Mysuru: City-based noted industrialist, philanthropist and art patron Dr. M. Jagannath Shenoy has been selected for the prestigious Sangeetha Sevanidhi Award given by JSS Sangeetha Sabha.

He will be conferred the award during the 31st JSS Sangeetha Sammelana to be held in memory of Dr. Sri Shivarathri Rajendra Swamii from Dec. 2 to 6.

Dr. Shenoy is the Managing Partner of Mangalore Ganesh Beedi Works, President of Silent Shores and Founder of Jnanavikas Kendra that imparts free education for deprived children.

He has been honoured with several awards and prizes including ‘Karnatakada Kanmani’ award given by Credit-I, ‘Manavaratna’ award given by Rotary Mysore West, ‘Valuable Citizen of Mysore-2018’ given by Mysuru Literary Forum and Charitable Trust and ‘Adarsha Sadhaka-2026’ award given by The Forum of Business by Brahmins Trust. He has also been awarded an Honorary Doctorate by The Open International University for Complimentary Medicine, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Recently, he has built a modern cultural hub — Jagannatha Centre for Arts and Culture (JCAC) — in Vijayanagar that provides a platform for promoting arts and cultural activities.