Parents pledge ear rings to educate their son

Rural lad proves himself by becoming a doctor

Vartha Bharati | 02-05-2018 | 19:03:00 IST

Kadaba, May 2: His story suits well to the proverb ‘Where there is a will, there is a way’. This is a story about a rural youth who reached his goal to fulfill the dreams of his parents despite facing several hardships throughout his journey to become a doctor.

Dr Avin DP, the eldest son of auto driver Dushyanth and Prema couple of Donimane of Edamangala village in Kadaba taluk, completed his MMBS amidst all difficulties.

For livelihood, his father Dushyanth took up driver profession and travelled across the country including Gujarat, Assam and other states. But believing that education is the only weapon to alleviate poverty, his mother Prema toiled hard to educate her son who did not disappoint his parents dreams.

With an intension of admitting their son to an English medium school like other children, they have pledged their gold ear rings in the bank and got money and admitted Avin to the school. He has studied from first standard to 10^th standard at Knanaya Jyothi English Medium school at Kadaba and got 95 percent and secured a seat in Alvas College of Moodabidre. While Avin used to wake up at 4.45 am and involve in studies for more than 12-14 hours a day, his father shifted his profession from auto driver to sand transportation in order to earn more money for his son’s education.

In PUC, hailed from a rural background, Avin got 685 rank in CET in the state and got medical seat in prestigious Government Medical College of Mysuru. After completing his MBBS, he has served as house surgeon for one year and received convocation certificate from NIMHANS director Dr BN Gangadhar on March 22, 2018. He was feeling proud of fulfilling the dream of his parents.

Now once again he is preparing for an entrance exam to get MD seat. Interestingly, emulating his elder brother, his younger brother is also doing his dental course by getting a government seat and in another three years, he would also become a dentist.

“Though there was acute poverty at home, my parents have forgotten their pains to encourage me to complete the medical course. I feel proud for fulfilling the dreams of my parents”.

--Dr Avin

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Karnataka issues nutrition advisory for govt events; recommends millets, healthier options

13-04-2026 ¦ 13-04-2026 IST

Bengaluru (PTI): The Karnataka government on Monday issued a nutrition advisory recommending healthier food and beverage options at meetings, functions, and other official gatherings held in the state.

The advisory has been issued by the Department of Karnataka Health and Family Welfare Services to promote healthy dietary and nutritional habits among officials and staff, noting that food, refreshments and beverages served in government offices and official programmes are "often not aligned with nutrition standards."

The advisory recommends serving snacks such as millet-based, low-fat and low-sugar foods, fresh fruits, vegetable salads, sprouts, roasted nuts and seeds during in-house office meetings and breaks.

Beverages such as green tea, low-fat buttermilk, and locally filtered or boiled water served in glass bottles or steel flasks have also been suggested.

According to the advisory, for larger government events, conferences and exhibitions, departments have been advised to include at least one millet-based item during snacks and a minimum of two millet dishes in meals, along with local cuisine and at least one regional recipe.

It also recommends the use of brown rice instead of white rice, freshly prepared vegetable salads, and fresh fruits or low-sugar fruit juices.

If non-vegetarian food is served, it should consist of well-cooked lean or white meat, the advisory stated.

In eateries operating within government office campuses, the department has recommended millet-based foods, fresh vegetable salads, boiled pulses such as horse gram or chickpeas, and low-fat beverages.

It suggests serving food using reusable metal plates and glasses.

The advisory also recommends avoiding microwave-heated food, industrially processed food, fried snacks, high-fat or heavily spiced dishes, carbonated drinks, high-sugar fruit juices, and alcoholic beverages.

It further discourages serving milk-based tea or coffee and plastic-bottled water during official events.

“Overall, hygiene and cleanliness should be maintained while serving food and water. Local cottage industries, self-help groups, prison kitchens, nutri-gardens and others should be preferred for placing food and beverage orders,” the advisory added.