Rajyotsava Awards (2016)
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
Sl.No | Awardee | Area of expertise | Location | Highlights |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Justice Shivaraj Patil | Judiciary | Bengaluru | Supreme court judge. |
2 | K. T. Gatti | Literature | Dakshina Kannada | Author 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. |
3 | Bezwada Wilson | Horanadu | New Delhi | Ramon Magsaysay Award winner for Community leadership in 2016. Activist and National convenor of National Convenor of the Safai Karmachari Andolan (SKA). |
4 | Lakshmi Narayan | Film and TV | Chennai | South 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. |
5 | Moulasab Imamsab Sadaf | Theatre | Davangere | |
6 | T H Hemalatha | Theatre | Tumakuru | |
7 | Rameshwari Verma | Theatre | Mysuru | |
8 | Umarani Barigidada | Theatre | Bagalkote | |
9 | Chandrakumar Singh | Theatre | Bengaluru | |
10 | Revathi Kalyan Kumar | Film and television | Bengaluru | |
11 | J. K. Srinivasamurthy | Film and television | Bengaluru | |
12 | Sa. Ra.Govindu | Film and television | Bengaluru | President of Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce. |
13 | Syed Satyajith | Film and television | Dharwad | |
14 | K Muralidhar Rao | Music and dance | Dakshina Kannada | |
15 | Dwaraki Krishnaswamy | Music and dance | Bengaluru | |
16 | Hemavathamma | Music and dance | Bengaluru | |
17 | Pandit Narayana Dage | Music and dance | Raichur | |
18 | V G Mahapurush | Music and dance | Bagalkote | |
19 | Thimmamma | Folklore | Mandya | |
20 | Sharadamma | Folklore | Chikkamagaluru | |
21 | Mallaiah Hidikal | Folklore | Bagalkote | |
22 | Sanna Birappa Kariyavar | Folklore | Haveri | |
23 | Sabhitha Kambrekar | Folklore | Uttara Kannada | |
24 | Chikka Marigowda | Folklore | Ramanagara | |
25 | M R Ranganath Rao | Yakshagana | Bengaluru | |
26 | Petri Madhav Nayak | Yakshagana | Udupi | |
27 | Kinnigoli Mukhyaprana Shettigar | Yakshagana | Udupi | |
28 | Sujathamma | Yakshagana | Ballari | |
29 | D. J. Lavani | Yakshagana | Gadag | |
30 | Dhruva Ramachandra Pattar | Art and Sculpture | Vijayapura | |
31 | Kashinath Shilpi | Art and Sculpture | Shivamogga | |
32 | Basavaraj L Jane | Art and Sculpture | Kalburgi | |
33 | Parvathamma Kowdi | Art and Sculpture | Yadagiri | |
34 | Tulasamma Kelur | Social Service | Gadag | |
35 | G. M. Muniyappa | Social Service | Kolar | |
36 | Somanna Hedge Devanakote | Social Service | Chamarajanagar | |
37 | Nazeer Ahmed | Social Service | Uttara Kannada | |
38 | L. C. Soans | Agriculture/Environment | Dakshina Kannada | |
39 | G. K. Veeresh | Agriculture/Environment | Hassan | |
40 | K. Puttannaiah | Agriculture/Environment | Mysuru | |
41 | M. A. Khadri | Agriculture/Environment | Bidar | |
42 | M. M. Mannur | Media | Kalburgi | |
43 | Bhavani Lakshminarayana | Media | Chikkaballapura | |
44 | Ishwara Daithota | Media | Bengaluru | |
45 | Indudhara Honnapura | Media | Bengaluru | |
46 | J R Lakshmana Rao | Science/Environment | Mysuru | |
47 | Prof K Muniyappa | Science/Environment | Chikkaballapura | |
48 | Hebri Subhash Krishna Ballal | Medicine | Udupi | |
49 | Surjith Singh | Sports | Bengaluru | |
50 | S. V. Sunil | Sports | Kodagu | |
51 | Krishna Naikodi Amoghappa | Sports | Vijayapura | |
52 | Tejaswi Kattimani | Education | Kopalla | |
53 | R. S. Lokapura | Literature | Belagavi | |
54 | B. Shyam Sundar | Literature | Mysuru | |
55 | Sukanya Maruthi | Literature | Dharwad | |
56 | Mahadev Shivabasappa Patana | Freedom fighter | Belagavi | 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. |
57 | M. N. Vali | Other fields | Vijayapura | |
58 | R Jaiprasad | Other fields | Bengaluru | |
59 | Dr. Shakunthala Narasimhan | Other fields | Bengaluru | |
60 | Devaraj Reddy | Other fields | Chitradurga | |
Organisations/Associations
Sl.No | Awardee | Area of expertise | Location | Highlights |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Team Yuva | NGO | Bidar | |
References
- ↑ "61 people bag 2016's Rajyotsava awards". Bengaluru. The New Indian Express. 31 October 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
- ↑ "List of Rajyotsava awardees". Bengaluru. Deccan Herald. 31 October 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
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