The Kannada and Culture department has released the list of 51 personalities selected for the prestigious Rajyotsava award for the year 2007. Among those in the list are Parvathamma Rajkumar, cine actor Ananth Nag, journalist TJS George, cartoonist Ponnappa, sports personality Pankaj Advani, environmentalists Nagesh Hegde, and G T Narayana Rao .

The awardees have been selected by the selection committee headed by poet Dr G S Shivarudrappa.
Kannada and Culture Department secretary I M Vittalmurthy said there were about 552 applications for the award.

The list prepared by the selection committee has been approved by the governor, with a few modifications.
The award comprises 20 grams of gold as well as a memento.

Governor Rameshwar Thakur will present the awards at Ravindra Kalakshetra, at 6.30 p m on November 1.
List of personalities selected for the award:

LITERATURE: 1. Sumitra Gandhi Kulkarni (Bangalore); 2. Dr C N Ramachandran (Mysore); 3. Prof Chi Srinivasaraju (Chikkaballapur); 4. Dr M N Javaraiah (Mysore); 5. G N Chakravarthi (Mysore)

TEHATRE: 1. Lada Saheba Ameenagada (Bellary); 2. Sarojamma P Dhuttaragi (Koppala)

MUSIC: 1. Sheshapa Gabbur (Raichur); 2. Basappa H Bhajantri (Bagalkot); 3. Gowranga Kodikal (Bangalore)

DANCE: 1. Master Vittal Shetty (Mangalore); 2. Geetha Datar (Shimoga)

FOLKLORE: 1. Savantramma Sabanna Sunnagar (Gulbarga); 2. Honnamma (Bangalore Rural); 3. Syed Sad Ladakhan (Bagalkot); 4. Machar Gopal Naik (Dakshina Kannada)

YAKSHAGANA: 1. Seenappa Bhandari (Dakshina Kannada)

FINE ARTS: 1. M R Balekai (Dharwad)

SCULPTURE: 1. S Shankaranaraynacharya (Kolar)

FILM: 1. Parvathamma Rajkumar (Chamarajnagar); 2. Ananthanag (Uttara Kannada); 3. Suresh Urs (Mysore)
JOURNALISM: 1. TJS George (Bangalore); 2. Dr Saraju Katkar (Belgaum); 3. Ponnappa - Cartoonist (Kodagu); 4. Abdul Khalik (Bangalore)

MEDICINE: 1. Ghaini Lal Singh Jamakar (Davangere); 2. Dr H K Nagaraj (Bangalore Rural); 3. Dr Sharan Shivaraj Patil (Bangalore)4. Dr K V Devadiga (Dakshina Kannada); 5. Dr Rajan Deshpande (Hubli)

EDUCATION: 1. Channabasappa Halahalli (Bidar); 2. B N Brahmacharya (Bangalore); 3. Dr K Balaveera Reddy (Bangalore)

ENVIRONMENT: 1. Nagesh Hegde (Uttara Kannada)

AGRICULTURE: 1. Bharama Gowda (Gulbarga)

SCIENCE: 1. G T Narayana Rao (Mysore); 2. Prof P K Shetty (Bangalore)

SPORTS: 1. Pankaj Advani (Bangalore); 2. B C Suresh (Ramnagar)

SOCIAL SERVICE: 1. G Shankar Family Trust (Udupi); 2. YMS Sharma (Bangalore); 3. M G Bopaiah (Bangalore); 4. T V Narayanashastri (Shimoga); 5. Moolchand Nahar (Bangalore)

RESEARCH: 1. Dr A Sundar (Shimoga); 2. D N Shankar Bhat (Dakshina Kannada); 3. Prof K T Pandurangi (Bangalore); 4. Srinivasa Ritti (Dharwad)