By Satish Kumar

Veer Rani Kittur Channama  PG centre is based in Belgaum (in fact quite outside Belgaum at Bhutramatti) , where as Belgaum deserved to be having an independent university, though having largest number of colleges compared to any district in Northern Karnataka with Head Quarter of  KLE society running alone around 160 institutions and other education societies such as PEST and SKE .

Yesterday students of PG centre with support from All India Student council locked out the campus demanding it for an independent university as VCU and no Public representative or district official have even come forward to check this cause and concern or meet the students.

Belgaum was supposed to be having a University back in 1980 it self  but again the border dispute hindered  this progress and vested interest of the Hubli-Dharwad Politicians always stalled Belgaum development to maintain their clout over north Karnataka, this is always being a true fact in many other matters, Belgaum is always being on loosing ends and the recent menace being moving the education divisional office form Belgaum to Dharwad  by Basavaraj Horratti, our public representatives so called MP and MLA’s kept sleeping over such issue.

The last Vice Chancellor at PG centre has recently announced about making PG centre as independent university and supporting all viable conditions that can be met over, has unfortunately gone off records so far, except Mr. Prakash Hukkeri no one came forward in supporting this cause then. I had sent blue print for Belgaum to CM, which also include the design and developmental aspect of Veer Rani Channama University to be based in Belgaum, it was forwarded to the concerned department no action initiated yet. I believe the present education Minister Mr. Arvind Limbavli belongs to North Karnataka, in the recent years Tumkur, Davengere Shimoga and Bellary got Universities and also central university at Gulbarga and open university at Mysore , though  the number of collages and educational establishment reach the number of institutions in Belgaum alone. So the question arises is what right does the State Mystery of education has got to deprive Belgaum having an independent university? During Kumarswamy’s CM’s tenure Mahima Patel (Son of former Cm J H Patel) was representative of Karnataka in New Delhi and had got proposals from American university to be established in Belgaum it never metalized further.

I have listed few demands which students want and I fully endorse their views:

VCU as an independent University should begin its operation form this academic year.

Transfer back the Education divisional office back to Belgaum

Better transport facility to VCU from different parts of City not hopping from CBT.

Recreation centre and other facility with new Administrative building with ergonomic architecture not shabby structure available there.

New educational study zone for future IIM and IIT can be based already many colleges have sprawled in this area , I believe this vision goes live if the voices of Belgaumites goes high and get heard.

Calling it a “simple error” the university officials say MBA degrees were issued to students who had failed was due to a software problem.

15 students were issued MBA degrees on the VTU convocation held in January 2010 who had actually failed and all this has come out after an RTI application by U Gautham.

VTU authorities describe the gaffe as “not a serious matter” but a “simple error”.

Blaming it all on the software the VTU has asked all the 15 students in question to return the degrees, but the RTI applicant has filed an case in the police.

VTU officials say that, software failed to show “failed” status.

A letter was sent by the Registrar (Evaluation) S.A. Kori on February 8, after a gap of one month after the degrees were awarded, stated: “You are hereby informed to surrender the degree certificate to the office undersigned immediately, which was sent to you through speed post.” The letters do not mention why the candidate should surrender the certificate.

This “simple error” now raises questions in the mind of the students that if this is the state of affairs of a technological university of the state, what about other colleges and universities.

Source: The Hindu

After a long stint for opening an IIT in Belgaum the last time steam is getting heated again for having one here.

Mla Abhay Patil had tried getting in other MLA’s of the state with him and had also submitted a letter to union HRD minister Kapil Sibbal. But nothing concrete was mentioned then.

Now the same issue has raked up again after the Union law minister M. Veerappa Moily has promised to set up an IIT at Muddenahalli, the birthplace of Sir M. Visvesvaraya.

Belgaum MLA Abhay Patil, met union HRD minister Kapil Sibal with MP Suresh Angadi and Congress MLA Ashok Pattana on Monday in Delhi, to put forward Belgaum’s case for the institute.

Mr Patil said 122 MLAs from North Karnataka, Hyderabad Karntaka and Mumbai Karnataka have signed the petition urging the government to establish an IIT in Belgaum.

The institute is needed here as it will help boost the economy of the whole region, which is backward and badly in need of development, Mr. Patil said.

Will this lobbying help in any manner is to be seen. Normally Belgaum is treated soberly on all fronts may it be Railways or other infrastructure.

