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Earthquake of magnitude 3.5 hits Haryana, tremors felt in Delhi

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New Delhi: A medium intensity earthquake measuring 3.5 on Richter scale hit Haryana on Monday, with tremors being felt in the national capital and neighbouring areas too.

According to the National Centre for Seismology, a unit of Ministry of Earth Science, the epicenter of the quake was in Mahendragarh. The quake occurred at 2:50 PM at a depth of 10 kms.

However, there were no immediate report of loss to life or damage to property.

Mahendragarh is nearly 120 kms from the national capital.

Earlier in the day, a medium intensity earthquake measuring 3.5 on the Richter Scale hit Kohima, the capital of Nagaland at 10:58 AM.

(PTI)

Sindhu, Sakshi, Dipa to get Khel Ratna, Rahane named for Arjuna award

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New Delhi: The Sports Ministry on Monday announced that Rio Olympics medallists, shuttler P V Sindhu and wrestler Sakshi Malik, will receive the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award along with gymnast Dipa Karmakar and shooter Jitu Rai.

Considered as the country’s highest sporting honour, the Khel Ratna award is conferred on a sportsperson for outstanding performance over a period of four years. The award comprises a cash prize of Rs 7.5 lakh along with a medal and a citation.

Dipa’s coach Bisheshwar Nandi has been selected for the Dronacharya award along side Team India skipper Virat Kohli’s coach Raj Kumar Sharma, athletics coach Nagapuri Ramesh and boxing coach Sagar Mal Dhayal.

Sindhu’s coach Pullela Gopichand received the coveted award in 2009 while Sakshi’s coach Kuldeep Singh has been overlooked for the award.

The Dronacharya awards for lifetime will be awarded to veteran swimming coach S Pradeep Kumar and wrestling coach Mahabir Singh. The award comprises a cash prize of Rs 5 lakh each with a medal and a citation.

Star cricketer Ajinkya Rahane will be conferred on with the Arjuna Award alongside archer Rajat Chauhan, athlete Lalita Babar, cueist Sourav Kothari, boxer Shiva Thapa, footballer Subrata Paul, hockey stars V R Raghunath and Rani Rampal, shooters Gurpreet Singh, Apurvi Chandela, paddler Somyajit Ghosh, wrestlers Vinesh Phohat, Amit Kumar, Para-athletes Sandeep Singh Maan and Virender Singh.

The award constitutes a cash prize of Rs 5 lakh and medal and a citation.

Athlete Satti Geetha will be conferred the Dhayan Chand award along with hockey player Sylvanus Dung Dung and rower Rajendra Pralhad Shelke. The award comprises a cash prize of Rs 5 lakh, a medal and a citation

President Pranab Mukherjee will give away the awards at Rashtrapati Bhavan on August 29, which is celebrated as the National Sports Day.

(IANS)

The Poetry School of India launched

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THE Solo Creative Arts Foundation’s “THE POETRY SCHOOL OF INDIA” was launched today by Shri D.H. Shankara Murthy, Chairman, Karnataka Legislative Council, at Bangalore Press Club, Bangalore. Famous Kannada poets Prof. G.S. Siddalingaiag and Dr. P.V. Narayan graced the occasion amidst a large number of gathering in the presence of Dr. Mohammed Fakhruddin, the Principal and “Poet-in-Residence” of The Poetry School of India as well as Dr. Dodda Range Gowda who is the “Poet-in-Residence” to teach the Art of Writing Poetry in Kannada language. Dr. Mohammed Fakhruddin will teach as many as 34 different poetic forms in English language.

A bad trend of journalism has crept in recently which needs drastic curb by the editors and management of the newspaper industry.

The above event took place on 16th of August at the Bangalore Press Club and the invitations were sent to the media also.

The next day of the event some of the Kannada newspapers carried the news but deleted the name of the principal and “Poet-in-Residence” name Dr. Mohammed Fakhruddin. The readers of the Kannada newspapers were rather surprised to find bias reporting. Some of them telephoned the editors of those Kannada newspapers to know the reason.

Surprisingly, none of the English-language newspapers did care to report the news in their columns.

The ethics of journalism is not being followed nowadays by the reporters’ community in Bangalore city. The Editors and the management of the newspapers who are not aware of this trend should be vigilant and try to inculcate discipline and ethics of journalism, says a veteran Kannada poet and writer.

