Kempegowda award for Yellappa

bangalore: noted environmentalist yellappa reddy, psychiatrist dr c.r. chandrashekar, chancellor of university of agricultural university dr jayaramaiah, sports journalist ponnappa and cartoonist gujjarappa, are among the 36 people selected from various fields for the bcc''s kempegowda awards which will be presented on saturday. kempegowda day is celebrated on the day of bangalore''s famous karaga festivity every year.the bcc had formed a two member committee comprising of former chairman of kannada development authority g. narayan and prof m.h. krishnaiah to shortlist the names of the awardees. the following are the names of the awardees: a.n. yellappa reddy, environment; t. nagaraju and m.a. ponnappa, journalism; b.g. gujjarappa, cartoonist; dr c.r. chandrashekar and dr c.s. hanumantappa, medical; dr srinatha shastry, science and technology; r. lakshman, films; dr k.n. samira simha, dr v.p. dharukaradhya and prof p. sadashiva, education; d.a. pandu, w.p. krishna, development of educational institutions; c.m. naveen kumar, kabbadi; n.k. pallavi, netball; n. prathiba, sword fighting; david premnath, athletics; k. chandrashekar, wrestling; c. tyagarajan and c.b. narasimhaiah, sports training; dr omkar, yoga; dr m. jayaramaiah, suresh moona, vatsala iyengar, research; srilalitha and lakkanna, television; gautham verma and ratna nagesh, limca records; b.k. shivaram, cm''s gold medal; shramasri nagaraj, achievement; soubhagya ishwaraiah, library movement; surekha, dance; m.n. murthy, theatre; n. puttarudra, m. narasimha and n.c. bhandari, social service.