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First Govinda Pai award conferred on epigraphist Srinivas Ritti

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September 6, 2013
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Mangalore, Sep 6: The first Rashtrakavi Govind Pai Award was conferred on well-known epigraphist and scholar Srinivas H Ritti in a function held at Nutana Ravindra Mantap of Mahatma Gandhi Memorial College, Udupi on Friday.

The award was instituted by Rashtrakavi Govinda Pai Samshodhana Kendra, Mahatma Gandhi Memorial College, Udupi, Academy of General Education, Manipal. These three organizations in their quest to perpetuate the memory of Govind Pai came up with the idea of instituting an award in the name of eminent poet which will be presented to persons who have excelled in the area of literature or research in the field of epigraphy in future.

Mr Ritti received the Smt T Vimala V Pai prize of Rs 1 lakh given as part of the award.

A jury that included writer U R Anantha Murthy zeroed in on Srinivas Ritti for his contributions to field of epigraphy for the maiden award.

The award function was preceded by a seminar on epigraphy with the theme 'Role of inscriptions in the studies of coastal Karnataka'. There was recital of Govind Pai's lyrics post the lunch break.

Ananthakrishna, chairman, Karnataka Bank, unveiled the portrait of Vimala Pai.

Taltaje Vasanth Kumar, scholar, delivered a talk on Govind Pai.

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Yogender Dayma
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Friday, 10 Jun 2016

May I get the e-mail address of Prof. Srinivas H. Ritti?

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