Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru (SP)

Bengaluru, Dec 14: The state government has announced the names of people chosen for the prestigious TSR Memorial Journalism Award that is conferred on people who have rendered valuable service to the field of Kannada journalism, and Mohare Hanamantharaya Journalism Award that is given to persons who started Kannada daily and developed it over years.

Dhruvaraj Venkatarao Mutalik Desai, retired editor of 'Samyukta Karnataka' and 'Karmaveera' publications has been chosen for the TSR Memorial Journalism Award for 2017. The award for the year 2018 will be conferred on D Mahadevappa, editor of 'Kannadigara Prajanudi' being published from Mysuru.

Mahadevappa (L) and U P Shivananda

The Mohare Hanamantharaya Journalism Award for 2017 will be given to N Naganna, editor of a regional publication from Tumakuru, while for 2018, chief editor of 'Suddi Bidugade' publication from Puttur in Dakshina Kannada district, U P Shivananda, has been chosen for this award.

Both these awards carry a memento and cash component of two lac rupees. These awards will be handed over to the recipients by Karnataka chief minister, B S Yediyurappa, at a function being held during the first week of January.

Retired assistant editor of 'Prajavani' Kannada daily, Nagesh Hegde, who has been selected for TSR Memorial Journalism Award for 2016, and editor of 'Karavali Munjavu', a Kannada daily being published in Uttara Kannada district, Gangadhar Hireguthi, too will receive their awards at the above function, a release stated.