MCC honours Special Olympic achievers

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October 19, 2011

Mangalore, October 19: The Mangalore City Corporation on Wednesday awarded Rs 50,000 each to four special achievers from the undivided Dakshina Kannada district, who bagged six medals, including four gold medals, at the Special Olympics World Summer Games 2011 held in Athens from June 25 to July 4.

In an official felicitation ceremony, organised by the civic body more than three months after the special children returned home victorious, Mayor Praveen Anchan handed over the cheques to the achievers at his chamber in presence of MCC Commissioner K Harish Kumar and other dignitaries.

Three of the four athletes - Anil Mendonca, and Royston Pinto, of St Agnes Special School, and Dhanya S Rao of Chethana Balavikasa Kendra were present.

Prameela Pinto, of Manasa Rehabilitation and Training Centre, Pamboor, Udupi could not make it to the event.

While Royston had won the 1,000 M speed skating race in the higher ability category of the Special Olympics, Dhanya bagged two gold medals - one in the 30 M Slalom Race where she had to make snake-like movement between five equidistant cones and 30 M Straight Line Race, in the lower ability category. Prameela, who participated in the lower ability category but in the higher age group, bagged gold in 30 M Straight Line and bronze in 30 M Slalom Race. Anil Mendonca bagged a bronze medal in volleyball.

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Mangaluru: 12,500 healthcare students rally for organ donation and nasha mukth Bharat

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November 29,2025

Mangaluru, Nov 29: Around 12,500 healthcare students from Medical, Dental, AYUSH, Pharmacy, Nursing, Physiotherapy and Allied Health Sciences colleges of Dakshina Kannada, affiliated to Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS), took part in a massive walkathon to promote awareness on Organ Donation and Nasha Mukth Bharat.

The inaugural ceremony was held at Mangala Stadium. Dr Bhagavan B C, Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor of RGUHS, delivered the welcome address. The walkathon was flagged off by Shri U T Khader, Hon’ble Speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly, and presided over by Shri Dinesh Gundu Rao, Hon’ble Minister for Health, Family Welfare and Dakshina Kannada District In-charge. Dakshina Kannada MP Shri Brijesh Chowta also addressed the students.

Music director Guru Kiran, MLA Dr Bharat Shetty (Mangalore North), Police Commissioner Shri Sudheer Kumar Reddy, Shri Manjunath Bhandary and Shri Harish Kumar were among those present.

Institution heads including Dr Haji U K Monu (Kanachur Colleges), Dr Shantharam Shetty (Tejaswini College), Dr Bhaskar Shetty (City Group of Colleges), Mr Abdul Rahiman (Kanachur Institute of Medical Sciences), and the District Health Officer, Mangalore, also participated.

The vote of thanks was delivered by Prof U T Ifthikar Fareed, Syndicate Member, RGUHS.

The event was organised by Dr U T Ifthikar Ali and Dr Shiva Sharan (Syndicate Members), Prof Vaishali (Senate Member), Prof Mohammad Suhail (Chairman, BOS Physiotherapy), Dr Sharan Shetty (Former Senate Member), along with principals and faculty of various colleges.

Students marched from Mangala Stadium to Karavali Grounds via MCC and Lalbagh signal. The event set a record as one of the largest gatherings of healthcare students for a social cause in the RGUHS Dakshina Kannada Zone.

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