Mysore/Mysuru:
A total of 10 poets have been selected for Dr. CPK Kavya Award given by Spandana Samskrutika Parishat in honour of veteran litterateur Dr. C.P. Krishnakumar (CPK), according to Parishat President T. Satish Javaregowda.
Those who will be conferred the annual award given for the first time are: Kavita Hegde Abhayam of Dharwad; Vijayalakshmi Nuggehalli of Bengaluru; Hemalatha Vastrad of Vijayapura; Sangeetha Raviraj of Kodagu; Dr. N.K. Dileep of Chamarajanagar; S.G. Pasha of Shivamogga; Kotresh S. Uppar of Hassan; Chandrashekar Madalageri of Gadag; Nagaraj Talakadu of Mysuru and Dinesh Haraganahalli of Mandya.
The award will be conferred on the poets at the State-level Dasara Kavi-Kavya Sambhrama event to take place at Negilayogi Maruleshwara Seva Bhavan, K.G.Koppal in city at 10 am on Oct. 29. Noted Poetess Shashikala Vastrad will confer the award in the presence of CPK.
Noted Sugama Sangeetha artiste Dr. H.R. Leelavathi will inaugurate the programme. Prof.Neelagiri M. Talwar will preside. Parishat President Satish Javaregowda will deliver the key-note address. Senior Journalist Amshi Prasanna Kumar will release the book ‘Sanje Vihara.’
Negilayogi Samajaseva Trust President D. Ravikumar, IPS Officer Dr. A.N. Prakashgowda, NeuroZone (Gopala Gowda Shanthaveri Memorial Hospital) Managing Director Dr. Shushruth Gowda, Dakshina Kannada ZP Deputy Secretary A.E. Raghu, author Mohammad Azharuddin and others will be chief guests.
The programme will begin with the conduct of Kavigoshti at 11.30 am in which about 70 poets will take part. The award conferment and valedictory will take place at 4.30 pm. Additional DC P. Shivaraju will deliver the valedictory address. Veteran writer Dr. CPK will felicitate University of Mysore Syndicate member Dr. T.R. Chandrashekar and Kannada activist M. Mohan-kumar Gowda on the occasion.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> News / October 28th, 2023
