Rajyotsava Awards (2014)

2014 Rajyotsava Awards
Date1 November 2014
LocationBangalore, Karnataka
CountryIndia
Presented byGovernment of Karnataka
WinnerSee list
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The Government of Karnataka announced the Rajyotsava awards for the year 2014.[1] The awardees included 59 noted eminent individuals from various fields on the occasions of the 59th anniversary of the Karnataka state formation day. The awards were given away at the Ravindra Kalakshetra in Bangalore on 1 November 2014. The 2014 awards saw 1924 nominations[2] that were screened by a panel. Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramiah announced that the government would bring out commemorative postal stamps of the 59 awardees.[3]

List of awardees

The Rajyotsava award winners for the year 2014 are:

Individual

Mudnakudu Chinnaswamy
Vaijanath Biradar
S. Janaki
M. N. Venkatachaliah
K. Kasturirangan
M. R. Poovamma
Mamatha Poojari
Kasim Kanasavi
Awardee Area of expertise Location Highlights
Mudnakudu B Chinnaswamy Literature Chamrajanagar[4] Renowned Kannada poet & playwright. He has authored 26 books: 6 poetry collections, 4 essays, 3 plays and short stories. He is a prominent dalit voice. He is the first Kannada poet to have an anthology published in Spanish. Winner of 2009 Karnataka Sahitya Academy Award for lifetime achievement.[5]
H Girijamma Literature Davangere A doctor, child psychologist and author 13 novels and six short story collections. Winner of Kannada Sahitya Academy award (2006), Visvesvaraya Award and Attimabbe Prize.[6]
Shudra Srinivas Literature Bangalore Literary figure.
G H Hanneradu Math Literature Dharwad Literary figure.
Vishnu G Bhandari Literature Uttara Kannada Literary figure.
Kanti Hanumantharayaru Theatre Bagalkot Theatre personality.
Abdul Sahab Annegeri Theatre Haveri Theatre personality.
T Nanjundaswamy Theatre Mysore Theatre personality.
J Lokesh Theatre Bangalore Theatre personality.
Shivakumari Theatre Bellary Theatre personality.
V Mani Dance and Music Bangalore Artist.
D Kumara Das Dance and Music Bellary Artist.
S Shankar Music Bangalore Renowned Carnatic music vocalist. Winner of the Best Musician award by the Bangalore Gayana Samaja.
Indu Vishwanath Music Bangalore Noted Kannada movie playback singer.
Pankaja Ramakrishna Dance Mysore Danseuse from Mysore. She is an exponent in classical and folk dance. She established the Sarveshwara Nritya Kalamandira in the year 1984. She has been training students for over 21 years.[7]
S Yogalingam Folk art Bangalore Folk artist and second generation performer of the Keelu kudure for 50 years since the age of 14 in the year 1960. Has over 12,000 performances to his credit. Performed in Kannada films Bangaarada Manushya, Kittur Chennamma and Upendra. Learnt from T.C. Sundara Murthy, former Rajyotsava award winner and pioneer of the dance form.[8]
Maruthi Hanamanth Bhajantri Folk art Bagalkot Folk artist.
Poojari Nagaraj Folk art Kolar Folk artist.
Lakshmibai Reval Folk art Yadgir Folk artist.
Chikkamariyappa Folk art Mysore Folk artist.
Vanase Narayan Ganiga Yakshagana / Bayalata Udipi Yakshagana exponent.
Sampaji Seenappa Rai Yakshagana / Bayalata Dakshina Kannada Yakshagana exponent.
Bheemappa Doddabalappa Shillekyata Yakshagana / Bayalata Koppal Bayalata exponent.
Basappa Dudalappa Salala Yakshagana / Bayalata Gadag Bayalata exponent.
Gururaj Hebbar Social service Hassan Social service.
Dr. P J Jacob Social service Dharwad Social service.
N Venkatesh Social service Chikballapur Social service.
Hanumanth Bommu Gouda[9] Social service Uttara Kannada Social service.
Dr. Leela Sampige Social service Tumkur Activist who has worked for decades for the cause of sex workers.
S. Janaki[10] Cinema / Singer Chennai She is called Nightingale of the South[11] with over 20,000 songs to her credit across numerous languages over 5 decades. She has received 31 state and 4 national awards.[12] She sang her very first Kannada song "TaLenenthu" for the film Rayara Sose in 1957.[13] After her 50 years in the industry, her first song was for the Kannada film "Premigagi Naa".[14]
Vaijanath Biradar Patil Cinema Bidar Veteran Kannada actor of over 300 films. He won the Golden Wheel Award for Best Actor at the Imagineindia Film Festival in Madrid for his role in the movie Kanasemba Kudureyaneri (‘Riding the Stallion of Dreams').[15]
R T Rama Cinema Mandya Kannada film comedian.
M.S. Rajashekar Cinema Mysore Renowned director of Kannada films.[16]
