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Pampa award for poet KS Nissar Ahmed

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October 31, 2017

Bengaluru, Oct 31: Kannada litterateur and thinker Prof. (rtd) K S Nissar Ahmed, has been selected for the Pampa award for the year 2017.

Established in 1987 by Government of Karnataka Pampa award carries a cash prize Rs 3 lakh, a citation and a memento. It is one of the highest literary honors conferred by the Department of Kannada and Culture.

Even though Nissar Ahmed was a professor in Geology, he was attracted towards to Kannada literature thanks to his friendship with Kuvempu. He gradually emerged as one of the greatest poets of Kannada.

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Hari
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Tuesday, 31 Oct 2017

Congrats and all the best sir

Rahul
 - 
Tuesday, 31 Oct 2017

Great achievement sir. Congrats

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