Vol.15 No. 11 November - 2015

STATE-OF-THE-ART KRG HALL OPENED

A new auditorium—KRGHall—complete with modernacoustics and lighting at theBhavan premises, was opened tothe public on Oct. 27.The compact auditorium,carrying the name of Justice

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K R Gopivallabha Iyengar,whose family bore the entire costof renovation of the hall, wasinaugurated in the presence ofJustic Iyengar’s spouse,Smt. Sharada. It is the largesseof Sri K.G. Raghavan. Hon.Secretary, BVB, and son of

A glimpse of the compact KRG Hall with its subtly-lit interior at theinaugural function on 25 Sept, 2015

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Justice K.G. GopivallabhaIyengar, and other familymembers that has made the KRGHall a reality.

With bright natural lightpouring in during daytime, and agrand entry door, the auditorium,right at the entrance of theBhavan, echoes the traditionsBhavan stands for, in its ethnicity.

Justice Dr. M NVenkatachaliah, former chiefjustice of India, Justice Dr. RamaJois, former governor ofJharkhand and Bihar, JusticeRajendra Babu, former chiefjustice of India, and JusticShivaraj V Patil, former judge,Supreme Court, were the Guestsof Honour.

The formal inauguration waspreceded by elaborate rituals,well-attended by the Bhavan staff,which was followed by aninaugural saxophone concert byVidwan Sridhar Sagar and troupe.

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Sri. K.G. Raghavan Hon. Secretary, BVB, Sri. H.N. Suresh, Director BVB,Smt. Kuntala Das, donor, Smt. Seetha Ramachandra, Associate Secretary, BVB,

along with Bhavan staff after the homa.

Justice M.N. Venkatachaliah,former chief justice of India

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Bhavan is now geared up toconduct more cultural and literaryevents, with the addition of this

modern auditorium to its existingfacilities, thanks to GopivallabhaIyengar’s kin.

Saxophone concert by Vidwan Sridhar Sagar & Troupe

Justice Shivraj V. Patil, former Judge, Supreme Court, Justice Dr. M. Rama Jois,former Governor of Bihar & Jharkhand, Sri. K. G. Raghavan, Hon. Secretary, BVB,Smt. Sharada, Justice K.R. Gopi Vallabha Iyengar’s spouse, and Smt. Kuntala Das

Iyengar’s daughter, join in lighting the lamp.

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programme conducted byBrindavan Education Trust.

This enrichment programmeaims at teachers acquiring skillsand strategies to teach earlyliteracy, facilitate holisticdevelopment, and become

aware of informal screening fordevelopmental delays.

Sri H.N.Suresh presidedover the function. Smt. VijayaMahadevan, Smt. JanakiNarendra, Dr. Gayatri Kiran andcourse coordinator Smt. ShwetaChandrashekar of Brindavan Trustwere present on the occasion.

Sri. H.N. Suresh, Director BVB, explaining the painting on Astadikpalaka afterthe inauguration by Sri. Chandrashekhara Kambara, Noted scholar

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh, joins.

This year’s Nitya Nrityafestival was a theme-based eventthat threw a challenge to dancersto translate a rather abstracttheme, Ashtadikpalaka (guardiansof eight directions) into themedium of dance.

The challenge was thrown bythe Director of the BengaluruKendra, H N Suresh, whoseeight, detailed paintings on thesubject, with a spectacularcomposite work incorporatingall elements of the eight paintings,was the topic on which the artisteshad to compose meaningful dancepieces.

WHERE TWOVISUAL ARTSMET

The result was anunexpected, decipherablemeeting of the two arts, withelaborate talks accompanyingthe dance numbers.

Shatavadani Dr. R Ganeshdelivered the keynote address ofthe festival, themed “Ashtadikpalain art and literature”, after theinaugural address by litterateur

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Dr. Chandrashekhara Kambara.Vyjayanthi Kashi’s ShambaviSchool of Dance presented theconcept in Kuchipudi, BharatiVittal in Kathak and Dr. ShobhaShashikumar in Bharatanatya.

The paintings of Suresh,on display simultaneously atthe newly-opened, subtly-litKRG Hall, were a study inmathematics, astrology,constellations, astronomy,vastu shastra, and mantrasamong others.

Educative, appealing visuallyand intellectually, while beingmystical and scientific at the sametime, was the sum and substanceof the Ashtadikpalaka paintings.

A rare occasion when anaudience was treated to aninformative, aesthetic paintingexhibition, complemented bydance recitals on same theme ofthe paintings and buttressed byeducative talks on the concept ofashtadikpalaka, this year’s NityaNritya was a record–breaker ofits own history of trend-setting,innovative culture fiestas.

