TSR award to Arjun Deva, Eshwar Daithota

Bangalore :

The State Government on Wednesday announced Mohare Hanumantharaya and TSR awards (2012 and 2013) for senior Journalists.

Star of Mysore and Mysooru Mithra Editor-in-Chief K.B. Ganapathy (KBG) has been selected for the prestigious Mohare Hanumantharaya award for 2013 while Nirbheetha Editor Raghavendra Joshi of Belgaum bagged the award for 2012. Joshi was earlier serving as Editor of Nadoja Kannada newspaper published from Belgaum.

Senior Journalists N. Arjun Deva and Eshwar Daithota (P.S. Eshwar Bhat) have been selected for TSR award for 2012 and 2013 respectively.

The selection committee headed by retired High Court Judge Arali Nagaraj and comprising P. Ramaiah and Jayaram, both former Chiefs of Bureau of The Hindu and Dr. R. Poornima, former Editor of Udyavani as members, has chosen these senior journalists in recognition of their contribution to Journalism.

Both awards carry a purse of Rs. one lakh each and a citation.

CM Siddharamaiah will present the awards at a function to be held at Bangalore in October.

About the awards

While TSR Award recognises life-time achievement in the field of Journalism, Mohare Hanumantharaya Award is in recognition of setting up of a Kannada newspaper and dedication to its growth.

Both the above awards given every year by the Karnataka Information and Publicity Department carry Rs. one lakh cash reward.

Late T.S. Ramachandra Rao (TSR), as the Editor of Prajavani, was famous for his column Choobaana.

Late Mohare Hanumantharaya was a freedom fighter from Bijapur district. After working as the Sub-Editor and Editor of Karnataka Vaibhava weekly in Bijapur, he joined Samyukta Karnataka as Editor and later became its Managing Editor. He started Kannada’s first digest Kasturi in 1956.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News  / August 07th, 2014