Veteran RSS Pracharak Sri Prakash Kamath passed away today

21 April 2019, Bengaluru: Veteren RSS pracharak Sri Prakash Kamath breathed his last today at Belagavi. He was 70. He was been treated at a private hospital at Belagavi for he succumbed to paralysis stroke recently. He is survived by his two brothers and a sister.

Due to health troubles, he was relieved from his responsibilities of Vanavasi Kalyan three years ago. After that he was staying in Kumta, Uttar Kannada. He had moved to Belagavi for treatment recently.

Sri Kamath was behind the starting of Vanavasi Kalyana activities which focussed on working with the tribals in the state. He worked under the guidance of Late Sri Ajith Kumar.

Born in Sringeri, Karnataka on 10th April 1949, Sri Prakash Kamath won gold medal for his Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical engineering from the Regional Engineering College, Surathkal.

He had worked in various capacities for the development of Vanavasis including serving for 10 years in North Eastern part of Bharat. He has devoted his entire life to the society and the upliftment of Vanavasis.

He was stationed at Patna and had held the Akhila Bharatiya responsibility of Gram Vikas  a project of Vanavasi Kalyan Ashram which focussed on welfare of Vanavasis at village level. Sri Kamath was a firm believer of the fact that the task of upliftment of Vanavasis was to be done by karyakartas with whole heartedness and with a continuous, long term dedication. 

Incidentally it happens to be the death anniversary of Sri Balasaheb Deshpande who was the founder of Akhila Bharatiya Vanavasi Kalyan Ashram.

Sri V Nagaraj, Kshetriya Sanghachalak of Dakshina Madhya Kshetra, RSS and Sri Sripada, Kshetriya Sanghatan Karyadarshi (Organising secratary) of Dakshina Madhya Kshetra, Vanavasi Kalyan have issued condolences for the departed soul. While Sri V Nagaraj has compared the dedication of life of Sri Prakash Kamath as   pure gold, Sri Sripada has said that Sri Kamath always wished the volunteers work for the development and upliftment of vanavasis in a dedicated and whole hearted way till the ultimate goal of Vanavasis brought to mainstream is reached.

(Dakshina Madhya Kshetra comprises of states of Karnataka, Andhra and Telangana)

ಸುರತ್ಕಲ್ ನ ರೀಜನಲ್ ಇಂಜಿನಿಯರಿಂಗ್ ಕಾಲೇಜಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಬಿ. ಇ. ವ್ಯಾಸಂಗ ಮಾಡಿ ಚಿನ್ನದ ಪದಕ ಪಡೆದ ಶ್ರೀ ಪ್ರಕಾಶ್ ಕಾಮತ್
ಅವರು ತಮ್ಮ ಇಡಿಯ ಜೀವನವನ್ನು ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಸ್ವಯಂಸೇವಕ ಸಂಘದ ಪ್ರಚಾರಕರಾಗಿ, ವನವಾಸಿಗಳ ಸೇವೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ನಿಯೋಗಿಸಿಕೊಂಡವರು. ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ರಾಜ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ ವನವಾಸಿ ಕಲ್ಯಾಣಕ್ಕಾಗಿ ಸಂಘಟನೆಯನ್ನು ಆರಂಭಿಸಿದ ಶ್ರೀ ಪ್ರಕಾಶ್ ಕಾಮತ್ ಅವರು ನಡೆಸಿದ ಜೀವನ ಅಪರಂಜಿಯಂತಹದು. ಸದಾ ಪ್ರೇರಣಾದಾಯಕ ಜೀವನ ನಡೆಸಿದ ಚೇತನಕ್ಕೆ ಶತ ಶತ ನಮನಗಳು.

ವಿ. ನಾಗರಾಜ್
ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರೀಯ ಸಂಘಚಾಲಕ
ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಮಧ್ಯ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರ (ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ, ತೆಲಂಗಾಣ, ಆಂಧ್ರ)

ಶ್ರೀ ಪ್ರಕಾಶ ಕಾಮತ್ ಅವರು ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದಲ್ಲಿ ವನವಾಸಿ ಕಲ್ಯಾಣದ ಕಾರ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಮುಂಚೂಣಿಯಲ್ಲಿದ್ದವರು ಹಾಗೂ ವನವಾಸಿಗರ ಕಲ್ಯಾಣಕ್ಕಾಗಿ, ಅವರನ್ನು ಮುನ್ನೆಲೆಗೆ ತರಬೇಕೆಂದು ಅವಿರತವಾಗಿ ದುಡಿದವರು. ವನವಾಸಿಗರು ಮುನ್ನೆಲೆಗೆ ಬರುವುದು ಕಾರ್ಯಕರ್ತರ ಸತತ ಪ್ರಯತ್ನದಿಂದ ಹಾಗೂ ನಿಷ್ಠೆಯಿಂದಷ್ಟೇ ಎಂದು ಬಲವಾಗಿ ನಂಬಿದವರಾಗಿದ್ದರು.

ಶ್ರೀ ಶ್ರೀಪಾದ
ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರೀಯ ಸಂಘಟನಾ ಕಾರ್ಯದರ್ಶಿ,
ವನವಾಸಿ ಕಲ್ಯಾಣ
ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಮಧ್ಯ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರ,(ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ, ತೆಲಂಗಾಣ, ಆಂಧ್ರ)