Category: Records, Karnataka

* Prestige Group Co-Founder Rezwan Razack Conferred With Honorary Doctorate By GD Goenka University

Rezwan Razack is Co-Founder and Joint MD of Bangalore-based Prestige Group and is hailed as the largest collector of Indian currency.

He is also the founder of South India’s first currency museum in Bengaluru, one of the largest and most authentic collections of Indian paper money and coins.

He is co-author of the Revised Standard Reference Guide to Indian Paper Money.

* Fellowship conferred on K.S.Rangappa

K.S.Rangappa, former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Mysore, has been elected as Fellow of the Biotech Research Society of India (BRSI) for 2021, according to a release.

The fellowship is given to Indian scientists in recognition of their significant research contributions in the field of sciene and Prof. Rangappa was recognised for his work in the areas of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry, the release added

* Top spot

As the first woman vice-president in the 153-year history of the prestigious Bangalore Club, Annabelle Manwaring tells CE about her decades-old association with the space.

For Annabelle Manwaring, managing and strategising has been central to her job as an advertising professional. Although she quit her decades-long advertising job in 2006, the fundamental principles of leadership still stay with her. Now, as she takes over as the first woman vice-president of the Bangalore Club, many of these traits come in handy.

* KVG Medical College wins Mediquiz

The KIMS President U K Monu awarded the trophy and merit certificates to winners and runners-up, and also congratulated them on their exemplary achievements.

Akshitha Anand and Ankitha Anand from K V G Medical College in Sullia won Mediquiz – 202

* Bantwal: Unique school with plenty of twins springs surprises

Eleven twins are students of Sharada Ganapati Vidya Kendra, Punyakoti Nagar in Kairangala village. Kairangala village is located on Kerala-Karnataka border in Bantwal taluk.

The school boasts of three pairs of twins in fourth standard, two in fifth standard, and one each in sixth, seventh, eighth and tenth standards. There are two twins in the second PU class. Out of these twins, four are made of girls, four twins are made up of boys while the remaining twins are of one boy and one girl.