Mysore/Mysuru: Marking the 60th birthday of poet and novelist M.B. Santosh and International Women’s Day celebrations, the city-based Mysuru Sahitya Mattu Samskrutika Pratishtana has chosen the following achievers from different fields for various awards:

Balashri award:  Diya Umesh, Samrudh Maski and Saurav Gaj; Yuvashri award: M.S. Sajjan, D. Abhay Datta and Preetu Manjunath; Sadhanashri award:  Mahima, S. Jilian and P. Neetu Ninad.

Sahitya Ratna award:  M.S. Venkataramaiah; Gaana Saraswathi award:  Vidushi Dr. Suma Harinath; Rangachatura award: D. Ashwath Kadamba; Sahitya Sindhu award: Dr. S. Puttappa Mudigunda  and K. Mahadeva Nayaka.

Parisara Premi award: P.T. Lakshminarayan; Samaja Sevaratna award:  N.Sathyasheela and T. Ravigowda; Kreeda Ratna award: Pailwan Diwani.

The awards  will be conferred at a programme to take place at Veene Seshanna Bhavan on Adichunchanagiri road in Kuvempunagar at 10 am on Mar.15. The programme will also feature the release of ‘Vachana Samruddhi’, a collection of  modern vachanas by M.B. Santosh and ‘Santosh Parva’, a Biography written by C. Vani Raghavendra and a poets meet (Kavi Ghoshti).

For more details, call Mob: 98863-41957 or 96200-90700.