Mangalore : The Talent Research Foundation(TRF) conferred Talent Academic Excellence Awards 2011 on 18 CET, PUC, and SSLC toppers at an awards ceremony held at TRF Conference Hall at Kankanady on June17, Sunday.

MLA U. T. Khader inaugurated the programme and said that studentsmust utilize the opportunity they get to study and work hard on it and try toachieve their goal.

Abdul Rauf Puttige, Chairman of TRF presided over the event.

NCHRO district president Sadauddin Salih, Saif Sulthan ofYouth Against Dowry; social worker Suleiman Bhai, Rauf Athoor of Vidhya KendraAthoor, Haris Suribail of Suribail Dropout School, Shamsh Educational Trust convenerHaroon Rashid, Siraj Kinya of Al Ameen Dropout School and TRF President RiyazKannur participated as the chief guests.