Prabhakar Kore felicitated for 40 years of service as KLE Society chairman

Prabhakar Kore felicitated for 40 years as KLE Society chairman, highlighting growth and contributions to education and healthcare.

Karnataka Lingayat Education Society members and employees felicitated Prabhakar Kore for completing 40 years as chairman of the society.

Members of various organisations also joined the event to felicitate the former Rajya Sabha member at the Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College in Belagavi on Saturday.

Society secretary B.G. Desai said that Dr Kore assumed office as chairman of the society on May 16, 1984. The society, which administered 38 schools and colleges then, now runs over 310 institutions of education and healthcare, he said.

Receiving felicitations, Dr Kore said that KLE Society meant everything to him. He recalled his early days in the small village of Ankali near Chikkodi and how he completed his education in schools and colleges of the society.

“The society gave me education, built my personality and gave me an identity as an educationist,” he said.

“As I stand here, I am reminded of the Saptarshis, the seven founders of the society. We can never forget their contribution,” he said.

He thanked the founders and early academics who built the institution. He also thanked teachers, staff, students, parents, patients and philanthropists who supported the society.