© 2019 Telangana Today - - - 0 03 Hyderabad RBVRR Society aid for students Raja Bahadur Venkata Rama Reddy (RBVRR) Educational Society is providing financial assi- tance to students going abroad for higher studies by sanctioning one way air fare. Students hailing from rural agricultural families from Telangana are eligibile. The in- terest-free advance is refundable after three years. Students can download the form from www.rbvrres.com and submit details enclosing copies of I-20 and other documents on or before July 29. Interviews will be held on July 31. Hyderabad Seminar on Kargil at ASCI On the eve of the 20th Anniversary of Kargil War, Social Cause is or- ganising a seminar on ‘Remembering Kargil - The Need For Vigil’ at Ad- ministrative Staff Col- lege of India on Friday at 6 pm. The seminar will be chaired by K Padman- abhaiah, former Union Home Secretary. Hyderabad NALSAR convocation NALSAR University of Law is holding the 17th annual convocation on Saturday at 11.30 am. Ramachandra Guha, em- inent historian and au- thor will be the chief guest and deliver the convocation address. Justice Raghavendra S Chauhan, Chief Justice, High Court of Telangana and other judges of Supreme Court and High Court will attend. Hyderabad Silver jubilee celebrations The Class of 94 and OUCE Alumni Associa- tion is organising its silver jubilee celebra- tions at OU College of Engineering on Friday at 9.30 am. Devendra Surana, Managing Di- rector, Bhagyanagar India, S. Ramachandram, Vice Chancellor, Os- mania University and others will take part in the celebrations. Doodh Bowli Legal awareness camp tomorrow The Metropolitan Legal Services Authority, Hy- derabad, is conducting Legal Awareness Camp on NALSA (Child Friendly Legal Services to Chil- dren and their Protec- tion) Scheme, 2015 at New Model High School, Doodh Bowli on Saturday at 11 am. Students and faculty of 11 schools of the old ctiy will be par- ticipating in the camp. Hyderabad ‘VisitMalaysia’ campaign in city Tourism Malaysia Di- rector, Sulaiman Suib launched a roadshow in the city welcoming tourists for Visit- Malaysia 2020, the biggest tourism event in Malaysia starting next year. The initiative was taken up as part of a campaign across three cities of Amritsar, Mumbai and Hyderabad. In a nutshell HYDERABAD, Friday, July 26, 2019 HYDERABAD News from Telangana Today A Run Programme Model Schools may teach coding State Education Department exploring possibilities of introducing the subject in curriculum yuVrAJ AKuLA HYDERABAD After successfully organis- ing a training programme in coding for students of the Telangana State model School at palamakula, the School education depart- ment is exploring the possi- bilities of introducing cod- ing in the curriculum for all model Schools. recently, about 20 stu- dents of classes IX to XII, who did not have any tech- nological background, were randomly picked and trained in programming languages including python, C, C++, and Hadoop among others for 20 days. This was done using a self- learning tool along with lap- tops provided by a Hyder- abad-based company. These students, who made their mark in the programming languages in the school phase, were first generation learners in their families and their parents work as daily wage labourers and auto- rickshaw drivers. now the task of studying the learning outcomes of these students has been en- trusted by the department to the State Council of educa- tional research and Train- ing (SCerT). “engineering students ac- quire these skills during the course work or by enrolling in coaching centres. But these school students have shown exceptional pro- gramming skills with basic training and they have the potential to become experts by the time they complete graduation. The SCerT has been asked to study the learning outcome levels of students. Based on the rec- ommendations, the depart- ment will take a call on whether to make coding part of the curriculum or not,” a senior official said. The 194 model Schools are providing intensive long-term coaching for com- petitive examinations like Joint entrance examination, national eligibility-cum-en- trance Test, and engineer- ing, Agriculture and medical Common entrance Tests from this year. The idea is to take secure as many as seats in the pres- tigious Indian Institutes of Technology, and prominent engineering and medical colleges across the country. For the academic year 2018- 19, eight students from these schools cracked Jee-main. This apart, a record number of 482 students were se- lected for the six-year inte- grated B Tech programme