The Rajyotsava Prashasti or Rajyotsava Award, the second highest civilian honor of the Karnataka state of India are conferred annually by the Karnataka Government on the occasion of the establishment of the state on 1 November celebrated as the Kannada Rajyotsava.
The awards are presented in Bengaluru by the Chief Minister of Karnataka on 1 November of every year. Each award carries an amount of 100,000, a 20-gram gold medal and a citation. In addition to that, the government has in the past, allotted commercial land for eligible awardees.
Recipients List of winners:
Year Recipients Field1981 Shanta Rao Dance1981 Madhugiri Ramu Fine Arts1981 A. Subba Rao Music1981 B. N. Suresh Music1981 Shamacharya Sculpture1981 H. K. Ranganath Drama1981 Gorur Ramaswamy Iyengar Literature1981 S. L. Bhyrappa Literature1981 K. S. Nissar Ahmed Literature1981 H. Y. Sharada Prasad Literature1981 Anupama Niranjana Literature1981 Prakash Padukone Sports1981 Uday K. Prabhu Sports1981 Loknath Bolar Sports1981 K. Govindaraj Sports1981 M. P. Ganesh Sports1981 Angel Mary Joseph Sports1981 Karnataka State Council for Science & Technology Science1981 C. H. Lakshmanaiah Agriculture1981 R. Dwarakanath Agriculture1981 K. S. Ashwath Cinema1981 Malladihalli Raghavendra Social Work1981 Lakshmi Nizamuddin Social Work1981 Ammakka Ganapathi Social Work1981 S. R. Chandrashekar Medicine1982 C. N. R. Rao Science1982 Agram Rangayya Journalism1982 Basavanna Shilpi Sculpture1982 Biddu Appiah Music1982 D. V. Rao Social Work1982 M. A. Hafiz Medicine1982 P. O. Jadhav Medicine1982 Kantheerava Deshpande Language1982 Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay Fine Arts1982 Kondajji Basappa Scouts1982 S. R. Puttanna Kanagal Cinema1982 H. M. Nayak Literature1982 Puttamma Kusthi Basappa Social Work1982 Parvathamma Basappa Social Work1982 G. M. Pai Medicine1982 K. J. Rao Cinema1982 Shantadevi Malawada Social Work1982 Seetha Kagal Music1982 Siddayya Puranik Literature1982 T. S. Satyan Photography1982 Setumadhavarao Pagadi History1982 T. C. Sundaramurthy Folklore1982 Usha Navarathnaram Literature1982 Malam Ahmed Engineering1982 M. W. Tilak Aeronautics1982 Kumar Gandharva Music1983 Raja Rao Literature1983 Hamid Alyas Literature1983 Kayyar Kinhanna Rai Literature1983 U. R. Ananthamurthy Literature1983 Rumale Chennabasappa Fine Arts1983 S. M. Pandit Fine Arts1983 U. R. Rao Science1983 Madhav Gadgil Science1983 Bhimsen Joshi Music1983 A. D. Zakaria Music1983 M. S. Sathyu Cinema1983 Aarathi Cinema1983 Krishnavattam Journalism1983 R. K. Laxman Cartoon1983 Reeth Abraham Sports1983 Roger Binny Sports1983 Syed Kirmani Sports1983 K. Krishnamurthy Agriculture1983 K. M. Gadaad Agriculture1983 Zafar Futehally Agriculture1983 Tagadur Ramachandra Rao Social Work1983 M. Krishna Social Work1983 S. Krishna Social Work1983 Champabai Peerji Social Work1983 Seethamma Social Work1983 Srinivas Narasimha Rao Koulagudda Medicine1983 Parvathavani Drama1983 Armando Menezes Education1983 K. Venkatagiri Gowda Economics1984 Chaduranga Literature1984 G. S. Shivarudrappa Literature1984 M. Akbar Ali Literature1984 A. N. Murthy Rao Literature1984 Master Hirannaiah Drama1984 S. K. Kareem Khan Folklore1984 Chandrabhaga Devi Dance1984 M. P. L. Sastry Education1984 M. T. Jayanna Agriculture1984 M. Mahadevappa Agriculture1984 B. H. Katharaki Agriculture1984 Mir Iqbal Hussain Social Work1984 Ho. Srinivasaiah Social Work1984 H. Sudarshan Social Work1984 Udaykumar Cinema1984 Leelavathi Cinema1984 F. M. Soofi Fine Arts1984 M. S. Nanjunda Rao Fine Arts1984 Nagesh Bhimrao Sabannanavar Fine Arts1984 D. Seshappa Music1984 Siddarama Jambaladinni Music1984 M. L. Veerabhadraiah Music1984 M. Y. Ghorpade Photography1984 Y. V. Rudrappa Medicine1984 P. S. Shankar Medicine1984 M. Krishna Bhargava Medicine1984 