{"id":2967,"date":"2018-06-22T07:45:45","date_gmt":"2018-06-22T07:45:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/?p=2967"},"modified":"2021-06-27T10:38:01","modified_gmt":"2021-06-27T10:38:01","slug":"lt-col-konganda-machaiah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/lt-col-konganda-machaiah\/","title":{"rendered":"Lt Col Konganda Machaiah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lt Col Konganda Machaiah born in Kodagu, served as an <a href=\"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/army-personals\/\">army officer<\/a> and is the Managing Director of MAC security<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2970 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/mac.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"122\" height=\"145\"> service. He is a keen sportsman and played hockey at the highest level in college.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Family<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3>Father<\/h3>\n<p>Konganda M Machaiah<\/p>\n<h3>Mother<\/h3>\n<p>Konganda (Pattamada) Baby Machaiah<\/p>\n<h3>wife<\/h3>\n<p>Konganda (Machimada) Saroja Machaiah<\/p>\n<h3>Children<\/h3>\n<p>Konganda Anitha Machaiah<\/p>\n<p>Konganda Thimayya<\/p>\n<h2>Education<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>He had his early education at the central high school, Madikeri and the Field Marshal Cariappa College, Madikeri. He joined the Indian military academy, Dehradun, and passed out as an officer and joined in an infantry regiment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>&nbsp;Achievements<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>He actively took part in two major wars &#8211; in 1965 at Lahore sector and in 1971 at Dacca sector in front line against Pakistan.<\/li>\n<li>He started a security agency by name \u2018Mac security services (p) ltd\u2019 which is now one of the largest Security Organizations, giving employment opportunity to thousands of unemployed youths of the country and ex-servicemen.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>&nbsp;Awards<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>He was awarded the commendation medal by chief of army staff for his meritorious services.<\/li>\n<li>He was felicitated with the &#8220;RASHTRIYA GAURAV AWARD 1994&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>He is the recipient of &#8220;THE PRIDE OF INDIA AWARD 2002&#8221; for individual achievements and distinguished service to the nation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>&nbsp;News paper Archive Collection<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>He has one of the largest collection of&nbsp; News paper collections on Kodavas and Kodagu. this collection is probably the largest collection collected on a single community by anybody in india.<\/li>\n<li>His collections are listed out in the page &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/col-konganda-machaiahs-archive-collection\/\">Col Konganda Machaiah\u2019s Archive Collection<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lt Col Konganda Machaiah born in Kodagu, served as an army officer and is the Managing Director of MAC security service. 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