Movie Review: ‘Mohenjo Daro’ is a boring to death saga with a total lack of entertainment value

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Producer & Director: Ashutosh Gowarikar
Star Cast: Hrithik Roshan, Pooja Hegde, Manish Chaudhary, Kabir Bedi, Arunoday Singh, Suhasini Mulay, Nitish Bharadwaj et al.
Music: Allah Rakha Rehman

Ashutosh Gowariker, an actor turned director, needs no special introduction. He is known more for his historically oriented period films. He has so much passion & fascination for such films that he comes with this kind of films only once in 3 or 5 years. He has won a lot critical acclaim & awards galore for Swades, Lagaan & Jodha Akbar. But in his latest outing Mohenjo Daro, he has put a totally wrong foot by making an absolutely boring to death film.

The scripted scenario kick starts with the era of 2016 BC in the North West region, which happens to be the pre – historic India. This gradually leads to the introduction of Sarman (Hrithik Roshan) and his victorious fight with a predator crocodile. While on one hand the villagers felicitate him for the victory, on the other hand, Sarman is adamant to visit the city of Mohenjo Daro, something that his uncle & aunt are not too keen on, for reasons best known (only) to them. One day, after much reluctance, Sarman’s uncle & aunt give in to his demands of visiting Mohenjo Daro, but, not without handing him over an “identity coin”. When Sarman reaches Mohenjo Daro, amongst the many other things, he sees the beautiful “Sindhu Putri” Chaani (Pooja Hegde), the daughter of a religious pandit (Manish Choudhary). Both, for Sarman & Chaani, it turns out to be unspoken love at 1st sight. One day, the curious Sarman happens to visit the “upper city” in search of Chaani. It is here, that Sarman, besides being stunned by the visuals & locales, witnesses the disparity that prevails under the rule of the evil ruler Maham (Kabir Bedi), who had once been earlier exiled from Harappa. In no time, Sarman becomes the people’s representative and raises his voice against Maham’s atrocities. Amidst all this, the pandit reveals a secret to Sarman that not just shocks Sarman, but also, sweeps him off his feet.

Director Ashutosh has seriously erred this time round and it seems he has carried his passionate fascination for historically oriented period films a little bit too far. As apart from Greek God Hrithik Roshan none of the actors and above all the entire technical team have failed to live up to cine goers expectations and salvage Mohenjo Daro.

Performance wise it is a Hrithik Roshan film all the way and he has indeed delivered an outstanding performance. Even in his earlier such films he has always given a good account of himself. But only Duggu nay Hrithik Roshan cannot guarantee success for such historically oriented period films. Debutant Pooja Hegde, the Southern sensation, has not delivered any earth shaking performance. Kabir Bedi is excellent. The other actors comprising of Arunoday Singh, Suhasini Mulay, Nitish Bharadwaj et al are adequate in their respective roles.

Tail Piece: Mohenjo Daro, with a three and half hours longest duration, is another totally disappointing fare of the year 2016.

Movie Review: ‘The Legend Of Michael Mishra’ is the most boring & the most disappointing film of the year 2016

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The Legend Of Michael Mishra

Director: Manish Jha
Star Cast: Arshad Warsi, Aditi Rao Hydari, Kyroze Irani & Boman Irani
Music: Meet Bros Anjjan, Som – Raul, Abhinav Bansal, Rishi – Siddharth & Ujjwal – Nikhil

Director Manish Jha in his hat trick outing, his earlier 2 films were Matrubhoomi & Anwar, The Legend of Michael Mishra can easily be termed as the most unforgettable film of this year. So much so that one can’t even pin point one plus point of the film. Right from the captain of the ship with his behind – the – scenes technical team to the on screen actors, including the lead actor Arshad Warsi, have just sleep walked throughout the film. Need I say anything more on this front.

The scripted scenario of The Legend Of Michael Mishra kick starts with FP aka Full Pant (Boman Irani), the owner of Michael Mishra Dhaba, telling a bunch of tourists about the “legendary” greatness of Michael Mishra (Arshad Warsi). FP then, recalls the entire flashback incidents that transformed a simple tailor Michael Mishra into a “tailor – made” Michael Mishra. FP states that, Michael Mishra, when on duty as a tailor, accidentally killed his customer. What follows after that are a series of incidents that transforms the simple Michael Mishra into a dreaded don, who becomes a self confessed “kidnapping specialist”. But when Michael Mishra ultimately finds his lady love Varsha ‘Hello’ Shukla (Aditi Rao Hydari) after years of incessant searching, he plans to change himself into a better human being, at her “insistence”. The very moment he decides to change himself, he surrenders himself before the law, which then, punishes him with an imprisonment of a whopping 500 years, which, later, gets changed to lifetime imprisonment in a ruthless jail. Amidst all this, Michael Mishra’s sidekick Half Pant (Kyroze Irani) stands by him like a rock.

