Bengaluru: Shivayogi Revanasiddappa Byakod of Ranna Belagali village near Mahalingpur town of Mudhol Taluk in Bagalkote district is an unassuming personality. He is a postgraduate in Agricultural Sciences from the University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad(UASD). But these qualifications are for official records or namesake. The numerous lessons he has learnt and the knowledge he has acquired from the University of the World are unimaginable. Likewise, the number of farmers benefited by his Sneha Krishi Agri Clinic & Agro Services Centre in the region is vast enough to list out. He is a testament to a series of experiments, failures, pain, and agony, struggling to make a role model's marvellous success story. Perhaps, it is high time he made himself free to pen his motivating path to the road of success for hundreds and thousands of peasants. In an informal chat sometime back at his down to ground farmhouse surrounded by lush green Sugarcane fields with constant screaming ...
Bengaluru: When Dr Tumakur Rajasekhariah Mallikarjuna walks past the towering silhouette of the Altair building in Colombo, Sri Lanka’s tallest residential skyscraper, he doesn’t see just steel, concrete, or glass. He sees ambition, sleepless nights, a team of hundreds, and a career built brick by brick across four countries over four decades. An alumnus of St. Joseph High School: Dr T R Mallikarjuna is an alumnus of St. Joseph High School, Dharwad, and is passionate about his humble beginnings and takes it as a matter of pride to be associated and closely connected with his school friends. He also rejoices in taking part in the Past Students Association(PSA) meetings in Dharwad. Born and brought up in Dharwad, he remained there until he turned 21 and still retains the ancestral sprawling bungalow, which is a rare sight these days in the hustle and bustle surroundings of the once pensioners' paradise. Son of the English Professor: Dr T R Mallikarjuna belongs to a well-educated fa...