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Sunday, 7 May 2017
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TITA signs MoU with TAUK for digital literacy programs
More NRI
groups to associate with us for a better Telangana: Sundeep Kumar Makthala
Hyderabad,
May 7: Appreciating the digital literacy programs and other activities of
Telangana Information Technology Association (TITA), a group of non-resident
Indians came forward to offer its collaboration.
Telangana
Association of United Kingdom (TAUK) has announced to work with TITA in all the
digital literacy and welfare programs in the state. A formal Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) has been signed in this regard.
TITA founder
president Sundeep Kumar Makthala on this occasion said that many NRI groups
from United States have extended their support in digital literacy programs so
far and many groups are approaching us for collaboration.
He said that
any group coming forward to collaborate with us from UK is first and we hope to
take this collaboration as a good opportunity to serve the people.
Nearly 25
villages with NRI support have been imparted education through our Digithon
programs so far, he added.
He said that
this is an encouraging development for us and we will include financial
literacy programs to the already running Digithon programs.
We want TAUK
members to not only support in already running programs but also to share the
technology best practices with us here, said Mr Sundeep.
TAUK founder
president Anil Kurmachalam said that they wanted to work with TITA in order to
contribute for adopting villages and educating them for the new world
challenges.
There are
hundreds of villages in Telangana and we wanted to support TITA in its literacy
programs to achieve greater success and enhance our ambit of welfare activities
that we are doing now, he added.
He said that
TAUK will sponsor the programs run by TITA and give logistic support in
Digithon program. Members of TITA-Governing Council and TAUK were present on
the occasion of MoU on Sunday.
Both groups
have vowed to work with as many NRI groups in order to serve the rural
Telangana in terms of digital literacy and financial literacy.
Saturday, 15 April 2017
TITA wants rural Telangana ahead in digital literacy
Another
village becomes digitally educated under Digithon
Pratapsingaram
was adopted by a private engineering college
Hyderabad: Telangana Information Technology Association (TITA) in association
with Nalla Narasimha Reddy College management helped a village in erstwhile
Rangareddy district become digitally educated.
The
Pratapsingaram village is now digitally educated and households here are well
aware of the digital world around them following the tireless efforts of TITA volunteers
and students of Nalla Narasimha Reddy College.
The
villagers were educated on digital tools as part of the Digithon program
initiated by the TITA. Nearly 102 households of this village were educated and
trained by the volunteers on digital tools computer basics, train bookings,
financial literacy including banking and related stuff during a course.
TITA founder
President Sundeep Kumar Makthale said that this is the first village adopted by
a private engineering college which has become digitally educated. He said that
the volunteers have conducted the classes approaching each of the household teaching
them the nuances of digital tools and things that would be useful in their
daily life.
He said that
such effort by the students of any private engineering college student was a
role model for other such educational institutions under social responsibility.
The people
who were trained include men, women, youth and school dropouts. They are now
able to create their Email IDs, other social media IDs, they can carry out
their online banking transactions and can book their train or bus tickets
online.
Sundeep
Kumar appreciated the zeal of learning among the villagers and passion to
educate the uneducated among volunteers. He said that the aim of TITA was to
see the rural Telangana ahead in digital literacy rate in next few years.
The persons
who were trained on digital tools were also provided with certificates on this
occasion. TITA volunteers and other dignitaries have congratulated the
villagers and Nalla Narasimha Reddy College management for this achievement.
Thursday, 30 March 2017
TED organized at GITAM Hyderabad
A globally
renowned one day event TEDxGITAMHyderabad organized at GITAM University, Hyderabad
on 30 th March 2017. Eight speakers from different walks came together shed
light on the opportunities, problems and issues that we as individuals of a
society face today. The theme of TEDx at GITAMHyderabad is 'Radical
Reframe', the follow up to 2016’s ‘Other Side’ themed event.
Speakers
from across the globe were invited to share their expertise and experiences. Performers
exhibited their talent and the ways they express their voice to the
communities, as they will again in the coming event.
