Bahrain: During the recently held grand & glittering programme ‘Kannada Vaibhava’ the Sangha honoured the veteran Kannada activist and former President of Karnataka Sangha Dubai B.G.Mohandas for his two decades of community service in the Gulf.

The mega event held on 14^th Nov was very special as the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Karnataka B.S.Yediyurappa and his high profile delegation were the prominent invitees.

The Hon’ble Chief Minister who was the Chief Guest felicitated B.G.Mohandas in a traditional way in front of huge crowd of Kannadigas who participated actively in this historic Kannada Vaibhava event.

President Austin Santhosh, Hon’ble Ministers Shobha Karnadlaje & Ramchandra Gowda along with Sandhya & Sathish Pai and main sponsor Raj Shetty were present on the dais.

BG.Mohandas served the Karnataka Sangha Dubai for many years as in various positions and was the President in 1989. He has also served as the President of Indian Pharmaceutical UAE. A former Secretary of Manipal Jaycees he is the recipient of Out Standing Alumni Award from  Manipal University and prestigious Mayura Award presented by Karnataka Sangha Sharajah.

Former Asst.Professor at COPS Manipal, he has served in NMC as Country Manager ( Pharma) for over two decades and at present is Head of the Dept of  Pharmacy Services at GMC Hospital, Ajman. UAE

As a hobby and as creative pursuit he hosts many websites namely http://www.karantakasangha.com , http://www.kollur.com, http://www.devadiga.com and the first Kannada news website http://www.gulfkannadiga.com which is now a favorite platform of Gulf Kanandigas.

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