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Small
town boy makes it big in the Crib Competition
Our visitors marveled at the creativity shown by this budding
marine engineer as we flashed the pictures of the first prize
winning crib at the Barkur Parish level Crib Competition.
Now we hear that the same crib won first place at the Medimix Crib
Contest conducted by Dorcas Market Makers Ltd., Chennai, makers of
Medimix ayurvedic soap.
Sydney John Lewis, son of Mrs. Gretta and Mr. Staney Lewis,
Bennekudru won the prestigious first place in the said contest and
received a Gold pendant by the company representatives.
Sydney is a Mechanical Engineering Degree holder from Manipal
Institute of Technology, recently graduated as a Marine Engineer
from Bombay MERI and now selected at the Essar Shipping Company.
We all at barkuronline.com wish him a smooth sailing at his stint
at the open seas.
SOME MORE NEWS AROUND BARKUR AND BARKURIANS….
There held an important face-to-face Discussion Session on
Saturday, 21st February, at Brahmmavar, at 5.00 p.m,
with Police Commissioner of Udupi District Mr. S.Murugan and
Circle Inspector Mr. Vidya Shankar and other Officials of Local
Police Station and the general public. Lion regional President
Retd. Principal Mr. B.Seetarama Shetty presided over the
programme.
The changing role of Police as friend, peacekeeper and its role
as law enforcing body of the locality to ensure harmony were
focused and the general public put up various questions. All
appreciated the healthy debate.
Catholic Board of Education Mangalore is running various
Educational Institutions and half a dozen
First Grade Colleges in Mangalore Diocese. In its accreditation
conducted on 31st January 2004,
the
Central UGC
(University Grant Commission) NAAC, awarded “B+ Grade Certificate”
to Milagres College Kallianpur. The Management,
Staff, Old Students and Students community deserve to be
congratulated more so as this is the
First
College to be conferred with such an honour.
Augustine Arunraj
Dias
Augustine Arun Dias
the most familiar name in Sports / Games field in the Districts of
D.K and Udupi, and Coorg, was honored at Rajeev Gandhi Maidan
Hejamadi, during Junior Athletics Meet. It is appropriate to
recall here that Mr. Dias was awarded with title “Outstanding
Physical Director” of
Mangalore
University.
Lastly, Pintham Derebail, Valerian Pinto, breathed
his last at Mumbai on Wednesday18th February 2004. He was 55. A
superb actor of class mannerisms on stage and a gifted voice is no
more, who acted in several plays both at Mumbai and Mangalore over
the last 30 years.
There was a special bond of friendship of this great artist with
Barkurians. He also acted in Shri Henry D’Silva’s ‘Mogachi
Deswatt’ and’ Kazara Upranth’, when SPCYA –(now
St. Peter’s Association – Barkur – Mumbai), presented these dramas
at Mumbai in 1986/1986, at St Mary’s Hall Mazagaon. We at
barkur.online condole the bereaved family!
Compiled by our special correspondent, Mumbai.
BVT And Hosala Village, a success story in the making
Bharatiya
Vikas Trust (BVT), has successfully executed its plans for health,
water and rain water harvesting and ground water conservation at
Hosala village Barkur with the help from The Science and
Technology Department of central government.
Central government sanctioned Rs. 6.73 lakhs , Jilla Panchayath
Rs.3.8 lakhs and the users contributed Rs. 2 lakhs for this pilot
project.
This is one of the ten experimental projects all over the country
and received accolades recently at the evaluating seminar held at
Pondicheri.
2 tanks of 5000 liters each for collecting the rain water are
constructed on the rooftops of the houses of Jyothi and Vatsala
and another 2 0f 10000 liters each are constructed at the
residences of Kabir and Nirmala with modern Ferro-Cement
Technology , which drastically reduces the cost of construction.