One main factor missing in this whole issue is the support of the citizens of Belgaum. How many know that some one is lobbying for an IIT. There is no awareness here only then what will this impact anyone else.

This could set off a controversy over freedom and privacy but the students of Love Dale Central School will have to wear a radio frequency tag around their necks so that schools and parents can keep track of them all day. A ‘pioneering’ practice, perhaps, since more animals than people have been marked out for tracking until now.

The card called Keeptrack will have all the information at regular intervals be sent as an SMS as when he or she left school. At school the same mechanism will will serve as an identity card and help keep tabs on attendance, academic performance as well as movements.

The school says that the system is affordable and was needed for children’s safety and security given the long distances they have to commute to get to school and back home.

How it works: Students wear the RFID device — a card with a chip and a unique identification tag — around their neck. A reader installed at the school records a student’s arrival, and subsequent movements, passing it on to a central computer. Messages are then generated automatically and sent to parents and others.

BET’S P.A.Jain – Bharatesh College of Business Administration is organizing Nirvikalpa 2010-Youth Empowerment in Politics.

A national level management fest to be held on 4th, 5th & 6th of February 2010 at Millennium gardens, Tilakwadi, Belgaum.

This National Level Management Fest aims at pooling together students from the management stream viz. B.B.A., B.B.M. and the likes under the same circlet. ‘NIRVIKALPA- 2010’ emphasizes on the empowerment of the youth in politics.

Politics has been chosen because it is the most spoken topic in India and hugely criticized, and along with this “POLITICS IS ALL ABOUT MANAGEMENT, SO ARE WE”. The organizers want the students to step into the shoes of the politicians and manage the affairs in the best possible way before criticizing them. Moreover, the youth can highlight the views, as they will be in the real life scenarios and show everyone that the youth can make a “Difference”. NIRVIKALPA-2010 will experiment with the managerial skills of the participants giving them simulations of real political business scenario. The fest not only enhances the managerial skills but also tries to show the better side of “INDIAN POLITICS” which most of us are unaware of.

Karnataka State Government is getting set to crack the whip on “unauthorized” educational institutions.

In addition, in the list of 35 colleges one is from Belgaum namely, Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shivabasavanagar, Belgaum.

This one amongst the 35 other colleges mainly from Bangalore in the unauthorized list.

See the source to read other details of other colleges.

Source: The Hindu

Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board announced that only 2% students have passed in the Marathi D Ed. Exams this year. The passing percentage of other languages like Kannada is 98% & English is almost 70%.

In some colleges all students have failed, there is a law which states that if there are all failures for 3 years the college will be closed.

On Tuesday, a large number of students, teachers, evaluators and management members of D.Ed. colleges marched to the Deputy Commissioner’s Office and staged a demonstration shouting slogans against the KSEEB for being prejudiced against Marathi medium students.

Demands made were: all answer scripts be re-evaluated by teachers from only Karnataka, photocopies of answer scripts be provided to students, and results of re-evaluation be declared in 15 days.

The recent virus attacks that made the CAT (Common Administration Test 2009) online exams a dud has prompted the VTU (Visvesvaraya Technological University) of rethinking on its online entrance exams for MBA & MTech courses.

In fact VTU was the first university to start online exams in 2006, but after the present debacle it feels the written paper is better.

Offering online exams is an excellent notion but one can never say who will come up dig up and all the lines go down. Recently all lines in the university were down after dig up for road widening.

Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) who conducts the CET which had planned for a online test has also scrapped the plan.
Source: DNA

Belgaum Leadership Academy is currently conducting a Management Marathon on campus for its MBA students. 50 students on campus will be exposed to an industry first flagship management program where in they will undergo rigorous management training for 48 hours non stop.

The program commenced on 5th December at 09:00 hrs and will conclude on 7th December at 09:00 hrs. As part of this fervent management exercise students of Belgaum Leadership Academy will be exposed to a serious of events and programs conducted by industry experts.

The concept of this event was planned, conceived and executed by Dr. Aadil Bandukwala of Talent Onions Recruitment Consulting and Prof. Vishal Kalasannavar of Belgaum Leadership Academy.

Mrs. Sadhna Pote – Employment Officer of Belgaum commenced the proceedings of this exercise on the 5th of December by training students on Stress Management and Health Hazards. It was a two -ay participative session where in students for the first time were exposed to common myths and truths of day to day health and the importance of organizing one’s life to maintain decorum and release occasional stress.

