Moodbidri: Popular Kannada film director Nagathihalli Chandrashekar will be the president 14th Edition of Alva’s Nudisiri. Litterateur C N Ramachandran will inaugurate the event. Alva’s Nudisiri has been organised under the theme of ‘Karnataka Variegated Neighbours’ and it will be held from December 1 to 3.

Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar is a well-known name in the cultural sphere of Karnataka. He.is also popular director, who has given many blockbuster films, He is a socially conscientious personality; having been an active part of various pro-people movements. A gold medal winner in Kannada PG, Chandrashekar is basically a Kannada teacher. He instilled a deep sense of culture among the villagers with the Nagathihalli Samskruthika Habba organized by Abhivyakthi Samskruthika Vedike that he founded.

C N Ramachandran has worked as teacher of English literature in India, Somalia, Saudi Arabia and USA. He worked in the post-graduate department of English of Mangalore University for 16-years, before superannuating from services. Ramachandran has presented papers at seminars in Delhi, San Francisco, Tokyo, and Turkey. An eminent critic in Kannada and English, Ramachandran has penned 10-books in English and 16 in Kannada.