Aishwarya Rai to be honoured at World Kannada Conference

Bollywood star Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Infosys Chief Mentor N R Narayana Murthy would be honoured by Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa next week at the World Kannada Conference for their achievement in their respective fields.

Yeddyurappa would honour them during the inaugural of the three-day celebrations of the second ‘Vishwa Kannada Sammelana’ (World Kannada Conference) scheduled to begin on March 11 at Belgaum,an official release said.

The objective of the Conference is to display the developments achieved by Karnataka in the field of Agriculture,Information Technology,Bio-Technology,Industry,Arts and other sectors,it said.

The function would also honour those from Karnataka and other States who have achieved great heights in their respective field,it said.