Newskarnataka-Mangalore
Mangalore: The first ever Rashtrakavi Manjeshwar Govind Pai Memorial Award was conferred on renowned scholar and epigraphist Srinivas H Ritti on September 6, Friday. The function was held at the Nutana Ravindra Mantap of Mahatma Gandhi Memorial College, Udupi.
As part of the award, Srinivas was also presented with the Smt T Vimala V Pai prize of Rs one lakh. The Award is instituted by the Rashtrakavi Govinda Pai Samshodhana Kendra, Mahatma Gandhi Memorial College, Udupi and Academy of General Education, Manipal.
The portrait of Vimala Pai was unveiled on the occasion by Ananthakrishna, ex-officio Chairman of Karnataka Bank. Taltaje Vasanth Kumar, scholar spoke on the life and achievements of the great personality Rashtrakavi Manjeshwar Govind Pai.
The awardee was selected by a jury comprising of noted litterateur UR Ananthamurthy.