Belgaum’s Kiran Kulkarni in Super rich list of Businessworld
10:54 AM Posted by ukmad
He was part of the team that positioned the company to trail-blaze onto the Internet, into 2004 and beyond. He was a part of the team that created products that are fun, powerful, and easy to use. An expert in networking and web technologies, Kiran is the winner of 'The Indira Super Achiever Award' - aimed at recognizing professional talent that has made a difference. Kiran has been part of technology companies for over two decades and is an active environmentalist. Kiran is passionate about agriculture, building Robots and driving his battery operated car in Mumbai.
Mr. Kiran Kulkarni is the Co-founder/ Managing Director of Geodesic Limited who hails from Belgaum has sought 239th place in the India’s Super Rich 2009 in the Businessworld Issue Dated 23-29 June 2009). His net worth in 2008 was Rs.165.42 crores in 2009 it is Rs.108.72 crores.
Mr. Kiran Kulkarni is the Co-founder/ Managing Director of Geodesic Limited and has held the helm since Geodesic's inception in 1999. An Electronics and Communication Engineer, Kiran is responsible for the overall strategic direction of the company and works with Geodesic's development team to turn great ideas into useful software solutions. Kiran has led Geodesic to be the only Indian company to be ranked by Red Herring as one of the top 100 innovative companies in the world in 2006. Kiran pioneered a low cost value communication and collaboration system for the enterprise as well as a consumer. Kiran has one of the best long-term track records in the industry and was a Co-founder/ Director of Aftek Ltd prior to Geodesic. After a 12 year stint and a market capitalization of US$ 300 million or Rs. 12000 million, Kiran retired from Aftek's board to pursue building a brand out of
Snakes living in natural concord with people of Dholgarwadi
7:38 PM Posted by ukmad
Nagapanchami, will be celebrated in a big way on Sunday and village just 25 kms from Belgaum (towards Amboli) will have more excitement, Dholgarwadi in Maharashtra.
Baburao O.Takkekar once while playing in the rivers decided to catch some crabs. His fingers touched a creature and grabbed one. As he lifted his hands off the surface he was stunned. He had trapped a snake mistaking it for a fish. Out of shock, the little boy dropped the reptile immediately but, no one would have imagined then that this incident laid the foundation of a rare institution. "Why did the snake not bite him?" Babu was about just 10 when he came into contact with a snake.
He wanted to remove the fear of snakes and superstitious beliefs associated with that creature among the villagers who often killed them on spotting them in fields and forests not realizing their valuable role in the eco- system. He was also concerned about the education of village children who had to tread long distances to go to school. Thus came up the twin idea of starting a school and a laboratory to help the young minds to study snakes through "personal contact".
With the help of his elders, the idea took concrete shape with the establishment of the Mama Saheb Laad Vidhyalaya (named after a freedom fighter) in 1966 under the chairmanship of Mr.Baburao O.Takkekar.
Almost every employee is trained in the institution on handling snakes. To start with, wooden boxes with proper ventilation were made to house different species. The school has a live stock of all these varieties besides pythons, rat snakes, trinkets, banded racers, and common wolf snakes, green whip snakes, Russell's Earth Boas, John's Earth Boas, water snakes, buff striped keel backs and green keel backs. Anti-venom medicines are readily available in the laboratory. They said not only children, but even the villagers were taught here, how to develop a friendly attitude to snakes. As one visits Dholgarwadi, one notice that not only school children and the staff, but almost the entire village has learnt to live with snakes. No one kills any snake. Rather, on spotting one, it is brought to the school or simply allowed to go away on its own.
Source: The Hindu & Inputs
Movies as on 24-07-2009
9:55 AM Posted by ukmad
| Theatre | Movie | Timings |
| Big Cinemas | Luck | 12.15,3.15,6.15,9.15 |
| Harry Potter (English) | 12.30,3.30,6.30,9.30 | |
| Ritz Srikrishna | 12.30,3.30,5.30,7.30 | |
| Nirmal | Yodha | 12.15pm,3.15,6.15,9.15 |
| Huns | Me shivaji Raje BB | 12.15, 3.15,6.15,9.15 |
| Arun | 12.30,2,4,7 | |
| Roopali | Transformers (E) | 12.30,3.30,6.30,9.30 |
| Balkrishna | Harry Potter (H) | 12.30,3.30,6.30,9.30 |
| Chitra | Luck | 12,3,6,9 |
| Swaroop | Kench (K) | 12,3,6,9 |
| Hira | Jaan | 12.15,3.15,6.15,9.15 |
| Prakash | Billa | 12.15pm,3.15pm,6.15pm,9.15pm |
| Nartaki | Kambhakat Ishq | 12,3,6,9 |
| Santosh | Yedalu Manjunath | 12.15pm,3.15pm,6.15pm,9.15pm |
| Globe | 12.15,1.45,3.45,6.45 | |
| Kindly check the excat timings with the theatres | ||
Loyola lift Royceton memorial Invitation cup
6:47 PM Posted by ukmad
Loyola High school of Margao won the finals of Royceton memorial invitation Cup football at St Paul’s grounds, Belgaum on Wednesday. They beat Marathi Vidya Niketan Belgaum 4-1 in the decider. The main scorers were Filboun Crasto, also rewarded for being the highest scorer of the tournament. Klins Mendes was declared as best player of the tournament. Loyola has won this tournament for the third time.
