7th September, Founders’ Day is traditionally a very important day in the college calendar when we celebrate the birthday of our beloved Shri Prakash Kothari Ji (Chairman, ISBR). The person who is the inspiration behind the success of ISBR and shows the dedication, willingness and hard work of Mr. Manish Kothari, the man with a mission of making the future of many young talents, the man who is continuously trying to bring the best for the betterment of student’s career.
An atmosphere of celebration filled The ISBR Business School when it comes to Founder’s day;
On this occasion ISBR felicitates those teachers who have done remarkable and we recognize them as “Guru Shrestha Award”.
A flower doesn’t think of competing to the flower next to it, it just blooms. Likewise, teachers are the those who themselves don’t try to grow or compete with other but they help others to prepare for the world, for the competition that they would be facing in upcoming years, they try to deliver every possible knowledge they keep in their mind and they make students to think beyond the imaginations with their different pedagogical way.
So, Founder’s day for ISBR is to celebrate these special occasions.
The commencement of program was at 10.30 a.m, we started welcoming and escorting guests to the auditorium. We started the celebrations with Nadageethe, the state song of the Indian state of Karnataka which is a great way to unite and amalgamate Kannadigas and people from various cultures and ethnicities and brings the feeling of oneness. Then, we moved onto invocation.
As when the invocation descends into the heart, if there is darkness within, it illuminates it; and if there is already light, the invocation increases the light and intensifies it. We lightened up the lamp and prayed for the prosperity and success of ISBR. Then, Dr.Manasa Nagabhushanam proceeded the event by talking about the genesis of Founder’s day and introducing of all the guests present there. Then, we moved forward with the introduction and felicitation of awardees.
“ISBR GURUSRESHTA AWARDS 2019” categorized into different categories which included PG teaching, area of art and culture, social service, and primary education. The awardees who got awards in the field of PG Teaching were Dr. Y. Nagaraju-Dean Bangalore University, Dr.Rajdeep Manvani- Professor Jain University.
Guru Shri Sathyanarayana Raju (Bharatanatyam Exponent and Teacher) was the only awardee in the field of art and culture. Similarly, Ms. Kalpana Purushotham (Advocate, Social Worker & Professor of Psychology-Indian Institute of Psychology & Research) was the only awardee in the field of social service.
Talking about the area of primary education there were five such awardees named as Mr.Vishwanath Kambagi (Teacher-Govt. School, Bellary), Mr.Raghavendra Therthahalli (Teacher-Govt. School), Prof. Ramesh Sugavi (Principal and Prof in Physics) Mr.Govindaraju (Adjourn Faculty-CESS), Dr.G.V.Hariprasad(Senior Lecturer-District Institute of Education & Training, Shimoga, Govt. of Karnataka)
Our chief guest Dr.C.N Ashwath Narayan shared his words of wisdom while addressing. After the completion of his keynote address, we did felicitation for him. Then, the moment came when we were about to know the success story of our dignitaries.
Our guest of honor, Smt. N S Rama addressed and it was a great time to release the book of awardees. Our guest of honor Mr. H.S. Nagaraja shared his journey and the hurdles that he faced in his journey. Our guest of honor Mr. Aditya Narayan Mishra shared his success story.
Togetherness is the magic of what happens when two or more people come together – and you create a feeling, a moment, a memory that never existed before. It was such a happy moment when we were together under the same roof, we were listening to the journey of others and getting some important lessons out of it.
Efforts and courage are not enough without perseverance and dedication and Mr. Manish Kothari is the epitome of this. We were privileged to have him in the celebrations of Founder’s day, he shared his words which were filling the auditorium with a ray of hope and positivity to young talents.We have learned from Mr. Manish Kothari that a comfort zone is a nice place, but nothing grows there. Take the leap today and contribute to the betterment of our country.Dr. K. Kanagaraj took the session after Mr. Manish Kothari’s inspiring speech and conveyed the vote of thanks to everyone present there. The celebration continued with our national anthem which reminded us of the power of freedom and bravery. A lot of students came forward and created an environment full of claps, smiles, and applause through their cultural programs.