Prof. CDN Memorial Day observed at Dhvanyaloka

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CDN Memorial Award presented to two distinguished scholar-teachers

Prof C.N. Srinath (extreme left), Director, Dhvanyaloka, is seen with guest speaker A. Madhavan, former Indian Ambassador and CDN awardees Dr. S. Ramaswamy & Dr. G.S. Balarama Gupta.
Prof C.N. Srinath (extreme left), Director, Dhvanyaloka, is seen with guest speaker A. Madhavan, former Indian Ambassador and CDN awardees Dr. S. Ramaswamy & Dr. G.S. Balarama Gupta.

Mysuru :

The Prof. CDN Memorial Lecture for 2016 was delivered by A. Madhavan, former Indian Ambassador, at Dhvanyaloka here on April 12.

Recalling his long and intimate association with Prof. C.D. Narasimhaiah (CDN), Madhavan described him as not merely an extraordinary teacher but also an extraordinary human being who strongly believed in time-honoured values eloquently testified by his Autobiography N for Nobody.

What made the occasion more significant this year was the giving away of Prof. CDN Memorial Award (consisting of a citation and cash award of Rs.10,000) instituted by Dhvanyaloka to two distinguished scholar-teachers and also former disciples of Prof. CDN — Dr. S. Ramaswamy, formerly of Bangalore University and Dr. G.S. Balarama Gupta, formerly of Gulbarga University — in recognition of their contributions to Literature. The Awards were presented by Madhavan. The award money for the current year was donated by Krishnamurthy, formerly of Vyshya Bank, Mysuru.

In his Acceptance Speech, Dr. Ramaswamy recounted Prof. CDN’s legacy with particular reference to his journal The Literary Criterion. If that was a moving tribute to his teacher, Dr.Balarama Gupta also remarked how he was inspired to start his own journal JIWE, thanks to Prof. CDN.

Prof C.N. Srinath, Director, Dhvanyaloka, who earlier welcomed the gathering, introduced the guests and also observed that Prof. CDN had demonstrated convincingly how a single teacher could have all that immense potential to achieve so much in his life.

Since the occasion also marked the release of the Special Number of The Literary Criterion on F.R. Leavis, reputed critic and mentor for Prof. CDN at Cambridge, Prof. Srinath remarked that this “confluence” of events made the programme unique. The evening wound up with the screening of a documentary on Prof. CDN’s life and achievements, produced by June Gaur and Dr. H.S. Shivanna.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / April 16th, 2016

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