- Jyothi Raghuram

KRG ANDKHINCHA HALLSCAME ALIVE WITHNITYA NRITYA

Nitya Nritya festival being inaugurated by Dr. Chandrashekhara Kambara, alongwith (from left) Sri. D. Srinivasan,Dr. Lalitha Srinivasan, Smt. Dwaraki

Krishnaswamy, Sri. H.N.Suresh, Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh and Dr. V.K. Aatre.

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1. Shambavi School of

Dance presenting a

Kuchipudi recital on

Indra (ashtadikpalaka)

2. Bharati Vittal and

troupe on Agni, in

Kathak form.

3. Bharatanatya recital by

Dr. Shobha Shashi Kumar

on Ashtadikpalaka

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Padmashree K.S., Nitya Narasimhan and Bhavya

Swetha

Hegde

and

troupe

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Dr. N S Viswanath, Director & Principal, MPBIM, Prof. B. Thimme Gowda,Vice-Chancellor of Bangalore University, Sri H N Suresh, Director, Bharatiya Vidya

Bhavan, and Sri Dinesh Kumar, Executive Vice-President of 99acres.com lighting the lamp to mark the inauguration.

BHARATIYA VIDYA BHAVAN’S M.P. BIRLA INSTITUTEOF MANAGEMENT, BENGALURU, HELD THE

INAUGURATION OF THE 17TH BATCH OF THEMBA PROGRAMME 2015 -17, ON 25.9.2015.

Ameera

Patankar

depicting

her

understanding

of

Ashtadikpalaka

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SMT SUSHEELAMMA NANJUNDAIAH,SRI NANJUNDAIAH, AND

SRI. DILIP SHETHCASH PRIZE AWARDEES

Chaitra P.Y.Kathak

Gurukiran HegdeHindustani Vocal

Tejaswini N.Carnatic Vocal

J. BhaalasaraswathiBharatanatya

K.R. IndumathiVeena

Souriesh P.B.Tabla

GopalakrishnanAnanthanarayanan

Mrindanga

G. Shashank GowdaKeyboard

Sheetal S. KooduvaliDrawing & Painting

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KALABHARATHI TOPPERS - 2015

Mahi M. NayakKathak(I Year)

Aditi GopinathKathak

(III Year)

Harshini V.Kathak(V Year)

B.S. BalakrishnaDrawing &

Painting (I Year)

Bhavana IyengarM.K. Drawing &Painting (II Year)

R.S. NivedaDrawing &

Painting (III Year)

Monisha B.K.Drawing &

Painting (IV Year)

Suneetha R. Tabla

(I Year)

HonnappayyaN. Nayak

Key-board (II Year)

Indudhar K.Keyboard(IV Year)

Lalitha S.Keyboard (IYear)

Kalavathi P.Veena

(I Year)

Bhavani M.Veena

(II Year)

Yathish G.Veena

(IV Year)

Samanth Y.S.Mridanga(I Year)

H.Aniruddh SaiMridanga(II Year)

K. GopinathMridanga(IV Year)

Sowmya MCarnatic Vocal

(I Year)

Subhaga P. NitindalaCarnatic Vocal

(II Year)

Madhuri P.Carnatic Vocal

(III Year)

Simran M.Chhapia

HindustaniVocal (I Year)

Girija P.S.Hindustani

Vocal(III Year)

Prakriti DeBhowmickHindustani

Vocal (V Year)

M.N. BhoomiBharatanatya

(I Year)

Janhavi VBharatanatya

(II Year)

Manasa M.Bharatanatya

(III Year)

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The Kendra welcomedstudents of the 16th batch of thePost-Graduate ExecutiveManagement Programme(PGEMP) on Oct. 3. Attendedby the faculty of the M P BirlaInstitute of Management andPGEMP, lead by KendraDirector, Sri. H N Suresh andDeputy Director, Sri. C N AshokKumar, it was an informal affairwhere the students introducedthemselves with a briefbackground about their academicqualification and profession,and Dr N S Viswanath,Principal of the Institute,gave a brief introduction aboutthe programme.

Dr. Vinaya Sindagi, one of thefaculty of PGEMP, dwelt on the

MANAGEMENT

PROGRAMME

INAUGURAL

importance of the course.After the lighting of the lamp,Sri. Suresh rendered theinaugural address.

PGEMP, a weekendprogramme specially designed forworking executives to helpenhance their careers, was startedin 2005. The programme coversFoundation and Advanced levelsin General Management in alldomains ie finance, HR andmarketing. The 15th batch passedout recently, with a superiorperformance.

