Mangalore : The annual district-level Rajyotsava Award 2011 will be conferred on 38 personalities for their contribution in the various field said Pradeep Kumar Kalkura, president of  Dakshina Kannada Zilla Kannada Sahitya Parishat.

Speaking at the press meet hel at Hotel Woodlands on October 29, Saturday, he said that awards will be conferred by the Parishat under the seal of the district administration.

The awards will be conferred on Tulu theatre personality Vijaykumar Kodialbail, Well-known magician Kuddroli Ganesh, TV journalist Agnel Rodrigues and others including

Na Ujire Beltangady (Literature), K G Mallya Kinnigoli (Literature), Panja Bhasker Bhat (Veda Shastra), Vidwan B Chandraiah Moodubidre (Gamaka), Sadananda Heggadekatte Moodbidri (Senior Columnist), A J Shetty (Education and Social Service), Polali Nithyananda Karanth (Literature), Thenkabail Thirumaleshwara Shastry (Yakshagana Bhagavathige), Umesh Nayak (Gadinadu Kannada Horata), Nagesh Malekudiya (tradition – Chariot maker), Thonse Pushkal Kumar (Light Music), Vitla Mangesh Bhat (Konkani culture), Balakrishna Ullal (Folk), D Manohar Kumar (Yakshagana- organising), Sarojini Shetty (Theatre- Drama), Sadananda Ameen (Sports), Raghavadas B Hoohakuvakallu (Make Up), Kulai Madhava Bhandari (Tulu Literature), Laxman Kanandoor (Bhootharadane), J Krishnananda Rao (Social Service), Ganeshraj (Shastriya Sangeetha), Shreevallabhi (Journalism), Agnel Rodrigues (Konkani Visual Media), Udayachandra D Suvarna (Education – Social Service), Vijaykumar Kodialbail (Tulu Movie), Tukaram Poojary (Tulu History), Narayan Jogi Moodushedde (Shastriya Vadya Sangeetha), Kudroli Ganesh (Magic), Chandrashekar Navada (Bharathanatya), Moideen Kunhi Gardadi (Naati Vaidya), Raviraj Shettiyan (Social Service), Geetha Saralaya (Bharathanatya), Ellur Ramdevadiga (Dolki Vadya Sangeetha), Ankush N Nayak (Shastriya Vaidya Sangeetha), Vaibhav Shenoy M (International Drawing), K Raveendra Shetty (Literature Organisation), B R Bhat (Banking Service), Tabassum (special service to deprived people).