Wins Rs. 50,000 prize

<strong>Mysore</strong>, Mar. 31:

City artist Balaswamy’s logo has been selected for Sakala, the State government’s ambitious initiative aimed at providing timely services to citizens under the Karnataka Guarantee of Services to Citizens Act 2011.
The government had invited entries of logos for the initiative. Over a thousand participants had taken part in the contest, in which Balaswamy’s concept won the government’s approval.
Chief Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda presented Balaswamy with a cash prize of Rs. 50,000 for creating the logo during the inauguration of Sakala recently.
Speaking to Star of Mysore, Balaswamy said that he had sent three designs of logos and his design based on ‘Time and Law’ (see above) was selected.
Family members of Balaswamy, who came to know about his interest in arts when he was studying PU at St. Philomena’s College in city, brought him an application from Chamarajendra Academy of Visual Arts (CAVA) and enrolled him there after PU.
After completing two years foundation course at CAVA, he took up Bachelor in Fine Arts (BFA) with specialisation in Applied Arts and completed his graduation in 1997 besides working in many advertisement agencies as designer in Bangalore.
He again came back to Mysore and completed his Master in Fine Arts (MFA) in the year 2004 with Sculpture as his specialisation.
He said that he is one among the five artists who created logo for University Grants Commission (UGC) and regretted that he could not go to collect the certificate which was presented by former President Dr. A.P.J.Abdul Kalam in the year 2003 owing to financial constraints despite having been invited. Balaswamy said that the news of his logo being selected was given by Mamatha, Joint Director, Department of Information over phone and added that he was delighted with the news. At present, Balaswamy is working as a freelancer in city.
He may be contacted on Mob:99003-00038.
source: http://www.StarofMysore.com / General News / March 31st, 2012