Sooraj Nayak lives in Kanagil, a remote village in Ankola, Uttara Kannada, where he was born in 1980 and brought up, until he moved away to pursue his studies (Karwar, Ankola, Sirsi), graduating from Mysore, and post-graduating from Bangalore, GDCRI [the only post-graduation provided by Government College in Karnataka]. He became then an oral and…
Born at Sagar, Karnataka, by mid 90’s Prashanth completed his academic education by 2019 with a Master of Fisheries, at Mangaluru College of Fisheries [Thesis: Assessment of ichthyofaunal diversity in estuarine system of Kundapura region]. Along with it, and after, he participated in Seminars, Conferences, Internship programs [Next Generation Aquaculture, Research Methodology and Data Analysis,…
Seeta Hegde Was born in France 40 years ago where she studied and worked in the field of Art History and Tourism Management. She had the great opportunity to travel to many countries and learn a lot about different cultures and traditions. She arrived in India in 2006 and got married few years later. Since…
Born in Kumta 50 years earlier, Anushree started her school in Yellapur, then, due to her father profissional assignments, she enrolled in Sirsi and Kumta, finally back to Sirsi where she completed her PUC in Science, English and Kannada Shorthand and Typewriting . She worked as Stenographer within the frame of Lokayukta. After marriage, in…
Suwarana Apte Suwarna was born in Gokarna and lives in Kudle with her joint family. Getting married with a Maharastrian boy she went to live there for few years, but she returned to Kudle. She has two daughters. She had varied professional experiences, all turned to social work. She wants to invest herself on the issues of waste segregation as…
Jay Kubal was born in Chandigarh, Punjab, 48 years ago, as his father was there serving in military force. Later he was brought up in Alvedande, doing his Primary, High School and College at Kumta. He did a Hindustan Sangita course and he was then, and for quite some time, performing drama. After finishing his…
Post Graduate and Doctorate on Environmental Sciences Roopa started her career teaching in the Post Graduate Departments of Environmental Sciences and Applied Botany. Then as Research Associate she studied the Impact of Globalization and Economic Liberalization on farmers of India. Later as Program Officer at FRLHT (Foundation for Revitalization of Local Health Traditions), she coordinated…
Joseph Saver, born near Kumta 63 years ago, has been sick for long time. With the help of family he managed to recover and became an apt citizen. He got his SLSC from Kumta Nirmala Convent. He has worked in refrigeration and air conditioned, as well as mechanics service, Bombay. Currently he is salesman in…
Ana S, born 796 new moons ago, carries the weight of a European educational background in Philosophy, Religious Anthropology, Indian Studies and the light of Indian immersion by way of fieldwork. Teaching, writing, editing, and publishing books and papers, she has conducted research projects on medical anthropology (Ayurveda), comparative studies and therapeutic traditions, both in…
Geetha Naik is Associate Professor at the Dept. of Botany, Dr. A. V. Baliga College of Arts & Sc., Kumta. Her two main research projects focused on “Origin and Evolution of Raishan Millet” (Digitaria cruciata var. cruciata of Khasi Hillsof Meghalaya) and on “A native variety of Paddy – KAGGA, to compare its SEED PROTEIN profile with…