Moodbidri: Alva’s Chitrasiri’ a four day state level camp on drawing and painting  culminated at the Dr. V. S. Acharya hall,  Sundari Ananda  Alva campus of Alva’s Education Foundation  here yesterday, during which, well known  artist P.S. Puninchitthaya  of Kasargod was honored with `Alva’s Chithrasiri State Level Award’ of 2014.

Dr. M. Mohan Alva   Chairman, Alva’s Education Foundation  presided  over  the valedictory function.  Addressing the gathering, he said,  “Alva’s is the only institution which has a collection of nearly 3000 pieces  of art.  I will not put them up for sale but display them in museum. I have the great dream of making a very big camp on the same subject. We should create a new sense, revolution about the art and drawing.”

“The  `Bachelor of Visual Arts’ degree,  is one the best courses for creative people. It has as its main focus, drawing. But for this students are  very few.  But we have the hopes that the course  will achieve its objectives in the future”, he added

After Ganesh Somayaji introduced the guests,  P.S. Puninchitthaya,  awardee of Alva’s Chitrsiri of this year also spoke. “ People don’t look at artists  with respect. They see them as mad.  It must change. Felicitation for artists is very big thing. In society lots of value is there for engineering and commerce but same value is not there for artists.  Dr. Alva is working for art’s progress and he is recognizing the artists. Artists should be humble for such felicitations and should not get high self esteem”, he said.

P. Jayaram Bhat , Managing director, and C.E.O. of Karnataka  Bank was  the chief guest at the programme.  He praised the discipline of Alva’s institutions. He said that Dr. Alva himself is an artist so that Alva’s Education Foundation is growing in esteem.

 Dr. Alva distributed certificates of participation to all the participants. 

Uday Manjunath,  lecturer of the Kannada department compered the function.