1500 delegates to attend 17th National IOS Convention

February 26, 2013

Mangalore, Feb 26: For the second time in Mangalore, the Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics of A B Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences will organise the 17th National Indian Orthodontic Society (IOS) Post Graduate Convention from February 28 to March 3, said Dean (Academics) of the Institute Dr U S Krishna Nayak.

Addressing mediapersons at a press conference here on Tuesday, Dr Nayak who is also the chairman of organising committee of the convention said that the four-day national convention marked the silver jubilee of post graduate department, which was also the largest such department in the country with an intake of nine post graduate students each year.

Around 50 guest lectures will be delivered in the convention by renowned academicians and around 200 paper presentations by students. For the first time, a national level inter-collegiate quiz competition will be held, in which 240 dental colleges will participate. A total of 1500 postgraduate delegates, practicing orthodontics and teaching faculty have already registered for the conference, he said.

The inaugural function of the conference will be held on March 1 at 6 p.m. at Dr T M A Pai International Convention Centre. Chancellor of Nitte University N Vinaya Hegde will be chief guest on the occasion. Vice-chancellor of Nitte University Dr S Ramananda Shetty will be the guest of honour and president of Indian Orthodontic Society Dr V S Kohli will preside over the ceremony. The valedictory function will be held on March 3 at 5 p.m. at the same venue, said Dr Nayak.

Organising secretary of the convention Dr M N Kuttappa and chairman of the scientific committee Dr Ashutosh Shetty were present during the press conference.

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BJP fields Kishore Kumar Puttur from DK-Udupi Local Authorities’ Constituency

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October 1,2024

The BJP has selected Kishore Kumar Puttur as its candidate for the bypoll to Karnataka Legislative Council from Dakshina Kannada and Udupi Local Authorities’ Constituency. The by-election will be held on October 21.

Kishore Kumar is presently serving as the General Secretary of Dakshina Kannada BJP unit. He had served as vice president of State BJP Yuva Morcha from 2014 to 2016.

The by-election will be held to the seat vacated by Kota Srinivas Poojary of the BJP who has been elected as the Lok Sabha member from Udupi-Chikmagaluru Lok Sabha constituency. The vacancy was created on June 15, 2024 following Poojary’s resignation to the Council. His term in the council was till January, 2028.

In the last Council election held for the dual member constituency in December 2021, Poojary had secured 3,672 votes while the Congress candidate Manjunath Bhandary had secured 2079 votes. Poojary and Bhandary had secured required votes from the first preferential votes and had won the election.

There were several aspirants for the BJP ticket including former MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, DK BJP president Satish Kumpala, Mangaluru divisional in-charge Uday Kumar Shetty, former minister Pramod Madhwaraj and former Udupi district BJP president Kuilady Suresh Nayak.

The Congress is yet to announce its candidate for the election. KPCC working president Manjunath Bhandary in a recent press meet in Mangaluru had said that an opportunity will be given to congress leaders from Udupi district to contest by-election.

The Dakshina Kannada and Udupi Local Authorities’ Constituency has 6037 voters including 3551 from Dakshina Kannada comprising eight MLAs, one MP. The last date for filing nomination is October 3 and the last date for withdrawal of nomination is October 7. The counting will be held on October 24.

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