Kannada Vaishya Welfare Trust [KVWT]- Service to Community

Kannada Vaishya Samaj is one of the smallest communities among 300 plus Vaishya Samajas in India, hence we are not able to draw the attention of the Govt. to obtain any facilities & assistance. Bigger communities like Agarwal Vaishya Samaj, Rouniyar Vaishya Samaj, Arya Vyshya Samaj, Vaishya Vani Samaj have progressed in all fields of life. Realising this KVWT took the initiative and facilitated our Samaj Bandhus especially the youths to meet and interact with the other Vaishya organizations and encouraged them to participate in various programs, business workshops and religious get-togethers which are aimed at the overall development of Vaishya Samaj

Kannada Vaishya Welfare Trust has been regularly conducting student-centric activities like career guidance, counseling, personality development workshops, scholarship programs, etc. We have received tremendous support from like-minded organizations and individuals of the community in conducting these activities. Students also have participated with great enthusiasm in these events. These programs have greatly benefited our student community in motivating them to strive hard to achieve their goals and aspirations.
From 2017-2018 onwards, we have initiated a new event of felicitating young achievers from our community. Top scorers from across the country who have secured more than 90% marks at the SSLC [X] and PU II [XII] examinations of March-April 2018 were felicitated at a grand function held on 17th June 2018 at T.M.S. Hall, APMC Yard, Sirsi Road, Yellapur. Due publicity was given through our official website, social media, community groups, and also word of mouth. Students sent us their details through various media. Our team worked round the clock in scrutinizing the
applications and preparing for the event. 16 students from SSLC and 12 students from PU II were felicitated on this occasion. A star medal, certificate of appreciation along with cash award of Rs.2500/- were presented to each of the achievers. The felicitation program was attended by student achievers, their families, relatives and community members from different parts of
Karnataka and also outside the state. Yellapur Taluka Kannada Vaishya Samaja actively associated with us for this event. Chief Guest, Shri Nagaraj Honnekeri, Director, State Council of Educational Research & Training, Govt. of Goa, felicitated the student achievers and delivered the key-note address. We are thankful to the Kannada Vaishya Samaj,
Yellapur, for the smooth organization of our event and arrangement of a delicious luncheon at the venue.

KVWT has initiated the Kannada Vaishya Vijaya Ratna Awards in the year 2019. This is aimed at recognizing achievements of our talented community members & honouring them in a befitting manner. The award serves a dual purpose – one, it acts as a reminder to achievers to give something back to the society, the other is to focus attention on these go-getters to motivate our younger generation to strive & attain excellence in their chosen fields. The first award function was held on 6th Jan. 2019 at Hotel Sankam, Belagavi. The function was well-attended by all sections of the community. The guest of honour at this event was Dr. Anand R.Guruji of ISCON, Belgaum.

The top scorers of SSLC & PU II examinations of 2018-2019 were honored at Shree Sringeri Shankar Math, Dharwad, on 9th June 2019. Shri Sadanand R Shetti, Rtd. Librarian, Karnatak University, Dharwad, who was the chief guest, imparted great words of wisdom & encouragement to the student community. Dr. Shafi Phaniband, motivator & personality development trainer, presented the key-note address to the students. The toppers were felicitated with star medals, certificates of appreciation along with cash awards of Rs.2500 each. In addition to this, each student was presented with a book on Mathematics which was sponsored by Shri Deepak Shetti, Gadag. Shri Paresh Krishna Karwarker of Goa donated elegant photo frames to hold the certificates. 13 students from SSLC and 14 students from PU II year were felicitated at this event. The entire responsibility of arranging the function with a grand lunch was taken up by the Kannada Vaishya Sangh, Dharwad. The Kannada Vaishya Welfare Trust expresses its gratitude to the office bearers of K.V.S., Dharwad, who had taken keen interest in organizing this event

As part of the initiatives taken up by Kannada Vaishya Welfare Trust, the first program on counseling and career guidance for students of the community studying in X Std. and those entering Pre-University Colleges was held on 17th April 2016 at P.M.Junior College, Ankola. The office-bearers of the Trust welcomed the gathering and various resource persons conducted the academic sessions. The students and parents who attended the program were provided with lunch and refreshments by the organizers. Volunteers looked after the registration and other arrangements. Shri Jagannath Nagesh Shetti Kadme, Shri Rajendra Shetti (Hubli) and KVWT jointly sponsored the entire event.

A personality Development Program for the children of the Kannada Vaishya community was organized in Margao, Goa.
Rtn. Dr. Lenny D’Costa, Dist. Chair E-learning, RI Dist 3170 and Past President, Rotary Club of Margao Midtown, conducted the personality development orientation program for the students of the community.
More than 40 students actively participated in the workshop at Goa.

