The selection committee adhered to the yardstick of minimum age of 60 while selecting individuals for the awards. However, norms were relaxed in the field of sports and social sector.[ 1]
Winners:[ 4]
Writer K. T. Gatti, one of the winners J.R.Lakshmanarao
Awardee Area of expertise Highlights
Justice Shivaraj Patil Judiciary Supreme court judge.
K. T. Gatti Literature Author of 90 books in Kannada and English. He authored 45 novels, 19 plays, 9 anthologies of short stories, and many essays and poems.
Bezwada Wilson Activism Activist and National convenor of National Convenor of the Safai Karmachari Andolan (SKA). He started a grassroots movement to eradicate manual scavenging in India.[ 5]
Lakshmi Film and television Actress
Moulasab Imamsab Sadaf Theatre
T. H. Hemalatha Theatre
Rameshwari Verma Theatre
Umarani Barigidada Theatre
Chandrakumar Singh Theatre
Revathi Kalyan Kumar Film and television
Srinivasa Murthy Film and television
Sa. Ra. Govindu Film and television President of Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce
Syed Satyajith Film and television
K Muralidhar Rao Music and dance
Dwaraki Krishnaswamy Music and dance
Hemavathamma Music and dance
Pandit Narayana Dage Music and dance
V. G. Mahapurush Music and dance
Thimmamma Folklore
Sharadamma Folklore
Mallaiah Hidikal Folklore
Sanna Birappa Kariyavar Folklore
Sabhitha Kambrekar Folklore
Chikka Marigowda Folklore
M. R. Ranganath Rao Yakshagana
Petri Madhav Nayak Yakshagana
Kinnigoli Mukhyaprana Shettigar Yakshagana
Sujathamma Yakshagana
D. J. Lavani Yakshagana
Dhruva Ramachandra Pattar Art and Sculpture
Kashinath Shilpi Art and Sculpture
Basavaraj L. Jane Art and Sculpture
Parvathamma Kowdi Art and Sculpture
Tulasamma Kelur Social Service
G. M. Muniyappa Social Service
Somanna Hedge Devanakote Social Service Tribal rights activist[ 6]
Nazeer Ahmed Social Service
L. C. Soans Agriculture/Environment
G. K. Veeresh Agriculture/Environment
K. Puttannaiah Agriculture/Environment
M. A. Khadri Agriculture/Environment
M. M. Mannur Media
Bhavani Lakshminarayana Media
Ishwara Daithota Media
Indudhara Honnapura Media
J. R. Lakshmana Rao Science/Environment Science writer[ 7]
K. Muniyappa Science/Environment
Hebri Subhash Krishna Ballal Medicine
Surjith Singh Sports
S. V. Sunil Sports
Krishna Naikodi Amoghappa Sports
Tejaswi Kattimani Education
R. S. Lokapura Literature
B. Shyam Sundar Literature
Sukanya Maruthi Literature
Mahadev Shivabasappa Patana Freedom fighter 106-year-old freedom fighter from Belagavi . He represented Ramdurg in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly in 1957. Participated in the Quit India Movement and the Karnataka unification movement . He led the agitation to free Ramdurg from the British. A reward of ₹ 10,000 was announced by the British to catch him dead or alive. He was a follower of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel .
M. N. Vali Other fields
R. Jaiprasad Other fields
Shakunthala Narasimhan Other fields
Devaraj Reddy Other fields Hydro-geologist
Sl.No Awardee Area of expertise Location Highlights
1 Team YUVAA [ 8] NGO Bidar
