Ursu Community father-son duo achieving Doctorates of Mysore university, 2020.

 Dr.Nagakrishna Raje Urs.                                                                     Dr. M.N.Pramu Kumar Raje Urs

 

Father and Son duo  of Ursu community, get their Doctorates in the 100th Convocation of Mysore University 2020

The Guinness World record for the most doctorates in one family is seven by the children of Shri Ramanna Bhimappa and Smt Parvatibai R. Sonnad of Bhantanur, Karnatak, India, from institutions in both India and USA between 1970 and 1994. University of Wisconsin (21 August 1971), Shivaji University (3 December 1988), Texas A&M University (16 August 1980), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (4 June 1984), Karnatak University (14 February 1981), Karnatak University (18 February 1994), University of Bombay (18 August 1970).

It is not a common occasion in the  annals of education, when two family members, obtain academic recognition at the same time. Be it a father-son duo, mother-daughter duo,  or a brothers duo, brother-sister duo, or  sisters duo,  etc,   At this moment, the combination of father-son duo is in the lime light.

In one of the rare instances, a father-son duo - PK Sharma and Karan Sharma - of Panchkula, Haryana, have completed their Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degrees together and that too from the same faculty of the same university. According to a report in The Tribune, 62-year-old PK Sharma is a retired Haryana Civil Services (HCS) officer and is currently re-employed as Secretary of the State Election Commission and his 35-year-old son is Assistant Advocate General with the Haryana Government. They were on the cloud nine when the Law Department of Chaudhry Devi Lal University (CLDU), Sirsa, notified their doctorate degrees earlier this year 2018.  From far way Haryana, let us visit Mysore, the city of Palace, Education, Research, and  many others.

The 100th Convocation of the University of Mysore held on  19th  October 2020, is unique for the Ursu community.  A memorable, historic   event of  a “ father and son”  duo of Ursu Community,   getting their “ Doctor of Philosophy”  degrees in this Convocation,  in the Management  Science., from the same guide Dr. S.V.Somanath.   They belong to the small village of Sindhuvalli, on the Nanjanagud-Gundlupet  Road,  Nanjanagud Taluk.

Father, Shri. Nagakrishna Raje  Urs, completed his “Master of Science”, in 1980. Joined the 

Karnataka  Soaps and Detergents Ltd., of the Mysore Sandal Soap fame, at Bangalore and 

retired in 2017. Even before retirement,  he had his Masters Degree  in Business 

Administration, through distance education, from the  Sikkim Manipal  University in 2010.

Son, Shri M.N.Pramu Kumar Raje Urs,B.Com,  completed his  Masters Degree  in Business 

Administration  from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania State, USA., also in 2010.  

 

 Then, started the parallel streaming of the  duo,  and they wanted to go a step higher, this 

time together,  and  then, they registered for their Ph.D, with guide Dr V.S.Somanath in the 

year 2016. The Community is seeing the duo, achieving their goal in the year 2020.

( Coincidence here :   Approximate ages of father and son duo, same field, same University, etc. are almost  

 similar in the above  Haryana and Mysore University  cases)

 

Dr. M.N. Pramu Kumar Raje Urs. 35, submitted his thesis on “ Study of green human resources  management practices in manufacturing  and  information technology firms  in Bangalore “.  Ph.D    was awarded by the  University on 05th September 2020.  Working as the Principal of SJB College  of Management Studies in Bangalore.


Dr. Nagakrishna Raje Urs. ,63, submitted his Thesis   on  “  Fringe benefits and employees performance – A comparative study  of public and private sector companies “  Ph.D  was awarded by the  University on  22nd September 2020.

 

The other unique record is of the  young man Shri Shashank (Urs) of Gagenahalli, Hunsur Taluk, getting 3 Gold Medals and 2 Cash Prizes while achieving his M.PEd, in this year 2020.

May our community,  with the blessings of Goddess Chamundeswari,  prosper with  more  academic Gold Medals and  Doctorates in the future.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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