Mangalurean Sparsha Shetty bags Sharjah Award for Education Excellence 2017-18

Shodhan Prasad
May 8, 2018

Sharjah: Mangalurean Sparsha Shetty, Grade 7 student of Indian High School, Dubai has bagged the  prestigious ‘Sharjah Award for Educational Excellence’ of cycle 24 for the year 2017-2018 under the category ‘Excellent Student’.  Sparsha is also the proud recipient of the prestigious Sheikh Hamdan award in the year 2015.

Sparsha Shetty is the daughter of Prakasha Shetty and Shushma Shetty who are residing in Dubai since 12 years. Sparsha’s paternal grandparents are late Mahabala Shetty and Late Saraswathi Shetty from Kilenjoor Madara Mane, Kinnigoli near Mangaluru and maternal grandparents are Nithyananda Shetty and Shamala Shety from Belkale Ajjara Mane, Udupi. Sparsha plays a major role as dotting sister to her younger brother Prasham Shetty.

Sparsha excels not only in Academics but also various Co-Curricular activities. She is a scholar of her school and loves to pursue her skills and hobbies. She has been 'Honor' student in IBT and Asset exams. She is an active Athlete and also plays Badminton. She has represented her school at inter-school level for Athletics and UAE level in Badminton. She has won several accolades in sports.

Sparsha is passionate about dancing and being trained on various styles of dances with Bharatanatyam being on the top. She has performed across India and believes Dance is meant to be expressing your words through beautiful motions.  Sparsha has won several competitions in dance and wants to take up Dance as an integral part of her life.

Sparsha has a great interest in art and has won several medals at interschool and UAE level for Painting. She is a super reader of her school and has represented her school for many Reading Contests. 

Sparsha is a young gravellier and will be representing her club at UAE level for public speaking in different categories. Sparsha is a head monitor of her section in the school. In 2017, Sparsha had an opportunity to represent her school at ‘Round Square International conference’ held in Punjab. Sparsha’s experience in this conference is truly memorable which gave her wings on public speaking journey.

Addition to these Sparsha feels Charity is a not a part of life but is life and has been associated with multiple NGO’s and does her best to support as per her age.  Sparsha believes in the need for Sustainable environment and member of organizations which provides her platform to do her best for environment. She drives many initiatives in her community to raise awareness on many environmental topics.

Sparsha is born and brought up in UAE. She admires UAE for his unmatched humanity and loads of opportunities. Sparsha,having received the  Sh. Hamdan award for distinguished student from HH Sh. Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum thanks him  for the effort in identifying the young talent and nurturing them. Sparsha is elated to receive such awards once again from HH.  Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammad al Qasimi.

She thanks him and Sharjah Education council for recognizing her efforts. She thanks the almighty for his blessings, all her mentors for giving their best and all her family and friends for the constant support they provided her throughout her journey.

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ahmed
 - 
Thursday, 24 May 2018

Bajrangi sponcer B.R.Shetty with kesari Tawel in ISLAM Country ...

Ahmed
 - 
Wednesday, 9 May 2018

Congratulation's Sister we Mangalorean  really proud of you all the very best for your future

Raghavendra
 - 
Tuesday, 8 May 2018

Young talent. We mangaloreans really proud of you, lil girl

Danish
 - 
Tuesday, 8 May 2018

Great... Dont come to India for education. Indian education full of reservation. 

Suresh Kumar
 - 
Tuesday, 8 May 2018

Such a talented girl..! All the best

Avinash
 - 
Tuesday, 8 May 2018

Great achievement. Congrats

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January 25,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 25: Orange vendor Harekala Hajabba, popularly known as 'Akshara Santha' (the saint of alphabets), who went on to build a school at Newpadpu village on the city’s outskirts in 1999 is among this year’s Padma Shri awardees.

When Hajabba received the call on being nominated for the award, he was standing in a queue to buy rations.

As he is not fluent in Hindi, Hajabba handed over the phone to an auto driver, who conveyed the news that the Padma Shri award will be conferred on him.

The unlettered achiever set up a primary school from his meagre savings of Rs 150 per day,  selling oranges in Mangaluru. 

“The first time I felt bad for being an illiterate was when a foreigner enquired about the price of oranges in English. I did not know what he meant. So, I decided to start a school in my village,” Hajabba had said during a felicitation programme.

When Hajabba decided to start a school, he did not get any support. He started the school with 28 children.

The school today has been upgraded to a composite high school and is catering to the educational needs of hundreds of children in and around Newpadpu.

He ran from pillar to post in the Zilla Panchayat to make his dream come true. All cash awards he had received went into building the school. The United Christians Association, moved by the sight of his dilapidated house, built a 760-square-foot house costing Rs 15 lakh for him. 

Hajabba’s life was prescribed for the syllabus of three universities - Davangere, Kuvempu and Mangalore. His success story is also included in a Tulu textbook.

He won the Karnataka Rajyotsava award in 2013, Real Heroes award from TV channel CNN-IBN.

Hajabba, when contacted, said he could not believe his ears when told about the award.

New dreams

The frail vendor, in his 60s, humbly declared that he could achieve all this because of the support of all. Hajabba now dreams of upgrading the school into a full-fledged PU college.

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Meethal Kasaragod
 - 
Sunday, 26 Jan 2020

A big Salute to him!

Great effort,

fairman
 - 
Sunday, 26 Jan 2020

Where there is will, there is way

May God help him.

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February 17,2020

Bengaluru, Feb 17: Days after 10 MLAs were inducted in the Cabinet, Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa is likely to expand his Cabinet again as some BJP MLAs are unhappy, said BJP sources.

Several leaders including Umesh Katti, CP Yogeshwar, Raju Gowda and MP Renukacharya are miffed over the recent cabinet expansion, claim sources.

On February 6, ST Somashekar, Ramesh Laxmanrao Jarkiholi, Anand Singh, K Sudhakar, BA (Byrathi) Basavaraj, Arabail Hebbar Shivaram, Hasavanagowda C Patil, K Gopalaiah, Narayana Gowda and Shrimant Balasaheb Patil took oath as ministers.

It should be noted that many MLAs had won the by-polls on a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ticket in December last year after switching loyalties from the Janata Dal (Secular) (JDS) and Congress.

In the December 5 by-polls held in 15 Assembly constituencies, the BJP had won 12, while Congress managed to bag only two. One seat was won by an Independent candidate while the JDS drew a blank.

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June 14,2020

Newsroom, Jun 14: Bollywood star Sushant Singh Rajput, who was found dead in his house in Mumbai’s Bandra today, was heartbroken after the death of his former manager Disha Salian.

34-year-old actor had posted a heartfelt note after her death: “It’s such devastating news. My deepest condolences to Disha’s family and friends. May your soul rest in peace.” 

The police are considering 28-year-old Disha’s death as an accidental one and the investigation is on to find if it was a suicide. She died after falling off the 14th floor of a building in Malad, Mumbai on June 8.

It is not yet known if there is any connection between the two deaths. Sushant’s house help reportedly found him hanging inside his room on Sunday and cops are investigating the case. He was recently seen in Nitesh Tiwari’s Chhichhore and more recently on Netflix opposite Jacqueline Fernandez in Drive.

Who is Disha Salian?

Disha Salian hails from Karnataka’s coastal district of Udupi. She was born in 1992 into a business family background. She reportedly migrated to Mumbai with her family at an early age. 

After completing her education, she worked in the Times of India Group for more than three years. She went on to become the celebrity manager at Media Vantage.

Apart from Sushant, she had great links with many popular celebrities like Bharti Singh, Alisha Panwar, and others.

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