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Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Race Course Road, Bangalore - 560 001.Tel.: 2226 7421 2226 7303, 2226 5746. Fax 2228 7373

Website : www.bharatiyavidyabhavan.com e-mail : contactus@bhavankarnataka.com

We are happy to announce the inauguraion of Bhavan's Shivamogga Kendraon Oct 25. The details of the programme are as under. All are cordially invited.

Inauguration : H.E. Sri H.R. BharadwajGoverner of Karnataka

Chief Guest : Hon'ble Sri. B.S. YeddiyurappaChief Minister, Karnataka

Guests of Honour :Hon'ble Sri. K.S. EshwarappaEnergy Minister, Govt of Karnataka

Sri B.Y. RaghavendraMember of Parliament

Justice Dr. M. Rama JoisMember of Parliament, Rajyasabha

Justice Sri B.N. SrikrishnaVice President , Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan

Sri Ashok HarnahalliAdvocate General, Karnataka

Sri N. RamanujaChairman, BVB, Karnataka, Presides

Time and Date : Sunday, 25th October, 2009 at 11.00 a.m.Venue : Bhavan's Building, Vidyanagara, Shivamogga.

INAUGURATION OFBHAVAN'S SHIVAMOGGA KENDRA

ON OCT 25.

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As many as 31 teachers whohave distinguished themselves inthe field of education, werefelicitated by the Bhavan onthe Annual Teachers’ Day,September 5, 2009.

The occasion marked thelaunch of Shikshana Bharati(Students Friendly EmpowerementCentre), which proposes toprovide tuition to students takingup the annual SSLC and PUCexaminations.

Prof. G Venkatasubbiah, thewell known lexicographer anddoyen of teachers who was theChief Guest, complimented theBhavan’s new venture andwished it well. He exhortedteachers to be dedicated in theirwork in a spirit of sacrifice.

Commenting on theeducational policy of the StateGovernment, the renownededucationaist came down heavilyon its ‘Nali Kali’ Project whichcan serve no purpose. Heparticularly questioned thejustification in applying it only toGovernment schools. Whyshould the students of the rural,private schools be deprived of itsbenefits, he asked.

Prof. Venkatasubbaiah wasalso sore that the focus ofeducation was seemingly on theurban students to the utter neglectof rural students. He stressed theneed for earnest efforts in thisdirection to see that rural studentsreceived the same standard ofeducation as that in urban parts.

SHIKSHANA BHARATI ON ANVIL

(L-R) Sri A. Krishna Murthy, Prof. S.R. Leela, Sri. N. Ramanuja,Prof. G Venkatasubbaiah and Sri Peeyush Jain lighting the teachers day lamp.

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‘There should be no bias in thisregard’, he declared.

Prof S R Leela, MLC and awell known Sanskrit scholar whowas Guest of honour reacted asemphatically to ‘Nali Kali’opined that the lapses ineducation is not entirely due tothe government. All such policiesare governed by expertcommittees on which teachersalso serve. It is the responsibilityof these teachers to guide thecommittees properly, she said.

Sri N Ramanuja, Chairman,Bhavan Karnataka, who presidedon the occasion, welcomed theguests and explained the salientfeatures of Shikshana Bharati, SriA Krishnamurthy, Secretary, andSri Peeyush Jain, Treasurer, alsoparticipated in the function.

Dr. G.P. Basavaraju, Prof.G..S. Mudambadithaya, Prof.

H.S. Lakshminarayan Bhatta,Sri. A.P. Gundappa, Prof. M.R.Nagaraju, Sri. A.S. Dikshit, Sri.V.P. Darukaradhya, Sri. S.V.Mohankumar, Dr. S BalachandraRao, Sri. P.N. Srinath, Prof. T.A.Balakrishna Adiga, Sri. B.K.Gopanna, Dr. H.S. GaneshaBhatta Sri. S. Sreenathan Smt.H.V. Bhagyalakshmi, Sri.N. Sathya Prakash, Dr. KrishnaPrasad, Sri. A.B. Katti, Sri. M.G.Narasimha Murthy, Sri. MaruthiPrasanna, Sri. Mahesh N. PatilDr. Annadanesh, Sri. C. ReddappaSmt. Gayathri, Dr. LakshmanaRao, Sri. Rajeev Naregal, Sri.P.R. Venkatesh, Sri. S. Gururaj,Sri. R.S. Jadhav, Sri. MohammadZiaullakhan, Sri. S.K. Varadarajan,were honoured on the occasion.

