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district. However, when the company experienced large financial losses, Shetty bought his partners' shares and took over the company. In the following eight years, the company executed infrastructure projects across hydropower, irrigation, and bridges, that improved the company's financial position.
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activities through the R. N. Shetty Trust, including primary and high schools, an engineering college, a nursing school, and a rural polytechnic, across
Murudeshwar and Bangalore. The trust also operated hospitals and undertook rural education programs in Karnataka.
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units in the state. In 1981, he set up Naveen
Structurals and Engineering focused on skilled fabrication for the construction industry. In 1987, he set up Murudeshwar Ceramics to manufacture glazed ceramic tiles with manufacturing facilities in Hubli and
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In 1961, Shetty formed the R N Shetty & Company, a civil engineering and construction company. The company took up public infrastructure buildings including bridges on the
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temple and temple complex was renovated by funding from Shetty. The temple held religious significance for the deity, being believed to be one of the five parts of the
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and the RNS Yatrinivas resort in
Murudeshwar. A five star hotel was later built in Bangalore and is leased to the Taj group and operated as Taj Yeshwantpur Hotel.
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Shetty was married to Sudha Shetty and had three sons and four daughters. He died on 17 December 2020 in
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In 1967, he formed Naveen
Mechanised Construction Company with seven other civil contractors. The company bid for the construction of the Hidkal dam in
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In 1975, he entered the hospitality sector, through Naveen Hotels
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Memorial Award from the
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In 1993, Shetty entered the power sector, setting up
Murudeshwar Power Corporation which built a mini
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awarded an
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road. In 1966, he shifted base from his native Uttara Kannada district to
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Shetty was credited with the modernisation of the temple town of
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into handing it over to him while performing his daily prayers,
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His company RNS Motors established automobile showrooms for
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project in 1999, with a commissioned capacity of 11.6 MW at
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in 1977. Murudeshwar Tiles went on to be one of the largest
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Shetty was born on 15 August 1928, in the coastal town of
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