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Design Week: Dec 12-14 Kochi event to stir ideas on sustainable infrastructure

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Kochi: Experts and enthusiasts from across the globe will discuss the latest trends in design and architecture to explore ways towards building sustainable infrastructure, as the country’s biggest such annual event is set to be held here this week amid exhibitions, installations and contests besides cultural shows and a unique food fair, equip it with futuristic technology and architecture to deal with natural calamities more effectively.

The second edition of Kochi Design Week (KDW), to be held in Bolgatty Island of the city for three days from Thursday, aims to chart a long-term development mission for Kerala through futuristic technology and architecture that goes beyond mere replacement of lost infrastructure or creation of new facilities.

Being organised chiefly by the state government’s Department of Information Technology in association with Asset Foundation, the December 12-14 KDW provides creative minds a platform to brainstorm on newest facets of design and architecture.

Close to 100 speakers will address sessions and lead workshops as well as masterclasses at the event that will witness an assemblage of 3,000 design professionals, architects, interior designers, thought leaders, policymakers and government officials besides the general public. Studded with expos, summits and workshops on design as well as architecture, it will also host an international blockchain summit and an inclusive platform, titled ‘Design Open’, that makes design accessible to all.

Chief Minister Shri Pinarayi Vijayan will address the valedictory function of KDW on December 14. The inaugural session will have top industrialist Mr S D Shibulal as the main speaker in his capacity as the chairman of the High Powered IT Committee under the state government.

The debut edition of KDW, held last year, had showcased technology options of use in any rebuilding phase as installations for various stakeholders to experience them. “This time, we have an array of independent events with design as the common thread,” points out Shri M Sivasankar, Secretary (IT), Government of Kerala. “The upcoming KDW facilitates inquisitive individuals to interact through workshops, panel discussions, keynote speeches and exhibitions. It’s a great opportunity to learn more from the industry experts on the future of design.”

KDW 2019 special officer Arun Balachandran, who is Kerala Chief Minister’s Fellow (IT), notes that the event has come amid a general realisation about the need for sustainable ecosystems. “The huge success of the first edition of KDWhas made everyone realise the criticality of the role ‘design’ plays in revamping our cities and societies,” he adds.

Among the speakers at KDW will be International Council of Design President-Elect Johnathon V Strebly, World Design Organisation CEO Srini R Srinivasan, CRG Architects founder-partner Carlos R Gomez, ARG Design CEO-architect Gita Goven, its Managing Director Alistair Rendall, Habitat Technology Group architect G Shankar and architect- academician Kavita Marugkar.

The list of speakers also includes Oscar-winning sound designer Resool Pookutty, contemporary artist Bose Krishnamachari of Kochi Biennale Foundation (KBF), HPIC Chairman S D Shibulal, Flipkart CEO Kalyan Krishnamurthy, IxDA president Alok Nandi of Architempo, Amazon senior manager Shibu Damodharan, Microsoft Country Head Lathika S Pai, Accenture MD Charulatha Ravi Kumar, Titan Company Chief Design Officer Revathi Kant, Thomas Garvey of Carleton University, Biren Ghose of Technicolour India, Lydia Thornley of ISCA London, David Ludlow of University of West England, Marta Piekarska-Geater of Hyperledger, Robby Schwertner of Austria’s CryptoRobby and Jane Thomason of Fintech Worldwide.

Some of the other prominent speakers, besides Mr Sivasankar and Kerala Chief Secretary Tom Jose, are National Institute of Design former director Pradyumna Das, IIT-Mumbai Industrial Design Centre head G V Sreekumar, Kerala Startup Mission CEO Saji Gopinath, and Asset Homes MD V Sunil Kumar.

While the Blockchain Summit, titled Block Hash Live, will discuss the business potential of the technology-driven new age, Design Open is being curated with IxDA Global as partner.

The KDW will host alongside it Maker Fest 2019, facilitating the country’s largest congregation of youngsters with an innovative mind. Conceived as the Indian continuation of Maker Faire held in the US, the fest brings together makers, innovators, technologists, enthusiasts and artists from different parts of the country. It will showcase their collaborations and share the delegates’ ideas, projects, products and activities.

