mohammed Faidh (614 – SVHS), son of Razia Sultana and Mohd. Aslam; L. Sangeetha (614 – SVHS), daughter of Nagasulochana and B. Lingaraju; Ravi Kiran (614 – SVHS), son of Gowramma and Doddaswamy; B. S. Raveesh (614 – RKVS), son of Dr. H.R. Nalina and B.T. Suresh; Sanjay N. Shastri (614- Gnagaganga), son of Sujatha and D. Shankar Narayana; Shamitha Shekar (613 – SVHS), son of Shubhada Shekar and K. L. Rajashekar; P. Samhith Sharma (613 – CFTRI), son of Dr. K.S. Bharathi and Dr. P. Ramesh Kumar; Apoorva (613 – VVHS), daughter of Swaroopini and T. Ramesh; Amitha (613 – VVHS), daughter of Roopasri and Gopalakrishna; Sahid Nehal (613 – MMHS), son of Shahida Begum and Aleemullah Khan.
Club President M.S. Umesh, Vice-President H. Balakrishna, General Secretary P. Suresh Nayak and others were present.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / June 06th, 2014
Choudhary Fouzia Begum is Chairperson; Mysorean Nyamathulla Khan among ten nominated as members
Bangalore :
The State Government on Saturday nominated Chairperson and members for the Karnataka State Urdu Academy.
The Government has nominated Choudhary Fouzia Begum as the Chairperson of the Urdu Academy and has also nominated 13 others including Nyamathulla Khan from Mysore as its members.
The nominated members are: Anil Thakkar, Mohammed Amjad Hussain, Mohammed Ashfaq Siddiqui, Nyamathulla Khan, Sabeeha Zubair Khan, Sayeed Yousuf Ali Natique, Syed Shafique Ahmed (Shafique Abidi), Rizwanulla Khan, Bhandari Rafi Ahmed Mohammed Hashim and Muhammed Yousuf.
The Registrar and Finance Member of the Academy, Director of Kannada and Culture Department or a representative from the Directorate will also be a member of the Academy and the order will immediately come into effect, according to a press release.
Nyamathulla Khan: After completing his MA (Urdu) from the University of Mysore in 1972, he joined as a lecturer in Urdu in Sept. 1972 as a local candidate in the Department of PU Education and worked in Gubbi, Harihar and Arkalgud. In 1975, he was appointed as the lecturer by KPSC and worked in Bhadravati, Harihar, Srirangapatna and Malavalli before being promoted as the Principal of Doddahalli Government PU College in Hassan district in 1993 before retiring from service in 2005.
Presently, he is serving at Urdu Learning Centres in Mysore namely: MEWA, Shanthinagar, SALEHAT, Tipu Masjid, Ebrahim Masjid (all in Bannimantap), Madrasa Moinia in Lashkar Mohalla, Girls Orphanage on Ashoka Road, Royal Girls High School on Sheshadri Iyer Road and Al Ameen S.S. School in Malavalli.
source: http: //www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / June 02nd, 2014
Image: Fathima Shabana with her mother Bahira Begum Photographs: Sreeram Selvaraj
Shobha Warrier/Rediff.com
Meet Fathima Shabana who’s cleared her JEE (Main) and wants to study computer science from an IIT.
It has been a week since the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) results were released, and yet, the smile on 17-year-old Fathima Shabana’s face has still not diminished. After all, she has been working hard for the last four years; and she has just cleared the JEE (Main). This means that she has already made the grade to go to an Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) or National Institute of Technology (NIT) or state engineering institutions that will offer seats on the basis of JEE (Main) merit list like the Anna University in Tamil Nadu.
If she manages to make it through to the JEE (Advanced) examination on the May 25, she might well make it into an IIT!
Fathima’s is no mean achievement, especially when you look at her background. Her father, Shahul Hameed, dropped out after Class VIII and her mother didn’t continue past primary school.
