Special lecture by BITS Pilani director on June 22
Mangaluru, June 19: KK Birla Goa Campus Director of Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) Pilani, one of the prestigious higher education institutions of the country, Prof G Raghuram will give a special lecture at the St. Aloysius College here on June 22.
As Raghuram is the alumnus of the St. Aloysius College, the Physic Department of the college has decided to felicitate him during the programme. The special lecture would be held at the Fr. LS Rasmina auditorium at 9 am. Principal Dr Praveen Martis SJ would preside over it. Prof Raghuram would speak on ‘How youth should prepare to face the future?’, said convener Dr Narayan Bhat in a press statement.
Hailed from Gunaje of Elkana village in Kasaragod district, Raghuram has got his high school education from the High School division of the Perdala Mahajana Sanskrit College. Later, he got his PU education from Vivekananda College of Puttur and completed his BSc from St. Aloysius College of Mangaluru. He got his MSc degree from Madras IIT and PhD from Indian Institute of Sciences (IISc) of Bengaluru. He was working in BITS Pilani as EEE Department professor from 1987. In 2010 he was promoted as Pilani Campus Director and since 2016, he has been working as Goa Campus Director, it is said.
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RCB beat MI by 18 runs after batters fire
Mumbai (PTI): Royal Challengers Bengaluru skipper Rajat Patidar, Phil Salt and Virat Kohli blasted half-centuries as the defending champions beat Mumbai Indians by 18 runs in an Indian Premier League match here on Sunday.
Salt (78 off 36 balls) and Kohli (50 off 38 balls) stitched together a 120-run stand for the opening wicket before Patidar scored a rapid 53 off just 20 balls as RCB posted 240 for 4.
In response, Mumbai Indians were restricted to 222 for 5, with RCB spinner Suyash Sharma (2/47) putting the skids on the home side with a double strike in the eighth over, from which they could not recover.
Sherfane Rutherford top-scored for MI with an unbeaten 71 off 31 balls.
While opener Rohit Sharma appeared to be struggling with a hamstring issue and had to retire hurt on 19, his partner Ryan Rickelton made 37, while Suryakumar Yadav (33) and Hardik Pandya (40) were the other contributors for MI.
Brief scores:
Royal Challengers Bengaluru 240 for 4 in 20 overs (Phil Salt 78, Virat Kohli 50, Rajat Patidar 53, Tim David 35 not out).
Mumbai Indians: 222 for 5 in 20 overs (Sherfane Rutherford 71 not out, Ryan Rickelton 37, Hardik Pandya 40; Suyash Sharma 2/47).
