Mysore/Mysuru: Publisher Ganesh Amingad of Kavitha Prakashana, Mysuru, has been selected for MRM Prakashana Award and Poet K.P. Mruthyunjaya of Mandya has been selected for MRM Sahitya Award, given by MRM Prakashana, Mandya.

Both the awards, carrying a cash reward of Rs. 10,000, will be presented during the first anniversary celebrations of MRM Prakashana to be held at Sri Ramakrishna Seva Kendra High School in Yachenahalli of T. Narasipur tomorrow (Jan. 12) at 2 pm.

The book ‘Avadhoota Madappa,’ written by Sri Ramakrishna Seva Kendra President Sri Nadanandanatha Swamiji and ‘The Copy: A Fatal Pattern,’ authored by Medical Student S.P. Nidhi, will be released on the occasion.

Yachenahalli Primary Agricultural Credit Cooperative Society President Y.N. Shankaregowda will inaugurate the programme. Vishwa Vokkaligara Mahasamsthana Mutt Pontiff Dr. Nischalanandanatha Swamiji will release the books.

Writer Adeeb Akhtar will felicitate the awardees. Publisher and Mandya University Kannada Lecturer Umesh Dadamahalli will speak about Nidhi’s book.

Karnataka Janapada Academy award recipient Channajamma will also be felicitated on                                the occasion. Sri Nadanandanatha Swamiji will preside over the programme.