Daily Archives: June 22, 2016

Two get medals at English olympiad

Education, Records, All

Two students from the district won medals at the International English Olympiad organised by the Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF). V. Abhiram, a Class 12 student of the Kendriya Vidyalaya, won the gold medal while P. Lekshmi, a Class 11 student of the school, won the bronze medal.

The SOF is an educational foundation and a non-profit organisation based in New Delhi, which promotes science, mathematics, introductory computer education and English language skills amongst school children in India.

45 lakh students

According to a press release issued here on Tuesday, around 45 lakh students from Indian schools participated in the Olympiad.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Thiruvananthapuram / by Staff Reporter / Thiruvananthapuram – June 22nd, 2016

Kerala start-up wins global recognition

Records, All, Science & Technology, World Opinion

Kochi : (IANS)

Kerala entrepreneur  Shaffi Mather’s MUrgency has won the third annual Challenge Cup 2016 among 3,000 start-ups from 59 cities across the world.

It won the first prize of $50,000 and AUS$10,00,000 in fresh investments. There were 65 semi-finalists and eight finalists in the competition.

MUrgency is using the power of mobile technology and networks to build One Global Emergency Response Network. The start-up provides an app which alerts the nearest available doctor, nurse or paramedic who come to the rescue of a patient within minutes.

The emergency feature of the app has been launched in Punjab. The firm plans to reach out to rest of India in 2018 and around the world by 2020.

According to MUrgency founder and CEO Mather, with this latest win his start-up has won three of the largest tech competitions in the world this year. The other competitions were Startup Grind 2016, SXSW 2016 and 1776 Global Challenge Cup 2016.

“This validates our idea and the fact that emergency response sector is ready,” said Mather who was economic adviser to former Kerala Chief Minister Oomen Chandy.

MUrgency recently received investments from Ratan Tata, and Infoys founders  Kris Gopalakrishnan and S.D. Shibulal.

MUrgency was launched in 2015 with membership in Business Call to Action at the United Nations Development Programme , in academic partnership with Stanford Change Labs, Harvard Asia Center and MIT Global Health, and as an initiative of the World Economic Forum’s Forum of Young Global Leaders Community.

–IANS / sg/bim/dg

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News Home> City> Kochi / IANS / June 20th, 2016