Small town boys from Udupi win National IT Quiz

November 9, 2013

Mangalore, Nov 9: Demonstrating that the use of information technology could change how people lived in rural areas, two classmates from Poornaprajna PU College, Udupi aced the national finals of the Rural IT Quiz in a tight contest between competing teams.

Held in Bangalore on Friday, the final round of the national quiz contest saw a close contest between the Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh teams. Finally, Sandeep Rao Kordcal and Kaushik Kalmady of the Karnataka team answered two questions in the final round correctly to charge ahead of the MP team and emerge victorious.

Sandeep and Kaushik have been mates from Class 1 and always participated as a team in quiz contests. The duo said that although they were from a small town in Karnataka, they faced no hindrances in accessing the internet, which is important to make preparations for competitions like quizzes and debates. Having secured the second spot in the IT quiz last year, the two were delighted to have aced this year.

Organised by Tata Consultancy Services and Department of IT, BT, Science and Technology, the theme of the quiz contest was Chess.

After winning the IT quiz, the duo received individual educational scholarships of Rs 1 lakh from TCS, along with a trophy and a bag of goodies.

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DK-Udupi local authorities' constituency by-poll: 4 candidates – Cong, BJP, SDPI, Ind – in fray

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October 8,2024

Mangaluru: The by-election to the legislative council from the Dakshina Kannada and Udupi local authorities' constituency will be a contest among four candidates. An independent candidate, Muhammed Riyaz, has withdrawn his nomination on Monday, the last day for withdrawal.

Deputy commissioner Mullai Muhilan MP stated that candidates Kishore BR (BJP), Raju Poojary (Congress), Anwar Sadat S (SDPI), and Dinakar Ullal (independent) will be in the fray.

Polling will be held at 392 booths in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts between 8am and 4pm on Oct 21.

A total of 6,032 voters from Dakshina Kannada and Udupi are eligible to vote. While there will be 234 polling booths in Dakshina Kannada, Udupi will have 158 stations. Gram panchayat members, corporators of the Mangaluru City Corporation, members of city municipal councils, town municipal councils, town panchayats, MLAs, MLCs, and Lok Sabha members are eligible to vote.

Election observer of the Election Commission of India (ECI), Pankaj Kumar Pandey, reviewed the poll preparations at the deputy commissioner's office on Monday. He issued directions to officials regarding arrangements to be made during the election and counting of votes.

The deputy commissioner stated that out of 6,032 voters, 3,127 are women and 2,905 are men. He said the counting of votes will be held at St Aloysius PU College in the city on Oct 24.

Udupi deputy commissioner Vidya Kumari K, city police commissioner Anupam Agrawal, Dakshina Kannada ZP CEO Anandh K, Dakshina Kannada SP Yathish N, Udupi SP Arun K, and additional deputy commissioners Santhosh Kumar G and Mamatha Devi were present.

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