Mayor threatens to commit suicide
6:44 PM Posted by ukmad
Mayor of Belgaum Yallappa Kurubarhas threatened to commit suicide, if the slaughterhouses located in Auto Nagar and Kanbaragi are not shifted within 15 days. He is frustrated after his repetitive pleas to the concerned to shift the slaughterhouses outside these areas, failed to get the desired result.
The general session of the Corporation's council had earlier passed a resolution for shifting these slaughterhouses. The slaughterhouses are flouting hygiene norms and throwing pieces of flesh and animal waste etc., into the lakes. The animals get sick after drinking water from the lakes. District administration has identified a site near Kakati village for relocating the slaughterhouses.
Source: Daijiworld
Panther skin seized
6:38 PM Posted by ukmad
The Khade bazaar police on Wednesday arrested three persons on the charge of possessing panther skin worth Rs. 1.5 lakh.
Arrested are Jenish Korad Ipoorna alias Jurio Naik (27) of Chandragiri of Andhra Pradesh, Kallappa Dundappa Latti (30) of Netaji Galli in Belgaum and Bahseer Ahmed Babasaheb Sanadi (25) of Pant Balekundri.
ignITing Belgaum Pushing IT Further
9:27 PM Posted by ukmad
Belgaum IT group aims high
This Site had taken an initiative to get all the IT and 
IT related companies to come under a forum so that they could collectively grow. The first meeting of the group was held on May 23 where in the basis, main aims were discussed, and the second meet was held today at Pop in restaurant and even when it was raining very heavily the members came in, which shows a wow made by them towards growth of IT in Belgaum.
The efforts have paid off. City based DotCord IT Solutions a web designing company has now tied up with eTH1 network solutions, which also is a Belgaum based web hosting company for its new site for Belgaumites. The said site will be launched in early next month and it will be a very effective site for networking with other Belgaumites. When this blog spoke to Sandeep Hegde MD of DotCord IT Solutions he said, they had the website plan long time ago and were supposed to host it else where, but with the IT group meet, they decided to host the site with eTH1 network solutions which is also based in Belgaum and both are first time entrepreneurs. He also added this site is unique combination of collective growth as the site is also for Belgaumites. It is like For Belgaum, By Belgaum and To Belgaum.
In today’s meet the website structure for the Belgaum IT group was discussed and finalized and web site should be ready by next month. DotCord IT Solutions has taken the lead to design the site. The website will contain all information on the various companies in Belgaum and will contain a forum for all the employees of the different companies to come and exchange thoughts and collaborate. In addition, a discussion was arrived on to a specific date on which the group will meet monthly.
The group also decided to take seminars and workshops at different colleges on various topics so that the next generation knows about the companies in Belgaum and students nurtured with the current requirements of the companies.
The second meeting was another step forward for the IT in Belgaum. Many would laugh at this and might say what will these people achieve in the end. However, we are all optimistic of the future and victorious when people from Belgaum have started to collaborate with each other, which show that there are opportunities, we need to cater to them.
- New Emerging technologies being discussed
Raju Patil of Caller Info id, Tushar Patil of BTPi who were attending for the first time were happy to be a part of the group. Others present were Harshad & Ammet Patil of Uproot Labs, Sandeep Hegde of Dot Cord, Aadil of Leading Minds, Vishal Kulkarni of 3i Global, R K Patil of Vavya Labs and Uday from AllAboutBelgaum.com.
Gokak Falls at its magnificence
9:19 PM Posted by ukmad
These are photos taken today and the Gokak Falls is at its magnificence fall.
- GodchinMalki Falls
Photos: Biddu
Foundry Park at Macche
8:27 PM Posted by ukmad
Foundry Park will be established through KIADB on 500 acres in Macche village of Belgaum district.
