ISRO Chairman S. Somanath, golfer Aditi Ashok, and retired Supreme Court judge V. Gopala Gowda are among the 68 people and 10 organisations selected for the Rajyotsava Award - 2023 by the Karnataka government for their contributions in different fields.
The committee headed by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah selected the winners. The award will be presented on November 1 at the Ravindra Kalakshetra by Mr. Siddaramaiah. This year, the State is celebrating the golden jubilee of renaming the Mysore State as Karnataka.
Seventy-five-year-old Huchchamma Basappa Chowdri, a resident of Kunikeri village of Koppal district, has been selected for the award. She donated two acres of land, worth more than ₹1 crore, for the development of a government school in her village. Ms. Chowdri is involved in feeding schoolchildren.