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CITY<br />
HILIGHTS<br />
Vol 1, Issue <strong>266</strong> ` 2.00/-<br />
Friday, <strong>Oct</strong>ober <strong>14</strong>, <strong>2016</strong><br />
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English Daily 3<br />
CITY<br />
Gang stabs man to<br />
death in Bengaluru<br />
A 25-year-old man was<br />
stabbed by an armed gang<br />
in Devamachohalli village on<br />
Wednesday evening. The victim,<br />
Naveen Kumar, was playing<br />
volleyball at a playground<br />
in the area when, around 5.30<br />
p.m., a gang of 10-12 people on<br />
bikes arrived, stabbed him and<br />
fled. “According to eyewitnesses,<br />
there was no altercation.<br />
The gang members arrived on<br />
the spot stabbed the victim<br />
and rode away on their bikes.<br />
The killing is suspected to be<br />
motivated by a personal rivalry,”<br />
a source in the police has<br />
said. The Taverekere police<br />
have registered a case and are<br />
investigating.<br />
150 million Indians<br />
have mental health<br />
issues: Survey<br />
A nation-wide study by the<br />
National Institute of Mental<br />
Health and Neurosciences<br />
(NIMHANS), Bengaluru found<br />
that nearly 150 million Indians<br />
are in need of active intervention<br />
to treat mental health<br />
disorders. The findings were<br />
released on Monday on the occasion<br />
of World Mental Health<br />
Day, under the guidance of<br />
the Union Ministry of Family<br />
Health and Welfare. They show<br />
that a shocking 70 per cent of<br />
the population in need of mental<br />
healthcare is not getting any<br />
kind of help. The study — National<br />
Mental Health Survey<br />
— found that 13.7 per cent of<br />
Indians are in need of active<br />
intervention for one or more<br />
mental health issues. Primary<br />
data for the survey was collected<br />
from 12 States with a<br />
sample size of 34,802 adults<br />
and 1,191 adolescents. A pilot<br />
study was carried out in Kolar<br />
in Karnataka from January to<br />
November 20<strong>14</strong><br />
Artists bring<br />
MG Road metro<br />
station alive<br />
Namma metro, Bengaluru’s<br />
urban railway transport line<br />
has turned into an artist’s canvas.<br />
Renonwed artists and students<br />
from the Srishti School<br />
of Design are using the walls of<br />
the metro station on MG road<br />
to create designs and installations<br />
that will help develop a<br />
sense of community ownership.<br />
The artists are looking at<br />
building a new image, that of<br />
a new ‘Brand Bengaluru.’ The<br />
artists have brought the station<br />
alive through their murals,<br />
installations and art work. The<br />
group is led by Arzu Mistry,<br />
who is one of the faculty members<br />
at Srishti, and has been<br />
involved in this artistic engagement<br />
with Namma metro for a<br />
couple years now.<br />
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A man with many achievements<br />
Meet Dr. K S Rangappa, who envisaged the<br />
future of the erstwhile University of Mysore<br />
for which he has successfully created<br />
the required platform. Credited with number<br />
of achievements stapled with patents<br />
and innovative research papers, Rangappa<br />
spoke extensively to Nadia S Ranganathan,<br />
Reporter with CityHilights, on his achievements.<br />
Can you elaborate on your<br />
achievements?<br />
There are many who achieved more than I did.<br />
I am a hardworker in simple words, I come from<br />
a very poor family background I had no other past<br />
time other than reading, and my hobby was to only<br />
read but I never dreamt of all this, never not once<br />
did I have the slightest clue. The interest was created<br />
when I was in my B.Sc and after M.Sc, all I wanted<br />
was a job so that I can support my family. I used<br />
to earn Rs 400 and hardly spend about Rs100 and<br />
the rest used to go to my family. I was very hard<br />
working I wasn’t limited under working hours or<br />
anything of that sort. To me my work never felt<br />
like work it was pure passion. And you know hard<br />
work never fails. Many of my well wishers told me<br />
to continue my studies. After M.Sc I earned a scholarship<br />
and did my research. Before getting my Ph.D<br />
degree I got my post doctorate offer in Canada and<br />
from that day I haven’t looked back. Canada was<br />
my first exposure and it had entirely changed me, it<br />
was my stepping stone. The University of Saskatchewan,<br />
in Canada had inspired me to stay in the research<br />
