Dubai :Prakash Rao Payyar, president of Dhwani Prathishthaana, honoured with International Aryabhata award 2014 for his contribution to Kannada language and culture along with 56 other recipient from various field .
Award presenting ceremony was held at Ravindra Kala Keshtera on 9th August at 6.30PM, Justice Dr. Rama Jois (Former Governor of Bihar and Jharkhand State and Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court), Nodaja Mahesh Joshi (Additional Director General Doordarshan, Delhi), Shri B.G. Jyothi Prakash Mirji (I.P.S., Former Commissioner of Police Bangalore City) along with Dr. H.L.N.Rao (Founder President of Aryabhata Cultural Foundation) presented the award,
Prakash Rao Payyar a poet, dramatist, stage director and social activist published and penned nine books. His collection of poems Uretta Kannuda Siri was released couple of months back. He directed more than thirty plays of noted Kannada playwrights, He established Dhwani Pratishthaana in the year 1985 at Mumbai and through ‘Dhwani’ organized hundreds of literary and cultural activities since last 30 years.
He was honored with Karnataka State Nataka Academy award(2010), Akhila Bharatha Kannada Sahitya Sammelana Honor(2015), Karnataka Sangha Abudhabi’s Dr. Da.Ra.Bendre award(2014), Karnataka Sangha, Sharjhas Mayyura Award(2010), and he got fifteen other honors and awards from various associations in India and abroad.