Experts share their views on business opportunities in Smart City Mangaluru

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November 16, 2018

Mangaluru, Nov 16: A panel discussion on “Smart City Mangaluru and Business Opportunities” was held at St Joseph Engineering College, Vamanjoor, Mangaluru on 15th November 2018, under the banner COLLOQUY–18. 

The event was jointly organized by Department of Business Administration and Industry Interaction and Entrepreneurship Development Cell (IIEDC) of the college. The panel discussion offered participants the scope of setting up business ventures in the wake of Mangaulru becoming a Smart city. 

Prof Lionel Aranha, Chartered Accountant and Advocate chaired the session consisting of Annappa Pai, Director of Ace Foods Pvt Ltd, Mangaluru and President of DSIA, CA Abdur Rahman Musba, Head-Finance of Cardolite Specialty Chemicals India LLP, MSEZ, Mr Norbert M Shenoy, Financial Consultant, Arunanjali Securities and Ms Sulaj Kini, Partner of Bell Paints, as panelists. 

Prof Lionel Aranha presented an overview of the growth of Mangaluru from a small town to a city. He highlighted upon the main strengths of the city in terms of infrastructure, educational services, banking services and quality of living. In spite of having all the facilities, youngsters don’t stay in Mangaluru. 

Mr Annappa Pai in his opening statement expressed that people of Mangaluru were always smart and now they are trying to make the city smart. Highlighting on the changes in the retail sector he classified it into door to door retailing, retailing at the signal, traditional neighborhood retail outlets, supermarkets, hypermarket, online retail, WhatsApp and internet marketing. 

CA Abdur Rahman Musba in his opening statement highlighted on the prime requirements necessary to set up large industries in Mangaluru, the principal criterion being land with quality soil and drainage facility. He mentioned about stable, continuous and quality power, quality of water and availability of materials. He stressed on the need to promote Mangaluru and market its locational advantage.  

Ms Sulaj Kini, a second generation entrepreneur briefed about the growth of her family business set up by her father. She expressed her motivations for staying in Mangaluru. She opined that metro cities have reached saturation and there is life beyond your work which our city can offer. She encouraged students to venture into entrepreneurship.

Mr Norbert M. Shenoy, reflected on the concept of smart city. He expressed that Manguluru is characterized by remittance economy, event management companies and catering business. Banking, education and catering were the major successful services set up by the citizens of Mangaluru. He spoke about the opportunities available for youngsters, which lie in harnessing technologies like app development, platforms, Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.  

The opening statements were followed by discussions based on the queries raised by the audience. Dr Prakash Pinto, Dean of MBA, Mr Sathyendra Bhat, Chairperson of IIEDC and Dr Babitha Rohit, Coordinator, IIEDC were present for the event.

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March 22,2024

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Bengaluru, Mar 22: An FIR has been registered against BJP MP Tejasvi Surya over a provocative hate post on social media, Election Commission officials said on Friday.

The move comes after a complaint filed by officials of the poll body and Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) that the Bengaluru South MP, who is also the President of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, had in a post apparently targeted a minority and spread enmity between two communities.

He also made a similar post on March 19 on X and YouTube which went viral. He has 1.3 million followers on X, thereby influencing the voters and disturbing the communal harmony between the communities, it further alleged.

Based on the complaint, an FIR was registered at Halasuru Gate police station on March 20 under sections 153 A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc., and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony), 295 A (Deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs) of the Indian Penal Code and the Representation of the People Act, the officials said.

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March 28,2024

Mangaluru, Mar 28: Dakshina Kannada deputy commissioner Mullai Muhilan MP has warned the individuals and political parties against the poll code violations during private events. 
 
“Private events such as marriages, birthdays, housewarming ceremonies, and other non-political programmes do not require any permission. However, one should ensure that there is no violation of the model code of conduct (MCC) at these functions. Permission is needed if the events are attended by politicians or candidates,” the DC said. 

He said that these gatherings will be under the surveillance of MCC teams, as there are chances of luring voters by campaigning and supplying food, said the DC. The district has 38,386 new voters, of which, 19,619 are men.

He said that the notification of election in Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha constituency will be issued soon, and the filing of nominations will be held between 11 am and 3 pm till April 4. 

Only five persons, including the candidate, will be allowed to enter the returning officer’s chamber to submit the nominations. A facilitation centre will be opened at the DC’s office. 

The expenditure of the candidate will be counted from the day the candidate files the nomination.

The DC said that the district is not an expenditure-sensitive constituency. Assistant expenditure observers and expenditure observers will monitor the expenditure of the candidates. An expenditure book will be provided to the candidate to record expenditure incurred, he explained.

Further, he said that no election materials can be printed without the name and address of the publishers, and the number of copies printed. Separate permission should be availed for procession prior to the submission of nomination papers from the ARO office, through the single-window system.

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March 27,2024

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Hassan: Former Prime Minister and JD(S) supremo H.D. Deve Gowda has announced that his son, former Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy will contest from state's Mandya parliamentary seat as NDA candidate.

Deve Gowda told reporters on Tuesday that the decision to field Kumaraswamy, who is also JD(S) state president, in Lok Sabha polls from the Mandya seat was taken amid mounting public demand. "People are demanding that Kumaraswamy should contest from Mandya. In the core committee meeting as well, all members suggested that he should contest from Mandya," Deve Gowda said.

The former Chief Minister's son Nikhil Kumaraswamy had lost to independent candidate Sumalatha Ambareesh from Mandya in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.

The JD(S) supremo further said that the name of senior leader Mallesh Babu has been finalised from the Kolar seat.

Deve Gowda's grandson and former Karnataka Minister H. D. Revanna's son sitting JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna will be contesting as the NDA candidate from the Hassan seat.

Earlier in the day, Kumaraswamy in a media briefing indicated that he would contest from Mandya amid mounting public pressure on him.

Congress has fielded Venkatarame Gowda popularly known as ‘Star Chandru’ from the Mandya seat dominated by Vokkaligas. Star Chandru is a close associate of Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar.

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