​Social worker with a mission.

M.H.Ramesha is an ordinary young man with extraordinary commitment to social work. He completed MA (Social Work) from Bangalore University in 2004. In about ten years , his contribution to social work is outstanding.He founded Niratanka, a trust to work for social causes, in 2007. 

He adopted Niratanka as his surname and has been known as Ramesh Niratanka since then.He started Niruta Publications which is primarily a publisher of social work books,perhaps the only one such publishing company in India.In less than a decade, Niruta has published more than 25 books in English and Kannada.The books are marketed by Amazon.in and other distributors. One book of Niruta "Social Work Profession in India :An Uncertain Future "is listed in the world's number one library:Library of Congress in Washington. Incidentally I am also involved in that work as it is my book. Ramesha brought out the UGC Net - Social Work and KSET-Social Work which have been of immense help to many social work postgraduates to pass the NET at the national level and to clear the eligibilty test at the Karnataka state level.A directory of NGOs in Karnataka is another publication of Ramesha. These three are his personal social work initiatives.His signal contribution in promoting social work is the quarterly bi-lingual journal Samaja Karyada Hejjegalu OR Social Work Foot Prints founded in 2010 by him under the guidance of Prof.H.M.Marulasiddaiah.It was a monthly magazine in the initial period. Now it is a peer-reviewed social work journal of good standard ,which has been subscribed by reputed libraries.Editing a journal is a challenging task and Ramesh Niratanka has been working earnestly to develop the journal still further.Ramesha is an editor-publisher- social worker ,besides being busy with other professional and social commitments.His latest venture is the creation of a credit society to help the marginalized and the lower income households.In order to replenish energy because of his many pressing commitments,Ramesha has been a regular Yoga practitioner. At 34 Ramesha is a role model for India's youth.

T.K. Nair