Prof S V Parameshwar Bhatta Memorial Award instituted by Prof SVP Samsmarana Samithi, Mangalore, was accorded to noted literary critic T P Ashok at a function held at Canara College premises here on Saturday.
Receiving the award Ashok said that it was time to rethink about our cultural values in the backdrop of globalization.
Expressing concern over the brain drain phenomena in our country, he said the present education system had become a workshop to shape and supply talented youth to the West. The talent of our young generation was being used for the benefit of MNCs instead of for the benefit of our country and people, he rued.
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