NWKRTC had plans to develop bus-stands at Belgaum, Haveri, and Dharwad

Source: http://www.udayavani.com/showstory.asp?news=0&contentid=597509&lang=1

Hubli, November 28: Deputy Commissioner Darpan Jain said that good connectivity was one of the prerequisites for ensuring economic growth.

He was inaugurating the 11th Foundation Day celebrations of the North West Karnataka Road Transport Corporation (NWKRTC) here on Tuesday.

Jain said the country’s economic growth rate had been increasing steadily. However, if benefits of growth were to reach all regions of the country it was essential that there was good connectivity. In fact, in many areas economic growth was largely dependent on good connectivity, he said.

Jain said it was essential that semi-governmental institutions such as the NWKRTC mobilise resources of their own to tread the path of success. And for that to happen, employees and officials should work together. Only coordination and team spirit would help in improving important services such as public transport, Jain said.

On the occasion, Jain along with other dignitaries presented silver medals to NWKRTC drivers for accident-free driving for five years. A total of 54 drivers were selected for the award for the year 2003.

Presenting a report on the NWKRTC, General Manager (Technical) H Baburao said that the corporation had succeeded in bringing down losses and was hopeful of gaining profit during 2008-09.

The corporation had plans to develop bus-stands at Belgaum, Haveri, and Dharwad and city bus terminals at Hubli and Dharwad at a total cost of Rs 16.6 crore.

Theatre artiste Govind Mannur said that in spite of several constraints, employees of the NWKRTC were able to deliver better services to people, which was laudable.

State unit vice-president of All-India Trade Union Congress M D Doddagoudra underscored the need for making efforts to get additional assistance from the Government for improving the NWKRTC.

Presiding over the function, Managing Director of the NWKRTC A N Patil said that steps were being taken to improve financial position of the corporation, and asked employees to join hands with the corporation in this regard.

Chief Labour and Welfare Officer S K Halli welcomed the gathering. Compensation cheques for Rs 2 lakh were given away to family members of NWKRTC employees who died during service, on the occasion.

Vayavya Labs, Belgaum gets into second phase of the competition

Top 30 start-up nominees cut across sectors, cities

Source: http://www.livemint.com/2008/11/25000115/Top-30-startup-nominees-cut-a.html

Mumbai: Agri-business, software testing, sports management, education and tele-radiology all rub shoulders in a shortlist of 30 nominees in the Tata-NEN Hottest Startup Awards conducted by the National Entrepreneurship Network (NEN), a not-for-profit organization that aims to nurture entrepreneurship in the country.

The 30 were chosen from a list of 588 nominees with maximum public votes and the highest expert ratings. The competition, of which Mint is an exclusive print partner, attracted 200,000 votes across all nominees and 100,000 registered users on its website (users could vote online and via text messages).

A majority of the shortlisted companies were started in the last three years and are headquartered in big cities such as Bangalore, Mumbai and New Delhi as well as smaller towns such as Jaipur, Patiala and Belgaum.

Delving a little deeper into what the 30 do shows that 60%, or 18 companies—based on their activities—are addressing the India market; six are aiming for the global market and six want to start in India first and then go overseas later. “This is interesting as it shows up a lot of opportunities here, which may not be as affected by the downturn if they solve real issues addressing agriculture or unemployment,” says Laura Parkin, executive director, Wadhwani Foundation and NEN.

Another key trend was that entrepreneurs who made it to the list were older and more experienced. Of the 588 nominees, only one in 10 was aged above 40 while nearly half of them were in their 20s. Of the Top 30 in the shortlist, one in four entrepreneurs was above 40. Academic qualification also shone on the shortlist; two-thirds of the entrepreneurs had postgraduate education, nine held bachelor’s degrees and one has not studied beyond high school.

Public voting on the 30 shortlisted firms will open again from 25 November. Five start-ups that garner maximum votes before 23 December will win the competition.

Job fair in Gulbarga from Saturday

Source: http://www.hindu.com/2008/11/20/stories/2008112050740200.htm

GULBARGA: Wipro BPO, business process outsourcing (BPO) arm of Wipro, and Poojya Doddappa Appa College of Engineering will host a two-day job fair for students of various streams from November 22 in Gulbarga city.

