Mangaluru: Chennai’s Dravida Brahman Association have announced “Vipra community’s life term award” to the DK Kannada Sahitya Parishath and Kalkura Foundation President S Pradeep Kalkura.

Pradeep Kalkura have also bagged ‘Purandarranugraha award of TTD Dasa Sahitya Project, ‘Krishnanugraha’ from Udupi Shree Krishna Math and other such awards.

Presently he is serving as a district President of Kannada Sahitya Parishath for the consecutive fifth time.

“Vipra community’s life term award” will be presented to Pradeep Kalkura on August 7 in a grand function which is to be held at Chennai’s Radhakrishna Salai’s Woodlands auditorium.