From left : Dr. N.S. Viswanath, Principal, M.P. Birla Institute, Prof. S. Santhanamfaculty member of the Institute and Sri. H.N. Suresh, Director, BVB and Ms Meera

Narendranath, student executive at the inaugural of the PGEMP inauguration.

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DR. MATHOOR KRISHNAMURTI MEMORIALCULTURAL EVENTS - KALABHARATHI STUDENTS

CULTURAL PROGRAMME - HELD ON SEPT 6, 13, 2015

Chief GuestDr. R.V.

Raghavendralooks at the

paintingsdisplayed

bydrawing

andpainting

students ofKalabharathi

Sri. H.N. Suresh along with faculty Smt. Insha Ummehani andSmt. Tejaswini and students of drawing & painting

Sri. H.N. Suresh along with Chief Guest Sri. Pathi Sridhar, faculty memberSri. Chandrashekar Badigere and Tabla students.

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DR. MATHOOR KRISHNAMURTI MEMORIALCULTURAL EVENTS - KALABHARATHI STUDENTS

CULTURAL PROGRAMME - HELD ON SEPT 19, 2015

Chief Guest Sri. Kamalajith Singh Regional Director, ICCR, with Kalabharathi students

Students of Carnatic Vocal perform under the direction ofVidhushi H.V. Gayathri

Students of Veena perform under the direction ofVidhushi Vani Yadhunandan

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DR. MATHOOR KRISHNAMURTI MEMORIALCULTURAL EVENTS - KALABHARATHI STUDENTS

CULTURAL PROGRAMME - HELD ON SEPT 19, 2015

Student of Violin perform under the direction ofVidwan Pranav

Students of Kathak perform under the direction ofGuru Bharathi Vittal

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BHAVAN-INFOSYS FOUNDATIONMUSIC PROGRAMME ATINDIAN INSTITUTE OF WORLD CULTURE,

BASAVANAGUDI, BENGALURU ON OCT 9, 2015

Indian Classical Creative Music byVishwesh Bhat and Svaramritha

Violin Duet by Vidushi Sindhu & Vidushi Smithaat Shruthi Sindhura Academy of Music, Girinagar.

BHAVAN-INFOSYS FOUNDATIONOUTREACH CULTURAL PROGRAMME AT

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF WORLD CULTURE,

BASAVANAGUDI, BENGALURU ON SEPT 29, 2015

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Book Release

She talks animatedly abouther profession and works; herstone sculptures speak as much,silently. The sculptures of Smt.Kanaka Murthy always have astory to tell, be the portraits,deities, figurines, torsos, or busts.Murthy is known both for hersculptures of traditional subjectsas well as her portraits of publicfigures in fibreglass and clay.

Her latest offering, in anallied field—literature, is a booktitled “Shilpa Rekhe”, on linedrawings and brief notes vis a vissculptures, which will be releasedon Nov. 1, by elderly journalistDr. Vijaya.

Prof. Mallepuram GVenkatesh, former vice-chancellor

WATCH OUT FORNOV 1,8, 14, 2015.

- Jyothi Raghuram

of Sanskrit University, will talkabout the book. The function,to be presided by H N Suresh,Director, Bengaluru Kendra,is at 11 am, at KRG Hall.

Carnatic Vocal byK V Krishnaprasad

Smt. Kanaka Murthy

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan hasbeen able to keep its ideals aloftand translate its dreams ofspreading the culture and literatureof the country wide across mainlybecause of philanthropists whohave identified themselves withthe beliefs and vision of theBhavan.

Sri. K.V. Krishnaprasad

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The Bengaluru Kendra hashad a long-standing, loyal supportbase such that its activities havebranched out to many localities inthe city, and made forays intoother parts of the country such asWest Bengal and Tripura, forinstance.

One such close link is withPathi Shridhar, one of Bhavan’smost inconspicuous well-wishersand large-hearted donors. We atthe Bhavan look at him as aparticularly significant donor forthe liberal purse he opens for us;our regard for him as an expansivepartner in our expanding sphereof activities is more because hethinks our cause is his cause.

He believes that donating tothe Bhavan is an offering to God,as expressed by him many times.There is no cause which he hasnot pitched in for—infrastructure

for Bhavan’s schools, for otherkendras in Karnataka and forthe conduct of cultural activities.In many a programme of theBhavan, one can see PathiShridhar quietly sitting in a corner,making an unobtrusive exit later.

