12-05-2025
M.B. Badbade passes away
Mehboobsaab B. Badbade, a retired KAS officer and former Special Deputy Commissioner, passed away in Belagavi on Sunday night. He was 85.
After retirement, he formed the Consortium of Minorities Association, an NGO that runs schools and colleges, a certificate centre for Urdu, Arabic and Persian and the distance education centre of Kuvempu University.
He also organised free tailoring training and handicrafts training for poor and destitute women and short-term courses for youth preparing for competitive examinations.
He was among the guest speakers at The Hindu career guidance session in 2018.
District in-charge Minister Satish Jarkiholi and other leaders have expressed their condolences.