Hanumantha Rao Manjrekar Journalism1984 Arjunadeva Journalism1984 R. Murthy Cartoon1984 C. L. J. Saldanha Environment1984 Satish Dhawan Science1985 S. S. Malawada Literature1985 R. C. Hiremath Literature1985 M. V. Seetharamiah Literature1985 D. Javaregowda Literature1985 T. S. Shamarao Literature1985 Ramarao V. Naik Music1985 P. Bhuvaneshwaraiah Music1985 Bhadragiri Achyuthadas Music1985 Komala Varadan Dance1985 Ningayya Sangayya Pujar Folklore1985 K. K. Hebbar Fine Arts1985 Renjala Gopala Shenoy Sculpture1985 S. V. Naik Fine Arts1985 B. V. K. Shastry Art Review1985 Vijaya Bhaskar Cinema1985 S. R. Rao Archaeology1985 S. V. Hitthalmani Agriculture1985 D. Veerendra Heggade Social Work1985 Y. Ramachandra Social Work1985 Shimoga Subbanna Music1985 Vinay Ubhaykar Tourism1985 M. V. Kamath Journalism1985 C. M. Ramachandra Journalism1985 K. N. Harikumar Journalism1985 H. Kusumakar Journalism1985 K. S. Haridasa Bhatta Education1985 H. N. Ramakrishna Education1985 Chindodi Leela Theatre1985 Keremane Shivarama Hegde Yakshagana1985 Ganapathi Sundaram Thomas Photography1985 M. Chidananda Murthy Research1985 R. Sathyanarayana Research1985 Mir Mohammed Hussain Urdu Education1985 G. Narayana Reddy Medicine1985 V. Parameshwar Medicine1986 K. Shivaram Karanth Literature1986 R. K. Narayan Literature1986 V. K. Gokak Literature1986 Gopalakrishna Adiga Literature1986 Siddalingaiah Literature1986 S. B. Joshi Research1986 S. K. Ramachandra Rao Research1986 B. S. Kesavan Library Science1986 Mallikarjun Mansur Music1986 Basavaraj Rajguru Music1986 R. K. Srikantan Music1986 Honnappa Bhagavathar Music1986 Manjunath Music1986 H. P. Ramachar Music1986 Mysore Ananthaswamy Music1986 C. Ashwath Music1986 Balappa Hukkeri Folklore1986 Bhadragiri Keshava Das Harikatha1986 Joladarashi Doddana Gowda Gamaka1986 Maya Rao Dance1986 G. B. Joshi Drama1986 B. Jayamma Drama1986 R. Nagarathnamma Drama1986 Uppinakudru Kogga Kamat Puppetry1986 D. Vadiraj Sculpture1986 R. M. Hadapad Fine Arts1986 N. Narasimhachar Fine Arts1986 N. Pushpamala Fine Arts1986 S. N. Chandrashekhar Art Review1986 G. V. Iyer Cinema1986 T. Pattabhirama Reddy Cinema1986 E. Hanumantha Rao Photography1986 N. S. Seetharama Shastry Journalism1986 P. K. Srinivasan Journalism1986 Y. N. Krishnamurthy Journalism1986 Vaddarse Raghuram Shetty Journalism1986 K. Sathyanarayana Journalism1986 R. N. Chakravarthy Journalism1986 C. D. Narasimhaiah Education1986 N. Rudraiah Education1986 H. R. Vishwanath Education1986 Vandana Rao Sports1986 K. R. Lavaraju Sports1986 B. Srikantaiah Physical Education1986 Raja Ramanna Science1986 S. Chandrasekhar Science1986 Roddam Narasimha Science1986 B. Desikachar Medicine1986 D. Chinniah Medicine1986 P. N. Srinivasa Rao Medicine1986 K. V. Shankara Gowda Social Work1986 Mahadeva Banakar Social Work1987 B. M. Idinabba Literature1987 Devanur Mahadeva Literature1987 Husna Sarvar Literature1987 Ezasuddin Saab Literature1987 J. S. Paramashivaiah Folklore1987 Balekhan Music1987 T. N. Balakrishna Cinema1987 Khadri Shamanna Journalism1987 B. S. Chandrasekhar Sports1987 S. G. Balekundri Engineering1987 R. Narayan Agriculture1987 B. Hanumaiah Medicine1987 D. G. Benakappa Medicine1987 H. S. Narayan Medicine1987 Umabai Kundapur Social Work1987 Varadaraja Adsa Social Work1987 C. L. Narasimhaiah Shetty Social Work1987 B. T. Lakshman Social Work1987 S. R. Hiremath Social Work1987 S. N. Subba Rao Bharatiya Seva Dal1987 P. Venkoba Rao Sarvodaya1987 N. Lakshmana Rao Administration1987 T. R. Satish Chandran Administration1988 P. T. Narasimhachar Literature1988 R. S. Mugali Literature1988 S. S. Bhoosnurmath Literature1988 K. P. Poornachandra Tejaswi Literature1988 H. K. Narayana Music1988 V. Venkatasubba Rao Music1988 B. Ramadasappa Music1988 N. R. Rama Rao Music1988 K. Venkatalakshamma