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Channabasappa Chandrasekhar Hondadkatti has recently taken over as President of The Belgaum Chamber of Commerce and Industries. An old timer to the Chamber, he has been a witness of the good times, upheaval and the transition. He is optimistic enough to accomplish his set goals within the stipulated tenure of one year. Excerpts from an informal interaction with him in Belagavi some time back: Q: What about the jurisdiction of The Belgaum Chamber of Commerce and the industrial scenario of the district? CC Hondadkatti: Actually, in the Belagavi district only Belagavi has industries. There are some in Khanapur Taluk, but by and large, there are no other industries in the remaining Talukas. Of course, there are some industries like Glaxo, Indal and many other big industries which don’t come under the purview of the Belagavi Chamber of Commerce and Industries. However, there are traders across the district and we can definitely develop this sector. Q: What plans do you have to expand the ac...

The Institute of Applied Dermatology (IAD) located at Kasargodu in Kerala is a prominent world-renowned lymphoedema and integrative medicine skin hospital sought after by patients from across the country and South East Asian countries. The only such hospital in the whole of the country provides relief and solutions by integrating Ayurveda, Homeopathy treatments, Yoga and many other traditional methods combined effectively with modern medicine. Founded in 1999, the institute completed 24 years in, what Dr SR Narahari, the founding Director proudly proclaims as transforming lives. More than 24 years of Indo-European research: Thanks to more than 24 years of Indo-European research and experience apart from treating more than 10,000 patients under its roof, IAD has blossomed from a minuscule clinic to the status of the nation’s primary dermatology hospital. In fact, the medical institute offers integrative treatment for various forms of skin-related ailments like lymphatic filariasis, vit...

Vijay P Moogi is a Belagavi-based consulting Engineer with a penchant for designing churches, clergy houses, convents, schools, colleges, presbyteries, chapels and hostel buildings since the early eighties. A son of the late District Health Surgeon, he has been designing them in Belagavi and neighbourhood towns and states including Goa. Like many of you, me too was wondering whether he is a Christian going by the innumerable church-related works he has been handling all along and proved myself wrong. A fatherly personality: He has nothing to do with Christianity. If so, how come he has almost turned out to be a fatherly figure to the missionary community? Strange it may appear and that too in the given circumstances and on goings wherein people of the same faith are finding faults with one another. Honesty, Integrity and Commitment were the only characteristics which can be termed as solely responsible for the skyrocketing of his career graph to unimaginable heights. Alumnus of BVB Col...

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...

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 wat...

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 out beaten 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 ...

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...