There will also be cultural programmes on all the three evenings. A programme fusing traditional Kerala arts in a way that appeals to new-age sensibilities will be staged on December 12 evening, while Pragathi Band and Thaikkudam Bridge will present music shows on December 13 and 14, respectively. Another attraction will be a food festival, with focus on design as much on variety, tastes and cultures.

Further, the KDW is holding a competition for students in Kerala to come out with creative ideas towards rebuilding the state’s infrastructure in the wake of floods this monsoon and last year. The candidates of the ‘Kerala Design Challenge’ will express their vision through write-ups, posters, paintings, photographs and short films to vie for cash awards totalling Rs 1 lakh, according to International School of Creative Arts that is organising the contest as a creative education partner of the KDW.

A highlight of the KDW 2019 will be the charting of an exclusive ‘Design Island’ for the hosting of the annual event and setting up of design installations across Kochi’s high-visibility areas, including shopping malls and the airport, besides laying special tracks for design architecture and interior designs.

MTB Kerala: Cycle rally at Palakkad on Friday

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Palakkad: Cyclists will take out a rally along a scenic stretch of rugged Palakkad this Friday as a publicity event for next week’s MTB (Mountain Bike) Kerala in neighbouring Wayanad district.

Named ‘Get A Cycle, Get A Life’, the December 13 show here will see the cyclists riding a total distance of 30 km. The rally will begin from the Palakkad Fort in the city and proceed to Malampuzha Dam via Kalpathy heritage village and Kava before returning to the starting point, organisers said.

The Palakkad District Tourism Promotion Council and the Kerala Adventure Tourism Promotion Council are organising the forenoon rally with the idea of spreading the message about cycle as the best means of transportation for personal health and nature conservation.

Those interested to join the event can contact the DTPC office here or call at 0491-2538996 before December 13.

A hot-air balloon event will be held alongside the rally.

The upcoming 6th edition of MTB, which is billed as the country’s most spectacular and challenging biking race, will be held in Manathavady from December 20 to 22. Organised by the state government’s Department of Tourism, the races for biking professionals and amateurs from India and abroad will see the participants negotiating a challenging 5-km stretch along Priyadarshini Tea Environs at an altitude of 3,000 feet in the Western Ghats.

Being held under the aegis of Kerala Adventure Tourism Promotion Society, District Tourism Promotion Council (Wayanad) and Cycling Federation of India, MTB will be hold races in three categories: International Cross Country, National Cross Country – Men, and National Cross Country – Women.

Dec 17-18 Scalathon accelerator programme at KSUM for SME entrepreneurs

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Kochi: An accelerator programme for small and medium enterprises will be held on December 17 and 18 at the Kerala Startup Mission (KSUM) here in association with philanthropic organisation Wadhwani Foundation.

Named ‘Scalathon’, the event will mark the start of a year-long handholding for select SMEs, organisers said. The programme comes in continuation of an agreement the KSUM had signed with Wadhwani Foundation two-and-a-half months ago to accelerate the business growth of SMEs in Kerala so as to generate jobs.

The December 17-18 event at KSUM’s Integrated Startup Complex in Kalamassery will be for entrepreneurs with an annual business turnover of Rs 5 crore or above. Led by experienced consultants from the Wadhwani Foundation, Scalathon will provide the enterprisers with expert advice on improving industry ventures.

Registrations can be made at http://bit.ly/SMEmeet.

The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry is a partner with Scalathon, which will feature sessions on the various projects by the union and state governments for the SME sector. They will be addressed by experts in the fields of technology and finance management besides industry captains.

KSUM and Wadhwani Foundation had inked the MoU on September 27 at Huddle Kerala 2019 in Kovalam near Thiruvananthapuram, giving focus to women entrepreneurship, start-ups and entrepreneurship education.

