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SV Naik Kochari: Fifty Fruitful Years with Sankeshwar Sugar Factory

SV Naik Kochari is a simple, humble gentleman having completed fifty fruitful years in the Sugarcane and Sugar mill industry. In fact, his entry into the co-operative sector was accidental, thanks to the encouragement of the late Appanagouda Patil, a visionary of Sankeshwar town in Belagavi district. It goes to the credit of Appanagouda Patil in setting up the Hukkeri Taluk Co-operative Electric Society. Hiranykeshi Cooperative Sugar Factory for the overall development of the region including the welfare of educated and unemployed youths. He was instrumental in setting up a variety of educational institutions to make his dream come true. In a freewheeling chat, the hesitant SV Naik Kochari goes down memory lane to recall the journey trodden so far. Excerpts from the interaction: Q: How did you plunge into public life and when was it? SV Naik Kochari: It was in the year 1973 when I was studying in the first year of the three-year LLB law degree course. Ours is basically an Agricultural
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Cauvery Continues to be a Perennial Woe for Karnataka

The normal life in Bengaluru, the headquarters of Karnataka and the adjoining Ramanagar district headquarters was paralyzed following a Bundh call from the Kannada protagonists and a host of farmers and other organizations. By and large, the protest against the state government over the release of 5,000 cusecs of water from the KRS Dam to Tamil Nadu was peaceful but for some untoward incidents. Crux of the problem: The Cauvery Delta region consisting of the Mysuru, Mandya, Ramanagar, Bengaluru Rural and Bengaluru Urban districts among many a other becomes volatile whenever the issue of the Cauvery river water distribution issue aggravates. This time around, the direction of the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) for Karnataka to release 5,000 cusecs of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu for 15 days happens to be the crux of the problem. Karnataka attempts foiled: Interestingly the Government of Karnataka tried in vain to violate the CWMA’s directive over the issue of releasing the wa

British Indian Anwita Jayaprakash Patil records an IQ higher than Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking!

British Indian Anwita Jayaprakash Patil has registered a hitherto unheard score of 162 on the IQ test with Mensa International, the largest and oldest high-IQ society in the world and in the process has outbeaten none other than the world-renowned scientists Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking! Mensa and its activities: Ronald Berill, a barrister and Dr Lance Ware, a scientist and lawyer founded Mensa in 1946 with the aim of creating a non-political society devoid of all racial and religious barriers. In fact, Mensa means table in Latin and it was so named because Mensa is a round-table society wherein ethnicity, colour, creed, nationality, age, political affiliation, educational and political background don’t make any sense. The only relevant qualification for membership is scoring within the upper two per cent of the general population on an approved intelligence test. As of now, there are 145, 000 Mensans roughly in about 90 countries. Diverse exciting opportunities: The society h

Varuni B Makkannavar: Just 17 but Poems, 100+ and laurels

Varuni. B.Makkannavar is just in her teens studying in the 12th grade. She is only 17 years old and has evolved into a promising budding poetess for already having penned more than 100 poems. Not only writing them, she has even bagged a Certificate of Achievement with 133rd rank in the Hashtag Kalakar poetry and creative writing competition. The recognition letter also mentions-“It serves proof as her competence and writing skills”. This certificate has been awarded some time back. Interest in poetry shocking: The upcoming poetess from Hubballi in the Dharwad district of Karnataka is herself surprised at her plunge into poetry as she admits-“Actually my interest in poetry was shocking to me as well because when I was a kid I didn't really like the idea of compressing all our thoughts into just a few lines while you can write pages together about a subject. However, as I grew up I understood that poetry was beyond just compressed writing, my interest in poetry was spontaneous and al

After health care, Dr Shaimaa ventures into the food industry

Dr Shaimaa After health care, Dr Shaimaa ventures into the food industry Dr Shaimaa CEO of the Integro Hospital at the P & T Co-op Housing Society, Near Retibowli Petrol Pump on Tolichowki Main Road, Retibowli Hyderabad has now ventured into the food industry after a stint in the health care service. She continues to oversee and manage the hospital apart from launching the Shaso Food Fusion Park Continental Hotel at Humayun Nagar, Masab Tank Hyderabad. Nutritious food to patients: Dr Shaimaa, Proprietor of the Shaso Food Fusion informs-“The new restaurant launched just two months back has dual purposes of providing food to staff and patients along with other guests. As of now, the cuisine is more North Indian oriented but we intend to keep changing it every four months. However, the speciality of the restaurant is its novel practice of ensuring nutritious food on the recommendation of Nutritionist to the patients”. Authentic Kebabs, Biryani: She also asserts-“We also have plans t

