Caption: MP A.H. Vishwanath being felicitated at a function held at the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (BVB) Garwale School in Madikeri yesterday. Others seen are (from left) BVB Kodagu Kendra Chairman K.P. Uthappa, BVB Mysore Kendra Vice-Chairman K.B. Ganapathy, BVB Karnataka Chairman N. Ramanuja and BVB Mysore Kendra Chairman A.V. Narasimha Murthy.
Madikeri, Apr. 9 (GG&KMC)
MP A.H. Vishwanath yesterday announced a grant of Rs. 20 lakh for the school adopted by Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (BVB), located in Garwale, a remote village in Madikeri taluk, Kodagu district.
Speaking at a function held in his honour at the school, Vishwa-nath said that he would donate his collection of 16 volumes of Vachana Sahitya to the sch-ool’s library which he said was well-stacked with 5,000 books on different subjects and languages.
He also expressed gratitude to the Geejaganda family that donated 35 acres of their land for the school.
“The school, which had been closed for four years, has been fast developed into a model educational institution in a short span of time by the BVB Mysore Kendra,” said the MP and lauded the efforts of BVB Karnataka Chairman N. Ramanuja, BVB Mysore Chairman Prof. A.V. Narasimha Murthy, Vice-Chairman K.B. Ganapathy and Hon. Secretary P.S. Ganapathy.
Prof. Narasimha Murthy said in his welcome address that all the office-bearers of BVB Mysore have pledged to make the Garwale School into a model institution. “We have spent Rs. 1.80 crore on the school for its infrastructure development and intend to do more,” he said.
K.B. Ganapathy, Editor-in-Chief, Star of Mysore, speaking on the occasion, assured to lead BVB as per the vision of its Founder K.M. Munshi, as an Educational Trust. “Our objective is to build a quality educational institution for the people of Garwale and its surroundings, where basic amenities are still a pipe dream. We intend to raise the school’s standard to such a level that parents must voluntarily offer donations to admit their wards to the school,” he said.
BVB Kodagu Kendra Chairman K.P. Uthappa and others were present.
source: http://www.StarofMysore.com / General News / April 09th, 2012
