Mangalore: Rich tributes paid to late K K Pai at World Konkani Center
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Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore (VM)
Mangalore, Mar 1: Dr P Dayanand Pai, chairman, Konkani Language and Cultural Foundation, unveiled the bust of late K K Pai, banker, philanthropist, and founding chairman of the Foundation, at World Konkani Center on Thursday February 28.
The unveiling ceremony was followed by a formal stage programme where T Sathish U Pai, managing trustee, K K Pai Trust, Manipal, was the chief guest while Sandhya S Pai, editor, ‘Taranga’ weekly was the guest of honour.
Addressing the gathering, Dr Pai said that he was happy to unveil the bust of a great personality. “I won’t be wrong if I call the late K K Pai the father of the Konkani community as he has contributed immensely and is truly a role model to all of us,” he said.
Calling K K Pai's life a ‘history’, Dr Pai said that his demise is an immeasurable loss to the Konkani community.
“The contribution of K K Pai extended to all fields and we the Konkani community should be grateful to him for his tremendous service,” said Dr Pai asking people to imbibe at least a few of his values in their lives.
“Few minutes or hours are not enough to describe such a great personality like late K K Pai,” said Sandhya Pai. “He always had concern for others and we have to learn a lot from him,” she added asking people to inculcate some of his values and to pass it on to the younger generation.
On the occasion, the Foundation felicitated and gave a cheque of Rs 75,000 to Kishan Gangolli from Kundapur who will be participating in the world chess championship to be held in Spain in June this year.
Basti Vaman Shenoy, president of the Foundation, welcomed the gathering and briefed on the life of late KK Pai. Venkatesh Baliga compered while Pradeep G Pai delivered the vote of thanks.
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Leslie fernandes, Brahmagiri, Udupi
Sat, Mar 02 2013KKP WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL IN HIS CAREER & ESPECIALLY AMONG WEAKER SECTIONS HE WAS REALLY ACTIVE.
SO MANY FAMILIES WERE BENEFITED BY HIS WILLING INITIATIVES.
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R.Bhandarkar, M'Lore
Fri, Mar 01 2013Agree in toto with Ismail Saheb.
The late Shri K.K. Pai was also fondly known as Kaliyug Krishna Pai
for helping others.
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ISMAIL.K.PERINJE, PERINJE-YANBU/KSA
Fri, Mar 01 2013MR KK PAI,MR TMA PAI AND MR TA PAI were god gift to Sarswath community(KONKANIS)_in particular and whole Kannadigas in general.They can't replaced by any one in undivided districts of DK/Mangalore.Their contributions in the field of Education,Banking and industries immense and present generations of our state and beyond are beneficiaries.PAI family indeed blessed by god and the legacy of KK PAI is a inspiration to generation next.
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