Director Manish Jha has spoilt every thing by displaying his shabby & sloppy directorial treatment as well as scripting the most hackeneyed plot in lieu with his hand in glove partners namely Radhakrishnan & Sneha Nihalani. That apart Manish Jha has seriously failed to extract any noteworthy performance from his artistes. And pray what were a dozen music composers doing in a single film like The Legend of Michael Mishra?

Performance wise even a good actor like Arshad Warsi proves himself as a total failure as the main protagonist of The Legend of Michael Mishra. Oh! What a yawn inducing act he has delivered!!! Aditi Rao Hydari appears to be a total misfit in her role, so how can one expect her to deliver even an iota of a decent act. And the same holds true for Kyroze Irani & Boman Irani.

Tail Piece: The Legend of Michael Mishra is the most boring & the most disappointing film of the year 2016. So a piece de resistence advise to one & all, don’t waste your time, energy & money.

Movie Review: ‘Budhia Singh – Born To Run’ is a realistic, heart warming & heart touching movie

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Budhia Singh - Born To Run

Director: Soumendra Padhi
Star Cast: Manoj Bajpayee, debutant actor Master Mayur Patole, Tillotama Shome, Shruti Marathe & Chhaya Kadam
Music: Sidhant Mathur & Ishaan Chhabra

Debutant director Soumendra Padhi has really tackled the sports genre oriented movie Budhia Singh – Born To Run with finesse. In fact Budhia Singh – Born To Run is an inspirational tale of human spirit, endurance & sacrifice. And giving the director a perfect support are his cast & crew. Hats off to all of them.

The scripted scenario of Budhia Singh – Born To Run kick – starts with a set up of the divine Puri in Bhubaneswar. It is here that the 5 year old Budhia Singh (Mayur Patole) is introduced. He gets sold off to a local merchant by his impoverished mother, for a mere Rs. 650. There enters the “social entrepreneur” Biranchi Das (Manoj Bajpayee), who runs a judo coaching classes for the young albeit orphaned children. When he gets to know about Budhia Singh has been sold off to a man, he rescues Budhia Singh and convinces Budhia Singh’s mother to allow him to be kept with him, while he gets her a job. Delivering a chance punishment to Budhia Singh, makes Biranchi Das discover the former’s “God – gifted” talent to run relentlessly without even an ounce of tiredness. There after he starts coaching Budhia, with a sole aim of creating a world record. And when the news of Budhia’s athletic talents reaches the media, he, not only becomes an overnight sensation, but also the toast of the entire Bhubaneswar state. Biranchi Das gets so very involved in coaching Budhia to become an international marathon star, that he, unintentionally, starts overlooking his own family. And when the non – stop achievements & the records created by the 5 year old Budhia reaches its pinnacle, the Child Welfare Board’s committee members try to bring down Biranchi Das as well as Budhia Singh.

Writer – director Soumendra Padhi really deserves a special mention for his excellent directorial treatment of this real life story in tandem with Manoj Kumar Khatoi as the cinematographer, Sidhant Mathur & Ishaan Chhabra as the music composers & Shivkumar V. Panicker as the editors. The extra special highlight of the film is the picturisation of the marathon run sequences from Puri to Bhabuneshwar.

Performance wise the 2 pillars of the film are Manoj Bajpayee as the coach Biranchi Das & debutant Master Mayur Patole as the main protagonist Buddhia Singh. Both of them are simply outstanding. In fact Master Mayur Patole really steals the hearts of the cinegoers. He literally lives the role by getting into the skin of his character Buddia Singh. Manoj Bajpayee the seasoned actor has once again proves that he can sink his teeth into any character than be it a homosexual or a coach. No doubt that both Manoj & Mayur complement each other with a perfect & bang on chemistry. And lending the duo an adequate support are the other actors like Tillotama Shome, Shruti Marathe, Chhaya Kadam et al.

Tail Piece: Budhia Singh – Born To Run is a realistic, heart warming & heart touching movie. But this National Award film will surely score on the Box Office turnstiles in the long run.

