1. The Department of Information and Public Relations in association with Karnataka Gandhi Smaraka Nidhi will be jointly organising Mahatma Gandhi birth anniversary programme and Mahatma Gandhi Seva award presentation ceremony. The award will be presented to Dr. C.R. Chandrasekhar, noted psychiatrist and writer. Minister for Water Resources and Irrigation Govind Karjol and MLA and former Minister H.K. Patil will be participating. The programme will be held at 2nd Floor, Gandhi Bhavan premises, Kumarakrupa Road, from 11 a.m. onwards.
2. Former Advocate General Prof. Ravivarma Kumar to inaugurate Gandhi Jayanthi celebrations at Gandhi Adhyayana Kendra, Gandhi Bhavan, Jnanabharathi campus, Bangalore University at 11 a.m.
3. Sathyameva Jayathe, an autobiography of Shankar Bidari, Retired Director General and Inspector General of Police, Karnataka, will be released. Former Chief Minister of Karnataka Jagadish Shettar will inaugurate the programme organised by Basava Samithi at Basava Bhavan. Basava Samithi Chairman, Arvind Jatti, will preside over the programme, which will be held at 3 p.m.
