Sri Arvind Maharshi Awards conferred

Mysore/Mysuru: Identifying achievers by caste was like insulting their achievements, opined R. Raghu Kautilya, Chairman, Devaraja Urs Backward Classes Development Corporation. 

He was speaking at a function organised at the premises of Institution of Engineers-India (IEI) on JLB Road in city by Anveshana Seva Trust to present Sri Arvind Maharshi Awards to achievers in various fields on the occasion of the 106th birth anniversary of littérateur Chaduranga here on Friday last.

Stating that the achievements of well-known littérateurs like Kuvempu, Da.Ra. Bendre, K. Shivaram Karanth, K.S. Narasimhaswamy, Chaduranga and others would remain even in coming 100 years, Raghu said that such achievers should not be identified by their caste.

“Are achievements of Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar or Rajmatha Vani Vilasa Sannidhana less? We are not remembering kings who built this State. Except garlanding their statues, we are not doing anything. I will demand the District Administration to celebrate the birth anniversary of Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar on the lines of Mysuru Dasara,” he added.

He said that former Chief Minister Devaraja Urs constituted Havanur Commission to uplift the Backward Classes. Former Vice-Chancellor of Mysore University Prof. M. Madaiah had done remarkable  achievement in Economics in international level.  Likewise, the achievements of Chaduranga in the field of Kannada literature and film were not known to the current generation, he added.

Felicitated: Prof. K. Mahadevan from Kuvempu University, Shivamogga, Mysuru Mithra columnist V. Ranganath, UoM retired Professor C. Ramaswamy, Mahindra & Mahindra Company General Manager Vijayakanth Urs and Kannada Jagruthi Samiti Mysuru District Member Vinodamma were felicitated on the occasion.

Kannada Development Authority Chairman T.S. Nagabharana, Anveshana Seva Trust President Dr. M.G.R. Urs, Ursu Mandali President H.M.T. Lingaraje Urs, Treasurer K. Bhaskar, Mysuru Mithra columnist Gubbigudu Ramesh, former Kannada Sahitya Parishat Mysuru District President Maddikere Gopal and Kannada Sahitya Kalakoota President M. Chandrashekar were present.