Kashmir trust asks Karnataka government ‘not to play politics’ over Amnesty event

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Bengaluru: The Kashmiri Hindu Cultural Welfare Trust on Sunday asked the Karnataka government “not to play politics” over the incident in which anti-India and anti-Army slogans were raised at an event organised by Amnesty International.

Chairman of the Trust R K Mattoo said those who shouted ‘Azadi’ and anti-national slogans should be identified and booked under the law to prevent such incidents in future.

“I appeal to government of Karnataka not to play politics in this as the whole incident is of national security and anti-national forces raising their heads. Nip the evil in the bud please and do not allow this to spread to other parts of our dear nation …Have a Heart and do not play politics,” he said.

“Interestingly, the Karnataka government has chosen to give a clean chit to Amnesty International even as a probe into the sedition charges (following an FIR by the ABVP) is underway,” he added. On Saturday, the state Home Minister G Parameshwara had said Amnesty International India has never involved itself in any kind of anti-national activities. “… I have not heard of Amnesty International being involved in any seditious activity so far,” he had said.

Mattoo said Amnesty International should come out openly and condemn the “slogan shouting at the function organised by them and own the responsibility for the same… It (Amnesty) cannot take shelter under freedom of speech and at the same time ignore the responsibilities under the Constitution.”

Mattoo, a Kashmiri Pandit, accused Amnesty International of being selective in its protest against human rights violation and urged the NGO to publish a report on the “human rights violations and atrocities perpetrated by Lashkar-e- Taiba, Hijbul Mujahideen and its followers like Burhan Wani.” “Their reports should focus on the Sikhs under threat by separatists in the Valley and the victims in Shopian incident, where more than 2,000 Kashmiri Pandit employees were tortured and forced to flee and their reports should reflect on the bloodbath and terror unleashed by separatists in the Valley,” he said.

He also demanded “imposition of ban on Amnesty International in India which has till date focused only on so-called human rights violations by armed forces inKashmir and totally ignoring killings of Kashmiri Pandits, security forces and role of terrorists in the valley.”

(Agencies)

Urjit Patel named new RBI governor

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Dr. Urjit Patel has been appointed the new RBI Governor. His appointment should be perceived as a continuity of monetary policy approach as Dr. Patel has been the RBI deputy governor under Dr. Rajan and key author of the Urjit Patel Committee report (on which India’s flexible inflation targeting monetary policy framework is based). Dr. Patel, an economist from Yale University, has served at IMF and in various corporate & government roles in his professional life. Over the next few weeks, the government will also constitute the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) wherein policy decisions will be taken based on the committee’s majority view.

Once the MPC is set up, one needs to monitor 2 things. First, how the MPC reads the CPI mandate of 2-6% range and will there be any change in the glide path to 4% target by January 2018. Second, the committee’s stance on the 1.5-2.0% real rates objective which the central bank has been following over the past 3 years. Both these will be crucial in assessing the future scope of monetary easing. For now, we continue to maintain our expectation of another 50bps easing in balance FY17.

Dr. Urjit Patel: Brief profile
Current position: RBI deputy governor in charge of monetary policy since January 2013.

Educational background: PhD from Yale University and M.Phil from Oxford University.

Key beliefs on economic policy: Author of the Monetary Policy report which recommended flexible inflation targeting policy with headline CPI of 4 +/-2% as target. He has been a strong proponent of continued fiscal consolidation. Monetary policy stance is likely to be a continuation of the current one.

Past professional experience: Worked at IMF from 1990-1995. From 1995-2004, he has worked with RBI and Government of India in various high level committees. From 2004-13, he has served various corporates such as Advisor, Boston Consulting Group, IDFC, Reliance, etc. Deputy Governor since January 2013.

Key things to monitor going ahead
Monetary Policy Committee: A committee of 6 members will be set up to take policy decisions based on majority. The governor will carry the decisive vote in case of a tie.

Change in CPI glide path of 4% target by January 2018: RBI’s current policy targets CPI inflation of 4% by January 2018. One would need to monitor MPC’s stance on the same and how it reads the 2-6% CPI target.

Real interest rates: Over, the past 3 years RBI has tried to maintain 1.5-2% real interest rates. One needs to see if this will be continued or will there be some relaxation.

Chouhan’s draws criticism, ridicule over flood picture

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Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has drawn flak and ridicule for a photograph showing him being lifted by security personnel to cross a swollen nullah in the state’s Panna district to meet flood-hit people there, with the Opposition Congress saying it reflected his “feudal mindset”.