The speakers of the event
were Dr. S.M.Ahmed, Principal Scientific Officer, University of Hyderabad;
Muthovic, DJ and Producer; Johny Joseph, Chief Scientist at CSIR-IICT; Kathy
Walking, Co-Founder of Eco Femme; Rhajene Ghosh, Neurologist, Integrative Health
Medicine and Drugless Practitioner; Sarath Chandra, Co-Founder of Chai Bisket
and First Show Digital; Sri Charan Lakkaraju, CEO, StuMagz and TAP – The
Acoustic Project team delivered the talks.
About 1/3 rd
of total production, 1.3 billion tons of food has been wasting per annum; at
the same time more than 20,000 children dyeing everyday from hunger Johny
Joseph expressed his sorrow. Food waste ultimately reaches landfill sites, 100
kg of food waste release 3 kg of Methane and it is the largest single driver
for bio-diversity loss, he told.
To curb this he has developed high rate
modular bio-digestor for safe disposal of garbage after extensive research, he
added.
Kathy
Walking, Menstrual Activist told that over 1 billion adolescent girls are there
in India, if 10% get the pads, over 1 billion pads have been required per
annum. ‘I am accidentally became an entrepreneur by making cloth pads’ she
said.
Entrepreneur
quality and self motivation are more important than a startup Sri Chanan
exhorted. He advised to meet the likeminded people and start liking quality of
the people. The Acoustic Project performed their talent and keep the audients
energetic.
Earlier, Prof.
N.Siva Prasad, Pro Vice Chancellor, GITAM University, Hyderabad inaugurated the
TEDxGITAMHyderabad and advised to bring the TED talk in a book format. Prof.
Ch.Sanjay, Principal, School of Technology, Prof. Y.Lakshman Kumar,
Dean& Director, HBS, DVVSR Varma, Resident Director, Dr. P.Trinatha
Rao, Coordinator of this event, HoDs of various departments and 100 participants
across the country were took part in this event.
Wednesday, 29 March 2017
Muslims in Telangana need financial assistance
Reservations
to Muslim groups becomes talk of the town
Hyderabad,
March 29: Reservations to backward people among the Muslim social groups has
been a hot topic in Telangana for past few years. In fact, this issue has been
extensively discussed ever since the formation of Telangana in the backdrop of
TRS government promising 12 per cent reservations to Muslims.
A Backward
Classes Commission was also formed that toured the state documenting the
socio-economic conditions of Muslims and their access to education and
employment.
B C
Commission is all set to submit its report to the government and it appears
that it would recommend for at least 9 per cent reservations to the poor and
backward Muslim sections in the state.
There are
different social groups of Muslims in Telangana which include weavers, snake
catchers, stone cutters, washermen and others. According to the observations of
B C Commission members most of the Muslims are living under utter poverty and do
not have basic minimum facilities in their localities.
The
Commission has toured 31 districts for one week and tried to ascertain and
understand the living conditions of Muslims in the state. The members were in
shock to know the socio-economic conditions of the Muslims in the state.
The members
have compiled their dossier based on their observations and suggested the
government to provide reservations to the backward Muslim groups.
B C
Commission members along with its chairman B S Ramulu are tight lipped about
the conclusion of their report. A member agreed to talk to us on condition of
anonymity.
He said that
most of the backward Muslims do not even know the meaning of reservations and
all. They need financial assistance rather than fan fare over the reservations
and its legality in the constitution.
He said that
the poverty among Muslims was beyond their expectations and government has to initiate
a comprehensive plan to help the Muslims financially. He further said that
reservations may not help Muslims much in the backdrop of current situation of
Muslim groups in Telangana.
Another
member also expressed the similar views and added that Muslims today need a
helping hand and a compassionate push rather announcement of reservations. He
however said that reservations would do a great magic in changing the life
style and improving the standards of the poor Muslims in Telangana.
Ends
Saturday, 25 March 2017
V Prakash Rao is an intellectual, movement leader: Harish Rao
Achieving
1 crore acre irrigation area in state is my aim: V Prakash Rao
TITA announces to support
in all possible ways
Ministers, dignitaries
showered praises for the T movement iconic person
Hyderabad, March 25: State Ministers,
senior TRS leaders and other eminent personalities have showered their praises
upon V Prakash Rao, Chairman and Director of State Water Resources Development
Corporation (TSWRDC).
