Manipal Group’s T Satish U Pai among 59 scribes chosen for Madhyama Academy Awards

Manipal Group’s T Satish U Pai among 59 scribes chosen for Madhyama Academy Awards

Mangalore Today News Network

Bangalore, Feb 7, 2014: T Satish U Pai, Founder of Udayavani Daily and Managing Director of Manipal Media Networks Pvt Ltd  has been chosen for the Madhyama Academy Special Award  for the year 2013 for his lifetime contribution to the field of journalism. Another personality to receive the Special Award for the year is Prof. HS Eshwar, a retired professor  from Shimoga. Senior Journalist HS Balaram has bagged the Special Award for the year 2013.

 

T Satish U Pai, P S Chandrashekar, Surendra S Wagle, Sadashiva Shenoy, B M Hanif

A total of 59 journalists from across the state were chosen for the Karnataka Madhyama Academy Annual Awards which were announced on February 6, Thursday. Of the Awardees BM Haneef and  Surendra S Wagle are journalists based in Mangalore.

A total of 20 Awardees have been selected for the year 2012. They are : Thimmappa Bhat, E.V. Sathyanarayana, Yagati Krishnamurthy, Anantha Chinivar, B.M. Haneef, K.S. Shantarama Rao, M Shanmugam, Khadri S. Achutan, G.N. Mohan, B.R. Srikant, Roopa Rajivrao, G.S. Narayana Rao, G.V. Choodanatha Iyer, Surendra S. Wagle, Mallikarjuna Siddannanavar, Rauf Ahmed, B.V. Singh , Cheluvaraju, H.S. Vrishabharaju and B.M. Padaki.

The Awardees for 2013 are: Afshan Yasmeen, Ravi Hegde, Sugata Srinivasaraju, P.S. Chandrashekar, B.V. Nagaraju, Asha Krishnaswamy, S. Ravikumar, B.N. Gurumurthy, Mallikarjuna Biradar, Vijay Grower, Sadashiva Shenoy, S.K. Shamasundara, M.N. Gurumurthy, Dayashankara Maili, K. Shivakumar, Koodli Gururaj, B.G. Gujjarappa, G.N. Hanumantharayappa, M.S. Mani, N. Nagaraj, K.S. Ganesh, V. Mahesh Kumar, Pragati Gopalakrishna, N. Manjunath, Rajashekara Hatagundi , Syed Peer Basha Khadri, M.S. Rajendra Kumar, Tippanna Bhonsle and Raghavendra Bhat.

 Namma Nadu of Shimoga  and Kittur Karnataka of Gadag have bagged the Andolan Awards for the year 2012 and 2013 respectively. The Abhimani Award  will go  to Ugama Srinivas (2012) and Sachidananda Kurugunda (2013). Mysore Diganta Awards have been given to Chetan Padubidri (2012) and Raja Mannar (2013).

The Special Awards carry a cash prize of  Rs. 20,000 and plaque, while the other awards carry cash prizes of Rs 10,000. The awards will be presented at a function  to be held in the presence of Siddaramaiah and Governor H.R. Bharadwaj. The date of the award presentation ceremony is yet to be announced.