Belgaums football pride the Royceton Gomes Memorial tournament
10:03 AM Posted by ukmad
Belgaum’s football season kicks off with the Royceton Gomes Memorial tournament in the month of July. Now the Royceton Gomes Memorial Sports Organisation undertakes two tournaments on the St.Paul’s hostel grounds, one Invitation Cup and another Memorial Cup. While the matches for ‘Invitation Cup’ will be held from July 18 to 22, the ‘Memorial Cup’ matches will be conducted from July 24 to August 7. Six teams, one from Mumbai, two from Goa and three from Belgaum city will compete for the Invitation Cup, on league-cum-knockout basis. For the Memorial Cup, 19 teams from local schools will be participating. The finals of the tournament will be played on Royceton’s Gomes birthday, August 7.
History
The history that precedes these tournaments dates back to August 25, 1979, when a little boy, Royceton Gomes, aged nine, was studying in standard 3 at St. Paul’s High School in Belgaum city. On that fateful day he went on a picnic with his father to Gokak Falls. Royceton left the house all excited, but never to return.
He met his end in a shallow canal adjoining the dam at the picnic spot near the falls. The hazardous waters swept him away. Later, his body was recovered after a search operation. His parents were in shock.
Royceton had been fond of football. It drove his father, Joe Gomes, to start a football tournament in his memory. In 1981, a few of his father’s close friends started the tournament on St. Paul’s grounds. Over the years it has gained popularity and today, after 27 years, the tournament is one of the most-looked forward to annual event. Participants are not only the local schools but also teams from Mumbai, Pune and Goa.
This tournament has seen one of the most disciplined teams playing each other. The standard of the teams has also increased with time. Out of the 27 years that’s this tournament has been played St.Paul’s have won it 22 times, Phoenix School 4 times and Belgaum Military School once.
Many of those reading this might have just remembered themselves playing or cheering, the atmosphere is thrilling and the under 13 lads just play good football.
Potholes on Belgaum bypass road
4:38 PM Posted by ukmad
Belgaum is part of the golden quadrilateral project and the new 4 laned highways have been a great success. The Belgaum to Kolhapur highway was completed before time by Punj Lyod Ltd. is in very good condition and well maintained, where as the Belgaum to Dharwad stretch which was builtSunway Construction Ltd. - Berhad & R N Shetty & Co. Malaysian - Indian JV was in trouble since the beginning. The project was abandoned for a while and then again the NHAI completed the said project. Now there are potholes that have occurred on the stretch nearShivabasavaNagar and Shree Nagar on the Halaga to Honga stretch. There are a few more pot holes near Kakti as well. Regular commuters on the road say that these pot holes can cause accidents as normally all vehicles are on high speeds and suddenly you have to slow down and this causes a lot of hardships. S.NO NH Length Present Status Contractor & Nationality 11 4 18 4 LANED Sunway Construction Ltd. - Berhad & R N Shetty & Co. 12 4 62 4 LANED Sunway Construction Ltd. - Berhad & R N Shetty & Co. You can make complaints on http://www.nhai.org/registercomplaint.htm Or Sh. V. Chinna Reddy, PD Dharwad dha@nhai.org 9945248039 Second Cross, Vidyagiri, Dharwad – 580 004 Karnataka 0836-2461244. Photos: Harish Mahendrakar
Stretch
State
Funded By
(Km)
Belgaum Bypass
km 515 - km 495
Karnataka
NHAI
Malaysian - Indian JV
Belgaum - Dharwad
km 495 - km 433
Karnataka
NHAI
Malaysian - Indian JV
All on paper yet but politicians play the credit game
1:35 PM Posted by ukmad
Politicians’ worldwide just need a reason to throw mud on others, if something good has happened they want to take credit and if it is otherwise curse the other.
Similar is going on in Belgaum now over the bringing the city under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM).
The Congress MLA from Belgaum North, Feroz Sait, has said that Belgaum was brought under the JNNURM because of the concerted efforts of Congress leaders from the State and Union Minister for Labour Mallikarjun Kharge. He said Mr. Kharge had convinced the Ministry of Urban Development that Belgaum city should be included.
A sum Rs.650 odd crores are at stake which if utilized in a appropriate approach can change the look of Belgaum. But as Govt schemes work and are implemented nothing great should be expected. The Congress will take credit and the BJP as well, we as citizens need improvements done that’s it, we have nothing to do with Congress or BJP.
With inputs from Hindu & TOI.