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Election Campaign in Jharkhand ends today

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New Delhi: The campaign for the third phase of the polls in Jharkhand will end today. Elections will be held in 17 constituencies in Ranchi, Hazaribagh, Girith, Bokaro, Chhatra, Ramgarh, Zarakela-Kharzwan, and Koderma districts. Due to security concerns, the campaign will end in 12 constituencies at 3 pm. Elsewhere, the basket is for five. There are 307 candidates in the fray. Meanwhile, the campaign for the fourth phase of assembly elections has reached its peak. The polls will be held in 15 assembly constituencies in four districts in the fourth phase of this month.

Dec 12-14 Kochi Design Week: Curiously compact living space on display at Ernakulam

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Kochi: A curiously compact living space is all set to attract eyeballs in downtown Ernakulam alongside the three-day Kochi Design Week (KDW) being held from this Thursday with the idea of building sustainable infrastructure.

As discussions around the latest trends in design and architecture will progress at the KDW venue in Bolgatty Island of this city from December 12 to 14, the country’s biggest such annual event will see a 96-feet specimen of residence with coffee-maker, bread-toaster, study-table, bedroom and a toilet-bathroom with washbasin. KDW 2019 partner Asset Foundation has readied the installation on the arterial MG Road as part of the edition being organised chiefly by the Kerala government.

The 12ft x 8 ft installation at Asset Moon Grace project site in Ravipuram will be open for public on all three days of KDW (December 12-14) that aims to provide futuristic design and architecture to infrastructure technology. Kerala legislative assembly Speaker Mr P Sreeramakrishnan will inaugurate the installation on December 12 at 11.30 a.m.

The living space, with a foldable cot and bed, is modelled to meet the requirements of students and working people looking for an accommodation, says Asset Homes MD Sunil Kumar V. “We have conceived it for that class keen on a neat and slick room with basic facilities,” he adds. “Ideal use of minimal space is their priority, and we have conceived it accordingly.”

KDW special officer Arun Balachandran notes that the installation, being design-effective and cost-efficient, has helped realise the core idea of the event by enabling the common people to benefit from futuristic designs. “The specially done living space is a spin-off from last year’s KDW with focus on rebuilding infrastructure in the wake of the monsoon floods,” says the official, who is Kerala Chief Minister’s Fellow, IT.

The accommodation, which mainly targets those into higher education, IT and new-age technologies, is expected to get cheaper in the coming years.

The upcoming KDW aims to chart a long-term development mission for Kerala through futuristic design and architecture.

MTB Kerala 2019: Registrations for amateurs close on today

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Kozhikode: Registrations for amateurs competing in the 6th edition of MTB (Mountain Bike) Kerala will close on December 10, as India’s most spectacular and challenging biking race is all set to be held in Wayanad district of northeast Kerala next week.

Organised by the state government’s Department of Tourism, the December 20-22 mega mountain biking event in Mananthavady will showcase the dexterity of biking professionals and amateurs from India and abroad. The races, being held under the aegis of Kerala Adventure Tourism Promotion Society, District Tourism Promotion Council (Wayanad) and Cycling Federation of India, will see the participants negotiating a challenging 5-km stretch along Priyadarshini Tea Environs at an altitude of 3,000 feet in the Western Ghats.

For amateurs’ event, titled ‘Fun & Thrill Challenge’, the registration closes on December 10 at 5 pm, and it can be done online at MTB Kerala website, www.mtbkerala.com. Registration fee is Rs 1,000 per participant. Registration for professional international and national participants is over.

This year’s race will be held in three categories: International Cross Country, National Cross Country – Men, and National Cross Country – Women. The event for amateurs has been included in MTB Kerala for the first time.

Fun & Thrill Challenge will have a separate category for men and women. Participants who reach in the first 25 positions in the qualifying round of a 38-km road cycling competition on December 20 will be selected for the MTB Amateur Championship on December 21. There is no qualification round for the women category. The total entry for men in this segment is 100 and 25 for women on a first-come-first-serve basis.

The first three positions in the amateurs’ challenge round will qualify for the MTB National Category Championship, to be held on December 22. Participants will have to bring their own MTB cycles and safety equipments.

