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URA to be conferred with Pravasi Doha's Basheer Puraskaram

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September 25, 2012

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Manipal, September 25: Manipal Centre for Philosophy and Humanities, Manipal University will honour Jnanpith Award winner UR Ananthamurthy with Basheer Puraskaram on September 27 at Dr. T.M.A. Planetarium Complex here.

 

M T Vasudevan Nair, Malayalam Jnanpith award winner, and TJS George, journalist will be the guests. Dr K Ramnarayan, vice-chancellor, Manipal University will presided over the function.

 

Vice-Chancellor of Manipal University K. Ramnarayan will preside over the function. This will be followed by a short national award winning documentary on Vaikom Muhammad Basheer, one of the greatest Indian writers.

 

The Basheer Puraskaram was instituted by Pravasi Doha, a socio-cultural, literary and charitable organisation of Keralites in Qatar. It has been giving the puraskaram annually since 1995. It was instituted in the memory of Vaikom Muhammad Basheer.

 

Prof. Ananthamurthy was chosen for this award for his contribution to literature.

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