Mysuru :

City’s noted music critic and Hindustani vocalist Dr. Manik Bengeri is among the 33 achievers in various fields, who have been honoured with the Vishisht Naagrik Sammaan-2016 by Parivartan Prabha at a ceremony held at Haryana Bhavan in Bengaluru on Jan. 9.

A regular contributor to SOM, Dr. Manik Bengeri was felicitated in recognition of her contribution to the cultural field with her vast knowledge on Hindustani music. By learning music under her, precision is attained not only in singing but also the pronunciations in Sanskrit, Hindi and Marathi.

She has authored quite a few books in Marathi, Hindi and Sanskrit languages.

Padma Shri and Chancellor of Karpagam University Dr. R. M. Vasagam; Vice-Chancellor of Vivekanand Vishwa Vidyalaya Dr. Ramchandra G. Bhatt; Higher Education Department Principal Secretary Bharath Lal Meena and CMD of Prashant Goenka Group Prashant Goenka were the chief guests, who gave away the awards.

The voluntary organisation ‘Universal Forum For Human Dignity’ was the associate partner of the awards ceremony.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / Saturday – January 23rd, 2016