The picture, which has gone viral on internet with netizens taking pot-shots at the BJP leader, was issued yesterday by the State Public Relations department after his visit to the rain-ravaged district but was later withdrawn.

MP Congress chief Arun Yadav said Chouhan’s “photo-stunt” for cheap publicity had backfired but Principal Secretary S K Mishra contended that the Chief Minister was a ‘Z’ security protectee and the security personnel had to ensure that he is not bitten by any poisonous animal in the flood waters.

“Chouhan in a bid to garner cheap publicity has indulged in this photo stunt. Instead of mitigating the problems of flood-hit people in Panna and other parts, the Chief Minister has himself become a problem for people (security personnel),” Congress leader Arun Yadav said.

He said that the “real face” of Chief Minister has been exposed in the photo. “Now people know him well. We seek his resignation over the photo, depicting his feudal mindset,” the Congress leader said.

In social media, social activist Ajay Dubey posted the photo of Chief Minister being lifted by security personnel with a caption “I am a prince”.

Dubey took a dig at Chouhan saying the picture has revived memories of feudalism.

Reacting to the photo, one Sachin Jain posted “Liability, isn’t it”.

Likewise, journalist Abhilash Khandekar, who had written Chouhan’s biography, has reacted to the photo commenting it as “Inhuman.Indecent”.

When a senior officer of State Public Relations Department was asked about the photo release, he said the picture was released by their Panna office to media houses and not by Bhopal office.

However, it was withdrawn yesterday evening itself, he added.

Meanwhile, defending Chouhan, the Principal Secretarysaid the CM was having ‘Z’ security cover prompting his security personnel to lift him to ensure that any poisonous animal in water doesn’t bite him.

“Nothing should be read into it,” Mishra told PTI.

“Chouhan in fact risked his life to cross the swollen nullah. He is too sensitive to people’s problems. He is meeting people affected by flood round-the-clock. We should appreciate his concern, sensitivity for the people rather taking it the other way round,” Mishra said.

(PTI)

International Agribusiness Congress 2016 held in Bengaluru

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As many of you would be aware, the Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce & Industry known as FKCCI is the apex body in the State of Karnataka for Industry, Trade and Services. This was founded by none other than Bharat Ratna Sir M V who was a genius engineer and a great visionary. FKCCI has just completed its 100 years of successful journey and I was elected to take over as the 100th President of this iconic organization with effect from 1st July this year. It is now my responsibility to steer this organization to adapt itself to convert the challenges into opportunities. The Federation should continue to act as a spokesperson for Trade, Industry & Commerce and be a trusted partner of the Government and provide timely inputs to policy making by the State as well as at the Centre.

In this direction, I will assure you that me and my team have started well in earnest and in the very first month, we were able to organize a major event on Income Declaration Scheme 2016 which was attended by the Finance Minister of India, Shri.ArunJaitely. We collaborated with the Income Tax Department in organizing the event.

This month we are partnering with the Media Today Group in organizing the AgriTech Exhibition and Congress at BIEC from 26th to 28th August 2016.

Next week, I am visiting United States to participate in the AKKA World Conference. I am delighted to inform you that I have been invited as a Special Dignitary by the President of The Association of Kannada Kootas of America (AKKA) who will be organizing the 9th World Kannada Conference in Atlantic City, USA from 2nd to 4thSeptember 2016. The President of the Association has requested me to lead a Delegation from Karnataka to participate in the Conference.Apart from participating in the Business Forum and speak on various Business and Investment opportunities in Karnataka, the following issues would also be discussed:

1. FKCCI which is the apex Trade and Industry Body in the State of Karnataka would honour an NRI personality from Karnataka who has contributed significantly for the economic development of his mother State.

2. FKCCI would be the main facilitator of investments into Karnataka by the NRIs from Karnataka. FKCCI would particularly provide a platform for promoting Cross-Border entrepreneurship. The Start-Ups from Karnataka to be incubated in the US would be an objective.

3. AKKA in collaboration with TiE would explore the possibility of setting up an Invest Karnataka Fund and FKCCI would facilitate in identifying suitable opportunities for investments.

As I mentioned, Sir M Visvesvaraya, our founder was born on 15th September. To express our gratitude, we celebrate his Birthday as the Founder’s Day and we confer a Sir M V Memorial Award on a great personality who has contributed to the economic development of Karnataka and who has also excelled in philanthropy. Our Awardees include Shri.N.R.Narayana Murthy, Ms.KiranMazumdar Shah, Shri.AzimPremji, Shri.NandanNilakeni and others. This year the award is being conferred upon Dr.M.K.PandurangaSetty who is a well-known industrialist, more importantly an educationist, Rotarian and an intense philanthropist who has believed in giving back to the Society.

