[6][5][7] Dr.Gurupadappa Nagamarapalli has played a pivotal role in establishing the District Cooperative Central Bank Bidar to international fame.

The concept of bringing the weaker section of the society to the mainstream through credit linking them by SHG has been acclaimed by the whole nation and international agencies.

Bankers, NGO's and other stakeholders from every part of the country and globe visit Bidar DCCB to learn this concept of lending to replicate it at their institution.

Umakanth Nagamarapalli in the field of Cooperative and Micro Credit Lending to the higher level.

For his contribution in the field of Cooperative and Micro Credit Lending he has been honored with a doctorate by Gulbarga University Kalburgi.