Sakeena Nasser completes Ph.D in Economics from Mangalore University
Mangaluru: Sakeena Nasser, Head of Department of Economics at Sri Venkataramana Swamy College, Bantwal completed her Ph.D. from Mangalore University.
She completed her Ph.D. under the guidance of Prof. Vishwanatha, Department of Post Graduate Studies and Research in Economics, Mangalore University.
Dr. Sakeena Nasser researched on the topic “Discrimination and Exclusion: A study on access to Education and Employment of Muslim Women in Karnataka”.
Dr. Sakeena hails from a Kukkadi family and is a daughter-in-law of Nadoja Sara Aboobacker. Her daughter M Fathima Natalia, B.E., M.S (University of Southern California, USA) works for Advanced Micro Devices, Sunny Vale, USA.
Sakeena Nasser’s eldest brother Abdul Khader Kukkady is a 1972 graduate of the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras. He is the first person from the Beary Community to get an IIT degree. Her other siblings are doctors, engineers, and scientists.
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Bridge portion collapses on Jammu outskirts; 3-4 labourers feared trapped, 1 rescued
Jammu (PTI): A portion of a small bridge collapsed in the Bantalab area on the outskirts of Jammu city on Friday, trapping at least three to four labourers under the debris, while one injured worker was rescued, official sources said.
Authorities have closed the road link following the collapse of the portion of the bridge.
The incident occurred when labourers were carrying out repair work on a retaining wall near the bridge that was damaged in last year's flash floods, the sources said.
According to the sources, a section of the bridge suddenly gave way, burying workers engaged at the site under the rubble.
Police, Army and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) teams launched rescue operations to extricate those buried under the debris. They pulled out one injured labourer and shifted him to a hospital, the sources said.
Family members of the labourers present at the site said around six workers engaged at the site at the time of the incident came under the debris when the structure collapsed. The family members said while two of the labourers managed to escape, four got trapped.
The sources said those trapped included the husband of a woman labourer, a mason, an unmarried labourer and a relative of the contractor.
There was no official confirmation on the exact number of persons trapped under the debris till the filing of this report.
The rescue operations are ongoing.
