KCCI urges Karnataka CM to set up KSFC’s regional office in Mangaluru

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March 8, 2022

Mangaluru, Mar 8: The Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) has urged the chief minister Basavaraj Bommai to establish a regional office of Karnataka State Financial Corporation (KSFC) in Mangaluru.

KSFC is a State level Financial Institution established by the State Government in the year 1959 under the State Financial Corporations’ Act 1951 to cater to the long-term and short-term financial needs of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the State of Karnataka.

The objective of the corporation is to promote industrial activity in Karnataka by providing financial assistance to industries, particularly to the small and the medium sized units.

“Since Mangaluru and other places around Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts have 17883 micro, small and medium sized units, it is very essential to set up a KSFC regional office in Mangaluru which would immensely benefit the industries here which otherwise have to visit Hassan,”

“We therefore request you to kindly look at this matter in the interest of the MSMEs here. This would save time and also lead to ease of doing business,” said KCCI President Shashidhar Pai Maroor in memorandum submitted to the CM.

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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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