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B.K. Thelma, who led the archetypal familial survey of Kodavas, has been chosen arsenic ‘Coorg Person of the Year 2025’ by a quality and tourism portal called www.coorgtourisminfo.com
The portal, promoted by writer and writer P.T. Bopanna, annually selects the ‘Coorg Person of the Year’ connected the ground of a canvass conducted done the portal.
“The root of Kodavas successful Karnataka has been a lasting riddle for ethnologists each these years. The recognition for solving the enigma down their root should spell to Coorg-born prof Buttiyanda Kuttappa Thelma and her team,” said a connection from the portal.
“Carrying retired a systematic sampling of the Kodavas from crossed Kodagu, utilizing the disposable familial analytical tools, Thelma and her squad person been palmy successful publishing a technological insubstantial connected the familial constitution of Kodavas,” the connection further said.
Prof. Thelma, aged astir 70, belongs to the Kodava community, known for its uniqueness, particularly with respect to formal codification and cuisine.
“She is simply a recipient of respective awards, to sanction a fewer — C.N.R. Rao Lifetime Achievement Award from Karnataka S&T academy (2021), Meritorious Service Award from University of Delhi (2021), National Science Chair (2021-2026), J.C. Bose fellowship (2011-2021), S.P. Raychaudhuri Endowment Lecture Award, Indian Society of Cell Biology (2018), Sanghvi Oration Award, Indian Society of Human Genetics (2015), Sunder Lal Hora Medal, Indian National Science Academy (2014),” the connection added.
