By Hemanath Padubidri
Daijiworld Media Network—Udupi (RD/CN)
Udupi, Feb 7: State higher education minister Dr V S Acharya felicitated the heads of top education institutions and teachers in a function held at Golden Jubilee Building, Manipal, on Sunday February 6.
Sandalwood actor Pooja Gandhi, MLA Raghupati Bhat, deputy director of public education Dr Mahidas, Ashok Kamath, Mumbai entrepreneur Banjar Prakash Shetty, athletes Clifford Joshua, Alva’s Education Foundation chairman Dr M Mohan Alva, town councilor Kiran Kumar, Fisheries Marketing Federation president Yashpal Suvarna, Syndicate Bank general manager Devanand Upadhyaya, Santhosh Kamath, Hemanth Bhide, Mangalore University vice-chancellor Dr Jinnappa Gowda, ASP Venkateshappa, zilla panchayat chief executive officer Rajashekar, acting DC Prabhakar, S S Sindha, Sri Lankan dignitary Yashorohan D’Silva, Ashok Adyantaya, Rajesh Bhakta, Dinesh Kumar, and Sunil Kumar Shetty were present on the occasion.
Top medal-winning schools – high School division:
Udupi Kunjibettu TMA Pai English Medium High School (gold), Brahmavar SMS English Medium School and Brahmavar Matapady Sri Niketan High School (silver)
Top medal-winning education institutions – pre-university course (science):
Udupi Women’s Government Pre-University College (gold), Udupi Government Pre-University College (silver)
Top medal-winning education institutions – pre-university course (commerce)
Udupi Women’s Government Pre-University College (gold), Kokkarne Government Pre-University College (silver)
Top medal-winning education institutions – pre-university course (arts)
Kokkarne Government Pre-University College (gold), Brahmavar Government Pre-University College (silver)
Top teachers – Kannada medium – high school division:
Shobha B Nayak- Kokkarne Government Pre-University College (Kannada), H N Venkatesh Kallianpur – TMA Pai High School (Sanskrit), Savitha Devi and Shanthi -Valakadu Government Composite High School (English), Manorama – Udupi Women’s Pre-University College (Hindi), Devdas Shetty – Nittoor High School (Kannada), Ashok Kamath, Sunitha, Sandhyarani and Maya S – Valakadu Composite High School (Mathematics), Lakshari – Karje Government Pre-University College (Science), Roopa – Karje Government Pre-University College (Social Studies)
Top teachers – English medium – high School division:
Devendra Nayak – Udupi St Cecily Girls’ High School, Bharathi – Udupi Government Pre-University College, Ramakrishna Nayak B – Udupi Women’s Pre-University College, Adve Ravindra Poojary – Valakadu Government Composite High School, Nagaratna R Hegde – Malpe Government Pre-University College (Kannada)
Venkataramana Upadhya – Valakadu Government Composite High School (Sanskrit), Sr Rosy Mendonca and Seema – Udupi St Cecily Girls’ High School, Shobha P, Mradula and Roopashree – Udupi Kunjibettu T A Pai English Medium High School, Florin Padalkar and Deepa Bhandary – Kannarpady St Mary English medium High School, Girija Shedthy and Savitadevi – Valakadu Government Composite High School, Alwyn D Danti and Mariet Sequeira – Kallianpur Milagres English Medium High School, Sr Kanuka – Brahmavar Nirmala English Medium High School, K R Dayanand – Malpe Narayana Guru English Medium High School, Ramakrishna Nayak – Udupi Women’s Pre-University College, Usha V Nayak – Brahmavar Government Pre-University College (English), Madhukeshwar Heggade – Udupi St Cecily Girls’ High School, Manorama – Udupi Girls’ Pre-university College, B T Naik and Sulochana – Brahmavar Government Pre-University College (Hindi), Adve Ravindra Poojary – Valakadu Government Composite High School, Devendra Nayak- Udupi St Cecily girls’ High School (Kannada), Sur Prabhu – Brahmavar Government Pre-university College (Mathematics), Sr Sylvia Sujatha – Udupi St Cecila Girls’ High School (Science), Asha T – Valakadu Government Composite High School, Cecilia Helen D’Souza – Udupi St Cecily Girls’ High School (Social Studies)