For the first time in the history of Hornbill Festival, a chief guest from the Educational Institution has been invited so that young boys and girls can have more and more exchange and understand each other’s culture. As a mark of respecting diversity Vivek Alva is the chief guest for the 9th Day of Hornbill Festival on December 9, 2016. Vivek Alva is the Managing Trustee of Alva’s Education Foundation, Moodbidri and son of Dr. Mohan Alva, Chairman, Alva’s Education Foundation, Mangaluru District. Alva’s Education Foundation is a popular multifaceted organization founded by Dr. M. Mohan Alva and it is considered as the crown of Moodbidri. It has 20 educational institutions with more than 24,000 students majority of them are Residential students from all over the country out of which 4500 students are under full scholarship for Academics, Sports, Cultural, Tribal, North East, Economically backward students provided by foundation. It caters to the needs of cultural and educational development. It started its activity in the year 1995 with Nursing and Ayurveda streams of education and now it has Primary to Post-Graduate courses in General Education, Paramedical Courses, Engineering and Management. There are academic courses for Alternative Medicine. This year, on request by Dr. Mohan Alva, Governor of Nagaland, P.B Acharya had identified 10 students from Nagaland and sent them for free Nursing Education in Alva’s Institute, Moodbidri.
