Founding principal of Roshni Nilaya Dr Olinda Pereira is no more
Mangaluru: Former principal of School of Social Work, Roshni Nilaya, and noted social worker Dr Olinda Pereira passed away at 95 on Sunday.
Dr. Olinda, a PhD holder of Mysore University, is the founder Vishwas Trust.
She has served as a Director and has taught in many prestigious institutes in India and abroad. She, as a professor, taught thousands of graduates. She was active in women's activism. Dr. Olinda also served as a member of the National Women's Committee in 1979.
She was conferred with various prestigious awards, including the Mahatma Gandhi Peace Prize for her humanitarian and social service.
Funeral on June 1
The body of Dr. Olinda Perera has been kept for public viewing at the auditorium of Roshani Foundation in Valencia here. The final rites will be performed at cemetery in Valencia at 3.30pm on the June 1.
In the wake of coronavirus, public will not be allowed to attend the funeral. The body will be kept for public viewing till 7 pm today and from 7 am to 3 pm tomorrow.
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FM Sitharaman launches 'VijAIpatha' labs in govt schools in Karnataka
Hampi (PTI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday launched Cyient AI Labs (CyAILS) -- 'VijAIpatha', aimed at democratising access to Artificial Intelligence, STEM and Robotics education in government schools here.
In a series of posts on 'X', the minister's office shared pictures of the initiative launched at a girl's government school in Hosapete taluk and said that under the pilot phase, five world-class AI, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) and Robotics laboratories are being established in government schools.
Each lab will be equipped with high-performance computers, AI-ready software, robotics kits, IoT devices, sensors and secure broadband connectivity.
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"Aligned with NEP 2020, Digital India and Hon'ble Prime Minister @narendramodi's mission of Viksit Bharat 2047, the programme integrates CBSE's AI curriculum and strengthens technology-enabled learning in public education," it said.
Focusing on rural and semi-urban India, the initiative introduces future technologies at the school level, helping build early digital fluency, computational thinking and innovation capacity among students, the minister's office said.
"Benefiting over 2,000 students and training more than 200 teachers, 'VijAIpatha' is a scalable CSR model fostering innovation, career readiness and grassroots digital empowerment," it added.
According to the office, the initiative has been designed as a scalable, replicable and sustainable model that can be adopted across districts and states in collaboration with government education departments, positioning it as a benchmark CSR model for a national AI education rollout.
