Dr. M Mohan Alva set up an Ayurvedic clinic in Moodubidire in 1980 to cater to the basic health needs of the people of his village. The clinic responded to the then prevalent main health issue like snake bite. He started Alva’s Pharmacy in 1982 to produce the necessary medicines. The clinic was upgraded from time to time responding to the need of the hour and Alva’s Health Center, a full-fledged multi-speciality hospital came into existence in 1986. After finding the solutions for the health needs, Dr. Alva diverted his attention to the idea of serving the society. He realized the need for creating job opportunities for the rural youth. He started the Paramedical courses to support the health needs and to help the youth to find jobs very easily. Alva’s Education Foundation came into existence in 1995 with Alva’s Institute of Nursing and Physiotherapy. Nursing College and Ayurvedic Medical Colleges were added in 1996.
Dr. Alva started Alva’s P.U. College and Alva’s Degree College in 1998 to bring about innovative changes in the field of education. The good old colleges of undivided D.K. District had failed to upgrade and respond to the educational needs of the modern society. So, he initiated the coaching for the national level exams along with NCERT syllabus. With this, Ekalavya Sports Club also flourished. Dr. Alva felt that just 6 hours class room teaching alone will not enable the overall development of the students. So, to make the students remain in the campus for all 24 hours of the day, he brought the hostel system to the forefront. Effective coaching for the competitive entrance exams like CET, NEET, JEE, JEE Crash course, KVPY, NDA, NATA, CA-Foundation, C.S., CLAT, KAS, IAS etc, were also introduced. Alva’s also has the credit of introducing the different educational possibilities like bridge course, crash course, vacation coaching, study materials etc. In order to make the students strong enough to compete with the reputed college students of other states, effective coaching was given in NEET/NEET Long term courses. As a result, the students are bringing laurels to the institution through their exemplary achievements. Every year more than 300 students getting qualified for Medical Education is a testimony to the greatness of the institution. This year, the system is modified further by dividing the whole student strength of the college into 12 Blocks including Science, Commerce, Arts and NEET Long term to ensure individual attention to every student.
Alva’s Degree College has been offering courses with the idea of Degree with Vocational Education/ Civil Service Exam Preparation/ Private sector Vocational training/ Business Training/Higher Education & Research training. The College has the record of getting minimum 30-40 ranks of Mangalore University every year.
The Foundation offers best education with top ranks in Post-Graduation under Mangalore University, Engineering under Vishweshwarayya Technical University and Para Medical Courses under Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences.
Moulding the young minds with aesthetic sense: - The whole campus is adorned with beautiful artistic works, paintings, statues, sculptures and lush green gardens. The students are encouraged to take part in the literary and cultural programs in the campus. The programs of good taste, the artistic works in the campus and the provision to interact with the litterateurs and the artists enable the students to develop the aesthetic sense.
Keeping in mind the wholesome development of the students, the college gives preference to the following activities.
Dheemkita Yakshagana Study Center – The Dheemkita Yakshagana Study Center teaches Thenku Thittu and Badagu Thittu Yakshagana forms. The students are given training in these art forms which enable them to build a strong career with a healthy mind. Innovative ideas are introduced in this art form and the student artistes are earning their name and fame through this center. The center also offers a certificate course in Yakshagana.
Alva’s Theater Study Center: The center is dedicated to the study and research of the theater field. The center aims at training the students in theater art. It makes them full-fledged actors and enables them to find a career even in film industry. They perform many Kannada plays every year.
Alva’s Samskrithika Vaibhava: It is a three-hour variety cultural performance by the well-trained student artistes of Alva’s. It gives performances on nearly 100 stages in India and abroad for a wide range of audience every year. The students are given training in folklore, classical dance and music by the reputed teachers in that particular art form. The students of this cultural troupe not only become perfect in their art field but also get their degree education absolutely free under Adoption Scheme.
Alva’s Nudisiri and Alva’s Virasat: Alva’s Education Foundation (R) organizes these two national level festivals as annual celebrations. Dr. Alva got the idea of organizing such a great celebration of art and literature when he got the chance to organize 71st All India Kannada literary Meet (Akhila Bharata Kannada Sahithya Sammelana) in Moodubidire which was a grand success. This success inspired him to start Alva’s Nudisiri, a national level 3 day literary meet to discuss the various issues related to Kannada language and literature and to develop the love for the regional language in the young minds. This meet has been organized since 2004. More than 1,00,000 people become a part of this celebration every year. Apart from this Alva’s Virasat a week-long cultural extravaganza is celebrated every year to introduce the youth to the richness of Indian art, culture and tradition. These programs are conducted in the evenings and it attracts more than 3,00,000 art and music lovers from India and abroad every day.
