Mangaluru: SAC felicitates Dr K Saraswathi Kumari on her superannuation


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Mangaluru, Mar 29: Dr K Saraswathi Kumari, head of the department of Kannada at St Aloysius College (Autonomous), here, was felicitated by the college on the occasion of her superannuation. The programme was organized in association with the staff association of SAC and the department of Kannada. The principal, Fr Dr Praveen Martis, SJ, faculty members and retired staff members attended the programme.

Dr Saraswathi Kumari began her career as a lecturer in the department of Kannada, St Aloysius College (Autonomous), Mangaluru in 1994. She served as the head of the department since 2011. She served the department in various capacities such as president of Kannada Sangha, Kannada Co-Life, Yakshagana Sangha, Nataka Sangha, Women’s Forum and St Aloysius College Staff Association.

Besides this, she has ably organized several seminars/workshops/yuva kavi goshti and other literature based programmes.

Dr Saraswathi Kumari has written several Kannada plays. ‘Manushi’, ‘Agni Kunda’,’ Mashaka Purana’, ‘Hennendare’, ‘Amrutha Ghalige’ are some of the plays she has written which have been staged in different places and received accolades. She has also written a novel ‘Shala Bhagya’.

She is the wife of Dr Subbanna Rai, registrar of Kannada University, Hampi.

Dr Saraswathi has the following achievements to her credit:

Delivered a lecture on 'Role of youth in the sanitation movement' conducted by NSS special camp at Madantyar in 2016
Authored a street play titled 'Mashaka purana' performed by students of St Sebastian College at their college in 2016
Presented a paper on 'Dwipathradalli Mahile' (women in a dual role) in the national seminar entitled 'women in changing India', conducted by the department of Social Work at St Aloysius College in 2016
Conducted an interview programme with M R Kamala in Radio Sarang in 2016
Authored street plays entitled 'Mashaka Purana' performed on the vocation of the NSS camp by St Aloysius College in 2016
Authored street plays entitled 'Vyaktha' performed by students of NSS of St Aloysius College at Canara College in 2016
Participated as a delegate in an international seminar on Kannada Prakritha tradition conducted by Jain literary – Cultural Study Centre, Hampi University in 2016
Delivered a felicitation address on the occasion of an award-winning function organised by Vasudha Pratisthan in 2016
Evaluated books for a book award of Karnataka Tulu Sahitya Academy for 2016
Participated as a delegate in a seminar on 'Inter-relation between Kannada and Tulu literature, jointly conducted by Central Sahithya Academy and University College, Mangaluru in 2017.
Participated as a delegate in a literary conference conducted by Dakshina Kannada Sahitya Parishath at Ujire in 2017
Presented a paper on 'Karavali Kadambarigalalli Samajikathe. (Similarity in the novels of the coastal side) in the national seminar jointly organised by Central Sahitya Academy and the department of Kannada of First Grade College Nitte in 2017
Served as chief guest during a programme 'Chakora 2018' organised by the Karnataka Lekhakiyara Sangha
Inaugurator and resource person during 'Aatidongi Koota' organised by Kashi Matt Yuvaka and Yuvathi Mandala, Vittal in 2018

The management, principal and staff of St Aloysius College (Autonomous), Mangaluru wished Dr Saraswathi Kumari a happy, healthy and contented retired life.

 

 

 

  

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