April – 2022

His Holiness Jagadguru Sri Shivarathri Deshikendra Mahaswamiji visited the Statue of Equality (Ramanuja Statue) at Muchintal, Hyderabad. His Holiness Swamiji interacted with HH Tridandi Chinna Jeeyar Swamiji, who proposed the inception of the Statue of Bhagawad Ramanujacharya to propagate the concept of equality.

The Statue of Equality is a sculpture dedicated to Ramanujacharya, an 11th-century Vaishnava saint, who promoted the equality of all. It is a Panchaloha statue and the second-largest sitting statue in the world.

Suttur, April 26, 2022: The ICAR JSS Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Suttur, in association with the ATMA program, Agriculture Department, Mysuru had organized the ‘Namma Raitha Paludaarara Adyate’ (Kisan Bhaagidaari Prathamika Hamari) program, sponsored by the Ministry of Agriculture, Govt. of India, as part of the 75th Independence Day celebrations.

Smt. Mahadevamma, President, Biligere Gram Panchayat, Nanjangud Taluk inaugurated the program. Sri T.V. Subbaiah, NABARD District Development Manager, Mysuru District, Sri V. Veerabhadraiah, Assistant Coordinating Officer, JSS Institutions, Suttur, Smt. Kumuda, Deputy Planning Director, ATMA program of the Agriculture Department, Mysuru District, Sri Manjunath Angadi and Smt. H.V. Divya, Heads of the ICAR JSS KVK were present.

Union Agriculture Minister Sri Narendra Singh Tomar, provided information about the various programs undertaken by the Govt. of India for farmers development through a live (online) program.

Sri Shankarguru, progressive farmer and conserver of paddy varieties from Madralli Village, in T. Narasipur Taluk, Sri Jayashankar, Apiculturist from Hediyala Village in Nanjangud Taluk and Sri Rohit, coconut farming progressive farmer from Jayapura Village in Mysuru Taluk were felicitated on the occasion.

An exhibition and sale of value added food prepared using various millets, organic food products was also organized at the venue. More than 300 farmers participated.

Mysuru, April 25, 2022: Ms. Nagashree S., Research Scholar, JSS Research Foundation and JSS College of Arts, Commerce and Science, Ooty Road, Mysuru, has bagged the Young Ethnopharmacologist Award (P. K. Debnath Memorial Award) – 2022, and bringing laurels to the institution.

She received the award at the 9th International Congress of the Society for Ethnopharmacology, India (SFEC-2022), held at JSS College of Pharmacy, Mysuru, Karnataka, from 22-24 April 2022.

The event witnessed more than 2000 delegates. Nearly 560 delegates presented their research work in the form of posters, and 131 delegates showcased their research through oral presentations. Among 131 presentations, only 30 were nominated for Young Ethanopharmacologist Award Competition-2022.

Ms. Nagashree S. won first place in the competition for her research work entitled “Lutein Oxidized Products Regulate Lipid Metabolizing Enzymes in High Fat Diet-Induced C57BL6 Obese Mice and Suppresses Lipid Accumulation by Downregulating TGFβ1 and p38MAPK in 3T3L1 Preadipocytes”.

Ms. Nagashree S. is pursuing her PhD. under the supervision of Dr. Chethan Kumar M.

Prof. B.V. Sambashivaiah, Chief Executive of the College, and Prof. M.P. Vijayendra Kumar, Principal, have congratulated Ms. Nagashree S., for her achievement.

Thirteen couples tied the knot at the 104^th Monthly Mass Marriage program, organized by the Jagadguru Sri Veerasimhasana Mahasamsthana Math, at Suttur. JSS MVP Secretary-2 Sri Shivakumaraswamy, JSS Institutions Administrative Officer Sri S.P. Udayashankar, Sri Duggahatti Mallikarjunaswamy, Heads of various departments of the institution, and others are seen in the picture.

The JSS Residential School, Suttur, had organized a program to observe Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s 131^st Jayanti. Headmasters Sri G. Shivamallu, Smt. C.P. Nirmala, Sir B.M. Siddappa, Sri G.M. Shadakshari and other staff are seen in the picture

Certificates were distributed to the trainees who successfuly completed the four-month duration tailoring training program.

Suttur, April 12, 2022: The JSS Janashikshana Samsthe, in association with the ICAR JSS Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Suttur, and the Punyabhoomi Trust had organized a tailoring training program for unemployed rural girls. Certificates were distributed to the trainees who completed the training successfully, at a program held at the Pillahalli Village, in Mysuru Taluk, on April 12, 2022.

Twenty women of the Pillahalli Village completed the four-month tailoring training program. Smt. Shashikala D.M., Director, JSS Janashikshana Samsthe, Smt. Divya H.V., Head (In-charge), JSS KVK, Suttur, Smt. Netravathi Yettinamani, Home Scientist, JSS KVK, Lions Club members Sri Achyuth Rao, Sri Manjunath, Sri Chandrashekar, Bharatiya Kisan Sangha District Secretary Sri Satyamurthy, and Sri Manjunath, of the RSS Service Division, Pillahalli Village leaders Sri Ramachandra, Sri Ningappa, Sri Nanjundaswamy, and trainer Smt. Nagamma, JSS Janashikshana Samsthe staff members Kum. Suma C.S., Kum. Sujatha and Girish were present in the program.

Training completion certificates were distributed to all the beneficiaries.

His Holiness Jagadguru Sri Shivarathri Deshikendra Mahaswamiji giving his blessings to Dr. M.R. Jayaram, Chairman of the Gokul Education Trust and Dharmadhikari of Kaiwara Tataiah Kshetra during the latter’s visit to Suttur Srikshetra