An administrative blockwill be opened in our premiseson Nov. 8, in memory ofSri. Pathi Adinaraniah andSmt. Pathi Ramalakshmamma byPathi Sridhara Shantha CharitableTrust at 10.30 am, the occasionheralded with a Carnatic vocalrecital by K V Krishnaprasad,a young musician known for hisdeep sense of involvement andbecoming one with his music,imbibed from his guruGanakalabhushanaR K Padmanabha, who isGuest of Honour for the function.

Bharatanatya by RasikaKiran and Sandhya

Subramanyam’s Rasika Academyof Performing Arts is a corporatehouse in its professionalism yet

Sri R.K. Padmanabha

Sri. Pathi Sridhar

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demonstrations being as muchthe core areas as teachingBharatanatya. The Kirans, as thedance couple call themselves,have been into teaching dancefor more than two decadesnow, adopting a broad culturalapproach as the fulcrum of theirinstitute. Overall personalitydevelopment with a special accenton tradition and roots is what thewards of Rasika get in goodmeasure. This perhaps is a reasonwhy quite a few senior dancers ofthe institute successfully attemptdance compositions. Rasika isputting up a show on Nov. 14,at Khincha Hall, at 6.30 pm.The programme is part of theHorizon series of ICCR, inassociation with Bhavan.

having a holistic approach todance, its music, dance theory,summer workshops, and lecture-

Smt. Sandhya Kiran andSri. Kiran Subramanyam

BHARATIYA VIDYA BHAVAN-BHARATIYA SHIKSHANASAMITI KALA SHALE INAUGURATION

Bharatiya

Vidya

Bhavan-

Bharatiya

Shikshana

Samiti

Kala Shale

inauguration

on Sept 24,

2015.

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Wed 5.00 p.m. - Khincha Hall18. Gandhi Institute ofComputer Education - ConvocationAddress by :Prof. Venkata Rao, Vice-Chancellor,National Law School of India University

Sat 6.30 p.m. - ESV Hall21. Astrology lectureTopic : Utility of Gems in AstrologySpeaker : Prof. T.R. Vijaya Kumar

Secretary, BJS

Sun 10.30 a.m. - KRG Hall22. Kalabharathi - ConvocationChief Guest : Sri. Vinayaka Toravirenowned vocalist

Sat 6.00 p.m. - Khincha Hall28. Gouri Shankar GuptaEndowment - “Krishnamayee”.An evenging of music andKathak by Space FoundationDirection : Smt. Anjana GupthaMusic : Rudra VeenaArtiste : Smt. Jyothi Hegde

Sat 6.00 p.m.28. BVB Infosys FoundationOutreach programme :Veena-Venu-Violin ConcertArtiste : Venu : Vidwan. L.V. MukundVeena : Vidwan. V. GopalViolin : Vidwan. J.K. SridharMridanga : Vidwan. Renuka PrasadKhanjeera : Vidwan. A.S.N. SwamyGhata : Vidwan. Narayana MurthyVenue : Indiranagar Sangeetha Sabha,Purandara Bhavan, 8th Main,HAL II Stage, (Behind IndiranagarClub) Bangalore - 38

PROGRAMME :NOVEMBER - 2015

Sun 11.00 a.m. - KRG Hall01. Book launch -Sculptor Kanaka Murthy’s‘Shilpa Rekha’ by vetaran journalistDr. Vijaya.Speaks on the book :Dr. Mallepuram G. Venkatesh, formervice chancellor, Sanskrit University,Sri. H.N. Suresh, presides.

Sun 10.30 a.m. - KRG Hall08. Bhavan’s AdministrativeBlock dedicated in respectful memory ofSri. Pathi Adinaraniah and Smt. PathiRamalakshmamma Donated by PathiSridhara Shantha Charitable TrustGuests of Honour :Sri. Yadalam Gangadhara SettySri. Sakala Narasimhalu ChettyGanakalabhushan VidwanR.K. PadmanabhaSri. K.N. Venkatanarayan andDr. V. ParameshvaraCarnatic Vocal :Sri. K.V. Krishnaprasad & Party

Fri 6.00 p.m. -Over 100 creations13. medley songs.Artiste : Sri. Vishwesh Bhat and team(in association with InfosysFoundation) Venue : Indian Instituteof World Culture, Basavanagudi,Bengaluru

Sat 6.30 p.m. - Khincha Hall14. Horizon series -Bharatanatya byRasika Dance EnsembleDirection : Kiran Subramanyam(in association with Indian Council forCultural Relations)

Sun 6.00 p.m. - Khincha Hall15. Sapthak presentsHindustani Vocal byKum. Manasa Shastry andSri. Dhananjaya Hegde

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November - 2015