Ravi Kakyapadav wins annual Mangaluru Press Club Award

Mangaluru: Ravi Kakyapadav, a successful entrepreneur has been selected for the annual Mangaluru Press Club Award.

The award will be presented during the Press Club anniversary celebrations at Tannirbhavi Tree Park, on March 6. The award consists of Rs 10,001 cash, an award panel, and a certificate stated Mangaluru press club secretary Mohammed Arif Padubidri in a press release.

The award is presented to the special achievers and the selection was made by the committee of senior journalist Manohar Prasad, Indian Red Cross society, Dakshina Kannada branch executive committee member, social worker Ravindranath K and Sahyadri Engineering College professor Dr G Ananta Prabhu.

Ravi Kakyapadav despite illiteracy, provided jobs to about 300 people and is helping the poor.

Birn to late Chandu Poojary and Kamala, residents of Uli grama, Bantwal, Ravi Kakyapadav is the eldest son among two children. The family was poor and he was sent to school at the age of six. He then began working at the young age due to the responsibility to look after the family and became newspaper distributor at Dharmasthala and assistant in the shop. He worked as hotel cleaner in Mumbai. He worked as helper to mason. He also worked as the assistant to the priest.

He came to Subrahmanya in 2000 and became painter and transport worker before becoming a contractor. He later started his own Anugraha construction and Amratha Anugraha Industries at Anekal and became a successful contractor. He has constructed more than 265 houses and five apartments providing jobs to about 300 people.