K B Prasanna Kumar is contesting the 2013 Legislative Elections from Shimoga and representing Congress Party.

Here is a snapshot of his profile.

Personal Life

Mr. K B Prasanna Kumar was born on 17^th November 1968. His father’s name is G.V.Krishnamurty and Mother’s name is Smt Bhagirathi Bai.  He did his education from Deshiya Vidya Shala, Shimoga popularly known as DVS.

Since childhood Prasanna Kumar was hyperactive and hardworking. As he lost his father at a very young age, he started working part time to support his family. Later he worked as Contractor and is a Class 1 PWD contractor.

He married Geethanjali in the year 1998 and is having a son Avinash.

Professional Background.

By nature he is courageous and helping. As he comes from a humble background, he can understand the needs of the less privileged group of society. Thus even before he got into Politics he was actively involved in Social Service. He joined Youth Congress at the young age of 20, and has engaged himself in all social developmental activities since then. Thus he is having a rich experience of serving people for more than two decades.

As a mirror to all his hard work, he easily won the City Municipal Elections, in the very first attempt in 2007, representing Ashokanagar Ward, Shimoga, and Karnataka State. Since then he has not left any stone unturned. He has immensely helped the people of his Ashok Nagar ward in all respects.

In his five years of service as Counsillor of Ashok nagar he has done his best to solve the problems of common people.

Some of the works he has done are as under

1. He has solved the drinking water problem of Ashoknagar ward, Shimoga.
2. He has arranged for 25 mini water tankers.
3. He has got street lights fixed at all roads of Ashokanagar, that’s why this ward got the name – ‘ward of lights’
4. Garbage maintenance was successfully implemented.
5. SC/STs, and BPL Card holders were made to avail the benefits of all Government sponsored schemes like
   1. Free Electricity
   2. Access to Toilets
   3. Free Cycle for students
   4. Tailoring machine for women
   5. Grinders
   6. Computers and many more
   7. Scholarships for students through Government Municipal office were distributed
   8. Every morning from 5.30am till late in the night, people of Ashokanagar approach him for any grievances they have.

If you sit and watch him from morning till evening, you can observe that, he is not only working as Municipal Councilor but is also has to act as Family counselor for various problems of the poor. Thus he is affectionately called as ‘Anna’ means brother by the Ashoknagar ward people.

Owing to his success as a great brand ambassador of Congress, various other political parties did force him to join hands with them. But his devotion to Congress party and determination to help the poor and needy, and the secular mindset, never made him jump from one party to other.

Thus in the 2012-13 elections for City Municipal councilor, Prasanna Kumar won by 2536 votes as against the number of votes that were cast was 3737. The opposite candidates lost the deposit amount as they could not gain minimum number of votes required. This shows how much of popularity he has got by his hard work.

Various Positions held by K B Prasanna Kumar

1.  City Municipal Councillor, Shimoga
2. President, Shimoga city congress (South Block)
3. President, Vishweshwaraiah Co-Operative Society, (Brahmin Community) Shimoga.
4. President, “Sourabha” – A cultural organization, Shimoga.
5. Treasurer, District Brahmana Mahasabha, Shimoga.l
6. Vice President, District Madhva Sangha (R) Shimoga.
7. Ex-President: Municipal Contractor’s Association, Shimoga.
8. Vice President, Rajiv Gandhi Building workers Association
9. Vice President, Indira Gandhi Un-Organized  Labour Organization.
10. Started to work with Youth congress since  20  Years

Few months back Capgemini in partnership with the Timesgroup had rolled out an ad for its forthcoming show entitled ‘Capgemini Supertechies Show’.

Thousands of Enthusiastic Technology savy intellectuals with the Business acumen registered for the show. Out of that 9000 registrations were accepted and called for the first round of competition in selected cities.

I am happy to tell you that I along with my husband registered for the show, and got selected to the first round. From there we made it to the Top 21 Teams which were selected for Finals.

Every Team had two members. Each 3 teams were assigned to one company. There were 7 companies which were part of this competition. The Top seniors of the company provided the business challenge they are facing. And we were given one week to present the solution. During this one week we got some guidance by a Mentor from Capgemini.

Please watch the show and let us discuss your views on our solutions, other team’s solutions and the best  solution you would have given.