Attending the
felicitation of V Prakash Rao organized by Telangana Information Technology
Association (TITA), Minister of Irrigation & Legislative Affairs T Harish
Rao said that V Prakash Rao was the person who has vast knowledge on water
resources.
He said, “In fact
Prakash Rao was the only person who explained everyone in Telangana about the
injustice done to Telangana during statehood movement. He wrote several books
on water resources in Telangana and condition of irrigation.”
TS Assembly Speaker
Madhusudana Chary on this occasion recalled his association with V Prakash and
said, “We bother are the students of Prof Jayashankar.”
He complimented V
Prakash Rao for his exemplary role in the neo-Telangana movement. We fought the
movement on Water, Resources and Jobs and all the information needed on water
was provided by V Prakash Rao, said Madhusudana Chary.
Many other MPs, TRS
party workers, representatives of TITA and other attended the event.
TITA founder president
Sundeep Kumar Makthala on this occasion said that V Prakash Rao would do
justice to this post and would work for a green and ecologically strengthened
Telangana in future.
He said that TITA
would do its best to support WRDC in any form for the cause of stat prosperity
and in achieving the 1 crore acre irrigation land target of the chief minister
K Chandra Shekhar Rao. He recalled how Mr Prakash Rao explored water bodies,
lakes and water resources during his visit to United States of America (USA)
some time back. TITA members have felicitated V Prakash Ro on this occasion.
Appointed Chairman
WRDC V Prakash Rao expressed his gratitude to the Chief Minister K
Chandrashekhar Rao and said that he always dreamt of seeing free Telangana and
prosperous Telangana.
Recalling his
struggling times he said that he always used to think for providing remedies
whenever he confronted any problem. He said that his only dream as a chairman
of the water resources development corporation would be to see the dream on 1
crore acre irrigation land in Telangana which is a dream on KCR.
When Telangana was
formed the of irrigation in Telangana was only 25,000 acre but the Mission
Kakatiya and other Irrigation schemes of the TS government have paved the way
for increase in the irrigation area in the state.
We will work for
strengthening the ground water levels in entire Telangana beside implementing
other water conservation methods in the state, he added.
He said three generations have dreamt of
Telangana state but the current generation was able to see the Telangana.
“Prof Jayashankar and
other eminent personalities wanted to see Telangana state formed but could not
see. Even I was not sure of living in Telangana state but I am lucky enough to
live in Telangana”, he said.
He said that this
state has been brought into existence after many sacrifices of people.
The felicitation was
attended by Deputy CM Mohammed Mahmood Ali, Assembly Speaker Madhusudhana
Chary, Legislative Council Chairman Swamy Goud, Assembly Deputy Speaker Padma
Devender, Ministers Tummala Nageshwar Rao, Lakshma Reddy, Jagdishwar Reddy and
others.
The event was attended
by 9 ministers, 8 MPs and about 10,000 people from 31 districts of the state.
Similarly, veterans who were part of the 1969 Telangana movement were also
present in the event.
V Prakahs Rao’s mother
Ms. V Kausalya was also felicitated by the dignitaries present during the
event. V Prakash Rao hails from Palampeta village of now Bhupalpalli and former
Warangal district.
Saturday, 18 March 2017
Hyderabad is indeed a lovable city
Love Hyderabad, a new landmark
History, basic facilities and cost of living draw huge crowds
Hyderabad,
March 17: The typo sculpture of ‘Love Hyderabad’ has been emerged as a new land
mark for taking pictures these days. Many men, women, young, elderly and people
with their children can be seen taking selfies and pictures near this place on
Tank Bund at any time in the day.
In fact, it
has been witnessed that this place is the most clicked and visited by people in
a very short span of time. Thousands of pictures of ‘Love Hyderabad’ have been
shared on social media platforms ever since its inauguration.
Meanwhile,
Hyderabad for the third year in a row has emerged as the
best city in terms of living standards among Indian cities as per the Mercer
report. Vienna ranked at the top globally for living standards.
This again improved the face value of Hyderabad
among other cities in India as well. Both Hyderabad and Pune ranked higher for
quality of living than the country's traditional business centres Mumbai and
New Delhi, which have been ranked at 154 and 161, respectively, by the report.