Demand for IIT Belgaum gathers momentum
10:41 AM Posted by ukmad
Source: Deccan Herald
Momentum gathered for establishment of Institute of Technology (IIT) at Belgaum. The Union govt. has announced one IIT for the state.
More than 120 MLAs and MLCs signed a memorandum addressed to the Union Human Resources minister demanding the establishment of IIT at Belgaum.
The memorandum stated that, higher technical education is a key element of the emerging knowledge economy and Belgaum known as knowledge city with well connectivity, industrial growth, social and pleasant environment with cosmopolitan culture, was suitable for the establishment of IIT.
Earlier in the week MLA Abhay Patil had a meeting of academicians and industrialists at Belgaum, where the matter was discussed and a need for a IIT in Belgaum was called for and unified efforts will be put in to get the IIT to town was discussed.
To fly was his dream Music is his life Cap.Hrishikesh V. Patil Young Guns
10:03 AM Posted by ukmad
At the age of 4 when kids play with toys and when asked, what will you be when you grow up, you can get many a answers and one most common one is a pilot. He also dreamt the same to become a pilot from a place where there was no airport. He studied music as his love, became a Sangeet Visharad but to grow to be a pilot was his only reverie and this dream of his became a reality on July 11, 2009 as he got his FAA [Federal Aviation Administration, Government of USA] approved Commercial Pilot License (CPL).
- Cap.Hrishikesh V. Patil
Hrishikesh V. Patil now Cap. Hrishikesh V. Patil aged 21 who was born in Bidar who also studied there and then later came to Belgaum with his father’s transfer to Belgaum 10 years ago who is the Principal Correspondent, THE HINDU, Belgaum. He studied at the Kendriya Vidyalaya No-II, Camp, Belgaum and passed with flying colors. He then moved on to R.L.S. College for his science course.
Hrishikesh is a unique blend of character and qualities. He is a Sangeet Visharad [B.Music(Tabla)] from Akhil Bharatiya Gandharva Mahamandal Vidyalaya, Mumbai and disciple of Musicologist Pt.Hayavadan Joshi of Belgaum. He has performed at the State-level competitions, Bangalore; Kittur Utsav, Kittur; Pt.Savai Gandharva Utsav, Kundgol; Stage performances/Jugalbandi in Belgaum, Dharwad, Mysore & Miraj. He has also a Rajya Puraskar in Bharat Scouts.
Flying was his dream and Music is his life. He is a very humble, disciplined, self-confident, hard-working, goal oriented, affectionate and caring with high moral values.
- Hrishikesh getting Blessings from padmavibhushan Dr.Gangubai Hangal
He attributes his success to blessings of the GOD the almighty, parents, paternal and maternal grandparents, close relatives in Bidar and moral support from close friends from Belgaum. He is deeply grateful to his grandfather Shri Vishwanath Patil, grandmother Amrit Patil, maternal grandfather late Shri Hanmanthrao Deshmukh and grandmother Gangabai Deshmukh, close relatives – Mr.V.V. Bhushetty and family, Instructor at Falcon Aviation Academy Cap.Dallas Lowen, Cap.Olamide Iledare and Falcon Aviation Academy's Chief Administrator Mary Jane, local guardian in Atlanta Commander Mrighendra Kale and his family and close friends of his father in Belgaum and Mysore without whose support it would not been possible for him to accomplish the challenging goal. He is also grateful to the Corporation Bank, Bidar, its Manager Ramanna S. Kalkutagi and his staff for lending Education Loan to support is pilot training programme.
Now, he is looking forward to seek pilot’s job in a good airline, preferably in India. His priority in the flying profession will be safety of the passenger on board and the aircraft, as well. Also, he would continue further education and Indian Classical Music, too...
His family is euphoric over his achievement. ‘My son has made me proud’ his father told this blog. His elder sister is blissful about his brother’s accomplishment and wished him all the best and look forward to fly in the plane he is piloting.
Indeed a unique mix of persona, all the best Hrishikesh.
Naval Air base at Belgaum
6:30 PM Posted by ukmad
Source: Prahaar – Prakash Bilgoji
The naval air base in Goa has weather problems which cause delay in landing and takeoff and as Belgaum is near and already has an established air base with airmen and also a regimental centre, Belgaum was the best choice.
In the letter to the Belgaum district administration the Navy has asked the authorities to prepare the complete estimate of cost of land and any other costs and submit the same.
MIG-29 planes cannot land on the Goa naval base hence Belgaum strip will be used, PRO Navy said.
Once the clearances got the project will be undertaken.
