The State Government will celebrate the 67th Karnataka Rajyotsava on November 1 in a most meaningful way, said Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai.

Addressing a media conference in connection with the Rajyotsava, presentation of Karnataka Ratna award and Global Investors’ Meet in Bengaluru on October 31, he said Kannada Rajyotsava must be celebrated across the State and also in schools, institutions, associations and government offices, and the Kannada flag must be hoisted.
The CM said the prestigious ‘Karnataka Ratna’ award will be presented posthumously to Dr. Puneet Rajkumar on the grand steps of the Vidhana Soudha on Tuesday November 1 at 4 p.m. Fans of the actor, who addressed him as ‘Appu’, and Kannadigas must witness the presentation of the award.

The Basvaraj Bommai-led Karnataka government has announced the list of Kannada Rajyotsava Award winners for the year 2022.

Former ISRO Chairman K Sivan, actors Dattanna, Avinash and Sihi Kahi Chandru are among 67 personalities who will be awarded Rajyotsava Award this year, the Karnataka government said.

Following the tradition of awarding Rajyotsava Award every year to eminent persons who have rendered significant service in various fields, the government announcing the list of winners said, it has decided to honour the dignitaries as the state celebrates 67th Kannada Rajyotsava (state formation day) this year on November 1.
“The department and the selection committee has worked through a difficult task of making an effort to identify the talents who have been working without any proper recognition and award them along with other eminent achievers,” Kannada and Culture Minister V Sunil Kumar said.

Award-winning personalities include – Soligara Madamma who popularised cooperatives among Soliga community, Saalumarada Ninganna (environmentalist), Yakshagana artiste Dr M Prabhakar Joshi, retired IAS officer Madan Gopal, writers A R Mitra and professor Krishnegowda, differently-abled swimmer Raghavendra Anvekar among others. On this occasion of Amrita Mahotsav (75 years) of Independence, the government has also decided to honour 10 organisations with ‘Amrita Mahotsav State Award-2022’.

Mr. Bommai said the Global Investors’ Meet will be held in Bengaluru from November 2 to 4 in which representatives of national and international companies are expected to participate. “Karnataka expects to attract around ₹5 lakh crore of investment at the event. Many businesspersons have expressed interest in investing in the State. Letters of assurance will be distributed tomorrow. For the next three days, there would be discussions on developments and challenges in the fields of renewable energy, semiconductor, aerospace and defense sectors, and progress in other fields.