Mysore/Mysuru: Maintaining that there is a huge anti-incumbency wave in the State, senior Congress leader and former Minister Prof. B.K. Chandrashekar (BKC) said that the Congress has a good opportunity for winning the May 10 Assembly polls. Addressing a press meet at a private hotel here on Friday, Prof. BKC said he had commissioned a…
‘Higher Education must be freed from Governor, Government interference’
January 8, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Former Education Minister Prof. B.K. Chandrashekar has demanded that to ensure quality of higher education, it should be freed from the clutches of Government and the Governor. Chandrashekar told media persons at Jaladarshini Guest House on Friday, “It has become inevitable to infuse quality to higher education. It can be ensured only when the…
Bhagavadgita in syllabus: Let BJP come for open debate, says Prof. BKC
May 7, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Senior Congress leader and former Minister Prof. B.K. Chandrashekar (BKC) has called for an open discussion with BJP on the introduction of Bhagavadgita in school syllabus. His party, Congress, has maintained that the present syllabus has been prepared by resourceful persons and there is no need to include anything now. Addressing a press conference…
PM Modi must speak up, urges former Minister BKC
July 31, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Former Minister Prof. B.K. Chandrashekar (BKC) has accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of not addressing a single press conference in the last seven years only to conceal failures of his Government. Addressing a news conference at Jaladarshini Guest House here yesterday, he said the PM was afraid to face the media because of which…
Prof. BKC hits out at Modi for subverting democratic institutions
April 15, 2019Mysuru: Congress leader and former Education Minister Prof. B.K. Chandrashekar (BKC) lashed out at PM Modi for misusing democratic institutions like CBI, Supreme Court, Election Commission of India, RBI, Central Vigilance Commission and other constitutional bodies for his political advantage as he is on a losing side in this election. Addressing media persons at a…
Universities in the country are in pathetic condition: Prof. B.K. Chandrashekar
November 28, 201811th Graduates Day at JSS College of Arts, Commerce and Science Mysuru: The Universities in the country are in a pathetic condition as they have lost their autonomous status, regretted former Primary and Secondary Education Minister Prof. B.K. Chandrashekar. He was speaking after distributing degree certificates to the students at the 11th Graduates Day of…
Inauguration of Gallery Seats at Ganabharathi’s Ramabai Govinda Rao Auditorium
July 25, 2018Mysuru: Former Minister Prof. B.K.Chandrashekar will inaugurate the Gallery Seats built at Ganabharathi’s Ramabai Govinda Rao Rangamandira, on July 27 at 5.30 pm. On the same evening, Ganabharathi’s website will also be launched by the dignitaries. MLA S.A. Ramdas, industrialist M. Jagannath Shenoy and Kannada & Culture Assistant Director H. Channappa will be the chief…
Prof. B.K. Chandrashekar inaugurates renovated ‘Ear Mould Lab’
January 2, 2018Mysuru: Prof. B.K. Chandrashekar (BKC), former Minister, recently inaugurated the renovated ‘Ear Mould Lab’ at All India Institute of Speech and Hearing (AIISH), Mysuru. The ‘Ear Mould Lab’ in the Department of Audiology has facilities to prepare and provide individualised mechano-acoustic couplers (ear moulds) for hearing users. The ear mould lab has state-of-the-art equipment and…
BJP creating unnecessary ruckus over Tipu Jayanti: Prof. BKC
November 13, 2017Mysuru: Accusing the BJP of creating unnecessary ruckus over Tipu Jayanti celebration, former Minister and KPCC Vice-President Prof. B.K. Chandrashekar (BKC) has said that the BJP has raked up the Tipu issue as it has no other agenda. Addressing a press meet at Jaladarshini Guest House here on Saturday, Prof. BKC alleged that the BJP…
Ex-Minister calls Bureaucracy Bad and Repents!
October 18, 2017Last evening I journeyed to Rangayana, like it was a pilgrimage, to see Pandit Rajeev Taranath, the Sarod Maestro par-excellence, whose birthday it was. The venue, a small auditorium Bhoomigeeta, was overflowing with music connoisseurs, Taranath’s old friends and admirers. I was one among them. The programme was to celebrate Karnataka’s celebrated Sarod Maestro’s 85th…
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