Vol.20 No. 9 September - 2019 VYASA JYOTHY AWARD PRESENTED Shri Vedamurthy Vidwan Subbaraya Ramachandra Bhat after being felicitated pose with other dignitaries from left : Shri. H.N. Suresh, Director, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Shri. M. Narasimhan, Trustee, Jyothy Charitable Trust, Dr. P. V. Narayan, noted Kannada scholar and writer, and Dr. T. S. Ramesh, former Principal and HOD of the Sanskrit Department of Poornaprajna Evening College. BharatiyaVidya Bhavan, award on July 20, 2019. Bengaluru, and Jyothi Charitable The award was presented at Trust joined hands once again to Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan to conduct the presentation Vidwan Dr. Subbaraya ceremony of the Vyasajyothy Ramachandra Bhat, noted 1 [email protected] 17 years of the award, Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan became a part of it since 2014. The award is presented to a scholar very well versed in Veda Shastra. Also, an upanyasa has been held for the past 17 years. The event was begun in memory of Jyothy, the daughter Dr. T. S. Ramesh of Dr. BNV Subrahmanya, who passed away at a very Sanskrit scholar and an expert young age. in Sama Veda. The members on the dais Befittingly, the students of then partook in the ceremonial Mallikarjuna Veda-Sanskrit lighting of the lamp. Patashala gave the programme a flying start as they chanted the Shri. H. N. Suresh, Director Vedas with much enthusiasm of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, and precision. It was a treat for welcomed Shri. M. Narasimhan the ears and there was complete and Smt. B. V. Seetha, trustees silence as the young boys of Jyothi Charitable Trust. He enthralled the audience with their added that this year, the award chanting for nearly 30 minutes, would be bestowed on Vidwan their voices in complete unison. Dr. Subbaraya Ramachandra Bhat, noted Sanskrit scholar. Shri Sreedhara Murthy, Also welcoming the audience, Co-ordinator, Madhyama he specially commended the Bharathi, spoke on the occasion, students of Mallikarjuna saying that BharatiyaVidya Veda-Sanskrit Patashala Bhavan and Jyothy Charitable for their impressive chanting Trust had been presenting the of the Vedas. Vyasajyothi award on Guru Poornima day. While Jyothi Chief Guest on the occasion, Charitable Trust has been M. Narasimhan, industrialist and continuing with the legacy since trustee, Jyothy Charitable trust, the beginning, completing also spoke at the event, 2 saying that the Mallikarjuna H. O. D. of Sanskrit Veda-Sanskrit Patashala was department at Poornaprajna started in 1985 in the name College, Udupi, delivered a of his father, Mallikarjuna Shastry. special lecture on “Guru Poornima The Vyasajyothi award and Guruvina Mahatva.” was started in 2002, he added, to Dr. Ramesh elaborated on the felicitate great scholars dedicated greatness of Vyasa and then to the Vedas. explained that Indian culture held a guru or teacher in high regard, The Vyasajyothy award and Guru Poornima Day gave was ceremonially bestowed all an opportunity to think of their on Vidwan Dr. Subbaraya teachers and gurus and thank Ramachandra Bhat, noted them. Sanskrit scholar, by Dr. P V Narayan, noted He said a guru expels Kannada scholar and writer. ignorance and bestows knowledge on his shishyas. The awardee, Dr. Subbaraya He also quoted poet Kalidasa, Ramachandra Bhat, thanked writer George Bernard Shaw, Jyothy Charitable Trust and Sarvagna and Sant Kabir among Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan for others on their definitions of a giving him the award, while teacher. He concluded that with adding that he was not sure a Guru backing you and an he was worthy of it. aim ahead of you, one cannot To commemorate Guru but be successful in one’s Poornima, Dr. T. S. Ramesh, endeavours. Students of MallikarjunaVeda-Sanskrit Patashala chanting of Vedas 3 BVB – INFOSYS FOUNDATION CULTURAL OUTREACH PROGRAMME REVIEW MEETING AT TRICHY - AUG 13. Lighting of the lamp by Dr. S. Chandrakumar, Chairman, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Trichy. Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Chairman, Tiruchirapalli Kendra, and Infosys Foundation have Sri.H.N.Suresh, Director, been jointly presenting the Bengaluru Kendra, cultural outreach programme Sri.T.V.Murali, Secretary, in 11 states of India since June Tiruchirapalli Kendra, & 2015. Year after year, a review Sri.J.T.Chari, Director, projects, meeting is conducted to Tiruchirapalli Kendra . strengthen the project and also to build mutual cooperation and The Cultural Outreach understanding among all member Programme has conducted 614 Kendras. shows across 11 states with This year, the review meeting 5,912 artistes performing at these was held at Trichy on July 13, events. Approximately 1,80,000 2019, under the chairmanship of audience have attended these Sri.S. Gopalakrishnan, Chairman, programmes. More than 200 art BVB, Hyderabad Kendra. forms have been showcased till Meeting commenced with date. This platform has given all Bhavan Anthem and Lighting of