The entire event was sponsored by Kannada Vaishya Sangha, Goa. Special thanks to Shri Vijay Shetti, Shri Aadesh Karwarkar, Shri Nagaraj Honnekeri, Shri Mahesh Shivanand Shetti and other members of the Sangh for having supported us in the conduct of this event.
Seeing the overwhelming response to the career guidance programs, the Trust has decided to continue with the same at various places.

After the success of the first workshop at Ankola, a similar workshop was planned and executed for the students of Hubli- Dharwad area at Vaishya Samaj Bhavan in Hubli on 24th April 2016.
Shri Girish Gokarn & Shri Rajendra Shetti sponsored the event. The Trust obtained all-round cooperation from Kannada Vaishya Sangha, Hubli.
We convey our gratitude to them for helping us in the successful organization of this event.

The following resource persons conducted the sessions on career guidance –
• Dr. Shafi Faniband, M.Sc., Ph.D. & H.O.D., Dharmasthal Engineering College, Dharwad
• Dr. Goutam Revankar, M.Tech., Ph.D.
• Shri Praveen Gudi, CEO – My Life
More than 70 students participated in the program and obtained useful guidelines and suggestions for enhancing their career path. Our sincere thanks to the resource persons for providing us their expertise.

As part of the initiatives taken up by Kannada Vaishya Welfare Trust, the first program on counseling and career guidance for students of the community studying in X Std. and those entering Pre-University Colleges was held on 17th April 2016 at P.M.Junior College, Ankola. The office bearers of the Trust welcomed the gathering and various resource persons conducted the academic sessions. The students and parents who attended the program were provided with lunch and refreshments by the organizers. Volunteers looked after the registration and other arrangements. Shri Jagannath Nagesh Shetti Kadme, Shri Rajendra Shetti (Hubli) and KVWT jointly sponsored the entire event.

The following resource persons addressed the students on career options –
• Dr. Shafi Faniband, M.Sc., Ph.D. & H.O.D., Dharmasthal Engineering College, Dharwad
• Shri Ganesh Aithal, Career Guidance and Counselling Expert, Mangalore
72 students & some parents participated in the program. All their queries were addressed by the resource persons. The program was a big success and has encouraged us to conduct more such events.

Ravindra Shetti works at CQAL, Ministry of Defence as Engineer (QA) Technical Officer. He started his sports career in 1978 and represented Karnataka in various Kabaddi tournaments at the National level. He is also a highly qualified Kabaddi coach and the teams coached by him have won numerous tournaments all over India. In 2012, he was nominated as a coach for the Malaysia National Kabaddi team.
He was the chief coach for the UMumba team of the Pro-Kabaddi League for 5 seasons. For Season 6-7, he served as a coach for Jaipur Pink Panthers. Bruhath Bangalore Mahanagara Palike has awarded him with “Kempegowda Award – 2015” for excellence in sports.

Govindaraju Shetti’s life is a story of sheer grit and struggle. He completed his apprenticeship in the hospitality industry after matriculation. He worked in Hotel Transit Pvt. Ltd. at Mumbai from 1977 to June 1979. Later, he worked as Commis Chef at Taj Mahal Hotel, Mumbai, from 1979 to 1981. Thereafter, he was Chef at Dubai Sheraton Hotel, Dubai from 1981 to 1989. On 26th Jan. 1990, he migrated to Sydney, Australia. From 1990 to 1993, he worked as Head Chef at Karma Indian Brasseire, Sydney and at Hotel Inter-Continental from 1993 to 2005. He opened his first take-away shop at North Sydney in 2004 which ran till 2015. He is presently working at Shangri-la Hotel since 2006. He opened his second venture – Mumbai Eatery in 2018. He and his family live in Australia and are actively involved in the Kannada Sangha of Syndey. He has helped new entrants to find suitable jobs and accommodation in Australia.

Rohan Shetti is presently a researcher of Landscape Ecology and Ecosystem Dynamics at Greifswald University, Germany. His honors and awards are too numerous to mention here. His Ph.D. and research work has spanned many countries and continents, including Germany, UK, USA and India. His work with nature and landscape photography is published with institutions like United Nations, National Geographic and other professional magazines. In his spare time he indulges in photography of food and product portfolios. He is an active practitioner of yoga and meditation since the last fifteen years.

Sunanda Kadame is a noted personality in Kannada Literature. She started her literary career from 1997. She has written and published numerous volumes of stories, articles, novels & poetry for children and grown-ups alike. Her books have secured her more than 20 awards from reputed associations and organizations. One of her novels – “Bari Erdu Rekke” has been awarded by the Karnataka Sahitya Academy. Her short story, “Putta Padada Gurutu” is incorporated as one of the lessons in the textbook
of Kannada Tenth Standard of Maharashtra Secondary Board. Some of literary works have also been included in the syllabus of graduate & post-graduate courses of Karnatak University, Bangalore University and Mumbai University. She has translated many stories for children from English to Kannada. Her books have been translated into various languages like Konkani, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi, Urdu & English. She also serves on the board of many
literary and social organizations in various capacities.