field. I have 10 countries working with me<br />
out of which very recently one Israel academy has<br />
awarded me one the best in the field. My interest is<br />
to work for the molecules that are good at treating<br />
cancer, Alzheimer and Diabetes. I have 10 patents<br />
in the area of drug and scoring program. Infact<br />
my group has synthesized more that 5,000 molecules.<br />
A major credit goes to them for their hard<br />
work. The Japan society for promotional science<br />
has awarded me 5 awards from their university. I<br />
also have a collaboration with Cambridge University,<br />
UK I have published 20 papers with them. I<br />
have travel quite a bit and that’s how I was able<br />
to publish all these papers. I have collaborate with<br />
JNCASR (Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced<br />
Scientific Research) for research I have 2-3 patents<br />
who are working with me towards cervical cancer<br />
out of 5,000 only 10 molecules have been prominent<br />
as of now. You can’t preserve these molecules<br />
just because they are good you have to put them<br />
into use. The molecules will be taken to clinical trial<br />
and the results will know. I work for chemotherapeutics<br />
as my background is chemistry. I always<br />
look in for chemistry.<br />
Why did you take up chemistry? Was<br />
there any particular reason for this?<br />
Personally, chemistry is the best subject. I<br />
wasn’t a very bright child I used to score around<br />
70% to 75%. But my teachers used to encourage<br />
me a lot. I studied at Sharada Vilas College, Mysuru.<br />
My foundation is strong thanks to all of them, and I<br />
was drawn towards the subject. After my M.Sc and<br />
Ph.D my exposure to the subject was more hence<br />
I selected this field and I wanted to give back the<br />
knowledge that I had gained with whatever resources<br />
I have.<br />
You have been the Vice Chancellor for<br />
University of Mysore since January<br />
2013 what are the changes you have<br />
BGS Global Hospitals successfully performs<br />
complex revision hip replacement surgery<br />
Dr. KS Rangappa, Vice Chancellor, University of Mysore<br />
Bengaluru: The hospital<br />
giant BGS Global Hospitals,<br />
super specialty quaternary<br />
care center, successfully<br />
performed a complex<br />
revision hip replacement<br />
surgery, benefitting the<br />
quality of life of a 52 year<br />
old woman from Kenya.<br />
The surgery was led by Dr.<br />
Basavaraj C.M and Dr. Santosh<br />
Hakkalamani.<br />
Margaret Wanjiru,<br />
aged 52, was born with a<br />
dislocated hip joint. She<br />
underwent multiple correction<br />
surgeries through<br />
the years. In 1997, she<br />
underwent a primary<br />
hip replacement surgery<br />
which was met with a few<br />
hurdles. She had to go into<br />
surgery 4 times resulting<br />
in complete bed rest for 5<br />
full months. The surgery<br />
did not solve the issue at<br />
hand, causing limping and<br />
discomfort. In 2007, she<br />
met with a road accident<br />
that caused a fracture adjacent<br />
to the replaced hip.<br />
This was eventually fixed,<br />
though it left her in extreme<br />
pain, thereby affecting<br />
her ability to walk freely.<br />
At this point, Margaret<br />
decided to go in for a revision<br />
surgery and enquired<br />
a, a few medical facilities in<br />
the UK and US. Quoting the<br />
high cost of surgeries in<br />
these countries, Margaret<br />
reached out to BGS Global<br />
Hospital in Bangalore. Her<br />
research suggested that<br />
BGS Global Hospital carried<br />
out these surgeries at<br />
a fraction of the cost while<br />
not compromising on the<br />
quality of care or the quality<br />
of implants used in the<br />
surgery.<br />
The patient presented<br />
with severe damage to the<br />
bone in the hip socket.<br />
She was short by 2 inches<br />
in one leg, causing a<br />
prominent limp. She was<br />
experiencing extreme pain<br />
and was regularly on painkillers<br />
to manage it.<br />
The team at BGS Global<br />
Hospital, led by Dr. Basavaraj<br />
C.M, successfully<br />
completed the revision<br />
surgery, by reconstructing<br />
the missing bone, using<br />
prosthesis made of a tantalum<br />
element, that has the<br />
advantage of being 80%<br />
porous, ceramic hip bearing<br />
and techniques such<br />
as allograft. With a well<br />
defined surgical plan, they<br />
were able to tackle the core<br />
issue as well as the short<br />
limb. The patient is now<br />
completely pain free and<br />
she has now regained her<br />
limb length.<br />
