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Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru (EP)
Mangaluru, Feb 26: “The purpose of education is not only to secure a degree, but to serve as a tool to increase human resources,” said former union minister and sitting MP Dr M Veerappa Moily.
He was speaking after inaugurating Ravindra Kalabhavan complex renovated by funds from Mangalore University. Moily further said, “Colleges bring out hidden talents and make impossible things possible in students. Mangalore University inspires students through creative arts. I am one of the examples for the same."
Moily, who is an alumnus of the college, remembered his teachers and recollected old memories of the institution.
“There is a demand of funds amounting to Rs 1.14 crore for the development of the college. I will try to get the funds released, if suitable project plan is prepared,” added Moily.
Urban development minister U T Khader said, "Dr M Veerappa Moily has shown that one can raise his alma mater to higher levels. Mayor of the city Bhasker K, chief minister’s parliamentary secretary Ivan D’Souza, Mangalore University chancellor Professor A M Khan, old student’s association president Dharmanna Naika and others were present.
Principal Dr Udayakumar welcomed the gathering.
“I had a desire to visit this college, where I did my education. College registrar Dr Savadatthi had brought me here. The situation of the college was like the aftermath of a war. Nothing was in order. The results were 0 per cent. I suggested making it a University college. A new phase started in the college after March 1993. It secures results of 95 per cent now,” he said.