K. J. Shetty Kadandali Award conferred on Steven Rego

By Shasi Dhara
Bellevision Media Network

Mangalore, 04 October 2011: The K. J. Shetty Kadandali Award was conferred on young journalist Steven Rego at a special awards ceremony organized by Yugapurusha and Vijaya Kalavidaru on the premises of Yugapurusha in Kinnigoli on Sunday, October 2, 2011.
 
Presiding over the event, Harikrishna Punaroor said that K. J. Shetty was a great journalist, social worker, and environmentalist and that this award has been instituted in his honor. Lauding Mr. Rego, he said that the award has become more valuable because it has been conferred on Mr. Rego.

 

 

Steven Rego, the sub editor of Vijaya Karnataka, said after receiving the award that awards such as these greatly encourage young journalists, adding that such awards are essential to encourage young journalists to achieve more in their careers.
Laxminarayana Asranna of Kateel delivered the benedictory address.
 
Rev. Fr. Valerian Mendonca of Sandesh Prathishtana Mangalore conferred the K. J. Shetty Kadandali Award on Mr. Steven Rego. Naresh Kerekadu read out the citation.
Kiran Manjanabailu, the president of the Udupi District Retired Journalists’ Association; P. Sathish Rao of Rotary Club; Suragiri Vasu Shetty; Jagadish Shetty Kenchanakere; Salettoor Jairam Shetty; Sainath Shetty; Taranath Shetty Kadandali, the son of late K. J. Shetty; and Sharath Shetty, the president of Vijaya Kalavaidaru organized this programme.

 

 " The award is being given in appreciation of his well-researched writeup ’Malligeya KaTu Vaasane, Tragedy Ooru Shankerpura’ (’The pungent smell of jasmine and tragedy town of Shankerpura’), published in the newspaper he works for.
The writeup detailed how the fertile land in Shankerpura and around in Udupi district, known for its internationally renowned jasmine culture, was steadily deteriorating because of indiscriminate use of chemicals, pesticides and inorganic fertilizers. "