BIT celebrates Kannada Rajyotsava
Mangaluru,Nov.1: Bearys Institute of Technology celebrated Kannada Rajyotsava with great pomp and cheer on November 1 at Bearys Knowledge Campus.
The program began by invoking Almighty followed by welcome address by HOD of Civil Prof: Purushotham C T. The Guest of honour was Dr. Somanna, Professor and Chairman of Kannada Department, Mangalore University, Mangaluru.
In his address professor said, at the time of the formation, the state had been called Mysore, which was reminiscent of an old princely regime. However, respecting the popular mood the state was consequently renamed as Karnataka on November 1, 1973.
He stressed to new generation to have primary education in regional language for the development of good thought process.
Principal, Dr. Antony AJ gave a motivational speech on this occasion. In his speech he highlighted the contributions of Bharat Ratna C. Rajagopalachari, philosopher Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, and scientist C. V. Raman, who were honoured in 1954. He told the students to accept one among them as role model and achieve the success.
The program was concluded with the talk by Dean (Academics), Dr. P Mahabaleswarappa. He said “Enadaru Agu Modalu Manavanagu” meaning Be human being first.
Staff and students of BIT Engineering, Polytechnic and Bearys Enviro-Architecture Design School (BEADS) were present.
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DC beat PBKS by three wickets, keep playoff hopes alive
Dharamsala (PTI): Half-centuries from skipper Axar Patel and David Miller powered Delhi Capitals to a thrilling three-wicket win over Punjab Kings and kept their slim playoff hopes alive in the Indian Premier League here on Monday.
Sent in to bat, Priyansh Arya (56 off 33) and Prabhsimran Singh (18) shared 78 runs off 41 balls for the opening wicket for PBKS.
After their departure, Shreyas Iyer (59 not out off 36 balls) and Cooper Connolly (38 off 27) took responsibility to carry the innings forward as PBKS posted 210 for five.
In reply, DC slipped to 74 for four but Axar (56) and Miller (51) resurrected the chase, while Ashutosh Sharma and Madhav Tiwari completed the task, scoring 216 for seven in 19 overs.
Mitchell Starc (2/57) and Madhav (2/40) picked up two wickets each for DC.
For PBKS, Arshdeep Singh (2/21), Ben Dwarshuis (1/51) and Marcus Stoinis (1/44) were among the wicket-takers.
Brief Scores:
Punjab Kings: 210 for 5 in 20 overs (Shreyas Iyer 59 not out, Priyansh Arya 56; Madhav Tiawai 2/40).
Delhi Capitals: 219 for 7 in 19 overs (Axar Patel 56, David Miller 51; Arshdeep Singh 2/21)
