Rajyotsava Awards (2016)

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The Government of Karnataka announced the Rajyotsava awards for the year 2016. The awardees included 61 noted eminent individuals from various fields.[1]

List of 2016 Awardees

The Rajyotsava award winners for the year 2016 were:[2]

Individual

K. T. Gatti
Sl.NoAwardeeArea of expertiseLocationHighlights
1Justice Shivaraj Patil JudiciaryBengaluruSupreme court judge.
2K. T. GattiLiteratureDakshina KannadaAuthor of 90 books in Kannada and English.He is the author of 45 novels, 19 plays, 9 anthologies of short stories, as well as many essays and poems.
3Bezwada WilsonHoranaduNew DelhiRamon Magsaysay Award winner for Community leadership in 2016. Activist and National convenor of National Convenor of the Safai Karmachari Andolan (SKA).
4Lakshmi NarayanFilm and TVChennaiSouth Indian film industry veteran of 48 years. Acted in 65 Kannada films. Her first Kannada film was Goa Dalli CID 999 with thespian Rajkumar in the year 1968. Winner of numerous Karnataka State film awards and a national award.
5Moulasab Imamsab SadafTheatre Davangere
6T H HemalathaTheatreTumakuru
7Rameshwari VermaTheatreMysuru
8Umarani BarigidadaTheatreBagalkote
9Chandrakumar SinghTheatreBengaluru
10Revathi Kalyan KumarFilm and televisionBengaluru
11J. K. SrinivasamurthyFilm and televisionBengaluru
12Sa. Ra.GovinduFilm and televisionBengaluru President of Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce.
13Syed SatyajithFilm and televisionDharwad
14K Muralidhar RaoMusic and danceDakshina Kannada
15Dwaraki KrishnaswamyMusic and danceBengaluru
16HemavathammaMusic and danceBengaluru
17Pandit Narayana DageMusic and danceRaichur
18V G MahapurushMusic and danceBagalkote
19ThimmammaFolkloreMandya
20SharadammaFolkloreChikkamagaluru
21Mallaiah HidikalFolkloreBagalkote
22Sanna Birappa KariyavarFolkloreHaveri
23Sabhitha KambrekarFolkloreUttara Kannada
24Chikka MarigowdaFolkloreRamanagara
25M R Ranganath Rao YakshaganaBengaluru
26Petri Madhav NayakYakshaganaUdupi
27Kinnigoli Mukhyaprana ShettigarYakshaganaUdupi
28SujathammaYakshaganaBallari
29D. J. LavaniYakshaganaGadag
30Dhruva Ramachandra PattarArt and SculptureVijayapura
31Kashinath ShilpiArt and SculptureShivamogga
32Basavaraj L JaneArt and SculptureKalburgi
33Parvathamma KowdiArt and SculptureYadagiri
34Tulasamma KelurSocial ServiceGadag
35G. M. MuniyappaSocial ServiceKolar
36Somanna Hedge DevanakoteSocial ServiceChamarajanagar
37Nazeer AhmedSocial ServiceUttara Kannada
38L. C. SoansAgriculture/EnvironmentDakshina Kannada
39G. K. Veeresh Agriculture/EnvironmentHassan
40K. PuttannaiahAgriculture/EnvironmentMysuru
41M. A. KhadriAgriculture/EnvironmentBidar
42M. M. MannurMediaKalburgi
43Bhavani LakshminarayanaMediaChikkaballapura
44Ishwara DaithotaMediaBengaluru
45Indudhara HonnapuraMediaBengaluru
46J R Lakshmana Rao Science/EnvironmentMysuru
47Prof K MuniyappaScience/EnvironmentChikkaballapura
48Hebri Subhash Krishna BallalMedicineUdupi
49Surjith SinghSportsBengaluru
50S. V. SunilSportsKodagu
51Krishna Naikodi AmoghappaSportsVijayapura
52Tejaswi KattimaniEducationKopalla
53R. S. LokapuraLiteratureBelagavi
54B. Shyam SundarLiteratureMysuru
55Sukanya MaruthiLiteratureDharwad
56Mahadev Shivabasappa PatanaFreedom fighterBelagavi 106 year old freedom figher from Belagavi. He represented Ramdurg in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly in 1957. Participated in the Quit India Movement and the Karnataka unification movement. He led the agitation to free Ramdurg from the British. A reward of Rs 10,000 was announced by the British to catch him dead or alive. He was a follower of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
57M. N. ValiOther fieldsVijayapura
58R JaiprasadOther fieldsBengaluru
59Dr. Shakunthala Narasimhan Other fieldsBengaluru
60Devaraj ReddyOther fields Chitradurga

Organisations/Associations

Sl.No Awardee Area of expertise Location Highlights
1 Team Yuva NGO Bidar

References

  1. "61 people bag 2016's Rajyotsava awards". Bengaluru. The New Indian Express. 31 October 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  2. "List of Rajyotsava awardees". Bengaluru. Deccan Herald. 31 October 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
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