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127 persons get Rajyotsava Award

Staff Reporter

Vysaraya Ballal, Vaishali Kasaravalli, Mallepuram G. Venkatesh among the recipients

BANGALORE: To mark the golden jubilee of the formation of the State, the Government has apparently exhibited its generosity to extend the Rajyotsava Award to a record 127 persons, including the former Additional Chief Secretary Chiranjeevi Singh, noted writers Vysaraya Ballal and Mallepuram G. Venkatesh, musician Vidyabhushana, the former chief photographer of The Hindu (Bangalore) T.L. Prabhakar, cricketer Sunil Joshi, director and actress Vaishali Kasaravalli and film-maker T.N. Seetaram in 21 categories.

Announcing the names, Deputy Chief Minster M.P. Prakash told presspersons here on Saturday that a committee headed by him and comprising Secretary (Kannada and Culture) Usha Ganesh, Director Muddu Mohan, chairpersons of the Sahitya, Sangeeta and Nritya, and Nataka academies, selected the persons in recognition of their contribution in their respective fields. It also discussed the list twice with the Chief Minister. N. Dharam Singh. The committee has applied the yardstick of geographical representation, caste, social justice, age and merit for the selection, he said.

Responding to questions, he admitted that the Government wished to limit the award to 80 persons, but considering the 50th anniversary of the formation of the State it wanted to be liberal. in giving away the awards. Although he was not fully happy, the Government had made efforts to recognise deserving persons, he claimed.

Although the list gives a general picture that majority of the awards had been given to persons residing in Bangalore, they originally hailed from different parts of the State, he clarified.

Asked whether the Government would add some more names in compliance with the tradition it set in the previous year, the Deputy Chief Minister replied in the negative.

The awards will be presented on November 1 in Bangalore. Each award carries a purse of Rs. 10,000, a shawl, a citation and a memento.

The award winners

Literature: Vysaraya Ballal, M.H. Krishnaiah, Mallepuram G. Venkatesh, Mahadevappa, Jaraganahalli Shivashankar (Bangalore), Shashikala Veeraiahswamy (Dharwad), B.L. Venu (Chitradurga), H.S. Shivaprakash (Delhi), Kotaganahalli Ramaiah (Kolar), Krishnamurthy Hanur (Chamarajanagar), B.N. Chandraiah (Mysore), Adyanda Cariappa (Kodagu), Mehabub Kaiser (Gulbarga) and Nallur Prasad (Hassan).

Music: Madhava Gudi, Shivananda Taralagatti (Dharwad), Sangameshwara Guruva (Belgaum), Veereshwara Hiremath (Gadag), R. Visveswaran, Sukanya Prabhakar (Mysore), Kurudi Venkannachar, M. Kodandaram, M.R. Satyanarayana, S. Somasundaram, Puttur Narasimha Nayak (Bangalore), Vidyabushana (Udupi), Lakshman Das (Tumkur),Veeresh Madure (Bellary).

Bharatanatyam: Revathi Narasimhan (Bangalore) and Sudha Murthy (Chitradurga).

Theatre: R. Paramasivan, M. Sampangi, T.R. Rajagopal (Bangalore), Ranganayakamma (Tumkur), Prema Badami (Bagalkot), Ananda Ganiga (Udupi), G.N. Deshpande (Bijapur), S. Sham Murthy (Shimoga) and Lingadevaru Halemane (Mysore).

Fine Arts: Mulki Chandrashekara Suvarna (Dakshina Kannada) and Kandobha (Gulbarga).

Sculpture: Devadas Datta Seth (Karwar), Pampanna Achar (Raichur) and Shankaracharya (Kolar).

Janapada and Yakshagana: P.K. Rajashekar (Mysore), Solabakkanavar (Haveri), M.M. Halaiah (Bellary), Basavalingaiah Hiremath (Dharwad), Thimmanna Ganesh Yaji (Karwar), Rani Machaiah (Kodagu), B.K. Ramanna (Mandya), Nallur Mariyappa Achar (Chikmagalur), Vasantha Nrayanarannavare (Hubli) and Mahadevaswamy (Mandya).

Journalism: M. Visveshwara Bhat, Ramakrishna Upadhya, Garudanagiri Nagaraj, Rajashekara, K.E. Eapen, T.L. Prabhakar, Venkatesh (Bangalore), Rajashekar Koti (Mysore), Chidambara Chakravarthy Seshachala Agadi (Haveri) and Kanthachar Mannur (Gulbarga).

Sports: Sunil Joshi (Cricket-Gadag), Neelamma M. Malvigwad (Cycling-Gadag), Sripathi Shankara Kanchanala (Wrestling-Belgaum), D.V. Prasad (Chess-Bangalore), Phailwan Mukund (Wrestling-Mandya) and Murali (Yoga).

Films: T.N. Seetharam (Kolar), Rathnakar (Mysore), Vaishali Kasaravalli and S.V. Rajendra Singh (Bangalore).

Medicine: Raheena Begum (native medicine for snakebite-Tumkur), B.C. Bommaiah (Mandya), C.B. Patil (Haveri), C.B. Sattur (Hubli), Jali (Belgaum), K.S. Nagesh, K. Anand, Satyan Puttur, C.M. Gurumurthy, H.S. Chandrashekaraiah, B.N. Govindraj and Gopinath (Bangalore).

Education: G.S. Mudambadithya (Mangalore), Gopal K. Kadekodi (Uttara Kannada), Gunapala Kadmba (Dakshina Kannada), Mariyappa Paduvalahippige (Hassan), K.E. Radhakrishna and A. Ebnezer (Bangalore).

Administration: Chiranjeevi Singh (Bangalore).

Social Service: M.R. Prashanth, A.R. Radhakrishna Raju (Bangalore), Nirmala Gaonkar (Uttara Kannada), Jayadev (Chamarajanagar), M. Jayasheela (Mysore), Mallanagouda B. Patil (Belgaum) and Shivaram Moga (Gulbarga).

Non-resident Kannadigas: J.D. Amaranath Gowda, Chandrappa Reshme and Bheemanagouda Patil (all from the U.S.).

Organisations: Udaya Banu Kala Sangha, Rashtriya Vidyalaya Samaja Seve and Kaushalyabhivriddi Sangha, Manonandana, (Bangalore), Kannada Sangha (Pune) and Sandesha (Mangalore).

General: Ananda Pandurangi (Dharwad), Mohan Alva (Dakshina Kannada), G.M. Vedeshwara (Gokarna), Shankaranarayana Somayaji (Chikmagalur), Gopinath (CEO, Air Deccan, Hassan), H.G. Doddi (Bagalkot), Veenadhari (Mangalore), Nirmala Kesari (Davanagere), Tontendra Swamiji (Gulbarga), K.G. Subbaraya Sharma, S.N. Chandrashekar, S. Raghuram, D.K. Chouta and Gopala Shastry (Bangalore).

Freedom fighters: Venkanna Bommaiah Nayaka (Uttara Kannada).

Agriculture: Syed Nazeer Ahmed (Chamarajanagar) and Rajeshwar (Bidar).

Information Technology: Jayatheertha Rao (CEO, Mphasis, Bangalore)

Science: H.S. Mukund, IISc., Bangalore.

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