Training and Placement Officer of PDA College of Engineering Mahadevappa Gadge said here on Wednesday that graduates and postgraduates of all disciplines, including BE, BA, B.Com, B.Sc, BCA, LL.B, M.Sc, MCA and MBA, were eligible to participate in the fair. Eligible candidates should be in the age group of 18 to 45, and candidates having excellent command over English have a bright chance of being selected. Call 9880351592 for details.

Suvarna Vikas Soudha in Belgaum gets Cabinet nod

Source: http://www.hindu.com/2008/11/20/stories/2008112053680400.htm

BANGALORE: The State Cabinet has approved a proposal to construct the Suvarna Vidhana Soudha at Halaga-Bastwad on the Pune-Bangalore Express Highway in Belgaum district.

A high-level committee, headed by Speaker Jagadish Shettar, recently visited the district and made a recommendation to the Government to this effect.

Speaking to presspersons after a Cabinet meeting here on Wednesday, Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Shobha Karandlaje said the building would come up on 108 acres. Land would be acquired from 143 farmers. The Government would give suitable compensation to the land-losers.

However, some farmers were refusing to part with their land.

Karnataka clears 12 mega projects (Bangalore, Bagalkot, Belgaum, Raichur, Dakshina Kannada and Mysore)

Source: http://www.thehindu.com/holnus/004200811192232.htm

BANGALORE: The State High Level Clearance Committee (SHLCC) on Wednesday cleared 12 investment proposals to the tune of Rs. 7,080 crore, which have potential to create 82,393 new jobs. This included a proposal by the State-owned Karnataka Power Corporation Limited to set up two thermal generating units with a capacity of 600 MW each at Chicksagur (Yermarus) in Raichur district, located close to the Raichur Thermal Power Station.

The KPCL had requested the Government to allot an additional 234 acres of land to commence the work on the first unit.

The Government on Wednesday agreed to the request. The work on the project would commence soon after getting the various clearances and the first unit is expected to be ready for generation in about four years.

The high-level committee also cleared a proposal by the HAL to set up an aircraft and engine overhaul unit near the Bengaluru International Airport at a cost of Rs. 2,095 crore.

Briefing presspersons after the SHLCC meeting, Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa noted that this unit would create 285 more jobs.

The other proposals which got clearance are a cement manufacturing expansion unit in Bagalkot to be set up at a cost of Rs. 520 crore by Nirani Cements (700 new jobs); an energy generation project by N.K. Utilities to be set up in Bagalkot at a cost of Rs. 1,740 crore (500 new jobs); and two separate automobile industries to be set up by Stanzen Toyotetsu and JBM Auto in Ramanagara at a cost of Rs. 173 crore and Rs. 81.95 crore respectively. Together, they will create 849 new jobs.

The high-level committee also cleared a proposal for setting up an IT and ITES Park in Bangalore Urban district by D.M. Estate at a cost of Rs. 336.28 crore, which would create 13,900 new jobs.

The other clearances related to setting up a Rs. 302-crore multi-utility commercial and tourism complex in Dakshina Kannada district by Jaiprakash Group (11,100 new jobs); establishment of a rubber park in Mysore at a cost of Rs. 137 crore by Rubber Marketing (4,500 new jobs); Rs. 90-crore co-generation project to be set up by Satish Sugars Limited in Belgaum (177 new jobs); a Rs. 129.50-crore plastic industry to be set up in Bangalore Urban district by Plastic Udyog Nagar (5,000 new jobs); and a Rs. 75.65-crore sugar factory to be set up in Belgaum by Basaveshwara Group (282 new jobs)

Mr. Yeddyurappa said the main feature of Wednesday’s clearance was that the investment proposals were spread out in different districts of the State unlike the earlier times when they used to be concentrated in Bangalore.

Campus interview @ BVB Hubli

Source: http://www.hindu.com/2008/11/19/stories/2008111952960300.htm

HUBLI: BVB College of Engineering and Technology, Hubli, is coordinating a campus interview for Potential Technologies, an Australian company based in Bangalore, on November 20 at 8 a.m. Engineering graduates in any stream or candidates with MBA or MCA from colleges in North Karnataka are eligible to attend the interview. For registration and details contact A.S. Kittur on Ph: 0836-2378127/420, or 9449483012, a press release said. — Staff Correspondent

