Former Indian Area Analysis Organisation (ISRO) chairman Ok Sivan and retired Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer M Madan Gopal, who headed the Nationwide Schooling Coverage (NEP) taskforce in Karnataka, are among the many 67 winners of the Kannada Rajyotsava award this yr. The award, carrying a money prize of Rs 1 lakh, a gold medal and a quotation, shall be distributed on November 1, the state formation day.
Sivan headed the ISRO from January 2018 to January 2022 and Chandrayaan-2 was launched throughout his tenure.
Gopal landed in a soup in July this yr after one of many place papers on the NEP claimed that the Pythagoras theorem and Isaac Newton’s principle of gravity have been rooted in historical India. In an interview, he justified the identical saying that there have been quite a lot of discussions on Google and Quora on the matter.
That is the primary time that the Karnataka authorities fashioned an professional committee to determine achievers from numerous fields for the awards given on November 1. Beforehand, the choice was constructed from an inventory of candidates. There was criticism from some sections that awards are given to these with affiliations to the BJP and right-wing teams.
For example, the winner within the movie class, Avinash, is thought to be related to the BJP as his spouse Malavika Avinash is a celebration spokesperson within the state.
The prize, which is normally conferred to these from numerous sectors resembling people arts, sports activities and social work, was additionally awarded to a sanitation employee Mallamma Hoovinahadagali this yr.
The complete record of awardees:
Total
Subbarama Sheety
Vidwan Gopal Krishna Sharma
Soligara Madamma
Armed companies
Subedar BK Kumaraswamy
Journalism
HR Srisha
GM Shirahatti
Science and Expertise
Ok Sivan
Dr DR Balooragi
Agriculture
Ganesh Thimmaiah
Chandrashekar Narayanapura
Surroundings
Salumarada Ninganna
Pourakarmika
Mallamma Hoovinahadagali
Administration
Dr LM Manjunath
Madan Gopal
Non-resident Kannadigas
Devidas Shetty
Arvind Patil
Krishnamurthy Manja
Rajukumar
Drugs
Dr HS Mohan
Dr Basavanthappa
Social service
Dr Ravi Shetty
C Kariyappa
MS Kori Shettar
D Madegowda
Balbir Singh
Commerce
BV Naidu
Jayaram Banan
J Srinivas
Theatre
Thippanna Helavar
Lalithabai Chennadasar
Gurunath Hugar
Prabhakar Joshi
Srisaila Huddar
Music
Narayana M
Ananathacharya Balacharya
Anjinappa Satpaadi
Anantha Kulkarni
Folks artwork
Sahademappa Eerappa Nadiger
Gudda Panara
Kamalamma Soolagitthi
Savithri Pujar
Rachaiah Salimath
Maheshwaragowda Lingadahalli
Sculpture
Parashuram Pawar
Hanumanthappa Balappa Hukkeri
Portray
Sannarangappa Chitrakaar
Movies
Dattanna
Avinash
TV
Sihi Kahi Chandru
Yakshagana
MA Nayak
Subramanya Dhareshwar
Sarapadi Ashok Shetty
Bayalata
Adavayya Hiremath
Shankarappa Mallappa Horapete
H Pandurangappa
Literature
Shankar Chachadi
Krishnegowda
Ashokbabu Neelagar
Aa Ra Mitra
Ramakrishna Marathe
Schooling
Koti Rangappa
MG Nagaraj
Sports activities
Dattatreya Govind Kulkarni
Raghavendra Anvekar
Judiciary
Venkatachalapathy
Nanjundareddy
Dance
Kamalaakshaacharya