CM presents Ekalavya awards to sportspersons

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Picture shows tennis player Dhruthi T. Venugopal of Mysuru receiving the Ekalavya award from Chief Minister Siddharamaiah at a ceremony held at the Platinum Jubilee Auditorium here yesterday. Also seen are (from left ) MLA Vasu, District in-charge Minister Dr. H.C. Madevappa and Youth Empowerment and Sports Minister Pramod Madhwaraj. Picture right shows Ekalavya awardees and Kreeda Ratna Awardees posing to the shutterbugs.
Picture shows tennis player Dhruthi T. Venugopal of Mysuru receiving the Ekalavya award from Chief Minister Siddharamaiah at a ceremony held at the Platinum Jubilee Auditorium here yesterday. Also seen are (from left ) MLA Vasu, District in-charge Minister Dr. H.C. Madevappa and Youth Empowerment and Sports Minister Pramod Madhwaraj. Picture right shows Ekalavya awardees and Kreeda Ratna Awardees posing to the shutterbugs.

Mysuru :

The Department of Youth Empowerment & Sports (DYES) presented the Ekalavya Awards to 16 sportspersons of various disciplines, Karnataka Kreeda Ratna awards to and two Lifetime Achievement Awards for the year 2015, at a function held at Mysore Medical College and Research Institute Alumni Association Platinum Jubilee Auditorium here yesterday.

Swimmer Damini Gowda, athlete M. Arpitha, tennis player Dhruthi T. Venugopal, hockey player Nitin Thimmaiah were among the prominent names who received the Ekalavya Awards.

Minister for Youth Empowerment and Sports Pramod Madhwaraj, District Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa, Mayor B.L. Byrappa, MLAs Vasu and M.K. Somashekar were also present.

John Christopher Nirmal Kumar (swimming) and R. Shivanand (wrestling) were presented the Life Time Achievement awards for their contributions as coaches. Three visually impaired cricketers from Karnataka who had represented India in the World Cup were honoured with cash prize and a citation.

The Ekalavya awardees received a memento, a citation and Rs. 2 lakh in cash. The coaches who received the lifetime achievement awards were received Rs.1.50 lakh cash prize, a citation along with a memento while the Kreeda Rathna awardees took home a cash prize of Rs. One lakh, a citation and a memento.

Speaking on the occasion, Chief Minister Siddharamiah, congratulated the sports persons for their achievements and informed that the State Government was committed to promote sporting activities and sportspersons.

Minister for Youth Empowerment and Sports Promod Madwaraj said that the sportspersons who have achieved laurels have worked hard to reach great heights at the International and National level. The Department has identified and rewarded them through fair selection policy on the basis of their performance for the Ekalavya, Kreeda Ratna Awards and Life Time Achievement awards.

MLA Vasu speaking on the occasion emphasised the need for a Sports University and requested the CM to sanction the same in Mysuru which is also his home town.

Ekalavya Award: Damini K. Gowda (Swimming), Vidya B. Pillai (Billiards), Pavan Shetty (Body Building), Nithin Thimmaiah (Hockey), S. Rajguru (Kabaddi), Krishna A. Naikodi (Cycling), A. Arvind (Basketball), M. Arpita (Athletics), Mohammed Rafiq Holi (Wrestling), Meghana M. Sajjanar (Rifle Shooting), Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal (Lawn Tennis), Anup D’Costa (Volleyball), G.M. Nischita (Shuttle Badminton), J.M. Shawad (Para Athletics), Umesh R. Kade (Para Swimming) and Kanchan P. Munnolkar (Weight Lifting).

Lifetime Achievement Award: John Christopher Nirmal Kumar (Swimming) and R. Shivananda (Wrestling).

Karnataka Kreeda Ratna Award: Rudraswami (Yoga), P. Poornima (Throwball), Amogha U. Chachadi (Atya-Patya), M.P. Ranjitha (Ball Badminton), K.C. Pradeep (Kho Kho), U.M. Sumitha (Kabaddi), Jeevandhar K. Ballal and Ananda Irvathur (Kambala), L. Ananda (Wrestling) and Moshappa Vittappa Gulabala (Gundu Ethuvudu).

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports News / October 08th, 2016

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