Dr. Michelle Maya - Award winning US Cardiology Mentor
Dr.Michelle Maya Kittleson (nee’ Pinto), serves as a Professor of Medicine at Cedars-Sinai and is the Director of Education in Heart Failure and Transplantation at the Smidt Heart Institute
Jabbar Samo – A Torchbearer of Yakshagana Beyond Boundaries
Art knows no barriers, boundaries, or limits and S. M. Jabbar (Jabbar Samo) stands as a testament to this timeless truth
Start-up Talent - Craig Fernandes
Craig is the co-founder and CEO of SecureMyScholarship.com, a start-up that helps students connect with different scholarships offered by the universities across the globe.
Woman Power - Dr. Afreen Mubeen Sheikh
Dr. Afreen Mubeen Sheikh, a native of Mangaluru has made her hometown proud when she recently won the SHE Award in Dubai
Ananthesh Prabhu - Dynamic KCCI Chief
A chartered accountant who is also a successful entrepreneur now heads the Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the apex trade and industry body of the region
B.K. Deva Rao: Passionate Paddy Conservationist
His efforts in conserving plant genetic resources has earned him the coveted Plant Genome Saviour Farmers Reward 2020-21 which he received from President Draupadi Murmu in New Delhi recently
Dr. Meeramani N.: Best Librarian
Dr. Meeramani N. is an outstanding academic librarian with good expertise in digital library research and e-resource management
Dr. MS Moodithaya - An Academician Par Excellence
Heading an educational institution of great repute is a rare opportunity as well as prodigious responsibility for an academician
Scientist of Eminence - Dr. Balachandra Hebbar
Dr. K. Balachandra Hebbar who was earlier serving as Principal Scientist is now the Director of ICAR-CPCRI Kasargod
Akshatha R. Shenoy - Teaching Excellence
Akshatha R. Shenoy, Principal of Canara High School in Mangaluru is loved and admired by her student community for her diligence and efficient style of functioning
Top Honour - Rahul Shettigar
Rahul Shettigar of Udupi has brought cheers to the coastal district by emerging the topper in the Civil Judge Examination - 2022 conducted by the High Court of Karnataka.
Premier Mentor & Lady Doctor of Mangalore
Dr. Hilda D’Souza appointed as Principal of the Fr.Muller’s College of Allied Health Sciences, further to her yeoman role of Professor of Pathology and Lab Director of Father Muller’s Medical College Hospital...
Vanil Veigas - Passionate Musician
Vanil Veigas, an outstanding musician from Mangaluru shared the prestigious Grammy Award along with Ricky Kej for the album song ‘Divine Tides.’
Anil Hegde: From Kundapur to Bihar
Anil Hegde who was recently elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha in the bypolls in Bihar as a JD(U) candidate, has a connection to the coast.
Plant Genome Saviour Farmer
A farmer from the tiny village of Nettani Beleri in Kasargod district, is also an avid paddy conservator who has earned a lot of praise for his unique and innovative conservation methods.