Here is the link

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SOAK NO MORE, what a topic. From past few months this is the discussion I will have with housemaid.

Until KV started working as housemaid in our house I always kept the clothes in two baskets, one for the housemaid

and one for the washing machine. And it was our work to soak and put in washing machine. And often we would forget

to soak the clothes, so we will not put them in washing machine and it would pile up. When I say we, it refers to myself

and my husband. Both of us spend lot time in front of pc and still feel after becoming parents we are not finding time to

browse!! So forget about soaking clothes and putting them in washing machine. So finally when the clothes exceed the

capacity of the basket, and we start feeling I do not have anything proper to wear, that has gone for wash, this is not

there, then we feel it is emergency, and we put all clothes to washing machine without soaking. And as this has

continued for many years, our clothes are much dull compared to the clothes of my brother or mother, whom we often

visit or who visit us. When I see my brother’s baniyan and my husband banian next to each other on the string,

everybody can easily make out, which one is my brother’s and which is my husband’s!!

It is not that my brother is very active or hard working than us, the reason is he has mother with him :-), he has

maadevamma ( the maid from 20 years) soaking and washing his clothes regularly, mere paas kyaa hai? washing

machine hai!!!

‘unke paas washing machine nahi hai’ ( they do not have washing machine)

Then thanks to KV, the new maid to our house, she is more like a family friend than just a maid. The reason can be

she is watchman’s wife thus she is neighbour, employee of our apartment and my housemaid. So she would start

washing the clothes herself, after looking at them in basket for few days. Then I told her, its ok KV, you soak them, I

will put in washing machine. So she would soak it, and next day she would come and see it is still in bucket, then she

would put in washing machine. Next day she would come and see clothes are in washing machine, she would take

them out and put for drying.

Now everyday she teaches me, you should not soak for so many hours, it will smell, dont leave in washing machine for

so many hours, it will smell badly!! I know, I know, but I hardly get any time out of these contests, cooking and my

daughter, where is the time to remember I have to put clothes to washing machine!!!

Now it is really great news indeed!!, No soaking and only washing. That means, KV can directly put the clothes once

she comes to work, by the time she completes her other work like washing utensils, and mopping floor, the washing

machine would have washed the clothes, so she can put them for drying before she leaves!! No dull color, no smell, no

more lessons from KV!! Now I need not be afraid of maid, who would ask me everyday, you forgot to put it in washing

machine??

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We often read about people who think out of the box and create jobs for the poor, help the society. Most often these people are from the not so educated backgrounds. Here is Mr.Muruganandam who left his studies at 10th Standard, and started working. He has come up with low cost sanitary napkins. Not only that he invented cheaper way to make hygienic product, he has trained women in rural areas and made them run their own units.

 

You can know more about his Industry and product here ‘Jayaashree Industries’ 

 

I often wonder when people like Muruganandam can contribute so much to the society, why we with double degrees, keeping searching for jobs in Naukri and Ascent??

 

Each one of us, except a few find it difficult to make their kids adjust to the school in the initial phases. My daughter went to play school only until I accompanied her and after that I could see that she has been crying a lot and I stopped sending her. Where as a neighboring girl six months elder to my daughter never had any problem from day one! At that time I felt the reason might be our language. We speak in Kannada at home and had moved to Hyderabad just one year back. But later I found that is not the reason for her discomfort. When I put her to Nursery in Bachpan a year later, she adjusted within a week and though she hesitated in the initial weeks, later she went without much problem. By the time she came to LKG, I put her in Laurus and she went for only two days and refused to go. Then I put her back in Bachpan and she started going happily from Day one, and the timings were 9 to 2pm. Few kids go happily from day one and few don’t, so what do we do about it.

