Rare gifts of Government on Rajyotsava
Bangalore, Nov 1: Karnataka Government has presented Kannadigas with two rare gifts for 52nd Rajyotsava. Kannada has been accorded with 'Classical status' on Friday, Oct 31 just a day before Rajyotsava. It is Government's first gift. The second gift being Rajyotsava award amount. The Karnataka Government has increased the Rajyotsava award amount from Rs 10,000 to Rs 1 lakh and a 20 gram gold medal. The list of Rajyotsava recipients who will be recieving awards by Chief Minister of Karnataka, B S Yedyurappa on Saturday, Nov 1 evening.
| Science | Dr S K Shivakumar, M Annadorai, P Balaram |
| Literature | Dr Vijaya Dabbe, Prof S G Siddaramiah, Dr Veeranna Rajoor, S R Ramaswamy, Farida Rahmatullah, Dr Sannaramnaik, Ambatanaya Mudradi |
| Agriculture | Meerathayi Koppikar, Paapamma Paapanna, Dr G B Shetty |
| Freedom Fighter | Hammanna Maani Nayak |
Information Technology | Mohan Das Pai, Ananth koppikar |
| Classical Music | veteran, Venkata Raghavan, Sangameshwara Swamy Hirematt, Hanumanth Kumar Mudhol, shivappa Ellappa Bhajanthri, B Shankar Rao |
| Light Music | T V Raju, Yashwanth Halibandi, Shantha Anand |
| Gamaka | K L Narayanswamy |
| Theatre | V Ramamurthy, Vani Saraswathi Naidu, B M Krishnegowda, Malathi Sudhir, Bhairegowda, Marisiddiah |
| Dance | Geeta Bali |
| Folk | Dr Ambalika Hiriyanna, Eerabadappa, Shivalingappa Hagalu Veshagaara, Chowdike Uchchangiah, Bovi Jayamma, Lingada Veeraru Mahadevappa |
| Yakshagana | K Govinda Bhatt, Pathal Venkataramana Bhatt, Aralukuppe Nanjappa |
| Painting | Prof P M Sollapura, Chandranath Achar, Yashwanth hibaare, B G Mohammed |
| Sculpture | Jayannachar, K Narayan Rao, Gunavantheshwar Bhatt |
| Feature Film | K S Bhagawan, S P Balasubramanyam, Sai Kumar, Basant Kumar Patil, Pramila Joshai, Srinivas Kodavigere |
| Medical | Dr H V Kotreshi, Dr D Nagaraj, Dr Subrayappa, Dr Venkataramana Neelam, Dr B K Srinivasamurthy |
| Journalism | Padmaraj Dandavathi, Krishnamurthy Hegde, Ravi Belagere, K B Ganapthi, Besuna Mallya, Chandrakanth, Imran Qureshi |
| Education | Prof K S Narayanacharya, Prof B V Kutino, Basavaraj Patil Sedam, Dr Kuranji Venkataramana Gowda |
| Handicraft | Puttaraju, Narayanappa |
| Sports | J J Shobha, Shikha Tandon |
| Social Services and other | N R Narayana Rao, S S Patil, P Vali, S C Burman, Keval Chand, Nithin Shah, Siddana Gowda Patil |
| NRIs | Dr Uday, B S Prakash, Dr M B Udhoshi, Dr Uma Mysore Kar of USA, Dr Neeraj Patil of England, Vijay Kumar Shetty of Mumbai and Pune resident and singer, Pum Upendra Bhatt. |
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