Prof. Vishal Kalasannavar – Managing Director, Belgaum Leadership Academy took the students through an exciting round of management debates and explained to the students the relevance of body kinesics.

Prof. Sameer Majali facilitated a gamut of students that participated in an intensive yet intellectual round of group discussion where in themes like management education vis a vis technical education and cyber policing were discussed.

Mrs. & Mr. Vijay Majali - Founders of Kaivalya Yog Mandir interacted with the students on the importance and relevance of Yoga and undertook a live session spanning 60 minutes on Yoga.

Dr. Aadil Bandukwala – Chief Executive of Talent Onions Recruitment Consulting, kept the students awake all night by taking them through a series of online management games and business simulation exercises followed by management concepts and international tweening.

Mr. Vijay A G – Manager HRIS & Capability Building at Titan Industries Ltd., Bangalore held an exhaustive session where in the students had to dabble with functional case studies in Human Resource Management, Marketing Management and Financial Management, Bangalore

Dr. Madan – Honorary Special Police Officer of Belgaum was an active part of this management marathon and enthusiastically interacted with the students of BLA.

Important dignitaries like Deputy General Manager of BSNL, Belgaum, Joint Director of District Industries Centre along with a couple of reputed businessmen, industrialists and practicing managers also participated and engaged the students as part of this program.

The students are being trained to operate by sleeping minimally as part of this program. Sleeping zones in the form of six tents have been created and on a timely basis students are allotted sleeping / rest hours.

Prior to this management marathon of 48 hours, a week back, BLA did a pilot test by organizing a beta program of 24 hours non stop so as to successfully prepare the students of be ready for this management grandeur.

A management event of such magnitude and student involvement has been an industry first for this part of the country. The event was conceived and designed with the thought of giving the students a reality check in the world of management education and training. Setting the students aspirations right, the importance of achievement orientation and knowledge enhancement were key elements of this management marathon.

Belgaum Leadership Academy believes that one can be instrumental in contributing to National Development through the empowerment of individuals. It is by building on the human resource that one can realize the dream of being ‘World Class Leaders’ in every sense of the term.

Belgaum Leadership Academy
Kalasannavar Farms, Teachers Colony, Khasbag, Belgaum.

International Conference on Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibilities ( ICBECSR-09) has been organized by KLS’s Institute of Management Education and Research, Belgaum, on 3^rd , 4^th and 5^th December,2009.

The Conference has focused on the main theme of “Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibilities”. Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility have become critical business issues in the scenario of the recent global economic meltdown. The main theme of the ICBE CSR-09 will be to relook at the role of Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility in the changing economic scenario. Accordingly ICBE CSR-09 seeks participation from interested practitioners, academicians and students of management and policy makers from all over the world to contribute empirical and theoretical research papers including case studies on topics associated with the overall conference theme. All papers will be subject to a blind peer review and the papers that are accepted will be published. The copyright of the published papers will vest with the conference organizers.

Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility have become critical business issues in the scenario of the recent global economic meltdown. The main theme of the ICBE CSR-09 will be to relook at the role of Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility in the changing economic scenario. Accordingly ICBE CSR-09 seeks participation from interested practitioners, academicians and students of management and policy makers from all over the world to contribute empirical and theoretical research papers including case studies on topics associated with the overall conference theme. Click on title for more……

Key Note Speakers

1 Dr. G J Deon Rossouw , Program Executive: Business Ethics, Globalethicsnet, Switzerland.

2. Dr. Rick Keller President, the Healthy Business Doctor, Summerfield, USA

3. Mr. Sharu Rangnekar, Mumbai.

4. Mr. Arun Wakhlu Executive Chairman, Pragati Leadership Institute P Ltd.,

5. Mr. Manohar Paralkar, Consultant & Advisor, Tata Motors Ltd.,

6. Mr. A G Deshpande Asst. Manager, Corporate Communications, Glaxo Smith Kline Pharmaceuticals Ltd.,

7. Mrs. Parimal Chaudhary Praj Industries Ltd

8. Mr. Devenra Dixit/Ms. Shajida Kutty M/s Emerson Export Engineering Center,

Venue:

Karnatak Law Society’s
Institute of Management Education & Research,
Sy. No. 77, Adarsh Nagar, Hindwadi,
Belgaum – 590 011.

