Moodbidri: Litterateur C N Ramachandran will inaugurate the 14th edition of Alva’s Nudisiri 2017 on December 1.

Eminent film director Nagathihalli Chandrashekar will preside over the three-day Kannada literary meet, Dr M Mohan Alva, chairman, Alva’s Education Foundation announced here on Tuesday. Barring the decennial year, when the event was held for four-days, the meet has been a three-day affair.

C N Ramachandran has worked as teacher of English literature in India, Somalia, Saudi Arabia and USA. He worked in the post-graduate department of English of Mangalore University for 16-years, before superannuating from services. Ramachandran has presented papers at seminars in Delhi, San Francisco, Tokyo, and Turkey. An eminent critic in Kannada and English, Ramachandran has penned 10-books in English and 16 in Kannada, Dr Alva stated.

Born in Nagathihalli village in Mandya district, Chandrashekar is better known with the village name prefixed to his name. A gold medal winner in Kannada PG, Chandrashekar is basically a Kannada teacher. He instilled a deep sense of culture among the villagers with the Nagathihalli Samskruthika Habba organized by Abhivyakthi Samskruthika Vedike that he founded. The Vedike has succeeded in bringing about economic awareness among villagers.