Mr. Ranjan Nagarkatte is CEO of Dgflick Insurance. He is also a mentor and success coach for many top insurance advisors in the country.

He started his career with Datacomp Web Technologies in the year 2002 as a support executive. Due to his exceptional marketing and customer relationship building skills, he was promoted as the Regional Manager, Marketing for Southern region in 2004. In 2010, he joined Datacomp Training Academy as the National Business Head.

The passion to do something on his own motivated him to start his own company in 2014 named DgFlick Insurance which offers three products for LIC advisors named Brand Xpress, Insurance Xpress, and Web Xpress. Dgflick Insurance has created a customer base of 25000 Customers. These products have made it easier for LIC agents to create a powerful brand for themselves as well as make presentations effectively.

Mr. Nagarkatte has also been associated with training for LIC advisors right from 2003 but it was in the year 2012 that he started coaching and mentoring for advisors on a commercial basis. In 16 years of his training experience in LIC products and insurance concepts, he has taken more than 2500 seminars at different platforms and presided at Insurance Meets organized by LIC and associations associated with LIC. He has also conducted plenty of Celebrity and HNI Canvassing and most of his trainings are based on practical canvassing experience. He has addressed several Customer Awareness Meets for agents and is a pioneer who introduced the training based on Concept-Based Insurance Selling in India. More than 50000 LIC advisors have undergone training From him.

Mr. Nagarkatte attributes a large part of his success and motivation to a loving family comprising of his wife Mrs. Ratna Nagarkatte, and children Vedant and Saina, both National Level Chess Players. Over the years the support from his Parents Mr. Ramesh Shetti and Mrs. Rashmi Shetti who are his role Models and Brother Mr. Nitin Nagarkatte’s family has also been instrumental in his growth. By Qualification, he has a Masters degree in Computer Management and also has completed his Licentiate  in insurance

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Profile – Dr. Jaya R. Shinganmakki

Dr. Jaya R. Shinganmakki is a Civil Engineer by profession and specializes in Highway Engineering.

Presently serving as Associate Professor at RASTA Center for Road Technology under the aegis of “VOLVO” Construction Equipment, Bangalore, she actively involves in Academics, Research, Consultancy and Training activities in Highway Engineering field.

Having secured the third rank for the University at her Masters’ level, she has done her Ph.D. in Highway Engineering under Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum. Her thesis was titled “Evaluation of Effective Binder Film Thickness on Aggregate mixes for durable Roads” under the guidance of Prof. Krishnamurthy. She fosters innovative research in the field of Highway Materials.

She is passionate about teaching and trains postgraduate students on various aspects of Highway engineering and Road construction. She derives her practical experience from the various consultancy works and research projects she has handled in the areas of material testing, pavement evaluation, distress management, and quality control.

She has guided several innovative projects with a key focus on “sustainability” in Road building which includes the use of alternate materials such as Construction & Demolition waste, Waste Plastic, Steel Slag, Paper sludge and Flyash, in the different layers of the pavement, and reducing the use of natural material in road construction. She is presently working on a Central Govt. funded research project of National Rural Infrastructure Development agency on, assessment of the performance of Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) roads built using Waste Plastic. She also has more than 20 research papers to her credit.

She is actively involved in many Consultancy works of quality assessment, for Govt. agencies such as KIADB, KRRDA, BBMP, BMRCL, etc. and has worked as Technical Partner, with Public Affairs Center (PAC) in their project on “Citizen Monitoring of Rural Roads” which enabled her to work at the grass-root level and train local citizens of various states of India to become aware of the quality of roads in their villages.

Her recent achievements include a Technical Paper presentation from September 15–18, 2019, at Montana, USA at the 12th TRB International Conference on Low Volume Roads. Her work titled “Use of Recycled Concrete Aggregates in Mechanical Stabilization for Low Volume Roads” was well appreciated at this International forum.

Also to mention, she received an “Award of Appreciation” on behalf of her organization RASTA under the category “Women Building India” at the 10th Edition of EXCON 2019, Bengaluru which she received from the Hon. Minister for Road Transport & Highways of India, Sri. Nithin Gadkari and Hon. Chief Minister of Karnataka Sri. B.S. Yediyuruppa.

On the personal front, she is the daughter of Smt Kusuma Bai and Sri. D R Shetti and daughter-in-law of Smt. Ramabai and Sri Narayan S. Shinganmakki. Her husband Sri. Raghuveer N. Shinganmakki is an IT professional working at Arrow Electronics India Pvt. Ltd. Bangalore and managing the Technology Development Division. Blessed with two adorable daughters, Kum. Sucheta and Kum. Suprita studying in grade 9 and 7, they are also pursuing their interests in classical dance and music.