Mangalore, February 16: Kannada journalist Indhudhara Honnapura and renowned artist Peter Lewis are among the ten individuals who have been selected for the 'Sandesha Awards 2012' conferred by Sandesha Foundation for Culture and Education.
The award ceremony will he held on February 26, under the auspices of the Karnataka Catholic Bishop's Council, announced Fr. Valerian Mendonca, Director of the Foundation at a press meet here on Thursday.
He said Rev. Dr. Aloysius Paul D'Souza, Bishop of Mangalore would preside over the function and Vaidehi, noted writer would be the chief guest. Also Rev. Dr. Henry D'Souza, Bishop of Bellary and Chairman, Sandesha Foundation will grace the occasion.
Fr. Mendonca said that ten different awards would be conferred on the occasion and each award carries a cash prize of 10, 000 rupees, a citation, a shawl and a trophy.
Dr. Na D'Souza Selection committee President announced the list of awardees.
Sandesha Kannada Literature Award will be conferred on Dr. KV Tirumalesh, A prolific writer in Kannada; his 30 works comprise poetry, short stories, novels, reviews, columns and linguistics.
Sandesha Konkani Literature Award will be conferred on M Madhava Pai, a great name in the Konkani translation field. He has contributed 750 pages 'Kannada-Konkani Dictionary'-a great service to Konkani Language.
Sandesha Literature Award goes to Catherine Rodrigues, who has written 57 Tulu dramas in her 30 years of Tulu Literature career. She is a ten time winner of the Late Dharmastala Ratnavarma Heggade Tulu Drama Writing Competition.
Sandesha Cinema Award will be conferred on Geethapriya (Laxman Rao Mohite), a great star in the cinema world, a song writer, story-writer, dialogue-writer as well as a great film director.
Sandesha Arts Award will be given to Peter Lewis, an artist of international fame, who got international recognition for his art exhibition at Texas in USA.
Sandesha Journalism Award will be conferred on Indhudhara Honnapura, editor of the monthly 'Honnapura Samvada'.
Sandesha Media Education Award will be given to Shree Padre hailing from Kasargodu, a well-known as an agriculturist. Rain-harvesting has been one of his creative contributions.
Sandesha Best Teacher Award goes to Rev. Sr. Maria Jyothi, AC, a pioneer in the education of the specially-abled children in Mangalore, Founder Principal of St. Agnes Special School.
Sandesha Konkani Music Award will be conferred on Late Sri Jerome D'Souza, who has composed more than 1000 songs in Konkani, brought out 14 music albums and published 2 anthologies called 'Amchim Podam'.
Sandesha Special Recognition Award will be given to John D'Silva journeying from Kerala to Mumbai; he has been a crusader of cooperative banking, an educationist and a philanthropist.
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