Mysuru :

V R Raghunath, hockey player from Kodagu district who has represented Karnataka at national and international tournaments, was conferred Karnataka Kanmani State Award by Centre for Rural, Education Development and Innovative Technologies of India (Credit-I) recently.

Credit-I, the NGO, honoured the national player as part of its 10th anniversary celebrations at Jaganmohan Palace here. Raghunath has played in over 200 tournaments.

The organization also conducted various programmes to mark its anniversary over two days. On October 22, it conducted an inter-collegiate folk song singing contest, wherein students from 54 colleges in Mysuru, Mandya, Hassan and Chamarajanagar vied for honours.

On the occasion, environmentalist Vasanth Kumar Mysoremath launched the four programmes — ‘Spandana’ for the welfare of senior citizens, ‘Nele’ and ‘Paraspara’ to impart skills among youths so they can become entrepreneurships. The NGO has also adopted Malara, a drought-hit village in HD Kote taluk, to develop it into a model village in the 10 years.

Trinetra Mahantha Shivayogi, seer of Chandravana Ashram, industrialist Umesh K Shenoy and retired professor H M Vasanthamma attended the programme.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News Home> City News> Mysore / TNN / October 26th, 2016