Businessman Kasturi Prabhakar Pai passes away

Kasturi Prabhakar Pai, 75, businessman and president of the Dakshina Kannada Automobile and Tyre Dealers Association, passed distant connected Saturday astatine a backstage infirmary successful Mangaluru pursuing a little illness. He is survived by wife, mother, son, and daughter.

Born connected October 26, 1950, successful Mangaluru, Prabhakar Pai completed his schooling astatine Canara High School (Main) and pursued Mechanical Engineering astatine Manipal Engineering College (now MIT, Manipal) during the play 1968–73. He aboriginal obtained an MBA from Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, USA.

Upon returning to Mangaluru, helium joined the household endeavor Kasturi Group of Concerns, wherever helium managed the manufacturing part of food repast and food oil. In caller years, Pai headed Quest Marketing & Services, a wholesale dealership successful automobile spares and cement, and was progressive successful proscription and ready-mix factual pumping. He served arsenic a manager of Benchem Corporation and Aspa Logistics Pvt. Ltd.

A respected and socially progressive personality, Pai was intimately associated with respective assemblage and nonrecreational organisations. He had been serving arsenic president of the Dakshina Kannada Automobile and Tyre Dealers Association since 2017, aft earlier tenures arsenic caput (1999–2013) and vice-president (2013–2017). The relation has expressed heavy sorrow astatine his passing, acknowledging his dedicated work spanning astir 3 decades.

The past rites volition beryllium performed astatine his residence, “Prakrithi”, Balmatta, astatine 9 a.m. connected Sunday.