CMR celebrates founders day

BANGALORE: CMR Group of Institutions celebrated its 21st Founder’s Day at the college campus on November 19 where the prestigious CMR Seva Puraskara Award was presented to Shobha H. Reddy, former administrator, CMR Group of Institutions. The CMR memorial and CMR sports scholarships amounting to 20 lakhs was also given away to over 130 deserving students on the occasion of Founders Day.The key highlight of the Founder’s Day was also the presentation of the CMR Leadership award. The CMR Leadership award was instituted in 2009 to acknowledge exemplary students from each institution under the CMR umbrella based on their consistent contribution towards academics, sports, co-curricular activities as well as contribution towards the society.The function was presided over by the chairman of CMR Group of Institutions, KC Ramamurthy IPS, inspector general of police (Retd), Dr KC Sabitha Ramamurthy, President of CMR Jnanadhara Trust in the presence of the Honorable chief guest PC Mohan, member of parliament, S Raghu, member of legislative assembly, Dayanand, member of legislative council.All the award winners were chosen by a rigorous selection procedure comprising of evidence-based departmental nominations and interviews. The procedure was highly selective and only students with exemplar qualities were considered for the various awards.Apart from entertainment programmes by the world famous magician Sri Uday Jadugar and cultural events by the students, there was also felicitation to Ph.D. awardees and distribution of service awards to the faculty. Mementoes were also presented to newly married couples from the faculty.Speaking on the occasion, the President of CMR Dr KC Sabitha Ramamurthy said, “The challenges of the 21st century could be addressed adequately if educational institutions encourage a thirst for knowledge among the students. I believe that education is a catalyst to the growth and development of any society.”