the opportunity not only to enjoy lamp by Dr.S.Chandrakumar, these art forms but also to interact 4 with others involved, thus Sri.P.S.Sheshanarayana encouraging a sense of Chadaga who was the Chief brotherhood, which in turn Coordinator of the project enables national integration. presented the following highlights: Sl Centre Programmes No of artistes Audience A. Karnataka 63 340 10450 B. Gujarat 44 633 5580 C. Kerala 46 343 38080 D. Maharashtra 75 701 19190 E. Odisha 73 1454 16490 F. Rajasthan 49 537 18395 G. Tamil Nadu 104 627 15300 H. West Bengal and Agartala 118 898 22733 I. A.P & Telangana 42 379 34123 Total: 614 5912 180341 The best achievement award Director, BVB, Bengaluru was given to Shri.Nandakumar Kendra, who handed over a Kakirde, Director, Pune Kendra, distinction plaque. by Shri. H.N. Suresh, Group photo of participants from all member kendras – Bhavan’s family 5 BVB ART SHOW : ART WITH A HEART YUGASHRI – RANGOLI METRO ART CENTRE Children who participated in the art workshop “Samanvaya Sootra” go through the exhibition. You would have been facilitator. Balya is a Free Home for Children by the Annapoorna charmed by the riot of colours Charitable Trust, while Aaspada that hit you when you entered the is Yugashri’s own art workshops Rangoli Metro Art Centre, if you initiative. had visited the centre on 19, 20 and 21 July. Small wonder, The programme was the because the walls had been result of the Cultural Outreach covered with paintings by Programme by Bharatiya Vidya children whose imagination and Bhavan, Bangalore, and Infosys abandon had taken flight. Foundation. It was held on 19, These are paintings that were 20 and 21 of July, 2019. the outpouring of the artistic talent Yugashri is an alumna of of 195 children from two Chitra Kala Parishat where she organisations, Balya and Aaspada did her Master’s and has been Art Workshops. Called immersed in research and art Samanvaya Sootra, the paintings education for the past 21 years. were the products of workshops She has been working with Balya conducted and curated by as an honorary teacher for the Yugashri S. A., artist and art past 5 years. She also conducts 6 art orientation programmes for sizes of papers to use as their teachers and parents at schools. canvas. In fact, during one of her Thus, at the Rangoli Metro Art other projects with Balya, Centre, you would have Yugashri’s students have used probably seen some art by old notebooks which had been parents and teachers, too, along written on. The pages of the with art by 190 students from notebooks were all stuck Balya and 5 students from lengthwise and breadthwise to Aaspada. The children were told make long scrolls and then they could draw whatever they painted on. “Some of them were liked and the results on the walls 30 feet long and 4-5 feet wide,” she says. showed that their imagination had truly taken wing. Yugashri has been concerned with art education in India, and Apart from regular sheets of wonders that not many school paper, the children had also used boards have an art curriculum in visiting cards to paint on, thus place. She has travelled to helping the environment in the Bhopal, Baroda, Haryana and process. They have also been Mumbai and worked in schools allowed to experiment with other in her research endeavours. Group photograph of participants from Balya - Free Home for children Art teachers and Bhavan officials. 7 SHRI. YADALAM NANJAIAH SETTY MEMORIAL LECTURE ON 12TH AUG ON EDUCATION THE PANACEA Sri Sri Sri Veereshananda Saraswathi Swamiji, President, Ramakrishna Vivekananda Ashrama, Tumkur, lighting the lamp on the occasion of Shri Yadalam Nanjaiah Setty memorial lecture. On the right is Shri Gangadhara Setty and left of Swamiji is Shri Manandi N. Suresh, Hon. Secretary, BVB. The students who received the scholarship under the Shri. Nanjaiah Setty Endowment programme with the dignitaries. 8 PROF. U.S. KRISHNA RAO AND SMT. CHANDRABHAGADEVI ENDOWMENT PROGRAMME HELD ON JULY 11. Shri. Shravan U.M., and students of Shanthala Arts Academy participated under Prof. Krishna Rao and Smt. Chandrabhaga Devi Endowment. Direction : Guru Pulakeshi Kasturi 9 KALABHARATHI ANNUAL EXAMINATION - 2018 -19 Students of Kalabharathi at the annual diploma examination for the year 2019 . CARNATIC MUSIC CONCERT AT BVB HELD ON AUG 24. Carnatic vocal by Kum B. Gayathri (Student of Bhavan’s Bangalore Press School) Violin : Shri Prithvi Sanketh, Mridanga : Shri N. Karthik Pranav 10 BVB-INFOSYS FOUNDATION CULTURAL OUTREACH PROGRAMMES : NEW UPDATES Confluence presented by Shri. Sapan Anjaria & troupe held on May 19th at Ahmedabad A total of an impressive A programme of Ghazal and 626 programmes featuring 6039 Sufi songs Folk fusion was artistes, attracting an audience of conducted by Arif Mir & troupe. approximately 1,83,071, has A programme dedicated to been the substantial offering of the regional folk music Dayro Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan-Infosys namely Sangeetotsav was Foundation Cultural Outreach programme since its launch in presented by Dr.