Sudha Murty is an Indian educator,author and philanthropist who is chairperson of the Infosys Foundation. She is married to the co-founder of Infosys,N. R. Narayana Murty. Murty was awarded the Padma Shri,the fourth highest civilian award in India,for social work by the Government of India in 2006. Later in 2023,she was awarded the Padma Bhushan,the third highest civilian award in India.
Dharwad,also known as Dharwar,is a city located in the northwestern part of the Indian state of Karnataka. It is the headquarters of the Dharwad district of Karnataka and forms a contiguous urban area with the city of Hubballi. It was merged with Hubballi in 1962 to form the twin cities of Hubballi-Dharwad. It covers an area of 213 km2 (82 sq mi) and is located 430 km (270 mi) northwest of Bangalore,on NH-48,between Bangalore and Pune.
Vinayaka Krishna Gokak,abbreviated in Kannada as Vi. Kru. Gokak,was an Indian writer in the Kannada language and a scholar of English and Kannada literatures. He was the fifth writer to be honoured with the Jnanpith Award in 1990 for Kannada language,for his epic Bharatha Sindhu Rashmi. Bharatha Sindhu Rashmi deals with the Vedic age and is perhaps the longest epic narrative in any language in the 20th century. In 1961,Gokak was awarded the Padma Shri from the Government of India for Dyava Prithvi.
Belagavi district,formerly known as also Belgaum district,is a district in the state of Karnataka,India. The district is known as Sugar Bowl of Karnataka with 1.5 lakh (150,000) hectares being used for commercial production and it has displaced Mandya district in sugar cane production over the last decade. The city of Belgaum (Belagavi) is the district headquarters in Belagavi district. It houses the Second legislative building,where the Karnataka Legislature hold session once a year. The district is famous for its native sweet,Kunda. According to the 2011 Census of India,it has a population of 4,779,661,of which 24.03% live in urban areas,making it the second most populous district in Karnataka,after Bangalore Urban. The district has an area of 13,415 km2 (5,180 sq mi) making it the largest district in Karnataka,and is bounded by Kolhapur District and Sangli district of Maharashtra state on the west and north,on the northeast by Bijapur district,on the east by Bagalkot district,on the southeast by Gadag district,on the south by Dharwad and Uttara Kannada districts,and on the southwest by the state of Goa.
Gokak is a taluka headquarters in the Belagavi district of Karnataka state,India. It is located around 70 km from Belagavi at the confluence of two rivers,the Ghataprabha and the Markandeya. The population of the city is according to 2011 census is 79,121. Gokak city has second highest GDP in the district of Belagavi after Belagavi city. The common language is Kannada.
Bailhongal is a Taluk in Belagavi district of Karnataka state in southern India. Bailhongal Taluk is located towards the north-east part of Belagavi. The taluk headquarters is about 44 km from the district headquarters. The total geographical area of the taluk is 1122.40 km2. There are 126 revenue villages and 14 hamlets with a total population of 356,400 people,according to the 2001 census.
Chikkodi is a taluka and Town Municipal Council in the Belagavi district of Karnataka,India. It is a Subdivision of the district. Chikodi,Athani,Hukkeri,Raybag,Nipani and Kagwad are the taluks that come under Chikodi Subdivision. It is 75 kilometers from the city of Belgaum,65 kilometers from Kolhapur,51 kilometers from Miraj,160 kilometers from Hubballi,and 570 kilometers from the capital of Karnataka state,Bengaluru. Chikodi has many district level offices but it is not designated as a district by the Government of Karnataka. It is one of the major cities that lies in the border between Karnataka and Maharashtra states.official language is Kannada.
Hubballi and Dharwad are twin cities in the Indian state of Karnataka. Hubli-Dharwad form the second-largest municipality and urban agglomeration of Karnataka in terms of population,after the capital Bangalore. While Dharwad is the administrative headquarters,the city of Hubli,situated about 20 km (12 mi) south-east of Dharwad,is the commercial centre and business hub of North Karnataka. The cities have a single municipal corporation called Hubli-Dharwad Municipal Corporation (HDMC).