This report apart, Hyderabad always remained a
favorite destination for artists, litaureates, experts from across the globe.
From the time of Qutub Shahis, Mughals to Nizams and others, Hyderabad was the epicenter
of cultural development.
Anyone who visits this city of pearls, feels it
to be his/her own and Hyderabad embraces all. The Charminar, Makkah Masjid,
Golkonda fort, Falak Numa palace, Hussain Sagar, Birla Temple, Assembly Hall
and other such places are major attractions for any tourist.
On the other hand, safety, security, basic
amenities, clean roads, transport facilities, cheaper housing and cost of
living are some of the virtues that makes Hyderabad a really lovable city to
live.
Recreational centres like Ocean Park, Lumbini
Park, Indira Park, Sanjeevaiah Park, Necklace Road and others are other gems
studded upon Hyderabad. Hope Hyderabad would remain so for many more years and
facilitate the prosperity of people.
Friday, 17 March 2017
Music and the Brain symposium held at IIIT-Hyderabad
Experts explain
the music and its relation with human brain
Hyderabad, March 18: Experts from across the
globe have explained the research and analysis of music and its impact on human
brains during a symposium ‘Music and the Brain’ held at IIIT-Hyderabad on
Friday.
Prof. Petri Toiviainen, Dr. Suvi Saarikallio and
Dr. Vinoo Alluri from University of Jyväskylä, Finland visited Cognitive
Science Lab (CSL), IIIT Hyderabad and participated in the symposium on
"Music and the Brain" organized jointly by CSL and Kohli Centre on
Intelligent Systems.
Dr. Suvi Saarikallio in her talk tiled
"Music and Emotion: Overview of methods" emphasized the challenges
faced in devising experiments investigating music and hos it is related to
human emotion. She has focused on what emotions such as sadness, calmness,
anger, happiness that music is capable of expressing with its arrangement of
various musical features such as timbre, tone, scale, etc. Also, she dwelt on
what kind of emotions are subjectively experienced by listening to music.
In his talk on "Music Information Retrieval
(MIR): Methods and Tools", Prof.
Petri Toiviainen gave an introduction to the research domain of Music
Information Retrieval (MIR) that attempts to develop computational methods for
organization, search, retrieval, classification, recommendation, browsing of
musical information. He also elaborated on methods for content-based MIR, sound
and music computing.
He introduced features of and capabilities of the
MIR toolbox (Matlab based) that they developed to extract features from music
signal at multiple levels, from low level features of the music signal to
higher abstract features such as pitch clarity that attempt to unravel the
meaning of music. He gave demos of work on musical tonality modelling using
self-organizing maps and multivariate modeling of perceived emotion in music.
Dr. Vinoo Alluri focused on functional brain
imaging experiments that reveal the neural correlates of music in humans while
they are listening to music pieces. She dwelt on the methodological challenges
faced by using naturalistic music stimuli such as music pieces from popular
musicians as opposed to the current research practice of using controlled music
stimuli. She elaborated on the new paradigm they developed and the mathematical
approaches for analyzing such brain imaging data. Recent studies they performed
using this paradigm involving encoding and decoding approaches were discussed.
This
novel paradigm was employed to examine differences between musicians and
non-musicians in whole-brain functional connectivity and limbic system-related
connectivity patterns while listening to music. The paradigm seems promising to
understand brain networks enaged while participants are listening to music and
experience the resulting emotional state.
Walk for Water calls for preservation of water
Organizes flash mob,
awareness rally
Hyderabad: With the International
World Water Day to be observed on March 22, #WalkforWater NGO and clubs are taking a new route to inculcate
a sense of responsibility in people by stepping up campaign for water
conservation.
To grab the attention of
the passers-by and promote the culture of setting up rainwater harvesting pits in
residential apartments, Walk for Water organised a flash mob on'Love Hyderabad'
at Tank Bund Road and Telugu Thalli Flyover, Secretariat Road.This was
followed by an awareness programme at the venue.
Dancing to a mix of Telugu and Hindi movie songs, a team of 5 dancers from colleges students the viewers to a row of peppy numbers. Giving a break to the half-an-hour-long entertainment, members explained the importance of saving water by offering solutions to consume the precious liquid economically.
