The director of Fortune Group of Hotels Mr. Vakwadi Praveen Kumar Shetty has been honored for his services by the Karnataka Government with the prestigious Karnataka Rajyotsava Prashasti.

During the first wave of Covid-19 Mr. Praveen Shetty arranged for Chartered Flight services to help stranded Kannadigas in the Middle East to reach their hometown. Even though his hotel business was closed during corona times, all employees earned leave along with salary.  He has become a role model to society with these philanthropic activities. During the second wave, he had provided food kits to the people.

Born on July 6, 1967, Praveen Shetty studied PUC in Koteshwara Government Junior College and completed his graduation at Bhandarkar’s College. In 2001 he started the Fortune Group of Hotels in Dubai. For the last 15 years, he has contributed to various cultural events held in Dubai, Sharjah, and Abu Dhabi.

He has contributed generously to orphanage homes, Blind Schools, educational institutions, and places of religious significance.

In the 2012 Brahmavara bus stand premises, he facilitated the necessary arrangement for pure drinking water. In 2012 he was appointed as Director of Spoorthi Dhama Kundapura. Later he conducted cultural activities in Dubai and collected about 15,00,000 rupees and donated the same for the activities of Spoorthi Dham. In 2013 at Kundapura Gangolli a ‘Sarvaddhama Samuhika Vivaha’ was arranged and he has wholeheartedly provided necessary donations needed for the same.

In 2014 he was instrumental in building the Post Office in Vokwadi and the Bus stand complex.

         Accolades and Awards Received:

• Honored with the ‘Vishwa Manava Prashasti’ at the ‘Kuvempu  Vishwa Kannada Sammelana’ in the year 2009.
• Awarded the ‘Aryabhata International Award’ in 2012 by the Ravindra Kalakshetra of Bangalore for his innumerable social welfare work.

The institution is proud to commemorate this achievement of receiving the Rajyotsava Award by our very own Trustee Mr. Vokwadi Praveen Kumar Shetty. We wish him all the success in the future and urge him to do further community work to help the needy people of Vokwadi.