* City boy bags UN award

Akarsh honoured for commitment to welfare of orphans

Akarsh Shroff, 21, of Bengaluru and a student of BITS Pilani was conferred the United Nations V-award for his commitment to the welfare of orphans and underserved children.

V-Awards is an initiative by the UN Volunteers India which aims to celebrate 10 extraordinary young people under the age of 30 who work to change the lives of communities around them through their acts of volunteerism.

YuvaSpark, Bengaluru-based NGO co-founded by Akarsh, has impacted more than 82,000 people across eight districts in three States of India through its education and COVID-19 relief programmes.

* AIISH fetes achievers on International day of Persons with Disabilities

amadevi B., mother of Vamsi Krishna V. (autism spectrum disorder and intellectual disability), was conferred with the Best Mother of the Year-2021 award in recognition of her hard work for the development of her child.

Among the achievers who were felicitated on the occasion include Karthik B.K., a person with cleft lip and palate, completed diploma in electronics and communication from a polytechnic college here; and currently working as technical lead in Happy Minds Company, Mysuru; Asna T.P, a person with hearing impairment, completed her Bachelor’s in Architecture from Government Engineering College, Kerala with a first class, and currently working as an architect and designer in Thrissur; and Annushaka Bhattacharjee, a person with autism spectrum disorder, completed her 10th standard through National Open Schooling, and working as an assistant teacher at Nireekshe Special School here.

* Three from Bengaluru bag Infosys Prize 2021

Three of six winners of the Infosys Prize 2021 announced by the Infosys Science Foundation here on Thursday are based in Bengaluru.

Chandrasekhar Nair, CTO of Molbio Diagnostics in Bengaluru; Mahesh Sankaran from the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) in Bengaluru; and Neeraj Kayal of Microsoft Research lab, Bengaluru were among the winners.

* Mangalore University, Red Cross branch get awards

Governor Thaawar Chand Gehlot presented the Best Performing University Award to the Youth Red Cross wing of Mangalore University in Bengaluru on Tuesday.

The Vice-Chancellor P.S. Yadapadithaya received the award conferred in recognition of youth development activities and support in strengthening Youth Red Cross activities at the university at all levels for 2019-20.

* Udupi man designs unique multi-featured 2WD E-scooter

Jayaprakash, an IT support engineer worked at NIC department of Manipal.

Driven by his ambition and to realize his dream, he resigned from his job.

At present, he is staying in a small cottage with his family. He drives an auto rickshaw during his free time. Now he has built a multi motor-powered unique E-scooter, which is suitable for all roads.