Dancing to a mix of Telugu and Hindi movie songs, a team of 5 dancers from colleges students the viewers to a row of peppy numbers. Giving a break to the half-an-hour-long entertainment, members explained the importance of saving water by offering solutions to consume the precious liquid economically.
In Charge Hyderabad
Shaik Salauddin with ICFAI team that they plan to conduct a series of
events as part of the celebrations. “A series of awareness programmes on
conservation of freshwater resources in schools, a cycle rally, a painting
competition on the theme ‘water is future’ and a walkathon are lined up for the
occasion. Walk For Water World Water Day is on 22nd March 2017.
Walk For Water plans to organize multiple events in at least 1000 different locations around India, covering every district and municipal area, and in 100 countries around the globe and realize our dream to place India at the centre of a global “Blue Revolution.”
Walk For Water plans to organize multiple events in at least 1000 different locations around India, covering every district and municipal area, and in 100 countries around the globe and realize our dream to place India at the centre of a global “Blue Revolution.”
Anyone and everyone can
join the walk. ‘Water is Life’ and all life on earth depends on water
availability. Contribute to the cause of water conservation by joining us in
spreading awareness and changing lives.
Monday, 13 March 2017
IT sector would grow leaps and bounds in the state
TITA appreciates
Telangana state budget 2017-18
Hyderabad, March 13:
Telangana Information Technology Association (TITA) appreciated the state
budget 2017-18 for its inclusiveness and focused allocations to different
sectors.
TITA founder president
Sundeep Kumar Makthala said that state will witness a sure growth pattern in
every area of welfare and services if the allocated budget is spent with proper
planning.
He said, “IT sector
would grown leaps and bounds in the state with the special focus of the
government on the sector and direct mentoring of IT minister K Taraka Rama
Rao.”
Finance Minister Etela
Rajendar has presented a budget of Rs 1.49 thousand crore on Monday in the
state assembly. IT sector has been allocated Rs 252 crore in the planned budget
this time.
Sundeep Kumar said
that TRS government was very much supportive and encouraging for the IT
industry ever since it came to power in the state. He said that the industrial
policy adopted by the government has been giving good results and IT sector is
growing in the state.
TRS presented the budget
under Development head (Rs 88,038 crore) and Maintenance head (Rs 61,067 crore)
this time. The IT sector has been placed under development head in the budget.
Mr Sundeep stated that
IT sector was put in the priority sectors like Irrigation, GHMC, Haritha Haram
and Power, which is appreciable.
He said that TS
government’s policies would give a push to the digitization in the state. He
expressed his hope that the allocated funds would be used for furthering the
existing development plans for IT sector in the state.
“We hope that IT
sector would be under constant mentorship of the chief minister K
Chandrashekhar Rao and IT Minister KTR in the future consequently generating
more and more opportunities for young IT students in the state”, he added.
Sunday, 12 March 2017
SSC-17 to be held in Telangana from March 14
Hyderabad,
March 11: TS Government Examinations directorate is all set to conduct SSC 2017
exams from March 14 with 5.38 lakh registered students. Of the 5.38 lakh 5.09
are regular and 28,395 are failed students participating in the exams this
year.
Informing
this to media on Saturday, Director of Government Examinations Surender Reddy said
that fool proof arrangements have been put in place for the conduct of crucial
examinations.
He said that
hall tickets of the students have been sent to the respective school
managements and students can also download their hall tickets from website www.bsetelangana.org. for which they do not need head masters’ signature.
He said that
nearly 144 flying squads and 2,800 invigilators would be deployed across the
state during examinations which would end on March 30.
He however
said that students would be allowed in the examination hall up till 9:45 am in
examination halls. Stating that proper measures to curb the malpractice would
be in place and examination superintendents would not be allowed to carry
mobiles during duty.
