Mangaluru: IDS' Interior Design WOW Awards held
Mangaluru: The Indian Design School hosted its second ‘Interior Design WOW Awards’or IDWA on Saturday,06thAugust 2022at the IDS Campus. IDWA is the annual awards day celebrated by the IDS family to recognize the talents and achievements of not only its students but also of the students who have won various events during the two-day IDS inter-college annual fest called the ‘Inspirante WOW Fest’, which was held on the 4th and 5th of August 2022.
More than 150 students from 8 colleges from Dakshina Kannada and Udupi district have participated in the Inspirante WOW Fest in the past two days along with the students of IDS. These students participated in more than 18 events to win and secure their places. IDS students hosted these events for the students of other colleges, while they had participated in their own inter-squad events like sports, creative and games in the IDS campus. The inter-college fest was a grand success and was much enjoyed by all the participants.
IDWA being the culmination of both inter-college and inter-squad competitions, celebrates the achievements of all participants as well as the persons who have contributed extensively to the field of education. This year, IDS had invited and felicitated the Padma Shri recipient Harekala Hajabba for his immense dedication in providing education facility to the poor. IDS had also invited Ar. Nelson Pais, partner at 2PKM Architects and founder-professor at Wadiyar Centre For Architecture, Mysore as the Guest of Honour and Guest speaker. Ar. Nelson, along with being a practicing architect is also a leading educationist. He had presented his best works and had an interactive session with the students.
During the award ceremony, Ar. Nelson, Hajabba, AK Naushad (MD of AK Group of Companies), Pushparaj (Partner at aBL architects), Ar. Mohammed Nissar (Chairman at IDS), Dr. Nafeesa Shirin (Director at IDS) and Ar. Ramnath Nayak (Principal at IDS) presented awards to the various winners. Khathija Mehnaz (final year student at IDS) won the award for Batch Topper and Best Out-going Student while Aysha Merchant (2nd year student) also won the award for Batch Topper. Forthe Inspirante WOW Fest 2022, Udupi Group of Institutions, Manipal won the Overall Championship Trophy 2022 for winning the most events.
During the event, Ar. Nelson, Hajabba, Ar. Mohammed Nissar, Dr. Nafeesa Shirin and Ar. Ramnath Nayak inaugurated the first IDS Year Book, comprising of three years of hard work, achievements, and talents across the three batches. The event was a grand success and was well-received by all the guest and student-winners.
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Hit by car, delivery agent dies after falling from flyover in Delhi
New Delhi (PTI): A food delivery agent died after falling from the Dabri flyover in southwest Delhi when his scooter was allegedly hit by a car on Thursday morning, police said.
The car driver fled from the spot, police said.
A PCR call was received at 7:35 am informing that a person had fallen from the Dabri flyover on Pankha road and required immediate medical assistance, they said.
A police team rushed to the spot and found a damaged scooter and a car on the flyover. The scooter rider sustained serious injuries and was immediately shifted to a nearby hospital in an ambulance, where doctors declared him dead, they added.
According to police, the victim was identified as Rajkumar, a resident of Jharkhand's Godda district. He was working as a delivery executive with a private food delivery service in Delhi.
The car involved in the accident bears a Delhi registration number and is registered in the name of a Dabri resident, police said.
"The body has been preserved in a mortuary and efforts are underway to apprehend the absconding driver," a senior police officer said.
A case has been registered under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and an investigation is underway to ascertain the exact sequence of events leading to the accident, police said.