Earlier, students of KalaBharathi under the direction ofSmt.H V Gayathri sang theinvocation.

'NALI KALI' PROJECT SERVES NO PURPOSE

Teacher's who were felicitated pose with the dignitaries on the occasion

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The importance of the termAum and the pride of place itenjoys in Indian tradition wasexplained by Dr. S Ranganath,the well-known Sanskrit scholar,at the Bhavan on August 4, 2009.

Dr. Ranganath who is aProfessor in the Department ofSanskrit in the NMKRVWomen’s College, Jayanagar,was delivering the M SHanumantha Rao Memoriallecture under the auspices of theBhavan. The subject of his talkwas ‘The Significance of Aumin Indian Tradition’.

Drawing copiously fromancient Sanskrit texts, Dr.Ranganath, showed how the termfinds a pride of place in everyform of classical Indian literaturefrom the Vedas and Vedangas tothe Gita and the great epics likeRamayana and Mahabharata,

including Puranas, Tantric textsand stotras.

Answering a possiblequestion why and how the termis considered sacred, heexplained that the answer can befound in Mankha’s Ratnaprabhacommentary on the first aphorismof Badarayana Sutra ‘AthathoBrahma Jijnasa’.

Providing further elucidationto the point, Dr.Ranganath saidthat Aum as also the word Athaare believed to have directlyemerged from the mouth ofBrahma, and hence sacred.Again, Mankha in hisMankhakosa explains thecircumstances when the term ischanted. This included occasionswhen someone is honoured,receiving something, whileobserving silence, offeringworship, giving or receivingcharities and on all auspiciousoccasions. Hence the term madeup of Akara, Ukara and Makarahas verily a universal applicationas can be assessed from thedifferent texts in ancient Indianliterature.

Prof. S Ramaswamy, anequally eminent scholar presidedover the meeting.

WHY & WHEREFORE OF AUM

Dr. S. Ranganath

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Dialogue between Prof. P. Krishnan and Sri. Kabir Jaithirtha regarding"The Nature of a Religious Mind in the Light of Jiddu Krishnamurti's teachings",

held on 15th September 2009.

SRI.R. NAGARAJA RAO ENDOWMENT

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at 6.00 p.m. to 7.00 p.m.For more details : Contact Administrative Officer,

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PHOTO FEATURE : MYSORE BVB KENDRA

Sri. N. Ramanuja,Chairman, BVBinaugurating the

'ChakravyuhaYakshagana' atBVB, Mysore.

Also seen in thepicture are Dr.

A. V. NarasimhaMurthy, Chairman,BVB, Mysore, Sri.P.S. Ganapathy,Hon. Secretary,

BVB, Mysore andthe artists Sri.

Govinda Bhat andSriAnanthavardhan Mr. David

Homes of USConsulate,Chennai,Dr. A.V.

NarasimhaMurthy,

Chairman,BVB, Mysore

Kendra & MS.Ragini GuptaActing PublicAffairs Officer- US consulatealong with thewinners of theknow US Quizcompetition.

Dr. MathoorKrishnamurti,

ExecutiveDirector, BVB,

and otherDignitaries

at theinaugurationof IV batch

PGPM(2009-11) at

BIMM,Mysore

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BVB - KODAGU VIDYALAYA ACTIVITIES

Vanamahotsavawas organised bythe NCC with the

tree plantingdrive to increaseawareness in the

students.

SrikrishnaJanmastami was

celebrated on 13thAugust 2009 at the

school amphitheatre.Children of a

kindergarten sectionadorned themselvesas Krishna whichwas judged and

prizes were awarded.

Audience duringthe celebrations

of SrikrishnaJanmastami -

School band inattendance atIndependence

Day fest.

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Shwetha S.T.II Year

Krithika A.Ramaswamy - III Year

Pooja Anand GiriI Year

Disha B.A.III Year

Priyankashree S.I Year

Vaishnavi S.Chakrapani - I Year

Ranjana S.II Year

TOPPERS IN KALA BHARATHI EXAMS - 2009The Eighth Annual Kalabharathi diploma examinations were held

on 9 and 16 of August 2009. In all about 160 students from 12 disciplinestook the examination both in theory and practicals. As usual, the questionpapers were set by external examiners and practical examination wereassessed by them. The list of toppers in all the disciplines wereannounced.

