User:Cricket36/S. V. Torke

Sadanand Vithob Torke (SV Torke) (born 26th March 1926) was one of very few early bright young men from Torke graduated with Honrs in BA during the British Raj. His astuteness, dedication and honesty towards the work quickly took him to official cadre and went on to become secretary to Govt of Karnataka in Rural development department; Due to his administrative ability he was chosen by Govt of Karnataka  1. To strengthen and develop the Kanara Dist Co Operative bank (KDCC) Sirsi, Uttarakannada which was in shambles .2. Serve as Private Secretary to Govt of Karnataka Cabinet Ministers, Mr. M.S Katagi (During Chief Minister Dev Raj Urs), and Mrs Renuka Rajendran (During Chief Minister Gundu Rao) 3. In 1986 he was made member of Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC) Sadanand Vithob Torke

Born	March 26th, 1924 (age 85) Torke Uttar Kannada

Nationality	Indian

Occupation	Rtd. Secretary of Govt of Kranataka

Spouse(s)	Netravathi Narayan Nayak  from Gonehalli

1. Early life and career Mr. Torke was born on March 26th 1924 in the Torke village. He is the second son of Vithoba Venkanna Torke a Kannada Literary / well known school teacher and his mother Chandrabagi Subray Nayak was a home maker. He did his primary school in Torke and High school from Bankicodla. He was a merit scholar. He received BA degree in 1945 from Karnataka College, Dharwar of the Bombay Karnataka University 1.	1. Career In the early years Mr. Torke served as BDA officer in many places in Karnataka state, Bijapur, Siddapur,…; In 1960 he was nominated as Secretary to KDCC Bank Sirsi to strengthen and develop the Kanara Dist Co Operative bank (KDCC) Sirsi, Uttarakannada which was in shambles; During his tenure as a secretary opened branches in nook and corner of the Uttara Kannada district to serve the people of the district and to strengthen the bank financials. During his time Bank celebrated its Golden Jubilee years under the chief guest, Governor Mr. Dharmaveera. He is considered one of the few pioneers in the KDCC banks history who brought the bank from rags to riches. During the later years he held many different positions in Govt of Karnataka and mentored many new IAS officers like Renuka Viswanathan, Muddahppa etc… He was one of the key official who wrote justification letters to Govt of Karnataka why Govt should consider placing   Nadavaru and Torke Nador community under backward class to help the under privileged Nadava community. Even after the retirement ,Due to his administrative ability and honesty he was called back to serve as a Private secretary to Govt of Karnataka Cabinet Ministers, Mr. M.S Katagi ( During  Chief Minister D. Devaraj Urs ),and Mrs Renuka Rajendran ( During Chief Minister Gundu Rao)   and became  member of Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC) during Ramakrishna Hedge