KADAMMANITTA SMRITI MANDAPAM

KADAMMANITTA SMRITI MANDAPAM

                 Kadammanitta Smritimandapam was constructed by the family members of      Kadamanitta       Ramakrishnan, at a cost Rs 10 lakh, as a memorial to the late poet. Jnanapith laureate ONV Kurup inaugurated the newly constructed Smiriti Mandapam at Kadamanitta on Thursday 31^st March, 2011  Filmmaker Adoor Gopalakrishnan presided over the inaugural function. Prof. ONV Kurup delivered a commemoration speech and Rajan Gurukkal, vice chancellor of the Mahatma Gandhi University, delivered the keynote address. A poet’s congregation was held at Kadammanitta Smritimandapam. Poet Ezhacherry Ramachandran inaugurated the meet. D. Vinayachandran, Amrutha, Vinod Vaishakhi, Girish Puliyur,Vazhamuttom Mohan,Konniyoor Radhakrishnan and Kanimol were among those who presented their poems on the occasion. President of Kadammanitta Ramakrishnan Foundation said the foundation would set up a library, museum and a conference hall attached to the smriti mandapam

           Prof. John Kurakar

ENGINEERING STUDENTS DEVELOP MULT PURPOSE FARMING MACHINE

ENGINEERING STUDENTS DEVELOP MULTI PURPOSE FARMING MACHINE

A group of students of Mar Basalius College of Engineering and Technology Thiruvananthapuram heave developed a farming Machine that integrates doffing and tilling. Designed to be used on small plots of Land or in home garden’s, this multipurpose machine uses a petrol engine for digging and tilling. However, the machine itself has been designed in such a manner that it has to move manually

 Though the machine can till and dig there is no provision for switching over from one function to the next, on the go. The Machine has to be stopped, the tiller equipment removed and the digger , has to be fitted

  The instrument has been designed by G. Rajesekharan, P Rohit, B Ashok, G.G Ganesh and H.Vaisakh. The project was supervised by Prof K.M Raju, , Mr Gisuthan,Prof V.P Premchand and R.K Vieetha. Team member G. Rajasekharan said that tilling and digging were now being done by separate machines that cost about Rs 40,000 and Rs 26,000, respectively. By integrating these two functions, this multipurpose machine allows huge cost savings.

   The team spent just about Rs10,000 to develop the machine, as they built  it using scrap material. For a full fledged machine using a more powerful motor and with a more robust body, the costs would be higher. However, this machine would still be cheaper than buying two separate ones for tiling and digging. Since they had their eye on the final bill, the team also had to leave out some additions to the machine; this includes a shield which would guard against any accidental injury to the user.

Prof. John Kurakar

INDIA'S POPULATION

INDIA’S POPULATION

         India’s population has jumped to 1.21 billion, an increase of more than 181 million during 2001 -11 according to provisional data of census 2011 released on Thursday 31. Though the population is almost equal to the combined population of the U.S, Indonesia, Brazil, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Japan ( 1,214.3 million). The silver lining is that 2001-11 is the first decade, with the exception of 1911-21, which has actually added a smaller population than the previous decade.

   Of the total provisional population of1,210.2 million, the number of Males stood at 623.7 million and Females at 586.5 million. The percentage growth in 2001-11 was 17.64. Males 17.19 and Females 18.12. India’s population accounts for 17.5 percent of the worlds. Uttar Pradesh is the most populous state with 199 million people, followed by Maharashtra with 112 million people Lakshadweep is the least populated at 64,429 people

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Prof. John Kurakar