Let me share with you yet another great event we are preparing for. Shri.NarendraModiJi, our dynamic Prime Minister who made us remember that we are proud Indians has agreed in principle to inaugurate our Federation’s Sir M V National Economic Conference. The convenient dates are awaited from the PMO and we are hopeful that it will be at the end of October or the beginning of November this year. It will be a large event where we would have decision makers as speakers who would deliberate on topics such as Re-Designing the financial infrastructure of India to meet global challenges, Policy measures to make India a ten trillion dollar economy. We would keep you informed of further details.

As I mentioned, we have just completed our first century of existence. Traversing one hundred years successfully is a great thing for any organization. To commemorate the success, we are building a Centenary Auditorium Complex, just behind this Heritage Building. It would have a large auditorium with a seating capacity of around 300 and 8 different Halls / Conference Rooms that would facilitate capacity building programs, workshops, Seminars, Skill Development Programs and more importantly, house the Sir M V Economic Research Centre that would take up issues of practical importance in the field of Industry, Commerce and Economy.

I would like to mention here that Shri.SiddaramaiahJi, our beloved Chief Minister is appreciative of the significant role played by the Federation in promoting the economic development of the State by various programs including creating Tax Awareness, Tax compliance, Skill Development, Policy inputs etc., and has granted Rupees ten crores for the Centenary Auditorium Project. Apart from, training, Capacity Building and Research, the Auditorium complex provides facilities for business development at the Centre of Bengaluru.

We would also be organizing a Green Summit sometime around February – March next year. Green Summit is now a brand of FKCCI and the event will showcase energy related products, technologies and important issues will be discussed at Seminars during the event.

Many of you would be aware, that the PravasiBharatiya Divas is being organized by the Central Government in Bengaluru from 7th to 9th January 2017 in collaboration with the State Government of Karnataka. This is a major event wherein 5000 to 6000 NRIs are expected to participate. Around that time, FKCCI is planning to organize a Tourism related event that would showcase various products from Karnataka, diverse culinary delicacies, so that the whole of Bengaluru could turn itself to welcome the visitors and create a festive ambience making it a shopper’s paradise. We want to promote Tourism and for every visitor we want to make it an enjoyable experience.

We are also interested in organizing a major event centering around education. Karnataka is the hub of higher educational facilities. We would like to gather all the stake holders not only from within the State but, from outside the State and from abroad so that the opportunities available could be projected in an optimal manner to promote further collaborative efforts in this field.

Similarly, Karnataka has been an important Centre for the manufacture of parts and sub-assemblies for the aerospace industry. However, defence industry is also interested in developing innovation and also to procure products from MSMEs in Karnataka. Boeing and Airbus are also interested to source their products from Karnataka. Accordingly, we would like to organize a Vendor Development Program that would be of mutual benefit.

In the field of ITBT, Karnataka has been a pioneer. The eco-system that has been created has served the sector well so far. We need to get geared up for the Internet of Things (IoT) and for further development in this sector to ensure investments, innovation and job creation. We are going to organize an event to give fillip to our objectives.

We are also coordinating efforts for Skill Development programs which will be taken across to all Districts in Karnataka. Health facilities to reach out to the nooks and corners of the States would be possible through telemedicine. Bricks and mortar facilities need a lot of funding and a large number of trained personnel. We are collaborating with a large telemedicine company to create the necessary infrastructure so that the delivery of healthcare could be built on this platform.

The Federation, over the decades has been organizing several of our flagship events that include MANTHAN, a talent nourishing event where college students are encouraged to come up with viable business models. We have Export Excellence Awards event, Innovation Awards Event and many such. All these would continue but, with greater vigor.

My ambition is to make FKCCI an internationally known credible organization. We would like to make the Federation known for its intellectual inputs including research on practical economic issues affecting the State. More importantly, it should be an effective spokesman and a bridge between the Government and Trade, Services & Industry. We would like the Federation to have a significant digital presence, active through the social media and leverage technology to identify and deliver programs and facilities for the benefit of the members.

Friends, this is only the beginning. I would be keen to meet and interact with you at regular intervals. I would be available for you at any time you want. If you have any queries, seek any comments or want to suggest anything to me, you are most welcome.

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