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Education is a continuous process for him

— PHOTO: M.A. SRIRAM

Achievers: Chaitanya Lakshmi G., Asha C.C., Rudraswamy and A.N. Chandrakeerthi with their gold medals in Mysore on Saturday.

MYSORE: Age is not a barrier towards gaining knowledge. For 71-year-old A.N. Chandrakeerthi, education is a continuous process. As he said, “Knowledge has no limit”.

Mr. Chandrakeerthi, who bagged six gold medals in M.A. Jainology and Prakrit, is not averse towards gaining knowledge even at this ripe age.

“I pursued Jainology and Prakrit to update my knowledge on Jainism. I wanted to be well-informed about Jain philosophy,” said Mr. Chandrakeerthi, a retired director of Town Planning.

The audience at the packed Crawford Hall clapped continuously when Mr. Chandrakeerthi, who took admission to the university as a regular student after 10 years of retirement, went to receive the medals from the Vice-Chancellor.

When Mr. Chandrakeerthi learnt that there were plans to close down the Department of Jainology owing to the lack of students, he took the course as a challenge and to show that people were still keen to pursue such subjects.

“My efforts paid off. Seeing my achievement, the university should encourage more students to take up Jainology,” he said Mr Chandrakeerthi, who has published several books on Jainology, plans to pursue doctoral study in the subject.

Several students received gold medals in recognition of their hard work and outstanding results.

Chaitanya Lakshmi G. who bagged seven gold medals in MSc. Chemistry, said, “Students should never bunk classes as attending each class will make students more focussed.”

For Rudraswamy, who resides at JSS Gurukula as a disciple of Suttur Math, education is necessary to serve society. Rudraswamy, who won six gold medals in Sanskrit, yearns to establish a caste-free society.

“I am not pursuing courses to teach in colleges but in order to teach people on discipline, cleanliness and other principles. I will do a PhD and spread awareness on thoughts useful to society,” he said.He thanked the seer of Suttur Math and the department professors for his achievement.

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