{"id":127,"date":"2011-06-06T15:56:39","date_gmt":"2011-06-06T15:56:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/?p=127"},"modified":"2011-06-06T15:56:39","modified_gmt":"2011-06-06T15:56:39","slug":"awards-for-kakodkar-kudchadker-m-v-kamath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/?p=127","title":{"rendered":"Awards for Kakodkar, Kudchadker, M V Kamath"},"content":{"rendered":"<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<strong><em>The annual distinguished achievement awards for Outstanding Konkanis and the Dr T M A Pai Konkani Book Awards were presented at Manipal on Saturday.<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"1\">\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">The distinguished achievement awards are being given annually by the Dr T M A Pai Foundation. The Distinguished Achievement Awards were presented to former Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission Anil Kakodkar, former Dean of IIT, Mumbai, Arvind Kudchadker, and former Chairman of Prasar Bharati M V Kamath.<\/p>\n<p>Former secretary of Dr T M A Pai Foundation H V Kamath was given the Distinguished Achievement Award posthumously.<\/p>\n<p>The Dr T M A Pai Best Book Award was given to Melvyn Rodrigues, while the Appreciation (Book) Award was presented to Ramesh G Laad. Gerald Pinto received the Appreciation (Book) Award on behalf of writer Gerry D\u2019Mello.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the occasion, Dr Kudchadker said that there was a need for paradigm shift in the education sector. The country is on the verge of becoming a global power.<\/p>\n<p>The global power will require an outstanding education system.<\/p>\n<p>However, the present education system is outdated in the country. The education system should become student-centric by development research activities.<\/p>\n<p>The universities should give way for multidisciplinary centres of learning. The global leadership will require a dynamic workforce that was imaginative, creative and innovative, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Manipal University Chancellor Ramdas Pai was present.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source: http:\/\/www.deccanherald.com \/ Manipal \/ March 31st \/ DHNS<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The annual distinguished achievement awards for Outstanding Konkanis and the Dr T M A Pai Konkani Book Awards were presented at Manipal on Saturday. The distinguished achievement awards are being given annually by the Dr T M A Pai Foundation. The Distinguished Achievement Awards were presented to former Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission Anil Kakodkar, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/?p=127\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Awards for Kakodkar, Kudchadker, M V Kamath<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[172,171,173,175,170,174],"class_list":["post-127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arts-culture-entertainment","tag-best-book-award-to-melvyn-rodrigues","tag-dr-t-m-a-pai-konkani-book-awards","tag-gerald-pinto-received-the-appreciation-book-award","tag-manipal-university-chancellor-ramdas-pai","tag-outstanding-konkanis","tag-writer-gerry-dmello"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=127"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":129,"href":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127\/revisions\/129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}