Members of Canara Educational Institutes who gathered at T V Ramana Pai Convention Centre paid rich tributes to the departed soul of Late Kepul Dinesh Nayak, who expired on August 26. Late Nayak was the former secretary of Canara High School Association.

Nitte Education Trust Chairman N Vinaya Hegde compared his friend Kepul to a pillar of strength. He remembered the days when both of them were struggling to build the engineering colleges. He said Kepul Dinesh Nayak is his role model.

MUDA Chairman Dr Madhav Bhandary, Basthi Vaman Shenoy, S S Kamath, Nagraj Javali, Umesh Mallya, Basti Narayan Shenoy and others spoke on the occasion.

Canara High School Association Secretary Annappa Pai, Ammembla Subba Rao Pai Fund President B B Shanbhag, Secretary S Srinivas Kamath and other members of the Association, teachers and well wishers were present.