Adarsha committee to keep track of transgenders

Ashodaya Samithi, an organisation involved in the welfare and rehabilitation of sex workers, including transgenders and homosexuals is now on a new mission.

The committee has formed a six members team and have aptly named it as 'Adarsha'. Through Adarsha, the members daily in the evening from 6.30 pm to 9.30 pm will monitor the activities of transgenders, specially those misbehave or create problem to general public.

If any such transgender are traced they will be warned and their activities will be brought to the notice of Police. The committee members have exchanged their motile numbers with Police personnel, to contact in case of emergency. If needed, the Adarsha committee will be expanded.

Addressing the media persons here on Thursday, Samithi Member Pranathi Prakash said that with the help of Police, the team will round up in prominent places of the city, such as D Devaraj Urs Road, Parks at Teresian College, and People's Park in Nazarbad.
 
“With the allegations made by public at the public grievance meet with Police personnel on Sunday, that transgenders are creating nuances, we decided to form the committee and keep the track of transgenders,” added Prakash.
 
Another transgender Girija said that: “168 transgenders have been registered with Ashodaya, of which countable transgenders are said to be misbehaving with public. We are struggling hard to come to the mainstream of society and be a part of society. To fend off black marks, we are chalking out appropriate measures.”

Transgender Rani said that rowdy elements people to visit the park and   public might have mistaken them with transgenders. “We to are exploited. There are instances people misbehaving with us,” she rued.  

Energy park to popularise use of non-conventional energy

To popularise use of non-conventional energy among visitors to the park and localities, plans have been made to establish an 'energy park' inside Kuppanna Park at a cost of Rs 52.7 lakh, of which about Rs 50 lakh will be provided by the Ministry of New and Renewable energy.
The Energy Park houses, solar energy powered cars, water pumps, solar lantern and hybrid wind-solar power cycle. The park will be developed as informative and educative center on solar energy.
The public and tourists who visit Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens and Mysore Palace will be encouraged to visit the park.
Mysore City Corporation Solar Cell unit In-Charge Officer Altaf Ahmed, said that the project has been taken-up under five pilot projects to be commissioned as part of Mysore Solar City.
Solar power to lit city parks
Two famous parks in the city, Kuppanna Park and Cheluvamba Park will soon become 'solar powered'. Solar Photo Voltaic (SPV) panels which can generate upto 8KW peak power will be set-up separately at both the parks that will cut down the consumption of electricity by nearly 70 percent.

Kuppanna Park consumes around 1020 KW of power every month generating a bill of Rs 30,000 while Cheluvamba Park consumes 990 units of power with an approximate bill of Rs 20,000. With the setting up of Solar power plants, the officials estimate that the bill is expected to come down to roughly, Rs 8,000 and Rs 6,800 respectively.

While the effective solar power generated daily at Kuppana Park after working out the reduction due to cloudy weather is 6.87 KW, the same at Cheluvamba Park is about 6.6 kW. Rs 21.6 lakhs has been sanctioned for each park. Work on erecting the panels will begin from January, 2014 and is expected to be completed within four months. The excess power generated will be connected to grid.
Altaf Ahmed said that around 100 sq feet of the park space will be used to set up the solar power plant which also includes a power room to house the batteries and inverter.

Future Flow to ease the work of colleges

Hitherto, colleges associated with Department of Collegiate Education, coming under Mysore jurisdiction, need not visit regional office every time to submit official letters of correspondence or documents for approvals. The Department has launched 'Future Flow File Movement System', a Workflow Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), a customised electronic method to keep a close tab on the movement of files.

By logging to the website www.rjdcemys.in, the colleges can update the correspondence letter. Similarly the college receives an inward communication, along with the details of the officer who is corresponding the file. A file number will be automatically assigned to each correspondence for future tracking.

With this, the colleges can keep track of the file at every step of its movement by just clicking on 'Track Your File' link by entering the provided user id and password. In case of delays they can even raise a complaint.

Mysore Division of the Dept. of Higher Education comprises districts of Mysore, Mandya, Hassan and Chamarajanagar, to which around 103 colleges are affiliated, which includes 38 private aided first grade colleges. As more than 2500 faculty members work under this zone, the amount of correspondence generated daily is quite enormous. Thanks to the initiative of former Joint Director TN Prabhakar, who is the brain child of the project.

Future Design Technology Proprietor Naveen Kavirathna who has developed the software informed that in case any delay in the completion of the correspondence, it will be recorded and the Joint Director can take action against the erring official. The software has come as a boon for colleges and helps to ensure transparency and timely completion of work, he added.

The Mysore University Private College Teachers’ Association (MUPCTA) has sponsored Rs 3 lakh for the project. Association President Dr Raju said that colleges will immensely benefit form this software.

'Earlier colleges after submitting the letters of correspondence had to wait for several days to receive a reply. But, henceforth it will not be the same,' said a College Principal.

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Future Flow yet to take of to quicken movement of files

Express  News Service
Mysore, December 9

Programme to quicken movement of files at Collegiate Education department yet to take off. Department of Collegiate Education, Mysore Region, had launched the programme 'Future Flow File Movement System', a Workflow Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), a customised electronic method to keep a close tab on the movement of files.

But unfortunately, even after more than one and half months of the launch of the programme, the department has failed to adopt the technology, citing shortage of Human Resources.
 
Mysore Division of the Dept. of Higher Education comprises districts of Mysore, Mandya, Hassan and Chamarajanagar, to which around 103 colleges are affiliated, which includes 38 private aided first grade colleges. More than 2500 faculty members work under this zone, and the amount of correspondence generated daily is quite enormous.

With the adoption of the technology, the college staff need not visit regional office every time to submit official letters of correspondence or documents for approvals. It will not only save time, money of the colleges, but helps to ensure transparency and timely completion of work.
 
Mysore Region Joint Director Nataraj Urs said that though the software is ready, due to shortage of human resources they have not yet adopted the programme and steps will be taken to implement the same at the earliest.

Future Design Technology Proprietor Naveen Kavirathna who has developed the software said that there is no need of human resources for the adoption of the software, its on-line process.

The Mysore University Private College Teachers’ Association President Dr Raju said that they have approached Commissioner to adopt the technology and give instructions for the Mysore Region Join Director to adopt the technology at the earliest. The associated had sponsored Rs 3 lakh for the implementation of the project.

Know Future Flow

'Earlier colleges after submitting the letters of correspondence had to wait for several days to receive a reply. But, by the implementation of the programme it will not be the same.

The colleges by logging to the website www.rjdcemys.in, can update the correspondence letter. Similarly the college receives an inward communication, along with the details of the officer who is corresponding the file. A file number will be automatically assigned to each correspondence for future tracking.  

The colleges can keep track of the file at every step of its movement by just clicking on 'Track Your File' link by entering the provided user id and password. In case of any delays in the completion of the correspondence, they can even raise a complaint. Joint Director can take action against the erring official.