Dance1988 Chandrashekhara Kambara Drama1988 H. L. Nagegowda Folklore1988 L. P. Anchan Fine Arts1988 M. A. Chetty Fine Arts1988 B. Saroja Devi Cinema1988 T. V. Venkatachala Sastry Research1988 A. J. Narayana Gowda Gamaka1988 H. U. K. Udupa Science1988 M. Gurudas Medicine1988 R. B. Patil Medicine1988 Parthanarayana Pandit Medicine1988 G. V. K. Rao Administration1988 S. V. Patil Agriculture1988 P. Selvie Das Education1988 D. Mariyappa Education1988 Mumtaz Ahmed Khan Education1988 Sharanabasappa Appa Social Work1988 Sajjad Nasheem Syed Hussain Shah Social Work1988 Hari Anant Pai Social Work1988 B. A. Basme Social Work1988 V. V. Thegginmani Social Work1988 S. R. Chandran Social Work1988 B. K. S. Iyengar Yoga1988 E. A. S. Prasanna Sports1988 R. K. Joshi Journalism1988 Aravind Hegde Forest Conservation1989 Niranjana Literature1989 Chennaveera Kanavi Literature1989 K. Krishnamurthy Sanskrit1989 Mohammed Ayaz Urdu1989 R. N. Doraiswamy Music1989 Arjunasa Nakoda Music1989 Manik Rao Raichurkar Music1989 Shyamala G. Bhave Music1989 C. Radhakrishna Dance1989 K. V. Subbanna Drama1989 M. T. V. Acharya Fine Arts1989 R. G. Raikar Fine Arts1989 T. Hombaiah Folklore1989 Malpe Shankaranarayana Samaga Yakshagana1989 M. V. Rajamma Cinema1989 Shadakshari Settar Research1989 B. V. Sreekantan Science1989 P. V. Acharya Journalism1989 M. B. Singh Journalism1989 B. Sheikh Ali Education1989 M. H. Marigowda Agriculture1989 G. R. Vishwanath Sports1989 Malathi Holla Sports1989 Sudha V. Reddy Social Work1989 M. R. Ramaiah Social Work1989 P. J. Fernandes Administration1989 M. K. Panduranga Setty Educational Institution1989 M. M. Joshi Medicine1989 Chamaraj Medicine1989 Allamaprabhu Photography1990 N. K. Kulkarni Literature1990 R. Y. Dharwadkar Literature1990 T. Sunandamma Literature1990 Malali Vasanthakumar Literature1990 L. S. Sheshagiri Rao Literature1990 Ramanna Bhajantri Music1990 A. V. Narayanappa Music1990 Vinayak Torvi Music1990 M. S. Natarajan Arts1990 Puttur Venkatappa Dogra Music1990 T. K. Desai Music1990 Vasant Kanakapur Music1990 Sheni Gopalakrishna Bhat Yakshagana1990 Govinda Naika Yakshagana1990 B. R. Kalinga Navada Yakshagana1990 Simpi Linganna Literature1990 'Kamsale' Mahadevaiah Folklore1990 Hammigi Mudimallappa Folklore1990 Patel Kempegowda Folklore1990 Hombaiah Folklore1990 V. Balu Fine Arts1990 H. G Basavannachar Sculpture1990 Krishna Srinivas Potedar Fine Arts1990 N. Lakshminarayan Cinema1990 Aruna Raje Patil Cinema1990 Vishnuvardhan Cinema1990 Ambareesh Cinema1990 Shankar Nag Cinema1990 S. Gurumurthy Education1990 C. N. Mangala Education1990 K. Hanumanthappa Education1990 T. K. Meti Education1990 G. S. Gayi Education1990 K. Shama Rao Journalism1990 S. V. Jayasheela Rao Journalism1990 P. Ramaiah Journalism1990 Santosh Kumar Gulwadi Journalism1990 I. K. Jagirdar Journalism1990 Raj Imtiaz Journalism1990 M. S. Topannavar Journalism1990 Sulochana Gunasheela Medicine1990 C. Chikkananjappa Medicine1990 B. M. Jayaram Medicine1990 M. Gurappa Medicine1990 S. Abdul Rehman Medicine1990 C. Parvathamma Research1990 M. M. Patil Co-operation1990 S. K. Ameen Co-operation1990 A. M. Rajashekharaiah Political Science1990 Shivakumara Swamiji Social Work1990 Gurapp Malakappagar Social Work1990 G. M. Patil Social Work1990 S. V. Manjunath Social Work1990 Kashinath Panchasheela Gavai Social Work1990 S. V. Agnihotri Social Work1990 H. M. Shivanna Social Work1990 Ismail Sultan Geddekar Social Work1990 R. M. B. Aradhya Social Work1990 H. N. Ramakrishnaiah Social Work1990 Neelamma Chennappa Bhadrapur Social Work1990 G. Shivashankar Agriculture1990 N. P. Patil Agriculture1990 B. Satyaji Rao Sports1990 Ashwini Nachappa Sports1990 Nawab Saab Sports1990 Tukaram Kharvi Sports1990 Chindodi Karibasavaraj Theatre
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