Corporation Bank celebrates Hindi Day

September 26, 2011

Udupi, September 26: Corporation Bank, Zonal Office, Udupi celebrated Hindi Day at its Udupi branch.

Chief Guest of the function Dr. Pawan Kumar, Professor, Community medicines, KMC, Manipal paid tribute to honourable founder of the Bank and inaugurated the function by lighting the lamp.

Messages of Finance Minister, Minister of Home Affairs and Chairman & Managing Director of the Bank were read out. Binu T S, Manager (Official Lnguage) presented a report on activities pertaining to O.L. implementation during the year and also the Hindi Day Message of the Zonal Head C. K. Gopal.

In his inaugural speech Dr. Pawan Kumar highlighted the importance of Hindi due to its simplicity and sweetness. He further added that Hindi is the second most spoken language in the world after Chinese. He appreciated the efforts put on by Corporation Bank in implementing Official Language.

N. M. Shenoy, Asst. General Manager in his presidential address stated that knowledge of Hindi is important for Bankers since they are transferred to various parts of the country and Hindi is the only language which makes a person comfortable at any part of our country. He urged the staff to work in Hindi so that the implementation of Official Language could be successful.

The function commenced with invocation rendered by Jayalakshmi Hegde and Surekha Nagaraj. Devaraj N. Acharya, Chief Manager welcomed the gathering. The function concluded with vote of thanks by K. T. Kamath, Dy. Manager.

Chief guest of the function presented the prizes to winners of various competitions conducted during Hindi Month Celebration-2011, Corp Karyapalak Puraskar Yojana and Corp Rajbhasha Puraskar Yojana.

This was followed be a cultural programme by staff members. The main programme was compered by Alok Mukherji and the cultural programme was by compered by N. M. Shenoy.

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RuTAGe smart village centres in DK, Udupi to being technology closer to rural communities

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January 20,2026

Mangaluru: In a major step towards strengthening rural innovation, the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser (PSA) to the Government of India is supporting the establishment of RuTAGe Smart Village Centres (RSVCs) across the country through collaborations with academic institutions, civil society organisations and philanthropic partners.

As part of this national initiative, Nitte (Deemed to be University) will set up the first RSVCs in the region at Nitte GP in Udupi district and at the Nitte Health Centre, Sevanjali Trust, Farangipete, in Dakshina Kannada district. The centres will be inaugurated on January 21. In South India, the programme is being implemented by the Section Infin-8 Foundation (SI-8).

Speaking to reporters on Monday, SI-8 founder-director Vishwas US said experts from Nitte University and SI-8 would work closely with farmers, students, youth and local entrepreneurs to adapt and deploy technologies tailored to local needs.

Project head Prof Iddya Karunasagar, representing Nitte DU, said the RSVCs at Nitte and Farangipete would serve as demonstration hubs for a wide range of agriculture, energy, skill-development and assistive technologies. These include solar dryers for fruits, vegetables and crops; soil-testing solutions; power weeders and women-friendly farm tools; wind-powered devices for rural artisans; grain storage systems; grass-cutting and tree-climbing equipment; and liquid fertiliser production using cowshed waste.

SI-8 CEO Aravind C Kumar said the centres would also provide access to digital and knowledge-based platforms such as ISRO applications, government scheme portals, market linkage tools and gamified learning resources, along with assistive technologies for persons with visual impairments.

Highlighting the broader impact of the initiative, Principal Scientific Adviser Prof Ajay Kumar Sood said it demonstrated how applied research could bridge the rural–urban divide and help create self-reliant, technology-enabled villages.

The initiative has been made possible through philanthropic support from Dr NC Murthy of ACM Business Solutions, LLC, USA. Dr Sapna Poti, Director (Strategic Alliances) at the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser, said the long-term objective is to build self-sufficient, technology-driven communities capable of generating sustainable livelihoods on their own.

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