‘Prakashabhinandana’ Marks 60th Birthday of Entrepreneur Prakash Shetty
Mangaluru: To mark the 60th Birthday of K Prakash Shetty, “Prakashabhinandana”, was held at Gold Finch City Bangra Kulur here on December 25.
The programme began with an invocation. President Prakashabhinandana committee Suresh Shetty Gurme welcomed the gathering. The programme was inaugurated by the chief minister of Karnataka B S Yediyurappa by lighting the traditional lamp along with other dignitaries on the dais.
During the programme achievers in various fields, Dr Amritha Someshwar, Dr B M Hegde, Chandrashekhar Shetty Bengaluru, Dr Sunitha Shetty, Appanna Hegde Basrur, Jaya Suvarna, R N Shetty, Jagannath Shetty Pune, M N Rajendra Kumar, L G Soans, Shimanthur Narayana Shetty, K Govind Bhat Soorikumeru, Bannanje Sanjeev Suvarna, Koteshwar Lakshminarayan Acharya, Bola Subbayya Shetty, Sara Abubaker, Narayan Rao Padubidri and Narayana Shenoy were felicitated by CM Yediyurappa and Prakash Shetty with shawl, memento, citation and gold coin worth Rs 1 lakh.
Responding to the felicitation Dr B M Hegde said, “Today Prakash Shetty is celebrating his 60th birthday and on this day 15 of us have been felicitated. I don’t know what my achievements are but I would like to thank Prakash Shetty and the entire team for honouring us. I wish Prakash Shetty all the success and healthy long life.”
The autobiography of Prakash Shetty ‘Hombelaku’ was released by CM B S Yediyurappa on the occasion. When Prakash Shetty had received the Karnataka Rajyotsava award, the awardees had received Rs 1 lakh along with the award. Prakash Shetty added Rs 25 lakh to that amount and handed over a cheque of Rs 26 lakhs to the Belthangady MLA Harish Punja to help the victims of the recent floods in Beltangady.
On the occasion, Prakash Shetty was felicitated by the Prakashabhinandana committee. CM Yediyurappa also felicitated Prakash Shetty with a shawl, Mysuru Peta and citation on behalf of the government followed by the felicitation from the Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai, MP and BJP State President Nalin Kumar Kateel, MP Shobha Karandlaje, C T Ravi and others.
Addressing the gathering Yediyurappa said, “I congratulate Prakash Shetty on his 60th Birthday. You all are here to wish Prakash Shetty. Prakash Shetty is a successful entrepreneur and social activist. He has set an example that by hard work one can achieve success. After completing his education he joined work and within 10 years he started his own hotel business. The government has recognized his achievements and honoured him with the Karnataka Rajyotsava award. He is a very simple and helping person, he has helped a number of poor and needy people. He works relentlessly to achieve his goals. In Hombelaku his achievements have been highlighted. I pray that Prakash Shetty lives for 100 years to help the needy”.
Home minister Basavaraj Bommai, BJP state president Nalin Kumar Kateel, Tourism minister C T Ravi, MLC and district minister in-charge Kota Srinivas Poojary and MP Shobha Karndlaje also spoke on the occasion.
In his felicitation speech, Prakash Shetty said, “I am proud to be an Indian and lucky to be born in Dakshina Kannada. I would like to thank my parents. Sixty years is an important milestone in everyone’s life. I thought of celebrating my birthday in a simple way along with my family. But my friends and the committee requested me to celebrate it in a unique manner. I was not born into a rich family, but my parents taught me to work hard and achieve my goals. I started my business from Bengaluru with a printing press in a rented shop. I worked hard and gained knowledge from my friends and well-wishers. With the blessings from my elders and the grace of God I have been successful. Behind every successful man there is a woman, my wife Asha supported me a lot and today we have reached to where we are. I hope my only son Gaurav and his wife Anushka will support me. I thank each and everyone and also would like to remember my parents who have gone to heavenly abode”.
Students from Alva’s Education Foundation presented a cultural programme and mesmerised the crowd. Prior to the stage programme at 4 pm, Patla Sathish Shetty and team performed Yakshagana. After the stage programme, a musical nite was held by Indian film score and soundtrack composer and singer Arjun Janya and Vijay Prakash.
Film stars Ravichandran, Yash, Haripriya, Manvita Harish, Kavya Shetty, Arjun Janya and Vijayprakash, MLAs Vedavyas Kamath, Harish Punja, Rajesh Naik, and Dr Bharat Shetty, MLC Ivan D’Souza, former minister Pramod Madhwaraj, Dr Mohan Alva, Dr A J Shetty and others were also present.
Anushree, Nithesh Shetty Yekkar and Roopesh Shetty compered the programme. More than 25000 people gathered for the celebrations.
