Rukmini Krishnaswamy, director of Spastics Society of Karnataka, has won the ‘Namma Bengalurean of the Year’ award given by the Namma Bengaluru Foundation, which is founded by Rajeev Chandrasekhar.

Sanjeev V. Dyamannanavar, an urban transport activist and one of the founders of Prajaa Raag, has been recognised as citizen of the year’, Rasheed Kappan, a senior journalist with Deccan Herald, as the mediaperson of the year, Dipika Bajpai, DCF, Bengaluru Urban, as government official of the year, Prashanth S.B., chairman of Nayonika Eye Care Charitable Trust, as social entrepreneur of the year, and Vidya Y., co-founder and trustee, Vision Empower, for her work to make education accessible to the visually impaired, as rising star of the year. These awards carry a purse of ₹2 lakh.

Citizen groups

The NBF also felicitated four citizen groups as ‘Champions of Namma Bengaluru – 2018’ for their work towards “reclaiming Bengaluru”, the theme of the awards this year. Friends of Lakes, a coalition of lake activists across the city, Save Pattandur Agrahara Lake and Save Kaggadasapura Lake, both local residents’ groups fighting to save and rejuvenate the lakes in their locality, and Project Vruksha Foundation, for its work on tree census, were the four citizen groups awarded on Sunday.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Bengaluru / by Staff Reporter / Bengaluru – March 26th, 2018