Inter-collegiate cultural festival ‘AIISH Aawaaz-2017,’ Mysore Anand, noted actor and comedian and Sangeetha Ravindranath, noted playback singer, will  inaugurate, Dr. S.R. Savithri, Director, AIISH, presides, Panchavati Campus of the institute, Bogadi Road, 6 pm.

Vocal concert by Vid. N. Srinath, accompanied by Vid. C.N. Tyagarajan on violin, Vid. V.R. Srinivas on mridanga and Vid. Sharath Koushik on ghata, Veene Seshanna Bhavan, Kuvempunagar, 6 pm.

 Natarajothsava-2017, a 3-day National-level Classical Dance Festival for male and couple young dancers, Prof. Niranjan Vanalli, Registrar, KSGH Music & Performing Arts University, Mysuru, inaugurates; Dr. M. Surya Prasad, Senior Art Critic, Bengaluru, chief guest, K.V. Murthy, President, VPAC, Mysuru, presides; Kathak by Rupeesh Kumar Gupta [Durbhanga]; Bharatanatyam by Pavan Kumar and Vidu. M.S. Sindhu…

15th annual, Music Concerts and Thyagaraja & Purandara Dasara Aradhana Mahotsava, Swami Athmajnanandaji, President, Sri Ramakrishna Ashrama, Mysuru, inaugurates; Madhegowdaru, former MUDA Chairman and former MLC, chief guest, S. Ramaprasad, President, Mukthaka Sahitya Academy, will be present, B.S. Sridharraje Urs, President, Sri Krishna Gana Sabha, presides; Music programme — Vid. Karthik Hebbar – Vocal, Vidu….

Vid. A.V. Prakash Memorial Music Concert, flute recital by Vid. T.R. Srinath and troupe, Sri Prasanna Parvathi Kalyana Mantapa, 6.30 pm.

 Dr. H. Tipperudraswamy Endowment, book release — Honnaliya Honnu — writer Dr. RaGow, Prof. Chandrashekaraiah presides, Sri Rajendra Bhavan, JSS Hospital premises, 5 pm.        

 International Women’s Day celebrations, Special Medical and Various Programmes, talk on health issues in women nu Dr. Suma and Dr. Pratiba Periera, Music Programme by Raghuleela Sangeetha Mandira, felicitation to Dr. Padma Murthy, H.R. Leelavati, Dr. Vasundhara Doraswamy and Dr. Sukanya Prabhakar, JSS Medical College and Hospital, 6 pm.

Swami Jnanayoganandaji speaks on ‘Kathopanishad,’ Ashrama premises, Yadavagiri, 6 pm.

Weekly Programme on DVG’s ‘Manku Thimmana Kagga’ by Master Speaker K.S. Mukundan, ‘Chaitanya Bhavan,’ Krishna Temple, Gokulam 3rd Stage, 6 pm.

Conferring of Silicon Journalism Award for Excellence in Journalism on Dr. Kudli Gururaja, Chief Reporter, Vijaya Karnataka and M.N. Lakshminarayana Yadav, Photojournalist, Star of Mysore, by Journalist Rajashekar Koti, RCL Hall, JLB Road, 6.30 pm.