{"id":1548,"date":"2020-02-13T07:23:39","date_gmt":"2020-02-13T07:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsletter.niituniversity.in\/?p=1548"},"modified":"2020-02-13T07:23:39","modified_gmt":"2020-02-13T07:23:39","slug":"lecture-by-dr-k-kasturirangan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsletter.niituniversity.in\/index.php\/2020\/02\/13\/lecture-by-dr-k-kasturirangan\/","title":{"rendered":"Lecture by Dr. K Kasturirangan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><div class='white' style='background:rgba(0,0,0,0); border:solid 0px rgba(0,0,0,0); border-radius:0px; padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;'>\n<div id='slider_1549' class='owl-carousel sa_owl_theme owl-pagination-true autohide-arrows' data-slider-id='slider_1549' style='visibility:hidden;'>\n<div id='slider_1549_slide01' class='sa_hover_container' style='padding:5% 5%; margin:0px 0%; background-image:url(&quot;https:\/\/newsletter.niituniversity.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/kasturi1.jpg&quot;); background-position:center center; 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