Endowment Awards presented to promising Journalists

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Instituted by senior journalist K.V. Sreenivasan

Sitting from left: K.V. Sampath Kumar, Editor, Sudharma Sanskrit Newspaper; K.H. Chandru, Photojournalist, Vijayavani Kannada Daily; Rajendra Rao, Reporter, Vijayakarnataka (K.R. Nagar); B.S. Prabhurajan, UNI Dist. Correspondent; Gayathri V. Raj, Sub-Editor, Deccan Herald and Mullur Shivaprasad, Senior Reporter, Andolana, who received the awards instituted by senior journalist K.V. Srinivasan at a function organised at MDJA yesterday, are seen with (standing from left) Karnataka Media Academy Member K. Shivakumar, MDJA General Secretary K.J. Lokesh Babu, Karnataka Media Academy Chairman Siddaraju; Mayor B.L. Bhyrappa; Senior Journalist K.V. Srinivasan (Brother); MDJA President K. Deepak and Vice-President S.T. Ravi Kumar.
Sitting from left: K.V. Sampath Kumar, Editor, Sudharma Sanskrit Newspaper; K.H. Chandru, Photojournalist, Vijayavani Kannada Daily; Rajendra Rao, Reporter, Vijayakarnataka (K.R. Nagar); B.S. Prabhurajan, UNI Dist. Correspondent; Gayathri V. Raj, Sub-Editor, Deccan Herald and Mullur Shivaprasad, Senior Reporter, Andolana, who received the awards instituted by senior journalist K.V. Srinivasan at a function organised at MDJA yesterday, are seen with (standing from left) Karnataka Media Academy Member K. Shivakumar, MDJA General Secretary K.J. Lokesh Babu, Karnataka Media Academy Chairman Siddaraju; Mayor B.L. Bhyrappa; Senior Journalist K.V. Srinivasan (Brother); MDJA President K. Deepak and Vice-President S.T. Ravi Kumar.

Mysuru :

Mysuru District Journalists Association (MDJA) had organised a function at its premises here yesterday to present various endowment awards to journalists for their contribution to the sector, instituted by senior Journalist K.V. Sreenivasan (Brother).

The awardees are B.S. Prabhurajan, senior journalist, UNI – Dr. Nadig Krishnamurthy award; K.V. Sampath Kumar, Editor, Sudharma Sanskrit Newspaper – Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam award; Mullur Shivaprasad, reporter, Andolana – Mahatma Gandhi award; Gayathri V. Raj, Sub-Editor, Deccan Herald – Janakamma Venkatappagowda award; K.P. Chandru, Photographer, Vijayavani – K.V. Srinivasan award and Rajendra Rao, Correspondent, Vijaya Karnataka, K.R. Nagar – J.P. Youth award.

Presenting the awards, Karnataka Media Academy Chairman Siddaraju sought good encouragement for new enterprising journalists that would enthuse the tribe. He lauded the performance of the awardees and expressed gratitude to K.V. Sreenivasan for instituting the six awards. He said that the Academy had come out with a programme to provide 10-month internship for young journalists with a poor background and also provide a monthly scholarship of Rs. 10,000.

Mayor B.L. Bhyrappa, MDJA President K. Deepak, General Secretary K.T. Lokesh Babu, Vice-President S.T. Ravikumar and senior journalist K.V. Sreenivasan were present on the occasion.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / August 09th, 2016

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