AJ Shetty, SL Bhyrappa, Dr Manjunath conferred honorary doctorate by MU

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March 30, 2016

Mangaluru, Mar 30: Two controversial personalities and a cardiovascular surgeon were honoured with Honoris Causa (honorary doctorates) during the 34th annual convocation of Mangalore University here on Wednesday.

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Kannada novelist SL Bhyrappa, who is known for promoting Hindutva and spreading the misconception about Muslims and Islam, Mangaluru based entrepreneur AJ Shetty, who is known for liquor business are the two controversial figures, who received the degrees today. The third recipient of the Honoris Causa is Dr CN Manjunath, the director of Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research in Bengaluru.

Speaking on the occasion Dr Bhyrappa said the DLitt degree was a special honour as it was a recognition from the people's university.

“At a time when there was lack of facilities, Dakshina Kannada was a forerunner in education, health, banking, administration and other fields. In spite of the region not being bestowed with natural resources, it has progressed in all spheres of life with the entrepreneurship skills of its people,” he said.

“This is the land of stalwart writers, like Manjeshwara Govinda Pai and Sediyapu Krishna Bhat, and where the Kannada literature thrived. Apart from this, the land has contributed to culture thro-ugh Yakshagana. The district is also close to my heart as it has supported me as an author by encouraging all my writings,” he said.

Dr C N Manjunath said that the DSc is a recognition to his service to the society. “At Jayadeva Institute, we offer best medical facilities to people in a government set up. The Institute offers the highest number of cardiac beds – 1,150 – for people, as compared to any other cardiac institution in the country,” he explained.

A J Shetty said that the DLitt degree is recognition of his service to the society, poor patients. “Through my institutions, I want to work for deserving sections of the society,” he stated.

About SL Bhyrappa (DLitt)

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Dr. S.L. Bhyrappa is a novelist in Kannada having written more than 25 novels which have been translated to several languages such as English, Hindi, Sanskrit, Marathi, Urdu, Gujarathi, Telugu, Bengali and Tamil. Some of his novels have the unique distinction of seeing as high as 48 reprints within a short span of time after publication. A few of his novels are also adopted for film making.

Dr Bhyarappa has been decorated with a large number of awards and recognitions from several Universities as well as the Padmashri by the President of India. He is one of the eight national professors in the country appointed by the Government of India.

About CN Manjunath (DSc)

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Dr. C.N. Manjunath, Director, Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research at Bengaluru is a renowned cardiovascular surgeon who has developed the institute into one of the largest heart care destinations in the world. He has expanded this heart care services to remote areas of Karnataka. Dr. Manjunath, has the distinction of training American, British, Chinese and French Cardiologists on balloon valvuloplasties at his Institute.

Dr. Manjunath has been instrumental in mobilizing an amount of Rs. 25 crores from charitable and philanthropic organizations to establish a Poor Patients Corpus Fund. He is also instrumental in conducting about 1000 open heart surgeries for needy patients with the support of charitable and philanthropic organizations.

In recognition of the outstanding medical/public services, Dr. Manjunath has been conferred with a large number of awards including Padmashree by the President of India. He is a Fellow of American College of Cardiology. Recently Dr. Manjunath has received the prestigious Millenium Plaque of Honour by the Prime Minister of India.

About AJ Shetty (DLitt)

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A. J. Shetty, Chairman, A. J. Group of Institutions and President, Laxmi Memorial Education Trust, Mangalore is a well-known entrepreneur who has established small scale industries to manufacture automobile spare parts, cashew products to cater to the local needs. These industries have helped in creating jobs to large number of poor and needy persons of this area.

Under the education trust, A J Shetty is running many institutions especially in the field of medical sciences and allied fields. The hospitals established by him are providing medical treatment and medicines freely to large number of poor patients every day. He has taken a lead in providing free health care services to the rural population in the neighbourhood. He is managing a few charitable organizations like orphanages and old age homes.

A. J Shetty is also responsible for establishing cancer centre that treats about 100 patients per day at affordable cost. He is also promoting the local cultural heritage by encouraging Yakshagana as President of Dakshina Kannada Yakshagana Association. A J Shetty, is a recipient of many awards including National Corporate Excellence Award, New Delhi.

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Kushwant Bhat
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Thursday, 31 Mar 2016

Yes Prasanna Anna your are fantastic Evaluator, Hopefully Master Bayrappa no Good What About Liquor Don??? is it ok Anna!!!!!!
Why all these PHD's to these fellows Money makes anything Anna.

Prarana .K.
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Wednesday, 30 Mar 2016

For ,Dr.Manjunath and A.J.Shetty O.K., but why for Byrappa? The hate monger will spread more poison with a new Doctorate

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January 19,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 19: Karnataka’s coastal city of Mangaluru has been ranked India’s safest city with the lowest crime index (24.14) in the country, according to a survey conducted by Numbeo.

Numbeo is a crowd-sourced global database of reported consumer prices, perceived crime rates, and quality of healthcare, among other statistics.

Mangaluru was named the city with the highest safety index of 75.86 among all major Indian cities.

According to the survey, Abu Dhabi is the world's safest city which has the lowest crime index of 11.33. It has the highest safety index of 88.67 in the list of 374 global cities.

Abu Dhabi sits on number one spot - as an increase in a city's ranking means a drop in its crime rate.

Sharjah ranked fifth safest and Dubai was ranked as the seventh safest city in the world with its safety index at 82.95.

Joining Abu Dhabi in the top ten are Taipei, Quebec, Zurich, Dubai, Munich, Eskisehir, and Bern. Islamabad (74) was ranked the safest in Pakistan.

Meanwhile, Caracas in Venezuela was rated the as the most unsafe city with the highest crime index 84.90.

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Waseem Mohammed
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Monday, 18 May 2020

Mangalore is the safest place in Karnataka and arguably in India.

That 'Fairman' user is a troll and his comment is fake.

I have stayed in Mangalore, Bangalore and Dubai.

 

I found Bangalore to be the worst of the 3 cities, regarding crime

 

 

Fairman
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Sunday, 19 Jan 2020

This is soofi story.

 

The surveyor is in the different planet

Karnataka, specially mangalur is the 2nd most crimed city next to UP.

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June 1,2020

Palakkad, Jun 1: An 11-month-old boy, whose parents are placed under COVID-19 quarantine, drowned in a bucket of water in Chalissery at Palakkad district.

The toddler Muhammed Nisan was the son of Muhammad Sadiq. The parents of the child are under home quarantine after Sadiq's brother, who is living in the same home was tested positive of COVID-19.

The child was found dead in a bucket of water kept in the bathroom on Saturday around 10 pm.

Chalissery police said that ''further actions will be taken only after the test result comes out. We have filed an unnatural death case on this.''

Since the family has been quarantined, the body of the baby has been shifted to the Thrissur Medical College for COVID-19 testing.

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For the benefit of CG personnel posters have been displayed at entrance and prominent places in office premises and residential areas including the CG KG School.

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