The Nadoja Award () is an award presented annually by Kannada University, Hampi, India to eminent personalities for their contribution in various fields. The word "Nadoja" belongs to Adikavi Pampa which means `teacher to the Land's.
Recipients
The recipients of Nadoja Award are: Year Name Picture Field1995KuvempuLiteratureS. NijalingappaPoliticsGangubai HangalHindustani Music1996Patil PuttappaJournalismP. T. NarasimhacharLiterature1997K. Shivaram KaranthLiteratureS. K. Karim Khan– Literature, Folklore studies1998Puttaraj GawaiClassical MusicHosur NarasimhaiahEducationB.Shaik AliR.M.HadapadArtsVyakarana teertha Chandrasekhar SastryLiterature 1999RajkumarNo insult to Rajkumar, says CM. Times of India. 9 January 1999 ArtsJavare GowdaLiteratureGeorge MichellHistoryR. C. HiremathLinguistics 2000A. N. Murthy Rao Literature2001Udupi Ramachandra Rao ScienceBhimsen JoshiMusicG. S. ShivarudrappaLiteratureK. Venkatalakshmamma Dance 2002H. L. Nage GowdaLiterature Chennaveera KanaviLiteratureC. N. R. Rao Science 2003K. S. Nissar AhmedLiterature Subhadramma MansurDrama L. Narayana ReddyAgricultureChandrashekhara KambaraLiterature Geetha NagabhushanLiterature G. NarayanaLiterature 2004M. Chidananda MurthyLiteratureG.S.Khande RaoArtsSiri AjjiFolk Music2005G. VenkatasubbiahLexicographyC. ParvathammaSociologySara AboobackerLiteratureEnagi BalappaDramaNaganna Monappa BadigeraSculptureBhadragiri Achyuta DasHarikatha 2006Daroji ErammaBurrakathaSarojini MahishiPolitics Hampa NagarajaiahLiteratureKayyar Kinhanna RaiLiteratureMudenur SangannaLiterature 2007Shantarasa Literature S. R. NayakLaw and JudiciarySiddalingaiahLiteratureSukri BommagowdaFolk Music 2008L. BasavarajuLiterature U. R. AnanthamurthyLiterature Yadramanahalli DoddabharamappaPuppetryKamala HampanaLiterature Srinivas HavanoorLiterature 2009Saalumarada Thimmakka Social WorkShikaripura Ranganatha Rao ArchaeologyD. N. Shankar Bhat LinguisticsV.T.KaleFine ArtsMuni Venkatappa Literature2010Veerendra HeggadePhilanthropyM. M. KalburgiEducation Baraguru RamachandrappaFilm Industry P. B. SreenivasMusicHarijana PadmammaDrama 2011V. S. MalimathLaw and JudiciaryS L BhyrappaLiteratureK. G. NagarajappaLiteratureYellavva Durgappa DoddappanavarFolk theatre ArtG. ShankarSocial ServiceB. K. S. IyengarYoga 2012K. P. RaoComputersBelagal VeerannaPuppetryBrijesh PatelSportsB.K.SumitraMusicAnnadaneshwar SwamiGonal BheemappaMahesh JoshiDevanur MahadevaLiterature2013S. K. ShivakumarScienceKo ChannabasappaLiteratureN. Santosh HegdeLaw and Judiciary2015S. R. RamaswamyLiterature and JournalismP.S.ShankarMedical LiteratureM.H.KrishnaiahLiterature and Criticism2017B.T.RudreshHomeopathy2018Rajeev TaranathClassical Music2019Manu BaligarContribution2020Dr Wooday P KrishnaEducationDr HanamanthappaMedicine2022 Dr C N ManjunathMedicineKrishnappa GLiteratureS Shadakshari Literature2023Basavalinga Pattadevaru Social Service Tejasvi KattimaniEducation S.C. Sharma Science2025 Shivaraj V. PatilLawKum. VeerabhadrappaLiteratureM. Venkatesh Kumar Music
References
External links Kannada University Website