IMER

IMER is an Institute with a difference, where an equal emphasis is laid on developing in our students various technical abilities, soft skills along with management competencies.

http://www.klsimer.edu/mba/

On 07 November 2009 300 students in the line of Fire at AITM this story was published.

It’s about a college which has come up in danger zone of weapon firing ranges of the Indian Army on Savagaon Road in Belgaum.

The Suresh Angadi Education Foundation’s Angadi Institute of Technology and Management (AITM) have been built amidst a firing range on Survey No. 72/73, which lies in the danger zone in the “Baghdad-Asmara field firing ranges”. The said area has been notified as a firing range in the Karnataka Gazette notification of February 10, 1981.

Station Commandant of the Maratha Light Infantry Regimental Centre (MLIRC) wrote to the Deputy Commissioner in the second week of September looking for urgent action in the matter, and there has been no response.

The district administration has given permission to the said college without the permission of the MLIRC.

The college is run by the foundation which is headed by Suresh C. Angadi, BJP MP.

Why there is a delay for a response from the district administration in this matter of urgency is still not known. Or will the authorities wake up when an untoward incident happens at the site.

Source: The Hindu

Venue: Belgaum Railway station from 26 – 29 Nov 2009

Timing: 10:00 am to 5:00 pm

The exhibition is primarily for students of Standard IX and above.

‘Science Express’ is an innovative Science Exhibition mounted on a specially designed train. The 16 Coach AC rake was especially fabricated for Department of Science & Technology (DST), Govt. of India by the Rail Coach Factory Kapurthala. The exhibits have been designed & developed by Max Planck Society Germany, a Noble laureate powerhouse.
Main objective of this unique venture is to nurture curiosity amongst our youth and rekindle their waning interest in Science.

Over 35 lakh people, mostly students, have enjoyed learning about cutting-edge research in science, explained through interesting audio-visual exhibits and interactive tools.

This sparkling white, fully air conditioned train has 16-coaches. The exhibition, with more than 300 large-format visual images, over 150 video clips and multimedia exhibits, deals extensively with cutting-edge research in science and technology. In the 12 exhibition coaches, most of exhibits have been developed by the Max Planck Society, Germany, a noble laureate powerhouse while some exhibits are indigenous.

Through these, the visitors explore wide areas in science in a fascinating manner and delve into the mysteries of our world, groundbreaking discoveries, emerging issues, cutting-edge science and future-oriented technologies. The exhibits explain our universe – how it all began, glimpses of space, black holes, galaxies, on the way to the Big Bang, our home in the cosmos, Spaceship Earth, simpler cold atoms, ultra short light, biotechnology, building blocks of life from ‘gene to organism’, the world of senses, architecture of the mind, renewable energy, technologies and energy sources for future, nanocosmos, bio-engineering, genetics, cell biology, computer applications in medicine and global challenges.

There is a dedicated coach on ‘Climate Change – Cause, Effect and Mitigation’, sponsored by HSBC as an initiative of the ‘Earth Sciences Forum’. Exhibits on ‘Energy Conservation’ from PCRA and posters on ‘Nutrition’ from Nestle are the new. One coach showcases glorious legacy of India, future programmes in science and technology, India’s achievements in IT, Biotech, Space, Nanotechnology, besides film shows on innovations, inventions, discoveries and topical issues.

Another special feature is the ‘Joy of Science Lab’ of VASCSC in a coach, where students can conduct hands-on experiments in Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Maths. High school students can participate in the ‘Joy of Science (JOS) Lab’ in small batches of up to 20 students, by registration.

Though the exhibition is open for all, it primarily targets high school and college students. It attempts to develop scientific temper among them and encourages them to pursue careers in science. Further, it strives to take modern research out of the lab and reveal just how relevant science is to everyday life. Visitors of this futuristic exhibition can learn how science is enabling society to face the global challenges of the 21st century. There is no entry fee for the Science Express exhibition. Students and youth are encouraged to visit this exhibition in large numbers and take advantage of this innovative endeavor. More information about the ‘Science Express’ is available on the website www.sciencexpress.in.

• There is no entry fee for the exhibition.

• On the Science Express- Items like mobiles, cameras, bags, match-boxes, cigarettes, beedis, tobacco, water bottles, any liquid, and any sharp pointed objects are not allowed.