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Presenting Mr.B.Shantharam Shetty
We are happy to present Mr. Shantharam Shetty as our personality of the month We are
pleased to introduce a great personality of Barkur, a politician, a
social worker, an agriculturist, a friend to all, Mr. Shantharam Shetty
was born on 23rd
January, 1954. His
father, Late Mr. B. Umashankar Shetty,
expired on 18th September 1992 (10 years
ago) was
also responsible for the development of Barkur.
We, on behalf
of "barkur.com" pay tribute with respect to Late Mr. B.
Umashankar Shetty. His
mother Mrs. Pushpavathi Shedthi,
a supportive force behind Mr. Shantharam Shetty is always a guide
to him. Mr. Shetty became the Panchayath
President at an
early age of 25 (in the year 1979) and continued as President till 1994
when he was elected to the Udupi Taluk
Panchayath and was the Taluk Panchayath member till 1999.During
the Taluk Panchayath election held
in 2000
he could
not contest
from Barkur since this constituency was reserved for ladies.
Under his leadership Barkur won the
prize for
"Educating the Illiterates
under the
Eradication of Illeteracy programme" of the Govt. of
India in the District. He has conducted a
Yoga sammelana
and an Eye camp under the participation of
Sri. Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Ayurvedic Medical College and Lions Club,
Barkur-Brahmavar. Besides
politics, he is engaged in
all sorts of social service activities
of Barkur.
He is the vice
president of Barkur Education Society which is running a Junior
College, 3 primary schools and an ITI. He is the Correspondant of
Kumuda Umashankar Shetty
Teachers' Training School,
Kokkarne which
is run by Anitha Education Society. This Education Society is
also running three primary schools. He is
the founder president of "Sneha Sports", Barkur which has
conducted many
tournaments and they
have won many awards for their best
performance in cricket. A very fine actor that he is Mr.Shetty has acted
in many plays and was very
active in "Sneha Ranga" a cultural organization and
won the best actor award. He
has served the Lions Club,
Barkur-Brahmavar as its President.
He is
the President of Barkur
Vyavasaya Sahakari Sangha (BVSS), since
1992 and
under his
presidentship this society has achieved
all the targets given by the
Registrar of
Societies and District Development Banks. The
famous temples of
Barkur, Panchalingeshwara,
and Batte Vinayaka Temple, Moodukeri are being renovated
under the presidentship of Mr Shetty. The work is going on very
fast and Mr. Shetty expects
to complete it very soon. Happily
married to
Mrs. Suchithra Shetty and
blessed with two sons,
Mr. Neeraj and
Mr Athmaj. Mr Neeraj
is studying in 2nd year B.E. (Computer
Science) at
Nitte Engineering
College (NMAMIT), Nitte , and the younger Mr.
Athmaj is
studying in II P. U. C. at Coorg Public School, Gonikoppalu (near
Madikeri). It is
worth mentioning here that Mrs. Suchithra Shetty is the sister of Late
Mr. Sunil, famous Kannada Film Actor who met with an tragic
accident on 25th July 1994. Mr. Sunil was the no. 1 Kannada Hero at the
time and his
sudden demise put Kannada Film Industry in deep shock. We the
team members of "barkur.com"
pray the Al-Mighty to rest his soul in peace. While
thanking Mr.
Shantharam Shetty for
his services to the society we wish him all the best in the days
to come. -Harry D'Souza Archives |
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Barkur, located in Udupi Taluk, Karnataka, India. 576 210 |
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