Commenting on the<br />
case, Dr. Basavaraj C.M,<br />
Consultant Orthopedic<br />
Surgeon, BGS Global Hospital<br />
said, “Although Hip<br />
and Knee Joint Replacement<br />
surgery is very successful,<br />
there continues to<br />
be a need for Revision Joint<br />
Replacement Surgery in<br />
cases where the prosthesis<br />
has loosened, the bearing<br />
surfaces have worn,<br />
or a patient has sustained<br />
trauma with associated<br />
fracture adjacent to the hip<br />
or knee joint. These procedures<br />
can be quite involved<br />
and require experience<br />
in dealing with the complex<br />
issues that arise intra<br />
operatively.”<br />
brought in as the VC?<br />
I knew what I have to do for the university. I<br />
have been in this university for the last 30 years<br />
as a student, faculty and now the VC of this institution.<br />
Therefore, I know the requirement of the<br />
students and faculty. I have to give back what this<br />
university has given me. If you see the equipments<br />
and infrastructure, what I have given is the best. I<br />
make it a point that whenever I get the time I visit<br />
the lab. I prefer the laboratory more than this position.<br />
I would definitely rate my university the best.<br />
You are one of the leading chemists<br />
in the country. Can you tell us your<br />
plans?<br />
After retiring as the VC I will have my own area<br />
of interest. I will be independent. For now Madras<br />
University, National Institute of Singapore (NIS)<br />
and another Chinese professor would like to work<br />
on the cancer treating molecules in the area of Biotech.<br />
I haven’t accepted the offer yet.<br />
How different is the education system<br />
in the country when compared with<br />
other countries?<br />
In most of the countries, education is a serious<br />
issue; here it’s a little casual. We cannot improve<br />
BMTC plans to extend<br />
services till 1 am<br />
Bengaluru: To cope with<br />
the following the extension<br />
of nightlife deadlines<br />
and yielding to the<br />
demand for extension<br />
of bus services till late<br />
in the night, Bengaluru<br />
Metropolitan Transport<br />
Corporation (BMTC) is<br />
planning to operate buses<br />
till 1 am in the coming<br />
weeks.<br />
A senior official of<br />
BMTC has said that the<br />
corporation is planning<br />
to extend the late night<br />
services from Kempegowda<br />
Bus Station to Kadugodi,<br />
Anekal, Attibele,<br />
JP Nagar, BTM Layout,<br />
KR Puram, Yelahanka<br />
Satellite station, Peenya,<br />
Yeshwantpur, Kengeri,<br />
Jigani, Hoskote and other<br />
places.<br />
There are already 62<br />
buses catering to these<br />
areas and recently, 10<br />
more buses were added<br />
to the late night services,<br />
which is running till 11<br />
pm as of now. BMTC is<br />
charging one-and-half<br />
times the bus fare for<br />
those buses catering to<br />
service after 10 pm.<br />
The official said,<br />
though the public commute<br />
till 1 am in areas<br />
like Majestic, Railway<br />
Station and Shivajinagar,<br />
there are no BMTC bus<br />
services. People arriving<br />
in the city late in the<br />
night and those returning<br />
home from offices are<br />
deprived of BMTC bus facilities<br />
and are forced to<br />
either travel by autorickshaws<br />
or cabs, the official<br />
added. There was a petition<br />
filed with Change.<br />
org wherein more than<br />
98% of the 15,000 people<br />
who signed the petition<br />
voted for BMTC services<br />
to be run till 1 am.<br />
Recently, BMTC introduced<br />
night buses to certain<br />
areas - the last bus<br />
from Majestic to Chikkbanawara<br />
is at 11 pm, KR<br />
Market to Jalahalli Cross<br />
at 10.40 pm, Shivajinagar<br />
to Yelahanka at 10.20<br />
pm, Yelahanka to Kengeri<br />
at 8.25 pm, Hebbal to<br />
Satellite Bus station at<br />
9.15 pm, Jalahalli cross to<br />
Bommanahalli at 10.15<br />
pm, Hebbal to KR Puram<br />
at 10.20 pm, Majestic<br />
to Nelamangala at<br />
9.20 pm and Central Silk<br />
Board to Nelamangala<br />
at 8.15 pm.<br />
as a nation unless education is given importance.<br />
Foreign countries respect intelligence they respect<br />
any kind of job you do. That is why they are leading.<br />
Here in our country there is a lot of politics and<br />
that is why the talent of each individual isn’t channelized<br />
in the right direction.<br />
You have co-authored five books, how<br />
did that happen?<br />
It just happened and I lent my support and<br />
co-authored books since the past two years. Recently<br />
