Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (ANK)
Mangaluru, Dec 19: Chief minister (CM) of Karnataka B S Yediyurappa, will inaugurate 'Prakashabinandana', a grand programme being organized to celebrate success saga of 60-year-old entrepreneur Prakash Shetty, here at Goldfinch City, Kulur, on December 25.
The 'Prakashabinandana' committee has lined up several programmes on the eve of 60th birthday of Prakash Shetty. As many as 60 physically challenged persons will be provided with Rs one lac each and 60 meritorious students will be awarded with scholarships to the tune of Rs 10,000 each.
Along with the CM, deputy CM Dr C N Ashwath Narayan, home minister Basavaraj Bommai, union minister D V Sadananda Gowda, MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, minister for Kannada, culture and tourism C T Ravi, district in-charge minister Kota Srinivas Poojary, Udupi MP Shobha Karandhlaje, Mandya MP Sumalatha, chancellor of Nitte University N Vinaya Hegde and a number of MLAs will be present.
Meanwhile, 15 achievers from various fields will be honoured with gold medals, such as Dr Amruth Someshwar (Litreature), Dr B M Hegde (Medicine), Dr Chandrashekar Shetty (Medicine), Dr Suneetha Shetty (Litreature), Appana Hegde Basrur (Social service), Jaya Suvarna (Social service), R N Shetty (Social service) , Jagannath Shetty Pune (Social service), M N Rajendra Kumar (Co-operative sector), L G Soans (agriculture), Srimanthoor Narayana Shetty (Yakshagana), Govinda Bhat Surikumeru (Yakshagana), Bannaje Sanjeeva Suvarna (Yakshagana) , Koteshwara Laxminarayana Acharaya (Sculpture), Bola Subbaiah Shetty (social service), Sara Aboobakkar (Litreature) , Narayana Rao Padubidiri (Religious field) and Nagara Narayana Shenoy (Sports).
There will be cultural events like Yakshgana Vaibava by Patla Sathish Shetty, and cultural programme will be presented by the students of Alva’s College. Musical program will be presented by music director Arjun Janya, and singer Vijay Prakash. Special attraction Crazy Star Ravichandran and Rocking Star Yash are also expected to be present at the grand event.
Roopesh Shetty, Anushree and Nithesh Shetty Yekkar will compere the event.