Mysore/Mysuru: Senior Journalist of the city Gouri Satya and Chairman of Nypunya School of Excellence Raghu Kautilya were among the 18 personalities who were conferred with the prestigious Hoysala Award at a programme organised under the aegis of Hoysala Kannada Sangha and Savigannada Patrika Balaga at Veene Seshanna Bhavan on Adichunchanagiri road in Kuvempunagar here yesterday.
Speaking at the programme, senior Linguistic scholar Nadoja Dr. T.V. Venkatachala Sastry regretted the number of those who get awards by applying for them and using influence is on the rise.
