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Bangalore Press Club announces golden jubilee, annual awards

Bengaluru, KARNATAKA :

VB’s Prakash C. selected for annual award

Prakash C

Bengaluru:

The Bangalore Press Club has announced the list of recipients of its ‘Press Club Golden Jubilee Award’ and ‘Annual Award,’ recognizing journalists for their outstanding contributions in the field of journalism.

The ‘Golden Jubilee Award’ will be conferred upon popular Journalists Janagere Venkataramaiah, Indudhara Honnapura, Subhash Kevin Rai, G.S. Krishnamurthy, and Dr. Nagesh Basavaraj for their dedicated service to journalism.

In addition, 50 senior journalists have been chosen for the ‘Annual Award,’ including Vartha Bharathi Kannada Daily’s Bengaluru Bureau Chief Prakash C., along with Srikanth Hunasavadi, Yathiraju, Punyavathi H.P., Muhammad Ismail N.A., Raju Malavalli, Anis Nisar Ahmed, Sivakumar Menisakai, among others.

The awards will be distributed by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah at a ceremony to be held at the Press Club premises on the evening of January 12. Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar will also be present for the event, according to R. Sridhar, President of Bangalore Press Club.

Meanwhile, The Bangalore Press Club will also confer the ‘Person of the Year Award’ to Minister of Large and Medium Industries M.B. Patil, Energy Minister K.J. George, Women and Child Development Minister Lakshmi Hebbalkar, and Food, Civil Supplies, and Consumer Affairs Minister K.H. Muniyappa.

source: http://www.english.varthabharati.in / Vartha Bharati / Home> Karnataka / by Vartha Bharati / January 03rd, 2025

Pa Go award 2018 presented to Journalist Imtiaz Shah Tumbe

Mangaluru, KARNATAKA :

Imtiyaz

Mangaluru :

Pa Gopalakrishna Memorial Award 2018 for ‘Best Rural Reporting’ was presented to Journalist Imtiaz Shah Tumbe at Patrika Bhavan.

His article on Kodagu natural calamity, published in Vartha Bharati, was selected for the award.

Shah, a sub-editor in Vartha Bharati, said he had stepped into the field of journalism without any proper background. He said his parent organisation had honed his skills and provided him with an opportunity. “I feel privileged to receive the award.”

Dakshina Kannada District Information and Public Relations Senior Assistant Director K Rohini presented the award to Shah.

Speaking on the occasion, Rohini said the family members of veteran journalist late Pa Gopalakrishna, who had instituted the award, had set an example for others.

DK District Working Journalists’ Association Srinivas Indaje presided over the programme. Secretary Ibrahim Adkasthala, Mangaluru Press Club President Annu Mangaluru, Patrika Bhavan Trust President K Ananda Shetty, Pa Go’s spouse Savitri and senior journalist Manohar Prasad were present.

source: http://www.megamedianews.com / MegaMedia News / Home / March 02nd, 2019