Ever since he made his way to Chennai from Siruthondanalloor village in Thoothukudi district in search of a job almost two decades ago, Shahul Hameed has been washing dishes and serving food at a pushcart eatery.
His day starts very early in the morning, before the city wakes up, and ends only by 10 at night. For all of this, he takes home Rs 300 a day.
Ever since he was told of his daughter’s phenomenal achievement, he has been a happy and proud man. “My daughter has made me very proud. She was always an extremely hard working child, and I always knew that she would pass all of her exams with flying colours. I could not afford to send her to a private school. So, I sent her and my son to a corporation school so that we didn’t have to pay for their fees and textbooks.”
“It has always been her dream to be an engineer. But I earn only Rs 300 a day; I do not have the wherewithal to send her to an engineering college. I grow distressed just thinking of shattering my daughter’s dreams. But I am sure some good soul will come forward to help her pursue her dreams,” he says, while making dosas for a customer.
Image: Fathima Shabana’s father Shahul Hameed sells dosas and earns Rs 300 a day. Photographs: Sreeram Selvaraj
Her equally proud mother, Bahira Begum, said, “Neither me nor my husband could study much. But we made sure that our children studied, and studied well at that. We thought we should give them an education even if we had to borrow money to do so. We first sent Fathima to a private school, but we soon found that we could not afford to educate our children in a private school. We had to then move both of them to a corporation school. But in spite of that, not once did I have to tell Fathima to sit down and study. She was always happier among her books than she was playing with other girls of her age. She would sit at home and write something all the time.
In fact, I would tell her to take a break and go out and play. But she never would.”
Bahira remembers that her daughter never asked her for a new dress, or expressed her desire to go watch a movie. “She was not interested in anything but her studies. Even if we called her to go out, she would not come. Even as a small child, she was obsessed with her education and always wanted to come first in class.”
“God has been kind to me. It was because of God’s gift that I was able to focus on my education. I love Mathematics and can solve mathematical problems for hours together without feeling bored,” Fathima said.
When she was in Class IX, a private IIT-JEE coaching institute came to her school to select good students and offer them free coaching. She was among the nine students selected after a screening test.
When she told her mother that she wanted to attend JEE coaching classes, she told her that they could not afford to send her to a tuition class. But her school head master was insistent.
“He came home and convinced us that Fathima would never get such an opportunity in her life, and that we should not deny it to her. We had to agree to send her to coaching classes.”
As the institute was far away from her home, it was past 9 in the evening by the time she got back home. “So, I would study until midnight and get up by 6 in the morning to do all the home work.”
So focussed was she on her studies that from first standard onwards, she was either first or second in school.
After scoring 83 per cent in her Class X Board exams, she went back to the same school and continued her preparation for the JEE. “I was happy after I finished the JEE (Main) exam. I knew I did well, especially my Mathematics paper. Yes, I was expecting a good result, but when I finally saw online that I had cleared the Main exam, I couldn’t believe it. I called my father and conveyed the good news to him. He was overjoyed, as was my mother.”
Image: Fathima Shabana with her mother Bahira Begum and brother Arshad Saliq Photographs: Sreeram Selvaraj
Bahira also was confident of her daughter getting in. “I know nothing about colleges. I only knew that she would get admission in to a very good college somewhere in India because of how hard she worked. However, in our community, we do not send our girls to far-off places. So, I hope she gets admitted to an engineering college in Chennai.”
Whenever Fathima expressed her desire to become an engineer, her mother would tell her not to dream so high because of the financial constraints they faced in the family.
Now that she is going to write the JEE (Advanced) exam on May 25, her dream is to get selected to study Computer Science at an IIT. “I love computer science. I do not have a computer at home, but we have one in our school that we get to operate. I enjoy working on the computer.”
Fathima’s brother, Arshad Saliq, who studies in Class IX, has someone to look up to now. “I also top my class, but now, I want to emulate my sister. I want to study in an IIT.”
Fathima’s dream is “to get a good job so that my father will not have to struggle as hard to make ends meet.”
