It was November last year when the Padma Awards were given together for year 2020 & 2021.
Karnataka & The Padma Awards – English.KannadaPress
This year as the tradition is, it was announced a day prior to the Republic Day in January & the awards were presented today in New Delhi today
Padma Vibhushan & Padma Bhushan were awarded to 04 & 17 individuals across various categories & the Padma Shri was awarded to 107 individuals.
34 of the awardees are women and the list also includes 10 persons from the category of Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI and 13 Posthumous awardees.
Know more about the 5 from Karnataka who were presented this year:
Bangalore based Poet Siddalingaiah, who was known as the Dalit Kavi, was honoured with the Padma Shri award (posthumous). He passed away in June 2021 due to Covid-19 at the age of 67. The poet, playwright and activist was a pioneer of the Dalit-Bandaya movement in Kannada. He emerged as the fiery voice in Kannada, with his debut poetry collection ‘Holemaadigara Haadu’, in 1975. He was the first Dalit poet to receive the Pampa Award, Karnataka’s highest literary award, in 2020.
Dharwad based Abdul Khadar Imamsab Nadakattin (69),has dedicated his life to invention and manufacturing of agricultural equipment for the benefit of farmers over the last 40 years. Nadakattin set up the Vishwashanti Agricultural Research Centre in Annigeri taluk and his innovative ideas in farming have reached different states with many people adopting them. An automatic seed-cum-fertilizer applicator, tiller, rotovater are among his innovations.
Shivamogga based renowned Gamaka exponent H R Keshva Murthy (88) hails from Hosahalli village in the taluk. His contribution in extending and expanding the scope of the Gamaka art that grew over ages, is immense and unique. His village is renowned as the Gamaka Grama and he has been training hundreds of students at home for free.
Mangaluru based Amai Mahalinga Naik (73) was working as an agricultural labourer with a landlord in Adhyanadka in Bantwal taluk of Dakshina Kannada when the latter parted with 2.2 acres of barren land to Naik in 1978. Within a few years, he converted the barren rocky land into a lush green farm with arecanut and coconut palms and pepper vines through sheer hard work. He manually drilled five tunnels to draw water from the laterite hills for the arecanut and banana plants and adopted sprinkler and drip irrigation.
Former director-general of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), Prof Subbanna Ayyappan, is being awarded for his contributions to science and engineering, particularly in the field of farming and agriculture. The scientist is currently serving as chairman of the Karnataka Science and Technology Academy (KSTA).
