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Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (JS)

Mangaluru, Jan 7: The Karnataka Beary Sahitya Academy will confer its annual honorary awards on B M Haneef, Bengaluru, Mohammed K Mata, Uppinangady and Mohammed Ali Uchil, Abu Dhabi for the year 2015.

Also, Dr Wahab Doddamane Memorial Research Award will be conferred on Yakub Khader Gulwadi and P Sushila Upadhyaya Memorial Beary Women Award on Maryam Ismail.

Announcing this at a press meet here on Thursday January 7, president of Karnataka Beary Sahitya Academy B A Mohammed Hanif said the awards will be presented in a ceremony to be held in February.

The honorary award in the field of language and literature will go to B M Haneef, Bengaluru and award in the field of art will be presented to Mohammed K Mata, Uppinangady. Mohammed Ali Uchil, Abu Dhabi has been chosen in the field of culture and organisation.

B M Haneef is a journalist by profession. He has written many works and has also translated 'Kanakadasara Jeevana Charithre' to Beary language. He has bagged Karnataka pathrika acadamy award 2013 and many more awards.

Mohammed K Mata is working in the field of Kannada cinema as an actor, director and writer for the past 16 years. He has written many stories in Kannada language. His 'Nande Yeloul' collection of Beary short stories and Beary film will be shortly released.

Mohammed Ali Uchil has been positively responding to the problems of coastal Karnataka Muslim community. He has conducted programmes like mass wedding, construction of more than 100 toilets at different places across the district and extended aid to children who are from poor background. He has formed Bearys Welfare Association in the Gulf and has been working relentlessly for the development of the Beary community.

Registrar of Karnataka Beary Sahitya Academy Umarabba, district information officer Khader Sha, members of Karnataka Beary Sahitya Academy Hameed Padubidri, Zohra Abbas and others were present.