The awards were conferred at an event in Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike headquarters.
A total of 53 individuals, including members of the BBMP Restructuring Committee, who gave the first draft of the Greater Bengaluru Governance Act, 2024, proposing a new governance structure for the city, were picked for the Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Award for 2025 They included former Chief Secretary B. S. Patil, retired IAS officer Siddaiah, and V. Ravichandar,
Among other awardees were Jayakar Jerome and S. R. Umashankar, former bureaucrats, B.S. Satish Kumar, Deputy Chief of Bureau, The Hindu, Karnataka, civic activists R.K. Mishra and Padmashree Balaram, tennis player Mahesh Bhupati, singer Sangeeta Katti, advocate M.S. Shyamsundar, and cable operator V. S. Patrick Raju.
The awards were presented at an event in Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) headquarters on Friday evening by Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar and Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy.
source/content: thehindu.com (headline edited)