at the rajiv Gandhi university of Knowledge Technolo- gies-Basar in 2018-19. Students of Telangana State Model School at Palamakula undergoing training programme in coding CITy BureAu Hyderabad As the city enters the last week of July, one of the peak months of monsoon, differ- ent parts on Thursday re- ceived moderate rainfall and brought cheers to the denizens. It has been a while since the city received good rain- fall and on Thursday evening, it witnessed a moderate rains with maxi- mum recorded rainfall being 30 mm. Cloudy to overcast sky and subse- quent rains have helped in bringing down the tempera- ture levels as well. The forecast with India meteorological Department shows that there would gen- erally be cloudy sky with one or two spells of rain or thundershowers in the city in the next three days. The Telangana State Develop- ment planning Society is ex- pecting light to moderate rain at isolated places of Greater Hyderabad for the next three days. Light rain expected CITy BureAu Hyderabad A photograph of a traf- fic constable clearing water logged vent with his bare hands to ensure smooth flow of traffic at moosarambagh went viral on social media on Thursday. The picture earned accolades from netizens on various so- cial media platforms. The constable p Swamy, who works with the malakpet traf- fic police station, came across heavy water log- ging at moosarambagh bridge following rains, resulting in traffic slow down. Swamy, who was on traffic duty at the place identified the vents and cleared the garbage with his bare hands. Some of the passers-by who took his picture posted it on so- cial media and the image went viral draw- ing appreciation from the public. Traffic cop’s action draws praise CITy BureAu Hyderabad The Greater Hyderabad municipal Corporation (GHmC) plans to extend Saaf Hyderabad Shandaar Hyderabad programmes being taken up in associa- tion with ASCI and other organisations in all 150 wards of the city. The Standing Committee, which met here on Thurs- day, has approved the mu- nicipal corporation’s plans and also cleared 15 other proposals presented by the municipal corporation. Acquisition of 310 proper- ties under road develop- ment plan from Shastripu- ram junction to Falaknuma depot via Vattinagulapally was approved and a nod given to revise the charges being paid to the outsourc- ing private veterinary doc- tors for taking up animal birth control operations from rs 100 to rs 200. meanwhile, mA&uD de- partment issued instruc- tions to all the urban local body officials on ban on the use of single-use plastic items like drinking water in plastic and tetra bottles, plastic glasses for water and juice, plastic or Styrofoam teacups or containers etc, said a press release. ‘Saaf Hyderabad’ in 150 civic wards ‘Flea Fest 2019’ to launch on August 3 CITy BureAu Hyderabad A ‘Flea Fest 2019’, con- necting the consumers with the entrepreneurs and introducing a new and wide range of prod- ucts at low cost will be held at Shilparamam on August 3. Apart from the flea market zone, the place would also have music, food and drinks. For a cause Interacting with the me- diapersons here on Thursday, founder of ‘Flea Fest 2019’ Hyder- abad, Venkat KC said that the Flea Fest 2019 was being organised with an intention to help Desire Society which works with chil- dren suffering from AIDS.To make the Flea Fest 2019 more attrac- tive, Hyderabad’s top brands are putting in their efforts and city music bands like Three- ory, V4, Capricious, The Deccan project and ni- raval are among those performing in the fest, Venkat said. Tickets available Kenny Swaminathan, co-founder of the Flea Fest 2019, said that tick- ets have been made available on Book- myshow and added that the event was being brought together by a team of individuals who were enthusiastic about sorting out and discov- ering bliss in satisfying others. Constable P Swamy clears a water logged vent at Moosarambagh. CITy BureAu Hyderabad South Central railway is running special trains be- tween narsapur – Hyder- abad, machilipatnam – Se- cunderabad – machilipatnam and Hyder- abad - Vijayawada. The narsapur – Hyder- abad train will depart narsapur at 6 pm on August 4, 11, 18, 25, September 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29 and arrive Secun- derabad at 3.55 am on the next day and arrive Hyder- abad at 4.45 am. Hyderabad – Vijayawada train will de- part Hyderabad at 10.20 pm, arrive Secunderabad at 10.45 pm/ 10.50 pm on Au- gust 5, 12, 19, 26, September 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30 and arrive Vijayawada