Mangaluru: As many as seven achievers in various fields were conferred the 26th Annual Sandesha Awards at a ceremony organised at Sandesha premises on January 13 under the aegis of the Sandesha Foundation for Culture and Education.
The recipients of the Award were : Dr Kamala Hampana ( Sandesha Literature Award), noted actor Prakash Rai (Sandesha Media Award), folk singer Yuvaraj K (Sandesha Art Award), Anil Patrao (Konkani Music Award), John Devaraj( Sandesha Special Recognition Award ) and Renita Lobo and Shamita Rao (Sandesha Education Award).
The Awardees were selected by a jury comprising Na D’Souza, Richard Louis, Dr Na Damodar Shetty, Eric Ozario, Chandrakala Nandavar and Sara Aboobakar.