He had joined the department as a clerk in 1967 with a BA qualification.However, his aim to acquire a higher degree made him take the PG exam — MA ( Kannada ) — from Karnataka University in 1996 as an external candidate. “My hunger for knowledge is immense, because of which I have taken this PG exam. It was he who taught me the local language.”Prof Anil Bamagond, coordinator of IGNOU (Vijayapura centre) said Ningaiah, having a quest for knowledge, sets high goals high. This is for my fourth PG degree,” he said.His wife Mangala Odeyar took pride as she said: “ He sets his goals high and pursues them. He took the exam of MA (social science) in the latest — and his fourth — as an external candidate of IGNOU’s Vijayapura study centre.Interestingly, he writes the exam using both hands.
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