Award distribution
J M Mohammed Dawood Social and Educational Trust is organising a function to distribute awards to the students who have secured 85 per cent and above marks in the SSLC and PUC exams.
   An Urdu debate on the topic ‘The status of women in Islam’ has been arranged for 7th standard students.
    Former Vice Chancellor of Mangalore and Goa University Prof B Shaikh Ali, Police Commissioner Bhaskar Rai, and journalist Rajashekhar Koti will the chief guests.
   MLA Tanveer Sait will preside over the function, which will take place at MESCO ITI, Abdul Kalam Azad Road, Subash Nagar, NR Mohalla, at 3 pm.
Free lecture
Free motivating and education lectures will be held on all Saturdays at Chaitanya Meditation Centre, #64, M-Block, 2nd stage, 3rd main, 10th cross, Kuvempunagar between 3:30 pm - 5 pm. On August 25, a session will be held on ‘Concentration’ and on September 1 the topic will be ‘How to prepare for exams’. The entry is free.
        Call 2460104, 9844424727 for further details.
Rank secured
Premitha, has secured first rank in Mysore district and second rank in Karnataka State in junior Bharatanatya examination conducted by Karnataka State Secondary Education Board.
AoL course
Art of Living Basic course (Part-I) will be held from August 28 to September 2.
    A free introductory talk will be held on August 25 at 6:30 pm, at Vyakti Vikas Kendra, #78, I Floor, II Main, 4th stage, Near Maruti Temple, T K Layout, from 6 am to 8:45 pm and 6 pm to 8:45 pm.
       Call 9448486678, 9901309170 for further details.
Selected
Y N Shankare Gowda has been selected as recipient for the national award constituted by the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and the Khadi and Village Industries Commission, at a function organised at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi on August 30.
     Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will confer the award at the function.
Upakarma function
Members of the Ursu Mandali Sangha are holding a mass Upakarma programme at the Sangha premises on Thyagaraja Road on August 27 at 8:30 am.
 Call 2447104 for further details.
Documentary
Danseuse Vasundhara Doraswamy has presented a documentary on Bharatanatya and Yoga at the JSS Spiritual Mission at Maryland, USA, recently.
   She gave a brief presentation on the birth of the dance form, its growth, the four types of Abhinaya, among others.