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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Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada MP Capt Brijesh Chowta has said that the construction of foot overbridges on National Highway 66 has been sanctioned to improve vehicular and pedestrian safety and the work will begin soon near Srinivas College, Mukka, and near Fisheries College, Yekkur.
Capt Chowta, who had written to the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways and spoken during a recent meeting with the Ministry on the problems faced by users of the BC Road to Surathkal stretch of the National Highway 66. He had referred to urgency to address the need for maintenance, dangerous points and stormwater drains on the stretch, among other issues, laying further stress on its proximity to the port, its position as a key entry point to Mangaluru city and also the intensity of traffic in the region, reports Deccan Herald.
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is learned to have invited tenders worth Rs 26.05 crore to cover 37.472 km from Surathkal to Nanthoor on NH 66, from BC Road to Padil on NH 73 as well as the bypass from Nanthoor Junction to Padil.
The work on the highways includes overlaying of 11.084 km (Surathkal to APMC, Kulur to AJ Hospital, and Nanthoor to Padil), carriageway cleaning, removal of vegetation, road property management and maintenance and road safety improvements (engineering works). Capt Chowta has said that, with improved service roads, infrastructure that supports pedestrians and better connectivity with the New Mangalore Port, the region can boost trade, transport and tourism.
Project Director of NHAI Abdulla Javed Azmi has said that four-laning of the Vamanjoor- Sanoor stretch of the Mangaluru-Solapur NH 169 will be completed by May.
He clarified that the work on the three-km stretch from Kulashekar to Vamanjoor, the Moodbidri bypass and some other stretches had been stalled for various reasons, including court hearing.
In addition, Captain Chowta had written to all concerned officials highlighting the need to address the poor condition of the roads near Mangalore port. New Mangalore Port Road Company Limited (NMPRCL) is learned to have invited tenders for the operation and routine maintenance of prominent stretches of the highway to ensure better connectivity to the New Mangalore Port.
