Daijiworld Media Network – Udupi (NR)
Udupi, Nov 10: The decennial commemoration programme of the late Dr P Narayana Rao is being organized by the consumer forum at the premises of District Consumer Information Centre, here on Nov 17 informed a press release.
According to the release senior divisional consumer sales manager of Indian Oil Corporation, Ullas M Kamath would be the chief guest at the valedictory programme whereas P Rabeendra Nayak would preside over the programme.
Dr Rao has rendered yeomen service in the field of education. He was the principal of Poorna Prajna college, here and had served as the professor at the St Aloysius college, Mangalore, as the principal of Vidyadayini college, Surathkal and also as the English professor at the Kolhapur University.
A person well-known and liked for his simplicity and selflessness, Rao had served as the convener of Udupi Balakedarara Vedike founded by Dr K P S Kamath. His wife Vinutha Rao had joined him in the consumer movement.
In the press release the Vedike convener K Damodar Aithal states that Prasara Bharati chairman M V Kamath would preside over the programme whereas general manager of Syndicate bank, Devananda Upadhyaya would inaugurate the programme.
Moreover on this occasion, CEO of district zilla panchayat, P Hemalatha would release the book ‘Consumer Jurisprudence –An Introduction’ written by U G Kamath and the second edition of book ‘Mahithi Hakku-2005’ written by H Shantharaja Aithal.
Other guest speakers like prof Nataraj Dixit and Panduranga Shanubhag who were the contemporaries of Dr Rao would give a speech on Dr Rao’s contribution to education and their personal memories. President of the Human Rights’ Protection foundation, Dr K Ravindranath Shanubhag would speak on the consumer movement, Aithal added.