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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Dhyan Chand lifetime award to be replaced by Arjuna lifetime
New Delhi, Oct 24: The sports ministry on Thursday announced the discontinuation of the Dhyan Chand Award for lifetime achievement from this year onwards and the introduction of the Arjuna Award Lifetime in its place in a bid to "rationalise" the various sporting honours of the country.
Instituted in 2002, the Dhyan Chand Lifetime Award, named after hockey wizard Major Dhyan Chand, is given to individuals in disciplines that are part of the Olympic Games, Paralympic Games, Asian Games and Commonwealth Games, among others.
In 2023, the award was given to former shuttler Manjusha Kanwar, ex-hockey exponent Vineet Kumar and kabaddi player Kavitha Selvaraj.
"The various schemes for sports awards have been rationalised wherein Arjuna Award (Lifetime) has been introduced in place of Dhyan Chand Award. To recognise the efforts of coaches at grassroots/development level, they are now eligible for the Dronacharya Award," said a ministry statement.
"The Arjuna Award (Lifetime) has been introduced and will be given for life time contribution to sports development.
"Further, to recognize the Khelo India scheme, the Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy will be given to the University for Overall Top Performance in Khelo India University Games," it added.
The last date for applying for the national sports awards for 2024 is November 14.
