Mangaluru: Fifteen renowned personalities who have contributed to Kannada language have been selected for the prestigious Alvas Nudisiri Award-2017 which will be conferred during the Alva’s Nudisiri being held from December 1, 2 and 3.
The awardees are Rev. Bishop Henry D’ Souza, Nadoja N Santhosh Hegde, H S Doreswamy, Professor Tejaswi Kattimani, Dr. Siddalingha Pattanashetty, Dr. Vijayadabbe, Professor K B Siddaiah, Professor J H Hanneradu Mutta, Professor B Surendra Rao, Dr. M Prabhakar Joshi, Padmashree Girish Bhardwaj, Padmaraj Dandavathi, Rathnamala Prakash, Dr. Thonse Vijayakumar Shetty and Lakshminarayana Acharya.
Awardees will be conferred with Rs 25000 cash prize, certificate and a memento.
The awards will be conferred during the concluding ceremony on December 3.
