Mysuru: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah inaugurated the Newspaper Day celebration organised by Mysuru District Journalists Affiliation (MDJA) at Rani Bahaddur Auditorium on Hunsur Street in metropolis this morning by lighting the lamp.
District Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa felicitated senior journalists whereas Vice-Chairperson of Assure Schemes Implementation Monitoring Authority Dr. Pushpa Amarnath conferred the Annual Awards on the event.
Senior Journalist Ravindra Bhat delivered the keynote tackle. MDJA President Okay. Deepak presided.
MLAs Okay. Harishgowda, Tanveer Sait and D. Ravishankar, CEO and MD of Information First Kannada, Bengaluru, S. Ravikumar, GSS Group Head Srihari Dwarakanath, MDJA Basic Secretary Dharmapura Narayana, Vice-Presidents Ravi Pandavapura and H.S. Venkatappa, Secretaries A. Krishnojirao and D.R. Mahesh, Treasurer N. Suresh, Government Committee Members M.T. Yogesh Kumar, J. Shivanna, S. Kavitha, Hanagodu Nataraj, Ex-Officio Members S.T. Ravikumar and M. Subramanya and different office-bearers had been current on the event.
These felicitated had been: M.N. Kirankumar of ‘Dinatanti’ – Senior Metropolis Reporter of the Yr; Saligrama Yeshwanth of ‘Prajavani’ – Senior Rural Reporter of the Yr; Okay.N. Nagasundrappa of ‘Varthaman’ – Senior Information Editor of the Yr; Sriram of ‘The Hindu’ – Senior Photographer of the Yr; Mahesh Shravanabelagola of ‘ETV Bharat’ – Senior Reporter of the Yr and S. Nagesh of ‘Vistara TV’ – Senior Cameraman of the Yr.
The Awardees are: H.S. Sachith of ‘Prajavani’ – Kannada Report of the Yr; P. Shilpa of ‘Deccan Herald’ – English Report of the Yr; S. Udayshankar of ‘The New Indian Specific’ – Images of the Yr; G. Jayanth of ‘Doordarshan’ – Finest Reporting and Ramu, DD Cameraman – Finest Images.