 

Let me share you my experience, my effort in making her feel secure outside the home. First of all take your kids to your neighbor’s house, stay there for some time. I know it’s a boring exercise, but we need to do it. I have often seen parents asking kids to play by themselves and would not like to stay in neighbor’s house for more than ten minutes. So staying in an apartment was a blessing for me. To add to that we have kids of all age groups in our apartment. She would spend lot of time with her two friends who were of the same age. Initially I would always sit with her for 10 to 15 minutes while she is playing. Then I would come home for few minutes, would go back if she cried. Then I would stay with her for long next time. Like this it went on for few months. Later she started going to these friends house all by herself and would tell me not to accompany her. You just need to make them feel safe there by going with them every time or every day for half an hour or so. After few days they become familiar with everybody in the other house and feel safe. It also gives you an opportunity to understand your neighbor, and how good is their company for your kid. So by the age of 2 and ½ years my daughter was comfortably playing in her friend’s homes. Sraddha’s house, Saanvika’s house and sometimes charisma’s house. She also picked good amount of Telugu.

 

I liked Bachpan, Nizampet as it has qualified teachers who are fluent in English. Also the Director Sravanti is an Engineer by education. I liked the study material, and it was definitely better option than Lilliput. I joined her in Nursery, and I took her to the school for 2 -3 days before the school reopened. So that I could stay with her while she played in the play area. I made her feel comfortable in school. It was like a park or play house where her mother accompanied her, so she was happy to go. Also I got the uniform before the school actually started, made her wear the uniform and took her to school.

 

When the school actually began, the Director Sravanthi told us to keep our hearts strong and brave and to leave the kid even if he or she cries. And first week the school was only for half an hour! So first week all  Nursery kids went for half an hour, though my daughter cried on first day, she didn’t cry the other days, because she thought it gets over so fast and it was fun! Next week the school was for three hours i.e. 9 to 12, but we brought her at 10.30 itself for one week. Later as she liked to come by Van with friends, we told her then you can come by Van. Coming by van meant staying till 12noon, which she did not realize.

She liked her class teacher very much. The class teacher was available to us over phone. So whenever she came home sad, I would call her and ask what happened, and she would explain. The class teacher Rama had very well understood the psychology of my child. I am sure she would have understood each child in the same way. My daughter enjoyed doing home work, as she felt it’s a matter of pride like other grown up kids. Now she too has got books and home work J

 

The school took them on outings once or twice. All festivals they celebrate with lot of enthusiasm. Friendship day, blue day, I day, all festivals so and so forth.  A dance teacher came to train them for the annual day function. My daughter’s song was ‘O My friend Ganesha’. She enjoyed that too. On the annual day we were supposed to send them at 8.30am, from school they would go to Auditorium, which was near hi Tech city. I was wondering whether she can manage. But to my astonishment she went happily, she was dressed up by her teachers, she did not cry on the stage.

Also at every point, I keep her informed what will happen. I will tell her, they will take you to auditorium from school; your teacher will dress you up. There will be lot of people in the auditorium. They will watch your dance and clap loudly if you dance well. So on and so forth.

 

She even went to wish the Governor of Andhrapradesh on Rakshabhandan with her school mates. That was again something which we doubted, but she surprised us by completing that assignment also without any crying or troubling teachers.

At the same time she could not adjust to Laurus School at all. I felt neither the teachers nor the ayahs were well trained to handle small kids.

To summarise I would tell that, it’s good to consult few parents and take their suggestion. Also every kid is different, depending on your kid’s upbringing you have to mentally prepare them for school. Never tell a kid that ‘if you don’t eat I will send you to school’ or never make statements like ‘teacher will beat you’.

Since they start walking and speaking, make them feel school is a good experience. Make them long for school. Whenever they tell I want to go to school, tell them you are too young, you should eat properly then we will send you to school. So that the child feels it’s something which it should earn, like he earns a chocolate for doing good things.

Don’t put them in school for three hours from day one. Convince the teachers and principal and leave them only for half an hour. If possible go with the kid to the school on non working days of school and spend some time there. Bring them back even when they want to play more. Put them in day care for only half an hour or one hour. Stay with them for first week, and then leave them for half an hour. For most of the kids it should be a gradual process. Don’t ask them to wear the uniform on day one, sometimes they don’t want to wear uniform because that means going to school. In that case forget about uniform, put the color dress and tell them you will just go enquire something at school. Talk about other kids coming to school. Tell them there will be birthday parties in school. If you attend school you will get more friends, you can attend more parties. I have put lot of effort to make my daughter feel comfortable at other’s houses, and school. One of my neighbor often tells me ‘hats off to you Bindu’.

 

Thus sharing my experiences. Hope it helps you.

 

Enjoy parenting.