<p class="title">Nithyananda, who secured first rank in BSW (88.02 per cent), received a thunderous applause from the audience when he walked to the stage to collect the certificate and cash award from Mangalore University (MU) Vice Chancellor Prof P S Yadapadithaya.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Nithyananda, a visually impaired, was staying with his visually impaired friends Gururaj and Pradeep to realise their common dream of clearing Civil Service Examination (CSE) and becoming IAS officers.</p>.<p class="bodytext">‘’I cannot forget Alva’s Education Foundation (AEF) Chairman Dr M Mohan Alva or BSW department in my life. He offered us free hostel and education,’’ Nithyananda recollected with<br />gratitude.</p>.<p class="bodytext">As many as 66 students, who secured first rank (PG -48 and UG- 18), also received their degree certificates. Nithyananda is an alumnus of Roman and Catherine Lobo School for the Blind.</p>.<p class="bodytext">One of the researchers who was awarded with doctorate degree by MU was Musa L Faal from Gambia in West Africa.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Musa’s thesis on ‘Problems and Prospects of Smal Scale Industry: A Study of Selected Units of Brikama Region in the Gambia’ was awarded doctorate degree by the MU.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A beneficiary of Gambia-India Student Exchange Programme, he had completed his masters in Business Administration in New Delhi.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Expressing gratitude to both Gambia and India, Musa told mediapersons that he would return to Gambia and work for the welfare of his country.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Earlier, Minister of State for External Affairs and Parliamentary Affairs V Muralieedharan inaugurated ‘Shaheed sthal’ or war memorial at Mangala auditorium grounds.</p>
<p class="title">Nithyananda, who secured first rank in BSW (88.02 per cent), received a thunderous applause from the audience when he walked to the stage to collect the certificate and cash award from Mangalore University (MU) Vice Chancellor Prof P S Yadapadithaya.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Nithyananda, a visually impaired, was staying with his visually impaired friends Gururaj and Pradeep to realise their common dream of clearing Civil Service Examination (CSE) and becoming IAS officers.</p>.<p class="bodytext">‘’I cannot forget Alva’s Education Foundation (AEF) Chairman Dr M Mohan Alva or BSW department in my life. He offered us free hostel and education,’’ Nithyananda recollected with<br />gratitude.</p>.<p class="bodytext">As many as 66 students, who secured first rank (PG -48 and UG- 18), also received their degree certificates. Nithyananda is an alumnus of Roman and Catherine Lobo School for the Blind.</p>.<p class="bodytext">One of the researchers who was awarded with doctorate degree by MU was Musa L Faal from Gambia in West Africa.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Musa’s thesis on ‘Problems and Prospects of Smal Scale Industry: A Study of Selected Units of Brikama Region in the Gambia’ was awarded doctorate degree by the MU.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A beneficiary of Gambia-India Student Exchange Programme, he had completed his masters in Business Administration in New Delhi.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Expressing gratitude to both Gambia and India, Musa told mediapersons that he would return to Gambia and work for the welfare of his country.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Earlier, Minister of State for External Affairs and Parliamentary Affairs V Muralieedharan inaugurated ‘Shaheed sthal’ or war memorial at Mangala auditorium grounds.</p>