Campus interview @ Hubli

Source: http://www.hindu.com/2008/11/14/stories/2008111452980300.htm

HUBLI: KLE Polytechnic, Hubli, is coordinating a campus interview for Toyota Kirloskar Motors Private Ltd., Bangalore, on Friday here for diploma holders in mechanical, automobile, electrical and electronics with minimum 60 per cent marks in class X and 65 per cent aggregate marks in diploma. Interested persons can register their names on Friday at 8 a.m. at the Placement Cell, KLE Polytechnic, Hubli. For details, contact Vasudev S. Shahapur on 9880271208 or A.S. Kittur on 9449483012. — Staff Correspondent

18,000 To Be Recruited This Fiscal @ KSRTC Belgaum Hubli

Mangalore: A driver or conductor’s job at Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) is literally a phone call away. The only requirement is that the applicant should adhere to the qualifications laid down by KSRTC like should valid licence and experience. The state-owned transport operator, which is facing a huge shortage of crew, has drawn up plans to recruit 18,000 drivers/conductors in the current fiscal.

Transport minister R Ashok told The Times of India that the corporation will complete recruitments by the end of March 2009. “I have instructed my officials to expedite the process. Anybody who has the prescribed qualification can call up the local KSRTC office and stake a claim for appointment,” he said. The normal process of recruitment will take its own course of time, Ashok said in defence of the new idea.

When asked whether the corporation was willing to absorb the employees who would be rendered jobless if it started operations on non-nationalized routes such as in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts, Ashok replied in the negative. Applicants must meet the recruitment norms laid down by the corporation, Ashok maintained. “We do not want to put passenger safety in peril and hence this strict adherence to recruitment norms,” he pointed out.

A person applying for the post of driver should have completed SSLC and have a heavy passenger/transport driving licence.

Conductors should have passed their PUC and also have a conductors’ licence. Likewise, an applicant for the post of driver-cum-conductor should have both the driver and conductors’ licences and passed SSLC.

Photo sessions for ration cards @ Belgaum

Source: http://www.hindu.com/2008/11/06/stories/2008110650750500.htm

Belgaum: The office of the Tahsildar will arrange photo sessions till November 13 for issuance of permanent ration cards for Antyodaya, the Akshaya and above poverty line beneficiaries.

The release stated that these photo sessions have been organised to give a chance to all beneficiaries who have not given their photographs yet.

BangaloreIT.biz begins buzzing today

Bangalore: Starting today, the 11th edition of India’s flagship Information and Communication Technology Event “BanagloreIT.biz” will begin at the Palace Grounds in Bangalore.

Chief Minister of Karnataka B.S. Yeddyurappa will inaugurate the event while Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the exhibition.

The three-day event, organised by the Department of Information Technology and Biotechnology, Software Technology Parks of India (STPI), Bangalore, and MM Activ, aims at creating a meaningful business-to-business platform for the industry to promote partnerships and forge alliances with leading players in domestic and international markets.

Mexico is the partner country and partner State is Gujarat for the prestigious programme.

Countries like Germany, Japan, Bavaria, Denmark and the United Kingdom are taking part in the programme.

Some of the key sessions on day one of BangaloreIT.biz include the lecture on “Computing for Socioeconomic Development” by Kentaro Toyama, Assistant Managing Director, Microsoft Research India and “Information and Communication Technology and National Security,” by Naavi Vijayashankar, Director, Cyber Law College, among various others.

Segregated into various pavilions such as Infocom and Hardware, Software and STPI, IT Parks and Special Economic Zones and the Government of Karnataka Infrastructure Initiatives Pavilion, the exhibition will feature over 65 high-profile speakers and over 100 companies.

‘Internet World’ @ Hubli

Source: http://www.hindu.com/2008/11/06/stories/2008110659310600.htm

HUBLI: A three-day “Internet World-2008” aimed at making rural students familiar with the use of Internet will begin at BVB College of Engineering here on Thursday at 9.30 a.m.

Karnataka Transport corpns to recruit 18,000 personnel

Bangalore, Nov 4 The four state owned Transport Corportions in Karnataka would recruit 18,000 personnel including drivers, conductors and technical staff this year, Karnataka Minister for Transport R Ashok said today.

Directions have been issued to all the corporations to commence the process of recruitment, he told the press here.

The minister said the entire process would be transparent and in accordance with the rules.

The government has decided to establish driving training schools in Hassan, Hubli and Gulbarga and the work on a similar school in Bangalore was on.

Ashok reiterated that the government was firm on banning plying of private buses on nationanalised routes.(Agencies)