 Biocon,
the company promoted by Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, is joining hands
with the Karnataka Government and ICICI Ventures to set up an
Institute for Bioinformation and Applied Biotechnology (IBAB)
at the International Technology Park (ITPL) in Bangalore. Located
at the Indian Institute of Information Technology Bangalore
campus in ITPL, the institute will incubate biotechnology startups
and nurture entrepreneurship.
While Biocon will be providing technology and its domain expertise,
the government of Karnataka and ICICI Venture Funds have put
in Rs 5 crore each into this venture. In order to give a fillip
to biotechnology in India, the government of Karnataka organised
an international event on biotechnology and genomics in Bangalore
between January 15 and 17, 2001.
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on Kiran Mazumdar
| Cottonian
Varun Rao bagss first prize |
Varun S Rao, a student of 12th standard of
Bishop Cotton School, won the first prize at the inter-school
panel discussion on 'Should IT professionals contribute to the
society?' held at the Bishop Cotton Boys School in the city
on Saturday, October 21.
 The
panel discussion was attended by the Infosys Chairman, Narayanamurthy
as chief guest. Hena Mehta, a ninth class student
of Sophia School and A V K Ray of Frank Anthony Public
School got the second and third prizes respectively.
Varun Rao, in his authentic voice, strongly advocated that
IT professionals should contribute their best knowledge and
wealth to the society. Especially, in India, the IT professionals
should try to create employment opportunities for the underprivileged
with the money they earn, he added.
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School
| Education
Beyond Curricullum |
Christ College's new Centre for Education Beyond Curriculum
was inaugurated by Aztec University director Vidyut Shenoy
very recently. The principal of Christ College Rev. Fr. Sebastian
Thekkedathu said, " The Centre's objective is to enhance
the quality of the educational system through inculcation of
creativity in educational methods and to contribute towards
creativity, development and change in education."
The purpose of the centre is to introduce teachers to innovative
teaching methodologies. Eminent and experienced personalities
from different educational backgrounds are invited once a month
to give lectures and to brief up the teachers about different
ways of classroom management. It also helps in quality control,
accreditation and in the appraisal of the teacher by the college
in terms of college activity, track record of results and students'
feedback. The centre enables teachers to become computer-savvy
and prepares them for the in-service orientation programmes
conducted by the University Grants Commission.
For more information contact:
Christ College, Hosur Road, Bangalore-560 029
Phone: +91 80 4012 9100, +91 80 4012 9012 (IVRS)
FAX: +91 80 4012 9000
E- mail: principal@christcollege.edu
Website:
www.christcollege.edu
 On
Teacher's Day different schools of Bangalore celebrated
the occasion with enthusiasm and zeal. Bangalorebest.com
team went to the Bangalore Military School (residential)
to find out just what students had in store for their teachers
on that day. 
It was indeed a very different day. Many senior students took
over the role of teachers and handled classes, right from middle
school to higher secondary.
The new Principal for the day was head boy, Dhanesh
Dutt who was seated in the Principal's chair!  And
the teachers? They spent the day relaxing in the staff room.
Unlike other days, lunch was also prepared by the students for
the whole school. 
The day concluded with a splash of cultural programmes in the
evening which included fashion shows, dances and skits. The
teachers were the guests of honour and later each one of them
came up on the stage to speak about their feelings on Teacher's
Day. They also entertained the students with their extra-curricular
skills!
All in all, it was the Teacher's day out and both students and
teachers enjoyed it!
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