we have published book on organic chemistry.<br />
To be honest, it is very difficult to write books.<br />
Who inspired you? Whom would you<br />
thank?<br />
Earlier days my teachers encouraged me recommended<br />
me to read more books. They had a big<br />
hand in supporting me and encouraging me to aim<br />
higher. And none of them discouraged me. They<br />
used to force my father to send me to school and<br />
not the field. My mother was my primary support<br />
system. She used to quarrel with my father and<br />
make sure I was sent to school. Her support and<br />
blessings has brought me here.<br />
Centenary celebrations were organized on<br />
grand scale. People said you’re the right man at the<br />
right time at the right place for making that event<br />
happen. How do you react to this?<br />
University of Mysuru is a 100-year-old university.<br />
We had invited the president of India, Pranab<br />
Mukherjee andPrime MinisterNarendraModi to inaugurate<br />
the event. No university till now had 10<br />
Nobel laureates invited, that’s the pride we hold.<br />
The then HRD Minister SmritiIrani was present at<br />
the event.<br />
For the next person who would be<br />
stepping into your shoes what will be<br />
your advice to him/her?<br />
I do not know whether he/she will listen<br />
to me or not but whoever comes has to do a<br />
better job than what I have done. If not then<br />
I atleast hope they do not spoil my university<br />
and the atmosphere.<br />
Jagadish Shettar demands<br />
govt to withdraw cases<br />
against Mahadayi agitators<br />
Bengaluru: Leader of Opposition<br />
in the Assembly<br />
Jagadish Shettar on Thursday<br />
demanded the state<br />
government to withdraw<br />
cases against Mahadayi agitators<br />
without any preconditions.<br />
Speaking with media persons,<br />
Jagadish Shettar said<br />
the police have registered<br />
cases against the farmers<br />
for demanding the government<br />
to implement Kalasa<br />
Banduri project aimed for<br />
supplying drinking water<br />
to North Karantaka. “The<br />
innocent farmers are made<br />
to attend the court. I want<br />
the government to withdraw<br />
cases against such<br />
farmers immediately. The<br />
police have registered false<br />
cases against 187 farmers<br />
during the agitation. I want<br />
the state government to<br />
withdraw all these cases,’’<br />
Jagadish Shettar said.<br />
He demanded the state<br />
government to make senior<br />
police officer Raghavendra<br />
Auradkar’s report public.<br />
It may be recalled the state<br />
government had directed<br />
Raghavendra Auradkar<br />
to probe police atrocities<br />
on farmers and villagers<br />
during Kalasa Banduri agitation<br />
and submit a report.<br />
He also demanded the<br />
state government to withdraw<br />
cases registered<br />
against Kannada activists<br />
for participating in protest<br />
during Cauvery crisis in<br />
Bengaluru. “The police have<br />
registered cases against innocent<br />
people and Kannada<br />
activists. I want the police<br />
to withdraw all these cases<br />
and the release those who<br />
are in the prison,’’ he said.<br />
BJP MLA Suresh Kumar<br />
writes letter to Siddramaiah<br />
Bengaluru: Bharatiya Janata<br />
Party MLA S Suresh Kumar<br />
on Thursday appealed<br />
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah<br />
not to go ahead with the proposed<br />
steel flyover between<br />
Basaveshwara Circle and<br />
Hebbal due to the strong opposition<br />
from public.<br />
Suresh Kumar, in a letter<br />
to the chief minister, said<br />
that any government should<br />
be sensitive, accountable,<br />
responsive and transparent<br />
but in this case, all these<br />
essential qualities of administration<br />
are conspicuously<br />
absent. “There are many<br />
reasons for the opposition<br />
of the proposed steel flyover.<br />
One of the reasons is<br />
that there has been no public<br />
hearing on this massive<br />
project involving nearly Rs<br />
1800 crore. The other reason<br />
is that details of this<br />
project not made public.<br />
Many judgments of Supreme<br />
Court have ordered that<br />
public hearing is necessary<br />
on any public project involving<br />
a huge amount of money.<br />
In fact there are very easy<br />
alternative solutions to ease<br />
traffic on Bellary Road that<br />
has been studied by these<br />
concerned activists but their<br />
voice is not reaching the<br />
authorities because of the<br />
vested interests involved in<br />
building the steel flyover,’’<br />
Suresh Kumar said.