Udupi: Janardhan Kodavoor, Dr Neri Cornelio Among District Rajyotsava Awardees
Hemanath Padubidri
Daijiworld Media Network - Udupi
Udupi, Oct 30: Janardhan Kodavoor, photographer with Vijay Karnataka Kannada daily has won this year's Udupi district Rajyotsava award for his achievements in the field of photography.
Janardhan Kodavoor and Dr Neri Cornelio
Dr Neri Cornelio, principal of Milagres College Kallianpur will also be honoured with the Award for his contribution to the field of education.
The Awards were announced on Tuesday October 30, and will be presented by the district administration on Kannada Rajyotsava day on November 1, during a ceremony to be held at Mahatma Gandhi stadium in Ajjarkad.
Altogether 25 achievers in various fields have been chosen for the award.
The other awardees are:
Vittal Kundar - social service
Ganapathi Hobalidar - theatre
Dr K R Venkata Krishna - medicine
Dr Y N Shetty - Tulu literature
Jaya Kumar - Yakshagana
Veena Muralidhar Samaga - classical dance
K Sridhar Das G - Harikatha
M Chandra Shekar Hegde - sports
Vinu Vishwanath Karinje - Kambala
H S Ballal - education
Rangabhumi Udupi - culture
Sudhindra Aithal - preservation of birds and animals
M Kogga Achary -Yakshagana
Bhaskar A Kotian - painting
Archana M J - sports
Dr G S Chandrashekar - medical
Arun Kumar Shiroor - culture
Shankar Pambada - folk art
Kodi Vishwanath Ganiga - Yakshagana
Mohan Serigara - music
Amulya Manji - classical dance
Dr Babu M - education
Yarlapady gram panchayat - Bharath Nirman self service