Saint Kanakadasa Award to be presented to writer B.M. Rohini on November 15

MANGALURU Ummakke Nempu Koota Charitable Trust, Mangaluru, will present the Saint Kanakadasa Award – 2026 instituted by it to writer and social worker B.M. Rohini at a function in the city on Sunday. The award carries prize money of ₹30,000 and a memento.

Vice-Chancellor of Mangalore University P.L. Dharma will present the award at a function to be held at Geetha S.M. Shetty Hall, Ramakrishna College, Bunts Hostel at 10 a.m.

On the occasion, the trust would also hand over ₹10,000 each to three girl students from economically weaker sections of society, who scored the highest marks in the 2025-26 SSLC examination by studying in Kannada-medium government high schools. N.K. Rajalakshmi, a retired teacher at University College, Mangaluru, would speak on the status of women at the function, which would be held in memory of the late Bolara Umavathi Shetty, a release from the trust said.