Alva’s Nudisiri begins tomorrow

Mangaluru: Alva’s Nudisiri 2016, a

Kannada literary

and cultural convention organized by the Alva’s Education Foundation, will be held at Ratnakaravarni Vedike and Pundalika Halambi Sabhangana, at Vidyagiri in Moodbidri from November 18 to 20.

Litterateur B N Sumithra Bai will preside over the meet, which will be held on the theme – ‘Karnataka: Nalegala Nirmana’. Noted lyricist Jayantha Kaikini will inaugurate the literary meet while Alva’s Education Foundation chairman M Mohan Alva will deliver the keynote address. Kannada Sahitya Parishat president Manu Baligar, Karnataka Folklore University vice-chancellor

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, former ministers K Abhaychandra Jain, K Amarnath Shetty and MLC Ganesh Karnik will be the guests.

Sumithra Bai will deliver presidential address on the topic – ‘Karnataka: Hosathanada Hudukata’. Alva’s Nudisiri Award ceremony and valedictory will be held on November 20. Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel and former minister K Abhaychandra Jain will be the guests.

Alva’s Nudisiri Award winners: Giraddi Govindaraja, Subraya Chokkadi, Chinnanna Valeekara (literature), K R Sandhya Reddy (research), G N Ranganatha Rao (media), K V Akshara (theatre), Harini (cinema), Srinivasa G Kappanna (organization), Sheenappa Rai Sampaje, Jabbar Samo (yakshagana), H R Leelavathi (light music), Chandrashekhara Chowta (agriculture) and G Jnanananda (sculpture).

Alva’s Vidyasiri, literary and cultural meet for students, will be held at Ratnakaravarni Vedike on Thursday. A student of SDM English Medium High School, Belthangady, Ananya will preside over the meet. Theatre artist B Jayashree will inaugurate Alva’s Vidyasiri. Film director Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar will be the guest. Alva’s Vidyasiri Awards will be bestowed on writer V B Kulamarva from Kumble, student of St Mary’s International School, Chikkamagalur, Vaishnavi N Rao and Gopadkar Swaroopa Study Centre, Mangaluru.