Sudhir P Ghate, well-known entrepreneur passes away

Sudhir P Ghate, well-known entrepreneur passes away

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangaluru, October 22, 2021: Sudhir P Ghate, well-known entrepreneur and former BJP Yuva Morcha General secretary passed away early morning on Friday, October 22, 2021. He was 64. He is survived by his wife Sumana Ghate, AGM, Karnataka Bank and a son, daughter and son-in-law.

 

He was suffering from heart related illness from the past six years. He was admitted to the hospital on October 18 and died today of cardiac arrest.

Having started his career in the office of a Chartered Accountant, he Founded Magnum Intergrafiks Pvt. Ltd, which went on to become a nationally known institution in the field of public relations and advertising. With almost 20 branches across India and more than 500 executives and designers on its rolls the company was a training ground for many a youngster seeking to make a career in advertising and public relations.

Sudhir Ghate was active in politics too and was General Secretary of BJP State Yuva Morcha in 1995. He also served as the Chairman of Public Relations Society of India. Mangalore Chapter. Having worked alongside leaders of the BJP such as former PM Atal Behari Vajpayee, former Union Council Ministers LK Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and Sushma Swaraj, Ghate was trained in social service by his father Prabhakar Ghate, Chief Secretary of Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangha and mother Sharada Ghate, a hindi language college teacher. He leaves behind his wife and two children.

 

He started his political life during his college days. He was involved in political activities against Congress regime during emergency days. Later became active in BJP in Karnataka. He held many important portfolios in the party. He was a Director of VRL logistics, Director of Arch Pharma, Director, PVS Hospital, Kozhikode and a Trustee of Akshaya Trust.

Dattatreya Hosabale, General. Sec., Mukund, Joint Sec., Sanghachalaka Vaman Shenoy, Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat, Dama Ravindra, Gopal Chettiar, Sunil Achar and MB Puranik of RSS,  Sunil Deodhar, National sec, BJP, Nalin Kumar Kateel, MP, DK, Kota Srinivas Poojary and Angara, Ministers, Karnataka, Ganesh Karnik, Chief Spokesperson, BJP, Ravishankar Mijar, Chairman, MUDA, Mahabaleshwara Bhat, MD, Karnataka Bank, Vedavyas Kamath, Bharath Shetty, Rajesh Naik, Sanjeev Matandoor, Umanath Kotian and Pratap Simha Nayak, legislators, Nagaraj Shetty and Anna Vinayachandra, Former Ministers, Karnataka, Shakuntala Shetty, Balakrishna Bhat and Monappa Bhandary, former MLCs, Bhaskar Moily and Praveen, former mayors, MCC, Sudarshan, President, BJP(DK), Vishwanath Shetty of BMS, Dharmaraj, architect, Harshad, MD, Mohtisham, Sanjay Prabhu, MD, Tarjani Communications Pvt. Ltd, Nilesh Kumar, Sudhir Shetty, Gaurav Hegde, SM Kamath, Pradeep Kumar Kalkura, Sandhya Pai, Vijay Sankeshwara, Chairman, VRL,  Vinaya Hedge, Dr M. Mohan Alva, Krishna J Palema and Manjunatha Bhandary expressed their condolences.