<p class="title">Prasanna Rai K, son of well-known writer and poet Nadoja Kayyara Kinhanna Rai, retired as Head of Department of Botany after completing 30 years of service at St Philomena College.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He began his teaching career in Vivekananda College in Puttur during 1988-89 and joined St Philomena College in 1991. Rai obtained his doctorate degree for his thesis on ‘Studies on Marine Fungi from the West Coast of India’.</p>.<p class="bodytext">As secretary of Kannada Cultural Association of Kavitha Kuteera Perdala, he published 18 books on his father Dr Kayyara Kinhanna Rai. He had served as a member of Board of Studies and Board of Examinations of Mangalore University.</p>.<p class="bodytext">At present, he is president of ‘Vanashree’- Association of Botany Teachers of Mangalore University.</p>
<p class="title">Prasanna Rai K, son of well-known writer and poet Nadoja Kayyara Kinhanna Rai, retired as Head of Department of Botany after completing 30 years of service at St Philomena College.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He began his teaching career in Vivekananda College in Puttur during 1988-89 and joined St Philomena College in 1991. Rai obtained his doctorate degree for his thesis on ‘Studies on Marine Fungi from the West Coast of India’.</p>.<p class="bodytext">As secretary of Kannada Cultural Association of Kavitha Kuteera Perdala, he published 18 books on his father Dr Kayyara Kinhanna Rai. He had served as a member of Board of Studies and Board of Examinations of Mangalore University.</p>.<p class="bodytext">At present, he is president of ‘Vanashree’- Association of Botany Teachers of Mangalore University.</p>
