Silvester D’ Souza

Daijiworld Media Network – Kundapur (EP)

Kundapur, Dec 15: Brahmavar Taluk Patrakartara Sangha has selected senior journalist, editor of Kundaprabha weekly newspaper, U S Shenoy for the prestigious Vaddarse Raghuram Shetty Award this time.

The award will be presented at Brahmavar Buntara Bhavan in the afternoon on December 26. Former Lokayukta, Justice Santhosh Hegde will hand over the award.

Shenoy has served the sector of journalism for the last 40 years. He started ‘Kundaprabha’ first weekly newspaper of Kundapur taluk in 1991 and has continued it for the last three decades. He trained and molded more than 25 people as journalists. He has published books titled ‘101 gramagalu’, ‘Punyanadi panchagangavali’, ‘computer kaliyiri’, ‘Aids mahamari’ and other books. He has served as journalist in Mangaluru’s Navabharath, Indian Express, Mungaru and Hosa Digantha newspapers. He has been running Konkani monthly magazine as its editor.

He has indulged in social work in Kundapur trust, Jai Konkani trust, Pancha Gangavali utsava committee, JCI and Rotary as its president.