Byndoor, Aug 31, 2020: Rajyotsava Awardee of the year 2019, noted social worker and NRI B G Mohandas of Byndoor passed away at Manipal Hospital on August 31, Monday. He was ailing since some time and is survived by his wife, a son and daughter.
Mohandas who had shifted base to the Gulf in the 1980s had worked as a Chief Pharmacist and country manager at MNC. He had also played an instrumental role in strengthening the organisation of Kannadigas in Gulf and had taken the initiative in forming the Karnataka Sangha.