Sludge and debris are cleared from one third of the
Chowlikeri Temple pond and rest will be removed as part of the
project stretched over 3 years. National Pre University College
and
Ranganakeri
Higher Primary School
are benefited by the Rooftop rain water collection projects. Many
seminars were conducted to spread the awareness of rain water
harvesting and ground water conservation among the people of the
Hosala village.
Managing trustee of BVT Mr. K.M. Udupa informed that plans are
drawn to have
Information Center and a Library for the benefit of the villagers
and solar lighting for all the houses with aid of the local people
and donations from the local associations.
The office bearers of the trust , Mr. Seetharam Shetty, Mrs.
Mallika Hegde, Mr. Shantharam Rao, Dr. Kalkur, Ms. Laxmi Bai and
Ms. Kshama Aradhya were present at the meeting held recently.
SOME DEVELOPMENTS AT BARKUR…………….
There were unusual guests at
Temple town Barkur last week. It was host to some 365 strong
troupes of Sages, touring South India by walk belonging to famous
Nath Panth, from
North India.
Senior citizens of the town including Shri B.Shantaram Shetty,
Shri Y.Ganapathy Kamath, and the Parish Priest of St. Peters
Church, Fr. Sylvester D’Souza, were there to offer them cordial
welcome, at Sri Pancha-lingeshwara Temple. They will proceed to
Kadri Yogeeshvara Mutt, Mangalore for the religious ceremony,
by walk.
To preserve the historical venues and sites at the historical
Barker, the Govt. supported
Wall Building
process completed last week. It gives a better look to the Shila
Stambha and Jain Basadis at Hosala. It is barkur.com's sustained
efforts, to build up public opinion by way of various articles and
photographs, published, getting noticed.
In yet another development in the same direction, today a
Historical Studies Cell got inaugurated at
Cross-land College, Brahmmavar. It is rightly named after great
research Historian and former Principal of SMS College Brahmmavar
Late Dr. Vasantha Shetty.
His brother Dr Jagdeesh Shetty and Prof. Guru Murthy are
inculcating curiosity and enthusiasm among the interested
intellectuals to study and research forgotten local History.
Bharth Vikas Trust
had its evaluation Session and Mr. K.M. Udupa, Dr. Kalkur; Rtd
Principal B.Seetharam Shetty attended the meeting at Hosala. The
central Government, Zilla Parishat contributed 6.73 and 3.8 lacs
Rupees respectively for various public utility and health
projects. More focus will be on Water conservation, cleanliness
and health of the local people.
Inputs by Secretary, AYA Nagermutt – Barkur
The
veteran turns 80....
Sunday 15th February was a remarkable day in the town of
Barkur, as Mr. V.L.Roche celebrating his 80th birth
day with his children Alka, Madhu & Pradeep in the presence of
relatives, friends and parishioners of Barkur, around 750 guests
at
fort
Nandaraj, their residence. The programme started with a welcome
song by the students of National Primary school, Hanehalli. The
parish priest of St Peter’s Church, Barkur Fr Sylvester, Dr
Edward Lobo, Director of Manasa ( Special school for the children
with special needs), Mr. K.M.Udupa, Ex Syndicate Bank manager,
member of Bharatiya Vikas Trust, were the chief guests. They
wished many more fruitful years for Mr. Roche and Mr. Roche
remembered his past years, thanked each and every one present. The
function ended with the delicious food and Janaganamana by the
tiny tots of Barkur, compred aptly by Mr. Sudhakar Rao, the head
master of N.P.School, Hanehalli.
To know more about Mr. Roche
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AROUND BARKUR A GLANCE AT LAST WEEK
At the Govt.
First
Grade College, ‘Planning Forum’ Economics
Department, got inaugurated in the hands of Mr Ajith Hegde, Udupi.
Principal Mr Rajashekhar Hebbar presided over the programme held
at College Auditorium.
