Bengaluru: Nagananda Virupakshappa Pattar, hailing from Hutti Gold Mines in Raichuru district, aspired to become a photographer and developed a fondness for woodcraft, in addition to practising painting. However, he had to limit those passions, as he joined the Hutti Gold Mines as a Draughtsman on his father's advice. Joined in 1982 and retired in 2020: Nagananda Pattar joined the duties at the Hutti Gold Mines in 1982 and retired on 01 November 2020. He started his career in the prestigious state-owned public sector as a Draughtsman in the Survey Department and was heading his Department at the time of his retirement. 10 staff members were assisting him at the fag end of his tenure, and he asserts, "With everyone's good cooperation, I could complete my service successfully". Hutti Gold Mines has a hundred-year future! Nagananda Pattar, as mentioned earlier, worked in the underground survey department, starting around the 1980s and continuing until his superannuati...
Bengaluru: It was a Ganesh Chaturthi festival day in 1994, but not for Maruthi Bheemrao More, a native of Katral village in Vijayapura district, who had just completed the ITI course in Automobile Engineering. He was sent to Bengaluru to look for a job, packing a couple of meals and given Rs 300/- for bus fare. After coming to Bengaluru, he stayed with his maternal uncle and known people from his native village and began the job hunting for about 15 days. One-year training opportunity at Kirloskar Electrical: Luckily, he got a one-year training opportunity at Kirloskar Electrical. It was more like studying there for already having some knowledge of electronics and automobiles. Initially, for about 2–3 months, they gave him basic work like washing bearings, cleaning electrical motors, and other small tasks. He had a stint there for about 3 years and 5 months. Task done in 10 minutes: Thanks to his acumen of diligently accomplishing the assigned tasks, Maruthi More was well ahead not o...