DAY & DATE
|
SUBJECT & PAPER
|
TIME
|
March 14
|
OSSC Main Language Paper-I (Sanskrit, Arabic, Persian)
|
9:30 am to 12:45 pm
|
March 15
|
OSSC Main Language Paper-II (Sanskrit, Arabic, Persian)
|
9:30 am to 12:45 pm
|
March 16
|
SSC Vocational Course (Theory)
|
9:30 am to 11:30 am
|
March 17
|
First Language Paper-I (Group-A)
First Language Paper-I (Composite Course)
|
9:30 am to 12:15 pm
9:30 am to 12:45 pm
|
March 18
|
First Language Paper-II (Group-A)
First Language Paper-II (Composite Course)
|
9:30 am to 12:15 pm
9:30 am to 10:45 am
|
March 20
|
Second Language
|
9:30 am to 12:45 pm
|
March 21
|
English Paper-I
|
9:30 am to 12:15 pm
|
March 22
|
English Paper-II
|
9:30 am to 12:15 pm
|
March 23
|
Mathematics Paper-I
|
9:30 am to 12:15 pm
|
March 24
|
Mathematics Paper-II
|
9:30 am to 12:15 pm
|
March 25
|
General Science Paper-I
|
9:30 am to 12:15 pm
|
March 27
|
General Science Paper-II
|
9:30 am to 12:15 pm
|
March 29
|
Social Studies Paper-I
|
9:30 am to 12:15 pm
|
March 30
|
Social Studies Paper-II
|
9:30 am to 12:15 pm
|
The
examinations would be held across 2,411 regular centers and 145 private centers
(2,556 cumulative) in the state. Mobiles, electronic gadgets and other such
accessories would not be allowed during the examinations.
The number
of English medium students is higher than other with total 2,96,251 followed by
Telugu medium with 2,01,262 applications and Urdu medium at 11,522 students appearing
for the SSC 2017.
There are
455 Hindi medium, 224 Marathi medium, 109 Kannada and 8 Tamil medium students
appearing for the examinations this year.
Ends
Tuesday, 28 February 2017
TS, Assam to collaborate for tourism development
Namami
Brahmaputra festival to showcase real Assam
Festival
to be held from March 31 to April 4
Hyderabad,
Feb 28: Governments of Assam and Telangana are joining hands to promote tourism
in both the states by means of collaboration, MoUs and other cooperative
efforts.
Telangana
Tourism Development Corporation (TSTDC) managing director Christina Z Chongthu on
Tuesday revealed this to media and said that a delegation of officials from
Tourism department would conduct various road shows in Assam very soon.
She said, “As
part of the Namami Brahmaputra festival scheduled to be held from March 31 to
April 4 in Assam, our officials would conduct road shows in Guwahati and other
places. This will help us promote TS tourism spots to the north eastern people.
We will also have some other collaborative measures to promote tourism in the
state.”
Earlier, the
Assam government representative, Golipara district collector JVN Subramanyam
described the details of Namami Brahmaputra festival and said that it would be
a scintillating experience for any tourist.
He explained
the five days festival besides giving other necessary information about the cultural,
historical, natural background of Assam. He tried to demystify so many
assumptions most of the Indians would have about Assam.
He said, “Assam
is not a hill state instead only two districts are hilly. Assam is divided in
Brahmaputra Valley and Barack Valley. It has a highest Muslim population after Jammu
& Kashmir. It has 13 per cent ST population and nearly 200 dialects are
spoken there.”
He said that
Assam has many characteristics unique to it like it is the only place in the
world where 70 per cent of conservation of one horned Rhino has been going on
and a place where Gangetic River Dolphins live.
Elaborating
on the tea production and exports he said that 50 per cent of the tea gardens
were in Assam and 80 per cent of tea exports.
Terming it a
Microcosm of India Mr Subrahmanyam said that Golden color silk Mugan, UNESCO
listed Majuli-largest river island in the world, Monsoons, remnants of Ahom
Dynasty-longest ruling dynasty were the major attractions of Assam.
He advised
everyone to visit and explore Assam for learning and experiencing the ecological
and cultural uniqueness.
Amazing
Assam Facts:
§ Assam is the
place where Ahom Dynasty served for almost 600 years
§ Brahmaputra
passes 950 km length across Assam
§ Nearly 200 dialects
are spoken here
§ Only two
districts are hilly, remaining is plain area
§ Mugan is the
geographical indicator of Assam- only found here
§ It has 22
Golf Courses-Tea Gardens
§ British era
cottages are major attraction
§ Assam has 5
National Parks and 17 Wild Life Sanctuaries
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