at 6.35 am on the next day. machilipatnam – Secun- derabadtrain will depart machilipatnam at 2.25 pm on August 4, 11, 18, 25, Sep- tember 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29 and arrive Secunderabad at 10.10 pm the same day. In re- turn, Secunderabad – machilipatnam train will depart Secunderabad at 11.55 pm on August 4, 11, 18, 25, September 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29 and arrive machilipatnam at 8.55 am on the next day. SCR to run specials to Vijayawada Time to be a ‘game’changer Workshop aims at giving designers platform to use their skills to address social issues S SAnDeep KumAr Hyderabad Games can be used to pro- mote best practices which help in combating different issues, including concerns like human trafficking. As a means to take this idea to a new level, uS Con- sulate General Hyderabad in partnership with Indo American Center started a four-day workshop on Games for Good: Designing Games with a Social Impact at T-Hub here on Thursday. The programme seeks to communicate with video game designers on using their skills to make games help address social issues. It includes a two-day pro- gramme where American games design expert Sean Bouchard from university of Southern California media and Games division, American gaming industry veteran Vijay Lakshman and IIIT-H professor Kavita Ve- muri will interact with par- ticipants. Also lined up is a two-day “Game jam” during which participants will form teams and conceptualise their own games that ad- dress social issues. Speaking at the inaugural, uS Consul General in Hy- derabad, Katherine Hadda said the presence of excel- lent educational institu- tions, innovative technolo- gists and support extended by Telangana government have made Hyderabad a fast-growing hub for video game development in India. Through the gaming diplo- macy programme, local game designers would be able to connect with experts to exchange ideas on how to elicit social change through gaming, she said. IT Secretary Jayesh ran- jan said Hyderabad had al- ready established its mark in automation and VFX sector and feature films like Baahubali and animation programme Chota Bheem were examples for this. nearly 150 animation, VFX and gaming companies were operating in Hyder- abad employing a work- force of over 20,000, Jayesh ranjan said. Participants at the workshop being held at T-Hub Credits likely for students opting to work with startups HYDERABAD: Jawaharlal Nehru Technological Uni- versity – Hyderabad in- charge Vice-Chancellor Jayesh Ranjan proposed credits for students opting to work with startups while pursuing their regular courses. The pro- posal has been dis- cussed with State Council of Higher Edu- cation and efforts were being made to introduce the option soon. Students, who desire to work with startups, will be given credits for their ex- perience and performance in companies and a partic- ular subject or two can be exempted from the cur- riculum for such students. The idea is to promote en- trepreneurship skills among them from college days. Many universities abroad facilitate this op- tion and in India it is yet to be introduced, he said. Introducing this option while ensuring it is not in conflict with regular aca- demics will help students work in their favourite sub- jects or project exten- sively, besides gaining some quality experience, he said. The students will have to enrol with regis- tered incubators and their managers will have to send the progress reports of the students. Based on their performance, credits can be awarded, said Ranjan. Adding fun to rehab programmes HYDERABAD: Gam- ing is not all about entertainment any- more. It can aid in ef- fective recovery of patients or make the rehab programme more fun and chal- lenging. Many games have been introduced for stroke survivors and other patients and gaming compa- nies were working extensively on developing such games. American gam- ing industry veteran Vijay Lakshman has worked with children hospitals dealing with cerebral palsy and de- veloped games for helping them overcome challenges. “It is about patient compliance. Most of them com- mence rehab and tend to give up after sometime due to lack of any goals or fun element,” he explains. The idea of introducing games for patients was to make rehab easier. For instance, in a game, players have to conquer the world’s popular summits like Mt Everest and this comes with goals to motivate them, he said. Lakshman has the credit of developing 87 games and is presently working on two more games. Vijay Lakshman Jayesh Ranjan