JOIN US As many as 45 Bangaloreans who have contributed to the development of society will be conferred Kempegowda award for the year 2011-2012.
The award, which includes citation and purse of Rs 25,000, will be presented at a function on April 6. The awardees are:
Social work: M K Ramappa, K T Chandru, M Kashi, C S Radhakrishna, B M Ramaiah, H Kondanda Ramaiah, Master Nataraj and P K Pal.
Sports: Raghu, wrestler Mohammed Fayaz Ahmed, A V Srinivas Gowda, Poorvitha S Ram, Ramachandra Rao Sudhakar, Dhanalakshmi SP, Prof M J Sundar Ram, N Vajrappa, and Master Nikhil.
Education: Dr Patil Ahmed Iliyaz and R Jain Raj, president, Jain Education Society.
Medical: Dr T H Anjanappa and Dr M Jagadish.
Theatre and Television: S Raju, Shankar Bhat and N Munikempanna.
Environmentalist: R Chandrashekar.
Child prodigy: Poojitha, Diya and Sohan Rajshekhar.
Cultural Music: Chinthapalli Asthana Vidwan Srinivas, Dr Suparna Ravishankar and V M Ramaiah.
Vaasthu Specialist: Ramesh Kamat.
Women Welfare: Dr G S Sangeetha.
Sculptors: Raghuram Yadav.
Art (special art on rice): Shivanna N.
Janapada: Byregowda and Niranjan Murthy.
Literature: Savitha Srinivas
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Body builder: Shankar S.
Advocates: Jayaprakash
Police service: Babu Naron and Ravishankar.
Electronic Media: R H Nata- raj, senior reporter, Udaya TV.
Print media: R T Vittal Murthy, senior reporter and K D Jagannath, assistant editor, Kannada Prabha.