Dubai: Karnataka Sangha Sharjah since its inception has been recognising the Kannadiga business men, artists, social workers and literateurs who have served the community sincerly and honourably by presenting ‘Mayura Award’. This annual award, which is one of the major events implemented by the Sangha’s visionary founder Late Sri.Umesh Nanthoor has gained recognition and is being regarded as one of the major awards in the Gulf region.

Acordingly this year, the Executive Committee  of Karnataka Sangha Sharjah has unanimously nominated Former President of Karnataka Sangha Dubai and Indian Pharmaceutical Forum UAE ; Sri.B.G.Mohandas for ‘Mayura Prashasti 2007’

The Mayura Award will be presented at Sangha’s glittering Anniversary function to be held on Thursady 20th Dec at Sharjah Wonderers Club.

B.G.Mohandas who is popularly known as ‘beeji’ among friends and associates was born in Bijoor and brought up in Udupi. He is a post graduate in Pharmacy from KMC Manipal and served this international University as Asst Professor before migrating to Gulf in 1982. He was an active Jaycee and was the Gen.Secretary of Manipal Jaycees.

Associated with Karnataka Sangha Dubai since its inception, he served as the 3rd President in 1989. Later during the vibrant, colorfull & eventful years of Sangha between1989 to 1999 he also took the responsibilities of Gen.Secretary & Vice President. The major activities Sangha hosted during this period, and large numbers of members in its fold has catpulted the Sangha to glorious heights and since then Sangha is recognised as one of the wellknwon and major community welfare associations of the Emirates. It may be recalled that due to his efforts and persuation the major Kannada Daily Udayavani started the special publication of gulf Kannadigas activities in its Wednesday edition as ‘Gulf Vartha Sanchaya’ in 1989.

He is also one of the founders of UAE Devadiga Forum. 

Professionally, till recently he served in Gulf’s well-known Health Care group New Medical Centre as Country Manager – Pharma Divison. During this time B.G.Mohandas served as the President of Indian Pharmaceutical Forum. 

For his distinguished service to the profession he was awarded 'Outstanding Alumni' of KMC, Manipal University in 2002.

In his free time, as a hobby he hosts websites with varied interest & topics related to Karnataka and he is well-known as freelance writer too.

Good friend, compassionate, sincere and hard working ‘beeji’, is well known to Gulf Kannadigas as a volunteer who always thinks about the welfare of the Karnataka community in his talks &deeds.

We wish him many more laurels which will inspire him to take up more community welfare activities in this region.