The race is open to both individual riders and teams. As for the prize money, the winner in International Cross Country race will get Rs 150,000 while the first, second, third and fourth runner up will secure Rs 100,000, Rs 50,000, Rs 25,000 and Rs 20,000, respectively.

The winner in National Cross Country – Men race will be awarded prize money of Rs 100,000 while the first three runners up would be getting Rs. 50,000, Rs 25,000 and Rs 20,000, respectively. As for the National Cross Country – Women event, the winner will get Rs 50,000 and the first three runners up will be getting Rs 25,000, Rs 20,000 and Rs 15,000, respectively.

The first three winners of ‘Fun & Thrill Challenge’ for amateurs will also be given cash prize, medals and certificates.

Top global experts to attend block chain summit in Kochi

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Kochi: Top blockchain experts and thought leaders from around the world will assemble in Kochi for a two-day summit from December 12, sharing ideas and leading discussions on collaborative opportunities in leveraging the technology for the public good, and positioning Kerala as the country’s blockchain hub.

The conclave, ‘BlockHash Live 2019’, organized by Kerala Blockchain Academy (KBA), will be held at Grand Hyatt Kochi Bolgatty.

As a prelude to the event, KBA has planned BlockHack2019 on December 10 and 11 at Integrated Startup Complex (ISC), Kerala Technology Innovation Zone, Kalamassery, here.

The second edition of ‘BlockHash Live’ offers a rare opportunity for the global businesses in blockchain to expand their operations in Kerala in particular and India in general.  The summit will be a platform to explore the disruptive potential of the blockchain technology for public good through capacity building and promote research, development and entrepreneurship.

Lead speakers attending the event are Ms. Marta Piekarska-Geater, Director of Ecosystem, Hyperledger; Mr. Julian Gordon, Vice President – Asia Pacific, Hyperledger, The Linux Foundation; Dr. Jane Thomason, Global Social Impact Thought Leader, Centre for Blockchain Technology UCL, Social Impact Editor Frontiers in Blockchain; Mr. Ashish Patel, CEO, Allianz Technology, India; Mr. Bob Crozier, Head, Global Blockchain Chief Architect, Customer Platforms Allianz Technology SE; Mr. Neel Bhatia, Director, Strategic Business Collaborations, Asia Region Platform Security Division, Intel; Mr. Wong Chun Danny, Lead Blockchain Architect, Allianz Technology; Adv. Nappinai M.S, Advocate-Cyber Laws, Constitution, Criminal and IPR; Ms. Devie Mohan, Co-Founder and CEO, Burnmark; Mr. Sreeram Ananthasayanam, Partner, PwC; and Mr. Sunil Raveendran, Chief Technical Architect and Global Blockchain Centre of Competence Allianz Technology India.

Around 100 people can attend the summit. For more details, visit: http://blockhash.live. 

The 24-hour live hackathon BlockHack2019 is being organized by the KBA in association with Allianz Technology, India, and Kerala Startup Mission (KSUM).  There will be an initial short-listing of teams based on the problem description. The theme of the hackathon is “Blockchain in Insurance.” The judgement will be delivered by a panel of experts in the domain of blockchain and insurance.

An initiative of the Government of Kerala, KBA comes under the diverse portfolio of the Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management –Kerala (IIITM-K).  Allianz Technology, India is the Platinum sponsor for BlockHash Live 2019 and Quickerala is the Gold sponsor of the event.

‘Radio Kerala’; the state government’s radio channel from today

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Thiruvananthapuram: The state government is launching a radio channel. Radio Kerala, an internet radio station, will be inaugurated by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday. The Public Relations Department is in charge.

The Government of Kerala and Radio Kerala are aiming to make Kerala’s language, culture, literature and the daily changes in the state accessible to the Malayalees of the world. Radio Kerala will bring about 50 new programs to the listeners. Every hour there is news. Radio programs can be heard online at www.radio.kerala.gov.in

V.K. Prashant MLA will preside over the function. The song written by Prabhavarma was composed by the famous music director Ouseppachan. The Chief Minister will also launch the government-funded projects released by the PRD.ReplyForward
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