A Center for the study of the performing arts of Manipur, Orissa and Srilanka has been established in Alva’s to make known the national and international performing art forms. The Center enables the study and learning of Dholchalom and Stick dance of Manipur, Gotipuva of Orissa and the various performing art forms of Srilanka. The proficient teachers of each field give training to the aspirants. The Cultural Contract has enabled the Srilankan students to learn Indian art forms and Indian students to learn Srilankan art forms.
Free Education and Adoption Scheme: As education is the most important factor in an educational institution, Alva’s Education Foundation (R) offers free education to the deserving students who have excelled in academics, sports, cultural activities, differently able and the children of marginalized sections of some tribal communities like Koraga, Siddhi, Hasala, Malekudiya, Jenukuruba, Soliga and Sudugadusidda etc. through ‘Adoption Scheme’. Alva’s is the pioneer to start this scheme in the field of education. Though this scheme poses a huge amount of financial burden to the institution, it strives hard to become a ray of hope in the lives of many by making them to achieve great success in the field of education, culture and sports.
Alva’s Kannada Medium School: It is an exemplary Kannada medium school which gives completely free education to selected students under Adoption Scheme. The institution spends more than 8 crore rupees every year to run this school by providing completely free education.
Alva’s Special School is a noble school run for the mentally challenged children. The school was established in the year 2008 to help such children and their parents. These children are brought to school and taken back home in the school vehicle. They are also given completely free education.
Integration Festivals: Integration festivals like Deepavali, Christmas, Iftar, Mahaveera Jayanthi, Keraleeyam, North Eastern Day, etc are conducted in Alva’s every year to bring about religious harmony and integration among students. These celebrations enable the students to love and respect different religions, cultures and traditions of India.
Patriotism: The national festivals like Independence Day and Republic Day are conducted every year with all grandeur to instill patriotism and aesthetic sense in the young minds which will make them feel proud of their country.
Alva’s Pragathi: Alva’s Education Foundation (R) organizes Alva’s Pragathi, a job fair, every year to create job opportunities to the rural youth. More than 300 famous companies take part in this Job Fair and students of Arts, Commerce, Science, Sports, Fine Arts, Para –medical, Engineering and Management courses find their career though this. The Job Fair is not specific to the students of Alva’s alone. Any qualified students from anywhere in India can register for this fair.
Alva’s Sports: Alva’s Education Foundation considers sports as an integral part of everyone’s life. So Dr.M.Mohan Alva founded Ekalavya Sports Academy in 1984. Utmost priority and encouragement are given to sports aspirants at Alva’s. There are more than 45 excellent coaches training the sports aspirants in different events. The Academy has trained more than 8000 students and produced state level national and international level athletes including Olympics. This has paved a way for many to find a career very easily. Nearly 400 students are selected every year based on their talent and given completely free education under Adoption scheme with free food and accommodation. Alva’s College of Physical Education was established in the year 2005. This enables sports aspirants to pursue their Degree and P.G Education in sports.
The whole education system in Alva’s including administration, free education, discipline, admission, transfer, accommodation etc., functions in a transparent way and talent is given utmost priority here. No influence or recommendation is required to avail the free education facility. Merit /talent is the sole criteria for the selection. Special fees concession is available to the Mijar and local students. Serving the society is the mission of Alva’s. So it never wishes to commercialize education and the financial burden is less in Alva’s when compared to other private institutions. Instead of starting Medical or Dental colleges where high capitation fees can be collected, Dr. Alva paid attention to the basic education by starting Medical Laboratory Technology college (1999), Center for Post Graduate Studies (2000), Yogic and Naturopathy College (2003), Homeopathy Medical College (2004), College of Education (2005), College of Hospital Administration (2007), Institute of Engineering (2008), Institute of MBA (2010), English Medium High School (2011), English Medium, Higher Primary (2013), Kinder Garten (2015) and Central School (2019)
Alva’s Education Foundation (R) aims at bringing the talented meritorious children of financially backward lower middle-class sections of the society to the limelight. The institution aspires to build the young minds with positive thinking, self-discipline, punctuality, aesthetic sense, patriotism, tolerance and respect for the native art, culture & tradition. The institution has been successful in imparting wholesome modern education to the rural children at an affordable fee structure. The institution is moving forward with liberal mindset and motivating many more to serve the society in the best possible way.
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