To represent India at World Skills-2015 competitions at Brazil in August

Mysuru :

Tulsi Ponnappa (Biddatanda), a student of Bachelor of Culinary Arts, WGSHA, Manipal, was felicitated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the World Youth Skills Day ceremony at Vigyan Bhavan, Delhi on July 15, for receiving Silver medal at Oceana- 2015, New Zealand.

Tulsi was selected by the National Skills Development Corporation (NSDC) in the course of taking part and winning Inter-college, Zonal and National competitions and is being monitored and trained under the aegis of NSDC. She was a part of the contingent that represented India at Oceana-2015 at New Zealand in the Patisserie and Confectionary Category.

She now will continue to train under one of the top Patisserie Chefs at Oberoi Trident, Mumbai and will head to Sao Paulo, Brazil, in August for the World Skills 2015 competitions to represent India again. Tulsi did her schooling at Delhi Public School, Doha and undergraduate studies at St. Aloysious, Mangaluru, before joining WGSHA Manipal, to obtain her Culinary Arts Degree.

She is the daughter of Biddatanda Ashok and Bhavya Ponnappa and grand-daughter of retired Principal Biddatanda Ponnappa and Kamalu Ponnappa of Napoklu, Kodagu and late Machianda Thammayya and Shashi Thammaya.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / Friday – July 17th, 2015