Chairman along with Dean-Placement & Director-MBA attended Karnataka Coastline Business Conclave- 2021
22-Mar-2021
Mr. Manjunath Bhandary, Chairman along with Ms. Rashmi Bhandary Dean-Placements and Dr. Vishal Samartha, Director- MBA attended the Karnataka Coastline Business Conclave 2021 at TMA Pai Convention Centre, Mangaluru on 21st March’2021.
Minister for Major and Medium Industries Mr. Jagadish Shettar presented the ‘Outstanding Contribution Award’ from FICCI to the successful entrepreneurs of the coastal region. Mr. Shettar said that if tourism is to be promoted on a big scale in the coastal belt, there is a need to relax some rules that have become a hindrance for the promoters to invest and take up tourism-related activities.
Chairman, Karnataka Chapter of FICCI, Mr. K Ullas Kamath who is the Joint MD of Jyothy Laboratories Ltd., Bengaluru said that there is a need to create jobs for generation next and industries should grow beyond Bengaluru.
The “Outstanding Leadership Award” was presented to Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL) for establishing Coastal Karnataka as a strategic energy security region of the country. Managing Director of MRPL Mr. M Venkatesh received the award.
The “Lifetime Contribution Award” was presented to Nitte Vinay Hegde, Chancellor, Nitte Deemed to be University, for making coastal Karnataka an Education Hub.
The “Outstanding Contribution Award” was presented to four persons – Dr. Ushaprabha Nayak, Vice-President, Expert Group of Institutions, Mangaluru, for nurturing the coastal region as an Education Hub; Mr. Pradeep G Pai, Managing Director, Hangyo Ice Creams Pvt. Ltd., for developing the coastal region into an ice-cream goblet of the country; Mr. Bola Surendra Kamath and Sons, Karkala, for making the coastal region a Cashew Processing Hub and Ms. Vathika Pai, Head-Nirmala Travels, Mangaluru, for being a young woman leader of industry and commerce in the coastal region.
The “Social Entrepreneurship Award” was announced for Mr. Padmanabha Kamath, an interventional Cardiologist who has set up Cardiology and Doorstep (CAD) Foundation and established a network of ECG machines and is saving many lives.
