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Heritage Club to be inaugurated today

Staff Correspondent

HAVERI: K.L.E. Society’s Gudleppa Hallikeri College of Haveri is among the 15 colleges in the State which have been selected for setting up Heritage Clubs for taking up conservation activities.

Principal of the college B.S. Gavi told presspersons here on Monday that creating awareness on sharing the responsibility of protecting heritage sites was one of the objectives of setting up the clubs.

Aim

Through its activities, the club would motivate the students and the public in preserving the rich cultural heritage of their region, he said.

The Heritage Club of the college would be inaugurated by Commissioner of the Department of Archaeology, Museums and Heritage Venkatesh Machakanur in Haveri on Wednesday.

Other colleges

According to the department, the other colleges where the clubs will be set up are Basaveshwara Arts College (Bagalkot); Lingaraj College (Belgaum); Karnatak Arts College (Dharwad); M.M. Arts and Science College (Sirsi); Mahajan First Grade College (Mysore); Saint Aloysius College (Mangalore); Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa College (Madikeri); S.J.M. College (Chandravalli in Chitradurga district); B.V. Bhoomaraddi Degree College (Bidar); S.B. Arts College (Bijapur); Government First Grade College (Srirangapattana); Sri Gavisiddeshwara Degree College (Koppal); S. Nijalingappa College (Bangalore); and Sharanabasaveshwar College (Gulbarga).

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