Mysuru: The following personalities have been selected for Dasara Awards for the year 2019 given by the city’s Hoysala Kannada Sangha and Savigannada Patrika Balaga:

Dr. D.L. Vijayakumari Achievement Award: G.V. Nirmala, Bengaluru; Dasara Poet Award: Kerodi Lolakshi, Mysuru and Dr. Sukanya Sunagahalli, Kenya; Dasara Yuva Prathibe: Apurva Jain, Mysuru; Savigannada Samskruthika Prashasthi: S. Niranjanakumar, Chamarajanagar (Culture and Organisation), Dr. S. Srinivasa Shetty, Mandya (Poetry and Organisation), S. Satyaprasad, Mysuru (Education), Mirle Chandrashekhara, Mysuru (Administration and Photography), Anurag Basavaraju, Mysuru (Photo Journalism), Padmasri Ravishankar, Mysuru (Education) and Dr. Saugandhika Jois (Literature and Organisation).

The awards will be conferred at ‘Kavya Dasara’ and award presentation ceremony to be held at Krishnamurthypuram Sri Ramamandira on Oct. 5.