Nisar Ahmed, Cham Pa, eight others to get 'Alva's Nudisiri Award–2011'

Mangalore, November 3: Ten eminent personalities who have worked for Kannada, including Dr K S Nisar Ahmed, Dr Chandrashekara Patil and Dr C N Ramachandran, will be conferred with 'Alva's Nudisiri Award–2011,' said Alva's Foundation Chairman Dr M Mohan Alva.

Addressing a press meet here on Tuesday, he said the other award winners are Dr M V Kamath, Dr B T Lalitha Nayak, Shreenath, B K Sumithra, Chidambara Rao Jambe, Pandavapura Ankegowda, and Machar Gopal Naik. The award includes certificate, memento, citation and cash of Rs 10,000. Jnanpith Award winner Dr Chandrashekar Kambar will be honoured at the valedictory of Alva's Nudisiri. The valedictory address will also be delivered by Dr Kambar on November 3. The eighth edition of Alva's Nudisiri will be held from November 11 to 13 at Moodbidri and will be presided over by well-known litterateur and Nadoja Award winner M M Kalburgi. The three-day convention will be inaugurated by Prof Baraguru Ramachandrappa.

Dr Alva said the theme of Nudisiri is 'Kannada manassu: Sangharsha mathu samarasya.” The Nudisiri will have four main seminars on the theme. They are 'Kannada culture—Language, rift and harmony' which will have Dr H S Raghavendra Rao and Dr D S Nagavhushan as main speakers; 'Pracheena Kannada sahithya: Sangharsha mathu samarasya” which will have Dr K Keshava Sharma and Dr B Janardhan Bhat as main speakers; “Madhyakalina Kannada Sahithya: Sangharsha mathu Samarasya” which will see Dr Banjagere Jayaprakash and Dr Asha Devi M S as main speakers and “Adhunika Kannada Sahithya: Sangharsha mathu samarasya” which will have Dr G M Hegde and Prof T P Ashok as speakers. There will be a session on “Madhyama: Sangharsha mathu samarasya” in which Ravi Belagere will deliver a lecture. An overview of Kambar's literature will be done by Prof C N Ramachandran, Dr Alva said.

In 'Kavisamaya'—'Kavinamana' programme, poets like Lakshmipathi Kolara, L Hanumanthaiah, Dr Kavitha Rai, Allamaprabhu Bettaduru, H N Arathi, Dr Ramananda Banari, Dr Ramachandra Dev, Nadoja K S Nisar Ahamed will take part. The Kathasamaya' will be attended by story writers like Vasundhendra, Mithra Venkatraj, Abdul Rasheed and others.

Vishwa Nudisiri

Stating that the tenth edition of Nudisiri will be observed as Vishwa Nudisiri, Dr Alva said preparations are on for the tenth edition of Nudisiri. Preparatory meetings have been held in 26 districts and office-bearers have been elected for the district units. “We want atleast 500 delegates to participate from each district in the State,” he said. On all the three-days, there will be cultural programmes at four different venues at the same time.