Mangalore, October 11: Former Chairman of Karnataka Bank Ananthkrishna Passed away at the age of 74 today October 11, Sunday.
Ananthkrishna from Bantwal started his career in Karnataka bank in 1971 as an officer. In 2000 he was appointed as CEO and Chairman of Karnataka Bank. He rendered his service till 2009 and after 2009 he served as a non-executive Chairman of the Bank.
In 2016 he retired from his service.
He was honored with a number of awards, including 'PR Person of the Year – 2002' awarded by Public Relations Society of India (PRSI), Mangaluru-Manipal chapter, KK Pai National Banking Award, 'Outstanding Manager - 2004' by Mangalore Management Association, New Year Award - 2008 constituted jointly by Academy of General Education, Rotary Club Udupi-Manipal and Syndicate Bank, and Rotary '4-Way Test' Award for exemplary ethics in business and vocation.
Ananthakrishna completed his school education from SVS High School, Bantwal. He pursued science at St Aloysius College, and completed his post graduation in mathematics from Mysore University.
Before 1971 he started his career as teacher at Deepika Highschool Modankap, and later on appointed as a lecturer at Manipal Institute of Technology. He then joined Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), Bengaluru as Junior Programmer.