Chandrashekhar Y Shilpi Sculpture Gulbarga Senior sculptor specialising in creating idols in the Chalukya and Rashtrakuta styles. Winner of Karnataka Shilpa Kala Academy Award (2011). Disciple of Nadoja Naganna Badiger (Gulbarga).[17]
Y Yankappa Sculpture Davangere Noted sculptor.
Lakshmi Ramappa Fine arts / Sculpture Shimoga
Kasim Kanasavi Fine arts / Sculpture Ilkal, Bagalkot, Karnataka Visual Artist and Indian Contemporary Painter. He won the award for his painting titled "Gandhi Vichardhara 2" and his painting series called "Ramayana" is Artist's take on the ancient sanskrit epic Ramayana.
D A Choudappa Agriculture / Environment Chikballapur
Shivananda Kalave Environment Uttara Kannada
Keeranageri Jagadish Agriculture / Environment Ramanagaram
Asha Sheshadri Agriculture Shimoga Award winning horticulturist. She has nearly 40 varieties of orchids and 25 anthurium varieties in her green house at Kannangi. Winner of M. H. Marigowda Memorial Best Horticulturist Award in the year 2000.
Khadri S Achyuthan Media Mandya Senior journalist, Author and columnist.
T. Abdul Hafeez Media Bangalore Veteran photo journalist of South India with a career spanning 50 years. Worked with The Hindu between 1979 and 2005 and was Assistant Editor of the publication. As a photo journalist covered the 1991 anti-Tamil violence in Karnataka. Karnataka Olympic Association awardee in 2013.[18][19]
Lakshmana Kodase Media Shimoga Renowned journalist from Shivamogga district. Journalism career spanning 37 years. Worked with Janapragathi (weekly), Udayaravi (weekly) and Prajavani. In Prajavani, worked as sub-editor, reporter, chief reporter and chief of news bureau. As assistant Editor of the Prajavani, he was instrumental in improving the Saptahika Puravani (Sunday supplement), Bhumika, Cinema Ranjane and Education supplement. He was in charge of the editorial page of Prajavani before his retirement in 2012. Being a creative writer, Lakshmana Kodase published more than 25 books including seven novels, five short stories collection and collections on profiles of several eminent personalities.
Mohan Basavaraja Desai Media Belgaum Veteran freedom fighter as an Editor for 50 years in Kannada journalism. Founding editor of Kannada weekly Darshana subsequently daily Loka Darshana.
Dr. Sandhya Satish Pai Media Udupi Senior journalist and Managing Editor of leading Kannada family weekly Magazine Taranga.[20]
Dr. P. Sathish Chandra Medicine Bangalore Vice-Chancellor of NIMHANS.
Dr. K. Kasturirangan Science / Technology Bangalore Renowned space scientist. Head of ISRO from 1994 to 2003. He is the chairman of Karnataka Knowledge Commission. Former member of the Rajya Sabha.
Dr. B.N. Suresh Science / Technology Chikmagalur Noted aerospace scientist. He was the Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre between 2003 and 2007. He is known for his contribution to Space Capsule Recovery Experiments.
M. R. Poovamma Sports Kodagu Athlete currently ranked number two in Asia in the 400m.[21] Gold medalist in the 4x400m relay at the Asian games in 2014 at Incheon, South Korea. Silver medalist at the Asian Championships in 2013 at Pune.
Mamatha Poojari Sports Dakshin Kannada Kabaddi
Vilas Neelagunda Sports Gadag Sportsman
Justice M N Venkatachalaih Other fields Bangalore 25th Chief Justice of India from 1993 to 1994.[22]
Anke Gowda M Other fields Mandya Sugar mill worker turned book collector and Librarian from Haralahalli (Pandavapura taluk) in Mandya. Obsessive book collector with a diverse collection of 200,000 books collected over 30 years in over 8 languages.[23][24]
Dadapeer Panjarla Other fields Raichur For social harmony. Tattvapada exponent. Authored of 100 tatvapadas.
Kanchyani Sharanappa Other fields Bijapur Children's literature.
Jaya Suvarna Horanadu Kannadigas Mumbai All India Billava Federation and executive president of Bharat Cooperative Bank.

Organisations/Associations

Awardee Area of expertise Location Highlights
Kannada Sahitya Parishat Kannada language promotion Headquartered in Bangalore NGO whose activities include publishing books, organising literary seminars and promoting research projects in the Kannada language. Organiser of annual conference on Kannada literature called Kannada Sahithya Sammelana since 1915.
Shanti Kuteer Ashram Known for contribution to spirituality and Advaita (non-dual) siddhanta Kannur, Bijapur Shri Ganpatrao Maharaj[25] established the Shanti Kuteer Ashram[26] in Kannur near Bijapur. He has propagated through his discourses principles of advaita and self-realization.

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