Mangaluru to get regional centre of Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences: VC Dr. Sacchidanand
Mangaluru: The syndicate members of the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bengaluru met in Mangaluru’s Hotel Ocean Pearl for the 142nd Syndicate Meeting on Saturday, June 29 here.
After the meeting, speaking to reporters Vice-Chancellor of the University Dr. S Sacchidanand, informed that the university will soon have four regional centres in the state including one at Mangaluru for which a plot has already been identified at Kavoor locality in the city.
“Regional centres of the University will be set up in Davangere, Belgaum, Gulbarga and Mangaluru.To give preference to the sports activities Mangaluru’s regional centre will also come up with an sports complex. We have identified a 2 acre plot in Kavoor for our plot and has proposed the plan to the Deputy Commissioner. We are expecting to inaugurate the regional centre here soon. We will also provide training to the faculty members as well. With the establishment of regional centre here, the students and college representatives will not have to come and visit Bengaluru for getting their works done” Dr. Sacchidanand told reporter while also adding that there 70 colleges in Udupi and Dakshina Kannada Districts and 700 colleges across the state which are affiliated to the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Science.
He further added that the RGUHS was for the first time in the country introducing scholarship to the students (For second year MBBS Students) to encourage research among students. “Students are allowed to research on any subject they are interested in. We provided such assistance to 271 poor and deserving students in the previous academic year. We also have decided during this meeting that the students will also get medical insurance from the university” he further added.
“The University will from this year award topper of final year and overall course in each subject. Ranking system will be introduced in each subject. In post-graduation courses, best thesis awards will also be given. We have already started Ph.D centres for Pharmacy and Nursing courses and we will also have it in Science section soon” he informed.
Speaking further Dr. Sacchindanand noted that the non-Kannadiga students will have 40 hours of mandatory Kannada classes in one academic year. “For final year medical students we will introduce another course wherein they will be taught to handle emergency medical situations. The students will only get their certificates of internship after completing this course.
Speaking of the silver jubilee celebrations of the university Dr. Sacchidanand informed that the university will begin the silver jubilee celebrations from June 1, 2020 and it will continue till June 1, 2021. “Government had allotted us with 71 acre of land in Ramanagar, where we will shift our administrative office”.
The University will also get a placement cell to provide employment opportunities to the students in their final year of the course. The colleges affiliated to RGUHS will have compulsorily follow rain water harvesting procedure, Dr. Sachidanand added.
Dr. Chandrashekar, Deputy. Secretary of Medical Education, Meenakshi Negi, Commissioner, AYUSH, Dr. T S Prabhakar, Director of Health & Family Welfare, Shivanand Kapashi IAS, Registrar, RGUHS, and Dr. K B Lingegowda Registrar Evaluation, RGUHS and all the Syndicate members of RGUHS, Dr. G R Chandrashekhar, Dr. Bhagvan B C, Dr. Kiran Kumar N, Dr. Umesh Babu S, Dr. Ravishankar Shetty, Dr. Ravindra H N, Dr. Kiran Kailash, Dr. Vijay Kumar, Dr. H J Jaikrishna, Dr. Deepthi Bawa, Dr. Sudheer W R, Dr. V T Venkatesh, Dr. Chandrashekar H S, Dr. H Veerabhadrappa, Dr. Annadani M Meri, and Dr. Shiva Sharan Shetty & Prof. U T Ifthikar Ali were among the dignitaries and delegates who attended the meeting on Saturday.
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Du Plessis fifty, bowlers carry RCB to four-wicket win over GT
Bengaluru, May 4: Royal Challengers Bengaluru pressed the self-destruction button halfway but a blazing fifty by captain Faf du Plessis had enough torque in it to carry them to a four-wicket over Gujarat Titans in their IPL match here on Saturday.
Du Plesiss (64, 23b, 10x4, 3x6) and Kohli (42, 27b, 2x4, 4x6), who added 92 runs in just 35 balls for the opening wicket, were in prime touch as Royal Challengers moved past a frail target of 148, braving some nervy moments, most of it their own creation.
The win also lifted RCB to seventh place on the table with eight points from 11 matches, and kept their mathematical chances of making it to the play-offs alive.
Du Plessis and Kohli dealt in boundaries as the home side racked in 92 runs in Power Play, that contained 10 fours and seven maximums.
Both Du Plessis and Kohli were severe on all GT bowlers, as the latter began the butchering with two sixes off pacer Mohit Sharma in the first over.
Du Plessis was in no mood to play the role of a sidekick as he waded into left-arm pacer Josh Little with a sequence of 4, 6, 4, 4 in the second over that produced a total of 20 runs.
The Titans introduced IPL debutant left-arm spinner Manav Suthar in the hope of containing Kohli at least, but the ploy was foiled spectacularly.
The RCB talisman showed his increasing comfort against spin, clobbering Suthar for two successive sixes.
Du Plessis reserved his punitive blade for Mohit, whom he carted around for four fours in the fifth over, as the South African reached fifty in just 18 balls before falling to Little.
RCB entered a phase of struggle from there as they lost last match centurion Will Jacks, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell and Cameron Green between the sixth and 10th overs for just 20 runs.
Little (4/45) and spinner Noor Ahmad (2/23) were the chief perpetrators as RCB slipped from 92 for 1 to 112 for five.
Ahmad soon ousted Kohli as RCB were 117 for six but Dinesh Karthik (21 not out, 12b) was cool under pressure as RCB notched their overall fourth and third win in a row of this season.
Before RCB batsmen joined the party, their bowlers came up with an immaculate effort on a supportive pitch to bowl GT to a modest 147.
There were a couple of good partnerships – 61 between David Miller and Shahrukh Khan and 44 by Rahul Tewatia and Rashid Khan – but the Titans lacked that one big innings or a stand that could have given them a firmer grip on the match.
In fact, they seemed distinctly incapable of accelerating even in the Power Play as their top-order batters struggled against RCB pacers, Mohammed Siraj (2/29) and Yash Dayal (2/21) who stuck to a wonderful length.
That GT managed to strike just two fours in Power Play offered ample evidence to their struggle and RCB bowlers’ accuracy.
The Gujarat side’s Power Play score of 23 for three was the lowest in the segment this season, and it was mainly due to Siraj’s domination upfront.
He consumed an out-of-form Wriddhiman Saha with a fine outswinger which the GT opener wafted to Dinesh Karthik behind the stumps.
Shubman Gill followed soon as his attempted swat to the on-side off Siraj took a leading edge and ended in the hands of Vysakh Vijayakumar at deep point.
Green fetched the third wicket for RCB in the Power Play when he jettisoned in-form B Sai Sudharsan, whose feeble pull close to the body was snaffled by Kohli at mid-off.
Miller (30, 20b) and Shahrukh (37, 24b) tried their best to drag GT out of the woods with a well-paced 61-run alliance off 37 balls for the fourth wicket.
Miller, who was fortunate to get dropped on 23 off Green by Karn Sharma, played archetypal power shots.
He punished leg-spinner Karn for a couple of sixes – a pull and a loft over extra cover – but fell to the same bowler when a miscued heave was grabbed by Maxwell at deep.
But a bigger misfortune was in store for the visitors as Shahrukh, who backed up a tad too far to Rahul Tewatia’s soft drop, could not beat a throw from Kohli to the non-striker’s end.
For the sixth-wicket, Tewatia (35, 21b) and Rashid (18, 14b) added 44 off 29 balls, but the latter’s desire to be innovative against Yash Dayal saw the ball crashing onto the stumps.
Tewatia, who punished Karn for 18 runs (4, 6, 4, 4) in the 16th over, departed soon.
