Mangaluru: Dharmadarshi Harikrishna Punarooru conferred Honorary Doctorate by Mangaluru University.The Doctorate will be presented at the 40th convocation ceremony of Mangalore University on Saturday April 23,2022.
About
LION. DHARMADHARSHI HARIKRISHNA PUNAROOR
Harikrishna Punaroor was born on 05/06/1943 to Late. Vasudeva Rao & Laxmi Amma. After studying up to S.S.L.C. in Kinnigoli, he started as a Hotelier, Indian Oil Dealer & Agriculturist. Invested all the money on charity and earned a name for himself.
1. Education:
He Managed to collect Rs. 62 Lakhs to Mangalore University Dharma nidhi Yoga Peeta from D.K. & Udupi Temples by getting sanction from the Govt. He started Night school at Punaroor in 1961 itself. Was the President of Mulki Samkritha Parishath.He was the Founder President of Mulki Ramakrishna Punja Trust & I.T.I. in 1986. Has Built school Building at Kenchankere & handed over it to Govt in 1992. He is mainly responsible for Vijaya College getting 5 Acres Playground in in the year 2000. He also bought the land, built the school ground and handed it over to Bharath Matha High School Punaroor. He has been regularly sponsoring Ten Teachers every year to different schools in and around Mulki.
Kannada Literature:
He was the President of Kannada Sahithya Parishath Dakshina Kannada from 1990 to 2002 & conducted 87 Taluk & 12 Zilla Sammelan.In 1997 he conducted 67th Akhila Bharath Kannada Sammelan in D.K and Udupi.
He was the President of Karnataka State Sahitya Parishath from 2002 to 2005 & collected Rs.42,52,386 endowment fund during this period. 750 books were printed & published in that period.
III. Health:
He has been giving financial aid to poor patient towards heart, kidney, cancer & such other critical patients to the tune of 5 Lakhs per year since 1974 and his total donation until now is more than one crore eighty Lakhs. From 1979 to 2003 he donated Rs. 10,000 to every Lions Club which conducted Free Cataract Operation.. Total amount spent was Rs.98 Lakhs in Four Years. He also sponsored T.B. ward, Water Facility to Govt. Hospital Mulki, Electrification of Veterinary Hospital etc., IV. Religious Field:
He was the member of Renovation committee of Hatti Angadi, Anegudde, Kumbhashi, Mangala Devi, Thokur Subrahmanya, Manampady & Mulki Sadashiva Temples. He was the Managing Trustee of Bappanadu, Kollur Mookambika and Kamnika Hanumantha Temples.
V. Cultural Field:
Associated with Makkala Sahitya Sangama and Raga Tharanga encouraging children by donating Rs.One Lakh every year for the last 25 years. He was the President of Mahathma Gandhi Shanthi Prathisthana, Treasurer of Bharath Sevadala, Member of National Saving Scheme when Dakshina Kannada got I Place. VI. Lion Club:
President of Lions Club in 1984-85. Later became Chariman of different Committees and when he was the Chairman of Eye Sight, created World Record by conducting record number of Padma Bhushan Dr. M.C.Modi eye Camps. He was Lion District Governor of Dist. 324-D4 in the year 1992-93. Constructed and Donated one hundred and one houses at the cost of above Two Crores in Thalipadi Village under the Home for homeless scheme..
AWARDS:
1. Dharmadharshi Award Dt29.09.1981.
by Sri Sri Vishwesha Thirtha Sripadaru Udupi,
2. Karnataka State Rajyothsava Award 2004.
3. “Knight of the Blind” by the Lions Club International 28.06.1986 at Lions Conference Miami USA.
4. Appreciation award by Lions International 1986 & 1982, 1983, 2006. 5. “Poul Harris Fellow” by Rotary International.
6. 30 Different other Awards.