Athani is a town in the Belagavi district of Karnataka,India. It is 140 kilometers from the city of Belagavi,70 kilometers from Vijayapura,55 kilometers from Miraj,100 kilometers from Kolhapur,and 624 kilometers from Bengaluru.
Karnataka Lingayat Education Society was founded by "Seven Dedicated Teachers or Saptharishis" in 1916 headquartered at Belagavi,KLE Society runs over 250 educational institutions in Karnataka and Maharashtra. On 13 November 1916,KLE Society started an Anglo Vernacular School in Belagavi. Lingaraj College came into existence in June 1933. In 1947,B.V. Bhoomaraddi College of Engineering and Technology was started in Hubballi. Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College at Belagavi and Gudleppa Hallikeri College at Haveri were started in 1963. KLE also runs the KLE engineering college in Belagavi,established in 1979. From 1984 onwards,KLE Society started dental,education,nursing,information technology,computer applications,hotel management,business management,tourism,fashion design,and agriculture colleges,as well as polytechnics across India. Its health care institutions include the super-specialty KLE Society's Prabhakar Kore Hospital and Medical Research Centre at Belagavi. Today under the leadership of Prabhakar Kore,the KLE Society runs 256 institutions.
Chikodi is a village in the southern state of Karnataka in Chikodi taluka,India. It is in the Chikodi taluk of Belgaum district in Karnataka.
Devegowda Javaregowda,known as De Ja Gou or simply Javaregowda,was an Indian Kannada writer,folklorist,researcher,scholar and academic. He was disciple of authors T.N. Srikantaiah and Kuvempu. His literary career spans over decades in which he wrote over thirty-four biographies in Kannada language and other works including children's literature. He campaigned for the promotion of Kannada language. He had received Pampa Prashasti (1998),Padma Shri (2001) and the Karnataka Ratna (2008) awards for his contributions in literature and education. He became a centenarian in 2015 and died on 30 May 2016.
Simpi Linganna,was a writer of the Kannada language. He is known for his immense contribution for folk literature. He was the President of 62nd Kannada Sahitya Sammelana which was held at Koppal in 1992.
Karnatak Lingayat Education Technological University,formerly known as B. V. Bhoomaraddi College of Engineering and Technology (BVBCET),colloquially the BVBCollege,is a private university in Hubli-Dharwad,Karnataka,India. It was upgraded to a university under the KLE Technological University Act,2012. The school was founded by the KLE Society,Belgaum,in 1947.
Dr. Manu Baligar is an Indian Kannada writer,author,playwright,former civil servant and the current president of Kannada Sahitya Parishat. He hails from Shigli in Gadag district,and is the elder brother of V. P. Baligar,a retired Indian Administrative Service officer and former chairman of Housing and Urban Development Corporation. He was a civil servant in the Karnataka Administrative Service,and retired as the commissioner of Department of Kannada and Culture,Government of Karnataka. He was elected the president of the Kannada Sahitya Parishat,an apex body for the promotion of Kannada language,on 3 March 2016 for a term of three years which was later legally extended to five years. He has been conferred with many coveted honors including the highly prestigious Nadoja Award by the Hampi University in 2019 and also an honorary doctorate for literature from Karnataka University Dharwad. Also,he has been conferred with two gold medals for his exemplary work on IRDP during his career as a civil servant.
Vidushi Shashikala Dani is an Indian Hindustani classical Jal tarang artist. She is one among the few musicians and presently the only All India Radio-graded female exponent of the Jal tarang. She is a multi-instrument artist with concert and teaching experience in Jal tarang,Harmonium,Sitar,Violin,Dilruba and Tabla. She is also an All India Radio-graded vocalist in the Gamaka genre of Hindustani Light Music.
Raja Lakhamagouda Sardesai (1864–1942) was an Indian philanthropist,first Barrister-at-Law from Karnataka and a ruler of Vantamuri princely state in Belagavi district. He was the 16th ruler of Vantamuri princely state. He ascended the throne at the age of 13 years in 1877. The princely state had a Wada at Vantamuri which was built by Prabhu Basavantrao and it was submerged in 1978-79 when a dam was constructed at Hidkal.