Rotary Club Governor Mr Soorya Prakash at Prabhu Ganesh Hall
Kallianpur honoured outstanding and renowned Teachers - Head
Master Mr.Devraj Shetty and Barkurian Mr Arun Dias,
working for Milagres College, as Physical Director.
A ‘Conclave of Consumers’ was held at Gurudeva
Bhuvan, Barkur, to spread awareness and to make known the rights
and privileges of Consumers to avoid exploitation. Mr
Ravindranath Shanbhag,
of Basrur, Balake-darara Vedike was the main speaker
and resource person on this occasion, spoke with examples at the
Seminar and appreciated the yeomen services of Billava
Association of Shivagiri.
During the recently held Meeting of head of Privately Managed
Educational Institutions of Udupi Region, the HM of Rukmini
Shedthi Memorial School Mr Chandrasekhar Shetty was
chosen as Vice President of the union. Also, Mr
Sudhakar Rao, HM of Hanehalli National Primary School
was appointed as one of the advisors.
News in-puts by Secretary, AYA – Nagermutt – Barkur.
Gratitude –An ex-student's attitude....
SMS Pre University college Brahmavar, received 15 computers from
an ex-student of the college Mr. Harish Kumar Shety, President ,
Binary Systems Private Limited , Bangalore. He promised to gift
another 35 to make them 50.
The computers were handed over to the correspondents Rev. Fr.
Rambhan Dr. N.J. Thomas on the annual day celebration. Mr. Harish
Kumar’s mother Mrs. Birthi Kasthuri Shetty, Mr. U. L. Bhat,
Principal, Mrs. Shantha Sagri, Vice Principal were present at the
occasion.
Milagres
college website launched
The website for
Milagres College and the Church , Kallainpur was inaugurated
recently by Dr. H. Shantharam. He gave a call to all the colleges
to adopt latest scientific developments.
Head of the department of Physics, Dr. Gerald Pinto briefed about
the website. Principal Rev. Fr. Fred Mascarenhas welcomed and
correspondent Rev. Fr. Xavier Pinto presided over the function.
Pro. N. M. Hegde compeered the function and Pro. G.S. Ramachandra
proposed the vote of thanks.
All the students , ex-students and the well wishers are requested
to surf the site
www.milagreskallianpur.com to keep in touch with the latest
from the college.
Rotary
quiz competition, Little Rock School wins the accolades.
Rotary Udupi recently organised its 15th year Rotary
Quiz Competition, under the sponsorship of Corporation Bank and
more than 450 students from the 12 schools of the Udupi Taluk took
part in the same. Little
Rock Indian School, Brahmavar
bagged the Best School Award.
Mr. Ganapathi Bhat, Principal MGM College Manipal inaugurated the
competitions and Rotarian Janardan Pai welcomed the participants
and explained the motive behind the competitions. President Mr. P.
H. Bhat presided over the function and Secretary Mr. S. R. Achar
proposed the vote of thanks.
Silver Jubilee Celebration at Ranganakeri
Durgaparameshwari Private
Higher
Primary School,
Ranaganakeri celebrated its Silver Jubilee recently. Founded in
the year 1978 by Late Kushal Shetty through his Anitha Educational
Institutes, the school has come a long way with the help of
generous donors said Field Educational Officer, Mr. Vitthaldas
Bannanje, inaugurating the Permanent Grant Plank. Prof. H.V.
Narasimha Moorthi of Bhandarkar’s College Kundapur presided over
the function. Mr. B. Staney Pais , Ex-President , Rotary , Barkur
distributed the prizes. He was facilitated by the correspondent of
the school Mr. B. Shantharam Shetty as he was instrumental in
providing a well and toilet facilities to the school at a cost of
Rs.2.16 lakh under Rotary Matching Grant Project. Other donors
were also facilitated at the same time.
Mr. B. Seetharam Shetty, Secretary, Anitha Educational Institutes,
welcomed the gathering and Head Master Mr. K. Ganesh Vokuda read
out the report.
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