Newskarnataka-Udupi
Udupi : Dr Mohan Alva, Chairman of Alvas Education Foundation has been chosen for the Dr Kota Shivarama Karanth Huttara Prashasti 2013 instituted by the Kotatattu Gram Panchayat in memory of the towering litterateur.
Informing this to reporters here, Anand C Kunder, Executive President of the Award Foundation, said Dr Alva was selected for the award in recognition of his contributions to the field of education and culture. He said the Gram Panchayat has been giving the award since 2005 to outstanding personalities.
This year the Award presentation ceremony would be held at Shambhavi School, Kota on October 10 which also happens to be the birthday of Late Karanth. A ten day long programme will be held at Kota from October 1 to 10 to mark the birth anniversary of the Jnanpeeth Award winning writer.
The earlier recipients of the Award are as follows: M. Veerappa Moily, union petroleum minister (2005), N. Venkatachala, former Karnataka Lokayukta (2006), K.R. Hande, educationist (2007), Ravi Belegere, journalist and writer (2008), Chittani Ramachandra Hegde, veteran Yakshagana artiste (2009), Girish Kasaravalli, film maker (2010), Salumarada Timmakka, environmentalist (2011) and B. Jayashree, eminent theatre personality (2012).