Daijiworld Media Network - Mumbai (MB)

Mumbai, Jan 21: Maharashtra governor S M Krishna presented the Icons 'beyond the boundary' ("Horanaada") Kannadigas awards to various achievers outside Karnataka for their contribution to different fields.

The awards were sponsored and promoted by the Udayavani group of Manipal.

Grace Pinto, director of Ryans group of international schools, had the distinction of being honoured along with:

Yahswant Chittal, literature
M D Shetty, hotel industry
Jaya C Suvarna, social work
Manmohan Shetty, MD AdLabs
Ramu N Shenoy, assistant publisher, India Today
Aikala Harish Shetty, organizer
Raghunandan Kamath, entrepreneur
Prof Ratnakar Shetty, BCCI
Vijaykumar Shetty, Kala Jagattu
Pooja Bhandary, Chinnara Bimba

Shri Vidya Prasanna Tirtha Swamiji of Shri Subrahmanya Math invoked blessings on the occasion. Dr Taltaje Vasant Kumar, head of Kannada department at University of Bombay was the chief guest.

T Satish U Pai, T Gautam Pai and Sandhya Pai of the Manipal Media Network and others were present on the occasion.

• Click here to read more about Grace Pinto in our Achievers column