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Friday, 30 October 2020

News from ABSMIDS | Confidence rebuilding in sportsmen through physical fitness and stress management during the pandemic

National Chapter Webinar was organized by the Physical Education Department, ABSMIDS in association with the Physical Education Foundation of India (PEFI), Karnataka Chapter on ‘Confidence Rebuilding in Sportsmen through Physical Fitness and Stress management during the pandemic’.

The program was presided by Prof. (Dr) B Satheesh Kumar Bhandary, Vice Chancellor, Nitte DU. The session was inaugurated by Prof. (Dr) Krishna Nayak US, Principal & Dean, ABSMIDS. Prof. (Dr) Rahul Bhandary, Sports Advisor, ABSMIDS welcomed the participants & Mrs. Shilpashree, Physical Education Director, ABSMIDS proposed the vote of thanks.  

1512 participants registered for the live webinar and 3300 viewers watched it online through YouTube live stream, across the globe with great zeal and enthusiasm. The topics were widely acclaimed by all the participants and excellent feedbacks were received along with enthusiastic inquiries. 

Resource Persons for the Webinar

Dr. Soni John T

Assoc. Professor, Dept. of BPE,

Christ College, Irinjalakuda.

(PhD in Psychology, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia).

 

Winner - Endeavour Postgraduate Award, Govt. of Australia.

Winner - Prof.  M M Ghani Award for the best college teacher in Humanities in Calicut University, for the year 2016-17.

Sport Psychologist Kerala State team (National Games, 2015).

Has presented research papers in several international conferences all around the globe.

Topic:

How to overcome stress during pandemic? An overview with special reference to Sportsmen

 

 

Dr. Abhishek Shetty,

MS Orthopaedics

Fellowship in Joint Replacement Surgery

Assoc. Professor, Dept. of Orthopaedics

Team Doctor - FC Mangalore

Worked with Bengaluru FC as well as Indian national team for Russia world cup qualifiers.

Topic:

Confidence Rebuilding in Sportsmen through Physical Fitness Management during Covid Pandemic

 










Tuesday, 27 October 2020

News from Dr. NSAM English Medium High School, Nitte | Online Workshop on Best Practices in Outcome Based Education

Teachers of Dr. NSAM English Medium High School, Nitte participated in a two-day online workshop on 'Best Practices in Outcome Based Education' on 22nd & 23rd September 2020.

The session began with a welcome note by Mrs. Shreelatha Rao, Principal, Dr. MRSM English Medium High School, Tapovana, Thokur. Mr. N Vinaya Hegde, President, Nitte Education Trust addressed the gathering.

The resource person for the workshop was Dr. Shailaja Shastri, Counsellor, Dr. NSAM First Grade College, Bangalore / Founder & Director, Learning & Development, Training and Research Initiatives (TRI), Bangalore.




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Friday, 16 October 2020

News from NUSCER | Staff Development program

The Internal Quality Assurance Cell of Nitte University Centre for Science Education & Research (NUCSER), in association with the Staff Development Cell (SDC), Nitte DU conducted a Staff Development Program on 10th October 2020 for the faculty of the institute.

Prof. (Dr) Anirban Chakraborty, Director, NUCSER, welcomed the chief guest, Dr. Iddya Karunasagar, Advisor (Research & Patents), Nitte DU, Ms. Sadhana Deshmukh, Director (SDC), Nitte DU and the resource person, Mr. Y. Gopala Krishnan, Consultant architect.

Dr. Iddya Karunasagar enlightened the participants about the importance of faculty development in the present scenario. The program included sessions on the importance of critical thinking and the advantages & disadvantages of online teaching. The expertise of Mr. Y. Gopala Krishnan and his perspectives, was a refreshing change and provided the much-needed liberty from restricted thinking. He shared his online teaching experiences as a parent and provided a constructive feedback.

Prof. Smitha Hegde, SDC Coordinator, NUCSER thanked the resource person and the faculty members for their active participation in the program.







Tuesday, 13 October 2020

Dr. NSAM PUC, Nitte | Inaugural ceremony of CET / JEE / NEET coaching classes

The inaugural ceremony of CET / JEE / NEET coaching classes 2020-21 was held on 1st October 2020 at Dr. NSAM PU College, Nitte.

Mr. Yogeesh Hegde, Registrar, Nitte Education Trust inaugurated the event and addressed the gathering. Dr. Chetan DM, Assoc. Professor, Dept. of Biotechnology, NMAMIT, Nitte; Mr. Vasudev Bhat, Principal; Dr. Prakash Shenoy, Vice Principal; Mrs. Bhavani Shetty & Mr. Shantharam Shetty, Sr. Lecturers of the college were present at the program.



One Day Virtual Conference on COVID-19 Pandemic: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

The Corona virus pandemic has created a war-like scenario, damaging health, wealth and well-being except that in this case the whole world is pitted against this deadly virus. The only way to overcome this physical and economic burden is to learn more and more about the disease as global innovation in healthcare is the need of the hour.

With this background, the Nitte-Sakura Science Forum, Nitte (Deemed to be University) in association with University of Miyazaki, Japan organised a one-day Virtual Conference on COVID-19 Pandemic: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow on 14th September 2020.

The Nitte-Sakura Science Forum is a unique initiative of Nitte (Deemed to be University) which began with the MoU signed by Chancellor, Sri. N Vinaya Hegde and Dr. Ikenoue Tsuyomu, President, University of Miyazaki, on 15th September 2016. A total of 51 people from Nitte (Deemed to be University) have been beneficiaries of the Nitte-Sakura Science Forum and several joint activities have also been facilitated through this collaboration.

