Mysuru, May 18 -- An Endowment Fund has been created in the name of former Chief Minister S.M. Krishna to preserve his legacy and it is named as Divyachetana S.M. Krishna Endowment Fund.

Maddur MLA K.M. Uday donated Rs. 10 lakh under the Endowment Fund to University of Mysore (UoM) to award Gold Medals to first two toppers in the examinations and MLC Dinesh Gooligowda donated to Rs. 5 lakh to city Sri Ramakrishna Ashram to award a Gold Medal to a student who scores highest marks in the examinations.

While MLA Uday gave DD to VC of University of Mysore Prof. N.K. Lokanath, MLC Dinesh Gooligowda handed over the DD to Swami Muktidanandaji of Sri Ramakrishna Ashram.

Eight such donation funds have been instituted in S.M. Krishna's name by t...