Karnataka Rajyotsava Award 2025: Actor Prakash Raj, former hockey captain Ashish Ballal, IAF officer Philip Rajkumar among 70 winners

Renowned writers Rajendra Chenni and Rahamath Tarikere are among the winners in the literature category, while 103-year-old Solgatti Eramma has been selected for social service.

The awardees will get Rs 5 lakh cash and a 25-gram gold medal at a ceremony to mark the state formation day on November 1.

Last year, the 69th Rajyotsava were conferred on personalities including Arun Yogiraj, the sculptor of the Ram Lalla statue installed at the Ram Mandir at Ayodhya; S Balan, a human rights advocate; Jude Felix, former Indian hockey star and coach; T V Ramachandra, an environment researcher from the Indian Institute of Science; and 88-year-old anti-pollution activist Almitra Patel in the fields of sculpture, judiciary, sports and environment.

In 2023, the Congress Government had declared 68 winners of the Rajyotsava award, including S Somanath, then chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), golfer Aditi Ashok, and freedom fighter Puttaswamy Gowda, among others.

Winners of Rajyotsava Award, 2025

Literature

• Prof Rajendra Chenny – Shimoga
• Tumbadi Ramaiah – Tumkur
• Prof R Sunandamma – Chikkaballapur
• Dr H L Pushpa – Tumkur
• Rahmat Tarikere – Chikmagalur
• Shri H.M. Pujara – Vijayapura

Folklore

• Basappa Bharamappa Chowdmi – Koppala
• B Takappa Kannur – Shimoga
• Sanningappa Sattappa Mushennagola – Belgaum
• Hanumanthappa Marappa, Cheelangi – Chitradurga
• Shri M. Topanna – Kolar
• Shri Somanna Dundappa Dhanagonda – Vijayapura
• Mrs. Sindhu Gujaran – Dakshina Kannada
• Shri L. Mahadevappa Udigala – Mysore

Music

• Devendrakumar Pattar – Koppala
• Madivalaiah Sali – Bidar

Dance

• Prof K Ramamurthy Rao – Mysuru

Film and Television

• Prakash Raj – Dakshina Kannada
• Vijayalakshmi Singh

Administration

• H Siddaiah – retd IAS – Bengaluru South (Ramanagar)

Medical

• Dr Alamma Maranna – Tumkur
• Dr Jayaranganath – Bengaluru Rural

Social Work

• Solgatti Eramma – Bengaluru Rural
• Fakkiri – Dakshina Kannada
• Corinne Antoinette Rana – Udupi
• N Sitarama Shetty – Udupi
• Konandur Lingappa – Shimoga

Miscellaneous

• Umesh Pambada – Dakshina Kannada
• Dr Ravindra Korishetter – Dharwad
• K Dinesh – Bengaluru
• Shantaraju – Tumkur
• Jafar Mohiuddin – Raichur
• Panna Obalaya – Bengaluru Rural
• Shanti Bai K – Ballari
• Pundalika Shastri (Budabudake) – Belagavi

Non-Residents

• Zachary Bajpe (Saudi Arabia)
• P V Shetty (Mumbai)

Environment

• Ramegowda – Chamarajanagar
• Mallikarjuna Ningappa

Agriculture

• Dr S V Hittalamani – Haveri
• M C Rangaswamy – Hassan

Media

• K Subramanya – Bengaluru
• Anshi Prasanna Kumar – Mysuru
• B M Hanif – Dakshina Kannada
• M Siddharaju – Mandya

Science and Technology

• Ramaiah – Chikkaballapur
• Air Marshal Philip Rajkumar – Davanagere
• Dr R V Nadagowda – Gadag

Cooperation

• Shekar Gowda V Malipatil – Koppal
• Yakshagana
• Shri Kota Suresh Bangera – Udupi
• Irabile Anand Shetty – Udupi
• Krishna Parameshwar Hegde (KP Hegde) – Uttara Kannada
• Bayalata
• Gunduraj – Hassan

Theatre

• H M Paramashivayya -Bangalore South (Ramanagar)
• L B Sheikh (Master) – Vijayapura
• Bangarappa Khudanpura – Bengaluru
• Mime Ramesh – Dakshina Kannada
• D Ratnamma Desai – Raichur

Education

• M R Jayaram – Bengaluru
• N S Ramegowda – Mysuru
• S B Hosamani – Kalaburagi
• Raj Nagaraju – Belgaum

Sports

• Ashish Kumar Ballal – Bangaluru
• M Yogendra – Mysuru
• Dr Zabina N M (Yoga)

Judiciary

• Justice P B Bhajantri – Bagalkot

Sculpture

• Basanya Monappa Badigera – Yadgir
• Nagalingappa G Gangura – Bagalkot

Painting

• B Maruti – Vijayanagara

Crafts

• L Hemasekhar – Mysuru