The family strongly believes that it was all because of the blessings of God that Fathima could achieve something that her parents could never even dream of.
“When we thank God, we also pray that He would show us a way to give Fathima what she wants. When we let her study, not even in our wildest dreams did we think that she would make both of us, practically illiterate as we are, so proud,” said Bahira on a parting note.
source: http://www.rediff.com / rediff.com / Home> Get Ahead / May 14th, 2014
Noorjan briefly quit studies to support her family. Thanks to the chemistry of dad’s backing and her passion for academics, she excelled in her masters
Her father never made it past class VII, her mom dropped out after class II, her five siblings have gone through education with a yawn. They are not to blame; their circumstances were such. But Noorjan A R rose above all that. On Tuesday, Noorjan will rewrite her family’s history when she picks up six gold medals as postgraduate topper in Chemistry at the 49th convocation of Bangalore University.
Noorjan’s has been a long and arduous journey, but not a solitary one. Hailing from a remote town — Bagepalli — about 90 km from Bangalore, Noorjan’s father is a butcher. Despite his meagre earnings from the mutton shop, he made sure Noorjan never lacked the resources to chase her dreams. But an even greater gift the head of the conservative family gave her was freedom to make her choices and his unstinting support.
Given her family’s circumstances, Noorjan didn’t start out dreaming big. She says she passed Class X with a first class and then took up II PU (Science). Instead of thinking of higher studies, she decided to take a short cut and do a D Ed (Diploma in Education) so that she could support her family. But luck eluded her as she couldn’t get a job of her choice. Keen to help out, she worked as a teacher for a few years but realised the calling of higher studies was too strong to ignore. So she went back to her parents to tell them she wanted to join a college and do a BSc in Chemistry.
“I was really scared to speak to my father as I didn’t know what his reaction would be. My father works in a mutton shop and my mother is a homemaker. I was surprised when my father told me he would even take loans, but I should pursue my academic goals,” says Noorjan.
Coming from someone with a conservative background, Noorjan says it motivated her. She enrolled for a BSc course in her town. “The three-year course redefined my attitude as I came second in the state in Chemistry. My dreams got wings. Now, I wanted to pursue a postgraduation,” she says. But this would mean travelling to Bangalore and she was once again besieged by fears about her parents’ reaction. However, they stood rock-solid behind her decision. This was also the time she decided to start paying for her education by giving tuitions.
“Every day, I would get up early to take the bus to reach Bangalore University and come back home late. The two-three hours’ journey was definitely tiring but my passion kept me going.” Seeing her struggle, her teachers suggested she take up accommodation at the hostel as it would save time. Apprehensions came flooding back as Noorjan wondered if her parents would ever agree to such an idea. “But they had full confidence in me and finally I joined the hostel. However, during study holidays, I would go back to my town where a school used to give me one month’s work.” The chemistry classes gave her a chance to infuse her love for the subject among students in her home town. “It was a refreshing experience,” she says. Noorjan’s years of hard work have finally paid off with summa cum laude results. “I worked really hard but never expected to score first,” she says.
Her lecturer Dr Mohammed Afzal Pasha, HoD, Chemistry department at the varsity, lauds her as a “really bright student.” “Despite travelling so much and coming from an underprivileged background, she managed to get good marks.”
Her father Abdul Rafiq said, “I could not study much and became a daily wage labourer, while my other kids did not fare well in studies either. I was glad Noorjan was very interested in studies. I have told her come what may, she should pursue her dream.” Noorjan’s mother Shakila takes special pride in her daughter. “I am very happy that my daughter has done her post-graduation and secured first place, which is the highest academic achievement in my family by a long distance.”
Noorjan now dreams of pursuing a PhD and hopes to continue her research in Chemistry.
source: http://www.bangaloremirror.com / Bangalore Mirror / Home> Bangalore> Cover Story / by Sridhar Vivan, Bangalore Mirror Bureau / May 20th, 2014
