‘Alvas Nudisiri Award’ to 12 achievers
Moodabidri, November 7: Alvas Education Foundation has announced Alvas Nudisiri Awards, being given to mark the national convention- Alvas Nudisiri-2018, to 12 persons who have contributed for the land, language and culture this year.
Speaking to reporters here on Wednesday, Foundation president Dr M. Mohan Alva said that Dr. G.D. Joshi Mumbai (Literature, Education), Dr. A.V. Narasimhamurthy Mysuru (Archeologist), Dr. Bharathi Vishnuvardhan Bengaluru (Cinema), Dr. Arundhati Nag (Theatre), L. Bande Nawaz Kalief Aldala Kalaburgi (Theatre Direction), Dr. K. Ramananda Banari Kasaragod (Literature), Dr. Narahalli Balasubramanya (Literature, Criticism), Prof. A.V. Navada Mangaluru (Literature), Fa. Prashanth Madta (Literature), H.N. Raghavendra (Light Music), Aruva Koragappa Shetty (Yakshagana), Dr. Mysuru Nataraj Washington (Literature) were selected for the award, he said.
The awards would be presented on the valedictory ceremony of the Alvas Nudisiri programme on November 18. They would felicitated with Rs 25,000 cash, citation and memento, he said.
Alvas Nudisiri Reception Committee secretary Venugopal Shetty, Alvas Education Foundation PRO Dr. Padmanabha Shenoy were present at the press conference.
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Kodagu: 7-year-old student killed in fire accident at residential school
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Madikeri (Karnataka) (PTI): A seven-year-old student was killed in a fire accident that occurred at a residential school in Kodagu district on Thursday, police said.
The fire broke out at Har Mandir School near here in the wee hours, and the rest of the 29 students staying in the residential school were saved, they added.
The victim has been identified as Pushpak (7), a Class Two student from Chettimani village in Madikeri taluk. Firefighters from the Madikeri Fire Station, along with local residents, worked together to douse the flames. The cause of the fire is believed to be a short circuit.
"There were 29 students in this residential school. All others are safe except for this boy. Investigations are on to ascertain the cause of the fire, though preliminarily it seems that a short circuit was the reason behind the fire," a police officer told PTI.
Senior police officers and Fire Brigade staff visited the spot and conducted an inspection.
