Daijiworld Media Network – Udupi
Udupi, Oct 18: Senior thinker Prof Baraguru Ramachandrappa has been chosen for the prestigious 'Dr Karanth Award', instituted by the Dr Shivarama Karanth Trust in memory of the legendary writer of coastal Karnataka, Dr K Shivarama Karanth, to mark his birth anniversary.
The 'Karanth Special Award' will be conferred upon renowned psychiatrist, writer, and social activist Dr P V Bhandari, social worker Ganesh Koraga Kumbhashi, retired professor and writer U Maheshwari Kasaragod, journalist John D'Souza Kundapur, and noted theatre expert Dr Sripada Bhat.
The award presentation ceremony will be held at 4 pm on October 24 at Dr B B Hegde First Grade College, Kundapur. MP Kota Srinivas Poojary will inaugurate the programme, while MLA A Kiran Kumar Kodgi will preside over the function. Dr K M Vasundhara, director of the Kannada and culture department, will present the awards. The award carries a cash prize of Rs 25,000, a citation, and a memento.
Former minister K Jayaprakash Hegde will release the Trust's quarterly bulletin. Former MLA B M Sukumar Shetty, Kundapur Urban Development Authority chairman Vinod Crasto, guarantee schemes implementation committee taluk president H Hariprasad Shetty, and Karkala Karavali Rangayana director Dr B R Venkataramana Aithal will be present as chief guests.
Trust member secretary Poornima stated that the play 'Karantha Kathana', directed by Dr B R Venkataramana Aithal, will be staged by the repertory team of Karavali Rangayana, Karkala, at 3 pm. Prizes for the state-level essay competition winners will also be distributed during the occasion.
National seminar on Karanth's narratives
A national seminar on the topic 'Present-day Re-reading of Karanth's Narratives' will be held at the college from 10 am to 3 pm. Cultural thinker and senior advocate A S N Hebbar will inaugurate the seminar, which will be presided over by Kundapur Education Society president B M Sukumar Shetty.
Udupi district Kannada Sahitya Parishat president Neelavara Surendra Adiga will participate, and Mangalore University SVP Kannada Adhyayana Samsthe president Dr Dhananjaya Kumble will deliver the keynote address.
Prof Chetana Mundaje (assistant professor, Central University of Kerala, Kasaragod), Dr Rekha Bannadi (retired Kannada professor and writer), and Dr Mallappa S Bandi (assistant professor, Kannada Adhyayana Peetha, Karnatak University, Dharwad) will participate as resource persons.
Dr Yashu D (lecturer, SVP Kannada Adhyayana Samsthe, Mangalore University), Dr Sudhakar Devadiga (Kannada lecturer, Government PU College, Koteshwara), Dr Parvathi G Aithal (retired English professor and writer), Dr Nikethana (principal and thinker), Dr Sripada Bhat (theatre expert), and Dr Prasad Rao (professor and member of Dr Shivarama Karanth Trust) will share their insights during the sessions.