Karnataka Rajyotsava Award 2025 List Announced The Government of Karnataka has announced the list of recipients for the Rajyotsava Award 2025. The awards are conferred upon distinguished individuals who have made significant contributions in various fields, marking the occasion of the 70th Rajyotsava celebration. The official list of awardees was published on 30.10.2025 in the name of the Secretary to the Government, Department of Kannada and Culture. ________________________________________ 2025 Rajyotsava Award Recipients (Field-wise Details) Literature : A total of six eminent personalities have been selected in this field. • Prof. Rajendra Chenni (Shivamogga) • Sri Tumbadi Ramaiah (Tumakuru) • Prof. R. Sunandamma (Chikkaballapura) • Dr. H.L. Pushpa (Tumakuru) • Sri Rahamat Tarikere (Chikkamagaluru) • Sri Ha. Ma. Pujar (Vijayapura) Folklore : A total of eight individuals have been selected. • Sri Basappa Bharamappa Choudmi (Koppala) • Sri B. Takappa Kannuru (Shivamogga) • Sri Sanningappa Satteppa Mushennagol (Belagavi) • Sri Hanumantappa Marappa, Chilangi (Chitradurga) • Sri M. Topanna (Kolar) • Sri Somanna Dundappa Dhanagonda (Vijayapura) • Smt. Sindhu Gujaran (Dakshina Kannada) • Sri L. Mahadevappa Udigala (Mysuru) Music : • Sri Devendrakumar Pattar (Koppala) • Sri Madiwalayya Sali (Bidar) Dance : • Prof. K. Ramamurthy Rao (Mysuru) Film / Television Sri Prakash Raj (Dakshina Kannada) • Smt. Vijayalakshmi Singh (Kodagu) Administration: • Sri H. Siddaiah, I.A.S. (Retd.) (Bengaluru South/Ramanagara) Medicine : • Dr. Alamma Maranya (Tumakuru) • Dr. Jayaranganath (Bengaluru Rural) Social Service : • Smt. Sulagitti Eeramma (Vijayanagara) • Smt. Fakkiri (Bengaluru Rural) • Smt. Korin Antoinette Rana (Dakshina Kannada) • Dr. N. Seetharama Shetty (Udupi) • Sri Konanduru Lingappa (Shivamogga) Miscellaneous : • Sri Umesh Pambada (Dakshina Kannada) • Dr. Raveendra Korishettar (Dharwad) • Sri K. Dinesh (Bengaluru) • Sri Shantaraju (Tumakuru) • Sri Jafar Mohiyuddeen (Raichur) • Sri Penna Obalayya (Bengaluru Rural) • Smt. Shanti Bai K. (District not specified in data) • Sri Pundalika Shastri (Budabudake) (Belagavi) Non-Resident/Overseas : • Sri Zakariya Bajpe (Saudi) (Non-Resident/Overseas) • Sri P.V. Shetty (Mumbai) (Non-Resident/Overseas) Environment : • Sri Ramegowda (Chamarajanagar) • Sri Mallikarjuna Ningappa (Yadgiri) Agriculture : • Dr. S.V. Hittalamani (Haveri) • Sri M.C. Rangaswamy (Hassan) Media : • Sri K. Subramanya (Bengaluru) • Sri Amshi Prasanna Kumar (Mysuru) • Sri B.M. Haneef (Dakshina Kannada) • Sri M. Sidharaju (Mandya) Science / Technology : • Sri Ramaiah (Chikkaballapura) • Air Marshal Philip Rajkumar (Davanagere) • Dr. R.V. Nadagouda (Gadag) Co-operation : • Sri Shekharagouda V. Malipatil (Koppala) Yakshagana : • Sri Kota Suresha Bangera (Udupi) • Sri Airabail Ananda Shetty (Udupi) • Sri Krishna Parameshwara Hegde (K.P. Hegde) (Uttara Kannada) Bayalata : • Sri H.M. Paramashivaiah (Bengaluru South/Ramanagara) Theatre : • Sri Gunduraj (Hassan) • Sri L.B. Shekh (Master) (Vijayapura) • Sri Bangarappa Khudampur (Bengaluru) • Sri Mime Ramesh (Dakshina Kannada) • Smt. D. Ratnamma Desai (Raichur) Education : • Dr. M.R. Jayaram (Bengaluru) • Dr. N.S. Ramegowda (Mysuru) • Sri S.B. Hosamani (Kalaburagi) • Smt. Raj Shri Nagaraju (Belagavi) Sports : • Sri Ashish Kumar Ballal (Bengaluru) • Sri M. Yogendra (Mysuru) • Dr. Jabina N. M. (Yoga) (Kodagu) Judiciary : • Justice P.B. Bhajantri (Pavan Kumar Bhajantri) (Bagalkote) Sculpture : • Sri Basanna Monappa Badigera (Yadgiri) • Sri Nagalingappa G. Gangur (Bagalkote) Painting : • Sri B. Maruti (Vijayanagara) Handicrafts : • Smt. L. Hemashekar (Mysuru)
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