Bhavan News congradulates all toppers and other students whosuccessfully completed the diploma course.

Bharathanatya

Carnatic Vocal

Susha SaxenaIV Year

Keyboard

Deepak N. MathadI Year

Rohitesh BhauwalaII Year

Mridangam

Yuvaraj D.I Year

Pradyumna B.J.III Year

R. SmaranII Year

Kamal KumarI Year

Ashutosh SharmaII Year

Hindustani Vocal Flute

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TOPPERS IN KALA BHARATHI EXAMS - 2009

Palak BhauwalaV Year

Sudarshan Rao Y. SII Year

R.D. SunithaII Year

Uma SheshagiriIII Year

JagadeshwariII Year

BhavyaIII Year

B.S. ShashankIII Year

Gurram KeerthanI Year

Drawing & Painting

Violin

Tabla

Sugama Sangeeth Veena

Jhalak Srivastava I Year

Anju AnandII Year

Suraiya Praveen MirjiV Year

Kathak

Harini RamamurthyIV Year

Akshatha NagarajI Year

M BhargaviIII Year

ManjulaI Year

S Lakshmi NidhiII Year

RavikiranIII Year

Shilpa S.I Year

Jogiya B. DesaiIII Year

Mihika S. HegdeIV Year

Gayathri. VIV Year

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How e- journal on a specificsubject can generate healthybroad based purposeful viewpoints on the purported topic ofthe journal could be gauged in aseminar organized by theBhavan’s American Cornerrecently.

The topic of the e-Journalwas ‘Non-Violent Path to SocialChange’. The two-day seminarwas co-sponsored by theAmerican Library,Chennai andthe Department of PoliticalScience of the St. Joseph’sCollege, Bangalore. Those whotook part in the two-day seminarwere the post-graduate studentsof the college.

The presentation itself wasdistributed among the different

IMPACT OF e - JOURNALdepartments grouped as MAPolitical Science, English andPolitcal Science - third yearHistory, Economics and PoliticalScience - third year History,Economics and Political Science- Second Year and English andPolitical Science - second year.

The groups were allunanimous in their view thatdebates on topics of such farreaching importance will not onlycreate awareness in them, but willlead to posers prompting them toseek answers thereto. There wasno two opinions among groupsof the importance of suchdiscussions and the need to havemore and more such sessionsinvoking various topics that arecovered by the e-Journal.

Rev. Dr. Ambrose Pinto, SJ Principal of St Joseph's College along withPost graduation students of the College, Bangalore

FIFTH CONVOCATION :BHAVAN MARSHALL MBA PROGRAMME

Students of Cohort 5 taking the oath

Mr. Roger Ross lighting the lamp

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PROGRAMME : OCTOBER 2009 Sat 11.00 a.m. : Wild life photography exhibition and 3. Hanumantha Rao presentation of E. Hanumantha Rao

Art Gallery Award to Sri Vivek R. Sinharenowned wild life photographer.Chief Guest : Justice Sri M.N. VenkatachalaiahFormer Chief Justice of IndiaPresided over by Sri. N. RamanujaChairman BVBNote : The exhibition will be open to public till Oct 09.from 11.00 a.m. to 7.00 p.m.

5.00 p.m. : Bharathanatya Arangetram byKhincha Hall Ms. Mridula Bhaskar

Disciple of Guru Mithun Shaw

Sun 6.30 p.m. : Hindustani Raag Sangeet 4. Khincha Hall Vocal - Ustad Mashkoor Ali Khan

Tabala : Ustad Zafar Mohammad KhanSarangi - Ustad Sarwar Hussain

Sat 6.00 p.m. : Carnatic music concert by 10. ESV Hall Mrs. Chandrika Srinivas,Perth , West Australia

3.00 p.m. : American Corner presentsKhincha Hall English feature film :

Hillary Swank's'Freedom Writers'

Sri Vivek R. Sinha

Sat 6.00 p.m. : Astrology Lecture 17. ESV Hall Topic : Prediction Through Jaimini Technique

Speaker : Sri Prabhakara Murthy

Thu 22 to 25 : Ministry of Information & Broadcasting 11.00 a.m. - 6.00 p.m. &

Indira Gandhi Rashtriya -Manav SangrahalayaNational Museum of Mankind presents -Art Exhibition

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