While Prof. (Dr) Satheesh Kumar Bhandary, Vice Chancellor, Nitte DU delivered the presidential address, Dr Harish Kumar Madhyastha, Assoc. Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Japan delivered the inaugural address.

Two eminent speakers for the day were Dr. S.P. Srinivas, Assoc. Professor, Indiana University, USA who deliberated on 'Pharmacological Approaches against COVID-19 - A review of current knowledge' and Dr Vimal Karani S, Assoc. Professor, Nutrigenetics & Nutrigenomics (University of Reading) who deliberated on 'Nutrigenetics and Cardio-metabolic diseases: Focus on COVID 19 and Nutrition Security'. The moderator for the session was Dr Harish Kumar Madhyastha.



A panel discussion was next in line on the topic: Live feedback from recovered patients about hospitalization, treatment and post COVID life. The moderator for the session was Dr Vadisha Bhat, Professor, Dept of ENT, KSHEMA and panellists were Dr Ganesh HR, Tutor, Dept.of Microbiology, KSHEMA, Dr Amit Khelgi, Asst. Professor, Dept. of Microbiology, KSHEMA, Dr Giridhar B H, Professor & Head, Dept. of Pulmonary Medicine, KSHEMA.

Prof (Dr) Fatima D’silva, Chairperson, Nitte-Sakura Science Forum welcomed the gathering. Dr. Suchetha Kumari N, Member Secretary, Nitte-Sakura Science Forum thanked the resource persons and participants. Dr. Shilpa S Shetty, Member, Nitte-Sakura Science Forum was the master of ceremonies.

Registration for the virtual conference was free and a total of 1412 people registered. E-certificates were issued to all participants. The entire conference was live streamed on Youtube.

Monday, 12 October 2020

News from Dr. Mundkur Ramanna Shetty Memorial English Medium High School | Gandhi Jayanthi Celebration

The birth anniversaries of the unquestionable heroes of our country, Mahatma Gandhi and the second Prime Minister of Independent India, Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri was celebrated on 2nd October 2020 at Dr. MRSM School. Principal, Mrs. Shreelatha Rao; Mr. Arun Shetty, PTA President and Mr. Poornaprakash, President, Alumni Association paid floral respect to the great souls.

The Principal informed that it was not possible to hold Gandhi within the confines of the picture frame when his greatness is unfathomable. She spoke on the qualities he upheld such as simplicity, doing what he believed was right and his firm belief in non-violent resistance that brought independence to India.

She advised the students to imbibe the notable qualities of Sri Lal Bahadur Shastri and recalled the key role played by him in promoting the Green and White Revolutions that had a great impact on Indian economy, immediately after independence.

Students read verses from the Holy books. All faith prayer was conducted by the teachers. The program was made available to the students online. Members of the PTA and Alumni Association were present.





Friday, 9 October 2020

Dr. N.S.A.M PU College, Mangaluru | Gandhi Jayanti celebration

Gandhi Jayanti was celebrated on 2nd October 2020 at Dr. NSAM PU College, Mangalore. The program began with a prayer ‘Raghupathi Raghava Rajaram’ dedicated to Gandhiji.

Principal Dr. Naveen Shetty K, in his presidential address upheld the values of Gandhi and highlighted the sacrifice he made for the country. He said that Gandhi followed the principles of truth and non-violence which are the essence of all religions. He further said that Mahatma Gandhi succeeded in liberating our country from British who were also influenced by these principles. He added that many countries in the world have also succeeded in their freedom struggle by adopting these principles.

Mr. Mahesh, Kannada faculty compered the program. Mr. Vidyadhar Takur demonstrated free hand exercises to the gathering as part of the 'Fit India Campaign'. Later NSS volunteers cleaned the college premises and planted a few ornamental plants.

All the teaching and non-teaching staff attended the program. The students viewed the program on Google Meet platform. NSS officer, Mrs. Sandhya organized the program.




10th Annual Virtual Convocation of Nitte (Deemed to be University)

Chief Scientist and Deputy Director General of World Health Organisation (WHO) Sowmya Swaminathan on Friday said that living in harmony with the environment and animal kingdom was very critical to preventing global pandemics. This week, the world witnesses 32 million known COVID-19 cases and over a million deaths, she said.

She was delivering the convocation address at the 10th Annual Virtual Convocation of Nitte (Deemed to be University) here through a video message. Nitte, on the occasion, conferred a honorary doctorate degree D.Sc on K. Kasturirangan, scientist and Chancellor, Central University of Rajasthan.

Speaking on the pandemic outbreak, Dr. Swaminathan said, “But the fact is that, over the years, viruses have made the jump from the animal kingdom to human beings. We have seen it with HIV, SARS 1, Zika, Nipah and Ebola. There is also a long list of lesser known viruses. Most of these viruses have jumped from animals to human beings. The way in which we are living in harmony with the environment and with the animal kingdom is very critical.”

She said that human beings come into close contact with animals through deforestation by urbanisation. It also includes illegal wildlife trade, where animals come in contact with domesticated species. “It is believed that SARS-CoV-2 virus originated from bats but there was an intermediate host and that investigation is in progress,” she said.

Dr. Swaminathan said that socio-economic disparities impact health outcomes that became clear during the pandemic. Minorities and marginalised people in countries around the world were the most vulnerable. The mortality rate among the Black and the Hispanic populations in the U.S. was two times that of the White American. In the U.K., British Asian minorities, African and Asian ethnic minorities had a much higher incidence of infection.

Scientists had said that the outbreak would happen one day as WHO’s list had a disease called Pathogen X, meaning an unknown disease related to respiratory Pathogen that could occur any time. It was a question of when and not if that there would be a pandemic caused by this type of virus, she added.

Pro-Chancellor M. Shantharam Shetty, Pro Vice-Chancellor M.S. Moodithaya and others were present.






















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