Deshmukh unfurls National Flag
KALABURAGI; The Secretary of the Sharanabasaveshwar Vidya Vardak Sangha Mr Basavaraj Deshmukh hoisted the national flag on the occasion of the 74th Independence Day celebrations in the main function organized in the Sharanabasaveshwar College campus ground in Kalaburagi City on Saturday.
Unlike in the past the Independence Day celebrations this year was a simple affair without any gala events, march pasts by the students and mass drills by the students studying in different schools and colleges run by the Sharanabasaveshwar Vidya Vardak Sangha and the colleges run by the Sharnbasva University due to the regulations imposed by the government prohibiting large congregations in view of the Covid-19. Added to this the inclement weather conditions and incessant drizzling took the sheen away from the celebrations.
In the absence of the students in the sprawling ground where the National Flag was hoisted by Mr Deshmukh the teaching staff of the University and other educational institutions run by the offered their respects to the national flag.
In his brief Speech, Mr Deshmukh said that the 2020 had been a very year for the entire world due to the outbreak of Covid-19 and in particular it was a bad year for India whose all round development has taken a beating due to the slowing down of the economy. Along with the downside ride of the economy, the education sector has been worst affected and the educational institutions were not in a position to resume its activities. The students could not attend regular classes and the institutions of the Sangha and University had been conducting online classes to fill the gap. He called upon the teaching staff to put in more effort to overcome all the difficulties faced by the students.
Mr Deshmukh felicitated NCC cadet Mr Srinivas Kulkarni who stood first in the “C” Certificate examinations conducted for the NCC cadets of 8 Districts coming under Bellary Group this year.
Earlier, Pro-Vice Chancellor of the Sharnbasva University Prof V D Mytri, accompanied by Registrar Dr Anilkumar Bidve, Registrar(Evaluation) Dr Lingaraj Shastri, Dean Dr Lakshmi Patil, Dean Dr Basavaraj Matpathi and other officers and heads of the different departments of the Univeristy, hoisted the national flag in the University campus.