Retired English Professor transforms into a Revered Saint and the epitome of sacrifice

Virupakshayya Chennabasavayya Hiremath is basically a retired English Professor who has served at Methodist Church College of Kalaburagi. Later, after serving 12 years he was transferred to Beynon Smith Methodist Degree College of Arts, Belagavi where he retired from teaching English. He served for 21 years in Belagavi and retired in May 2013. Soon after his retirement he has taken over as a pontiff of the Mutt in his native Narasapur village of the historic Badami Taluk in Bagalkot district. Seer later but punishing the body earlier: Maybe, VC Hiremath now fondly revered as Hiremath Swamiji or Narasapur Mutt Swamiji has become the pontiff after his formal retirement. But he has started punishing his body much earlier. Shivayogi V. Geernavar, his erstwhile colleague in the Beynon Smith Methodist Degree College of Arts recalls-“His sacrificing nature much before adoring the saffron clothes can be termed as a rare phenomenon in the saga of Veerashiva-Lingayat culture. For record sake, he

Innovative farmer Sripati Patil’s Alepakh recipe has become a sought-after delicacy

Sripati Patil was too humble a farmer and a native of Mutaga on the outskirts of Belagavi district headquarters in Karnataka with a couple of acres of farmland. Had he remained to continue so restricting his activities to the meagre land holdings and home, he would have gone into oblivion as another traditional land tiller struggling to make both ends meet. But, no he wasn’t into the run-of-the-mill mindset and believed in trying, upgrading and innovating and all these efforts paid him rich dividends in a very big way. The Alepakh recipe he developed is now 47 years old and has become a mouth-watering delicacy to quench the taste buds of Belagavi residents and all those who keep visiting the city. Own crops become products: Initially, Sripati Patil ventured into business in a small way by selling Sugarcane juice with the cane grown in his own fields. Gradually and over a period of time he started making puffed rice and flattened rice from the Paddy grown in his own fields. Then, by add

Mariamma Nygam becomes Kiaan to many children for a better future

Ms Mariamma Nygam has been a teacher for 38 years at the reputed St Paul's High School of Belagavi. If she had pondered about self-development, she could have married, raised a family of her own and settled down easily in life. But, that was which she never thought of nor bothered about indulging in. A new path and all alone: Instead, she chose to tread a new path all on her own for the betterment of society and that too for the care of children infected with the dreaded Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). As most of you are aware, it’s a virus that attacks the body’s immune system. And, if it is not treated it can lead to Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome or AIDS, for which there is no effective cure as of now. Set up in 1856: Saint Paul’s High School is a private Catholic primary and secondary school for boys located in the Cantonment area of Belagavi. It was founded by the Jesuits in 1856 and is located adjacent to St Joseph’s Canossian Convent School, its sister school and the

55 Indian Women Entrepreneurs visit Cambodia

The Honorary Consulate of Cambodia in Bengaluru took a delegation of 55 Indian Women entrepreneurs from India to Siem Reap, Cambodia from 26-29 August 2023 and to Angkor Miracle Resort & Spa. The representation of women was from across the country- Chandigarh, Delhi, Jaipur, Kolkata, Visakhapatnam, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Mysore, Gulbarga, Bidar, Mumbai, Chennai, and Coimbatore. Representing several organizations: These women represented several organizations- Ubuntu Consortium, ABWCI, CREDAI Chennai, Women's Wing of Visakhapatnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry(VICCI), eMerge, Kalaburagi Ladies Association Manufacturers Park, ISBR, Rakshak Foundation, Indian Institutional Women League(IWIL), WISE Mysore, ALEAP, Flour Mills Association; and several companies like Nectar fresh and Naman, UnFold Consulting, Crius Life Sciences Pvt Ltd., Padmasri hospitals, Mili Consultants & Investment Pvt Ltd. Organic farming, retailing: The sectors that they belonged to included Organic far