| Rajyotsava Prashasti | ||
| Award Information | ||
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| Type | Civilian | |
| Category | Literature, Music, Dance, Theatre, Sculpture, Journalism, Sports, Medicine, Education, Agriculture, Information Technology and Science |
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| Instituted | 1966 | |
| First Awarded | 1966 | |
| Last Awarded | 2011 | |
| Awarded by | Government of Karnataka | |
| Award Rank | ||
| Karnataka Ratna ← Rajyotsava Prashasti → | ||
The Annual Rajyotsava Awards are conferred by the Karnataka Government on the occasion of the birth of Karnataka State on November 1 celebrated as Kannada Rajyotsava. The awards celebrate achievements by persons of eminence in their chosen fields. The awardees are from the fields of literature, music, dance, theatre, journalism, sports, medicine, education, agriculture, Information Technology and Science.[1] [2]
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The awards are presented on November 1st of every year in Bangalore by the Chief minister of Karnataka. Each award carries an amount of Rs. 100,000, a shawl, a citation and a memento. In addition to that, the government allots commercial land for eligible awardees.[3]
The following is the list of Rajyotsava Award winners for the year 2011.
Literature: Arvind Malagathi, Bijapur Veeranna Dande, Gulbarga Mandeera Jaya Appanna, Kodagu.
Theatre: K. Nagaraja, Chitradurga Renuka Durgappa Harijana Malapoora, Bagalkot.
Kannada language: Shantinatha Dibbada,Belgaum district.
Dance: K.S. Ambale Rajeswari, Hassan.
Music: H. Phalguna, (light music),Chamarajanagar Balachandra Nakod (Hindustani music), Dharwad Ganesha Puttur (saxophone), Dakshina Kannada Shankara Binnala (Classical music), Koppal K.S. Vaishali (Classical/ light music),Shimoga.
Folk art: Rame Gowda (academician), Mandya Mahalingaiah B. Ganachari (singing), Bagalkot Viroopakshappa Sudugadusidda (folklore), Bellary Parvatevva Hongal, Dharwad Maheshwarappa Honnali, Davangere.
Yakshagana: Vithoba Hammanna Naika, Uttara Kannada Kunjalu Ramakrishna Nayak, Udupi.
Art/painting/ photography: T. Anil Kumar (graphics/art), Bangalore Nagaraja Veerabhadrappa Shilpi (sculpture), Gadag.
Cultural association: Mohana Nagammanavara, Haveri.
Cinema/ television: K. Shivarudraiah, A.R.Raju Sarigama Viji, all from Bangalore.
Education: P.M. Chikkaboraiah, Mysore K.Shanthaiah, Raichur Ajraa, Chikmagalur.
Agriculture: Basavaraja Tambake, Bidar.
Science/ technology: Harish Hande,Bangalore.
Media: K.N. Tilak Kumar (Deccan Herald/Prajavani), G.S. Kumar Pratap Simha, all from Bangalore Manjunatha Bhat, Uttara Kannada Jagadish Maniyani, Kasargod.
Sports: Tejaswini Bai (kabadi) Ramesh Tikaram (atheletics), both from Bangalore.
Medicine: B. Ramesh, Tumkur Basavanniah, Davanagere.
Non-resident Kannadigas: M.N. Nanda Kumar, London Purushottama Bilimale, New Delhi Aikala Harish Shetty, Mumbai Neramballi Raghavendra Rao,Hyderabad.
Social service: Amjad Khan, Hassan M.B.Naragund, Belgaum.
Personalities: Siddaiah (education,philosophy and social service), Chitradurga R.M.V.Prasad (medicine, social service and cultural association), Bangalore Shivananda Cha. Myageri (music, education and association), Haveri.
Associations: Mahatma Gandhi Khadi Gramodyoga Sangha, Hudali, Belgaum Shanthivana Trust, Dharmasthala,Dakshina Kannada.
Including: Shikaripura Harihareshwara