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Hemanth A.S. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
Prema.S., the girl of a thoroughfare hawker, has emerged arsenic the Bangalore University topper by winning 11 golden medals successful MA Kannada, portion the lad of an car driver, Hemanth A.S., has won 7 golden medals and 3 currency prizes successful Civil Engineering.
These achievers volition beryllium conferred with golden medals by the assemblage during its 60th yearly convocation ceremony, which volition beryllium held connected October 8, 2025, astatine the Jnanajyothi Auditorium, Central College Campus.
Ms. Prema, who dedicates this accomplishment to her parents, dreams of doing a Ph.D successful Kannada and becoming an adjunct prof successful the future. “I person completed MA Kannada astatine the Kannada Study Centre successful Jnanabharati campus. I person been a Kannada mean pupil since people one, and Kannada is my favourite subject. That is wherefore I did MA successful Kannada ,” said Ms. Prema.
Hailing from Jakkalli colony of Ron taluk of Gadag district, Ms. Prema’s parents person been surviving successful Bengaluru for galore years. “I was calved and raised successful Bengaluru and person been educated present since childhood. My begetter Sharanappa Mudiyappa Mukkannavar is simply a thoroughfare hawker selling wrist watches astatine Jalahalli Cross. My parent Savitri works arsenic a chappati shaper successful a portion that supplies chappatis to hotels. Due to poverty, my parents could not prosecute education. But that poorness has ne'er been a hindrance to my education,” she added.
Currently pursuing BEd successful a backstage assemblage astatine Rajajinagar, Ms. Prema expressed her tendency to go an adjunct prof successful the future. “After my BEd course, I person a imagination of completing PhD and becoming an adjunct professor. In addition, I americium besides preparing for the Karnataka Administration Service (KAS) exam. But teaching is my passion,” she stated.
In undergraduate programmes, Hemanth A.S., a Civil Engineering postgraduate from the University of Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (UVCE), has bagged 7 golden medals and 3 currency awards.
Hemanth, the lad of an car operator from Shivamogga district, said, “I travel from a agrarian inheritance and person studied up to SSLC successful Kannada medium. Then, I completed my diploma successful Sagara taluk of Shivamogga territory and joined UVCE successful 2022 done lateral introduction successful civilian engineering. Engineering became casual for maine due to the fact that I had done my diploma and it helped maine get bully marks. Last year, I was selected arsenic an technologist successful a backstage institution done field selection. I privation to articulation a authorities occupation successful the aboriginal and americium preparing for the Indian Engineering Services (IES exam).”
Of the 7 golden medallists successful Post Graduate programmes, six were girls. Even astatine the undergraduate level, 3 among the 4 toppers were girls.
Rufiya K.M., from Department of Physics and Vidhyashree B.S., from Department of Chemistry person got 7 golden medals each and emerged arsenic 2nd toppers. Vidhyashree adjacent got 3 currency awards.
Gowthami B.M., of Department of Zoology and Likitha Kumari R., of Department of Mathematics from Bangalore University bagged six medals each, and Vikas M., of Department of Economics and Harshitha A.N., Department of History volition person 5 golden medals each.
In BCom, S. Divya of Pinnacle Institute of Management and Science received six medals and 4 currency prizes. Rajath M., of Department of Mechanical engineering astatine the Bangalore University volition person 5 medals and 1 currency award. Sahana Jadav T., a pupil of RNS archetypal people college, volition person 5 golden medals for BBA course.
Honorary doctorate
The Bangalore University is conferring honorary doctorate to 3 people: Speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly U.T. Khader, erstwhile subordinate of the Legislative Council D. Made Gowda and T.B. Prasanna of J.P. Agri Genetics Pvt Ltd.
In this convocation, 159 golden medals volition beryllium awarded to undergraduate and postgraduate students and a full of 3,573 students volition beryllium receiving degrees.
