Renowned Scientist Dr. Jamboor Dinakar Adiga, a proud alumni of National Junior College is now the new Director of ICAR, Directorate of Cashew Research, Puttur, Karnataka.
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J. Dinakara Adiga was born in 1969 at Jamboor, near Saibarakatte, in Udupi District of Karnataka State in India. His parents were Late Vedamurthy Jamboor Shankaranarayana Adiga, a renowned astrologer and sanskrit scholar and Late. Smt. Vedavathi Adiga(mother). He studied in Kannada medium up to 10th standard at Govt. Higher Primary School, and Mahatma Gandhi Highschool , Saibarakatte and did PUC at our own NJC, Barkur. He completed his bachelor degree in Horticulture with distinction from the University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore in 1990. He completed Master Degree in Horticulture obtaining first rank with three gold medals from the same University in 1993. He completed his doctoral degree in Horticulture in 1997 scoring highest marks with distinction from the University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore.