The Style Guru – Prasad Bidappa
Prasad Bidappa is a fashion designer and consultant. He is a Bangalore based fashion designer, and is also a choreographer, fashion and image consultant and stylist.
Personalities
Personalities
The Litterateur and Dreamer – P. T. Narasimhachar
Kannada literature. P T Narasimhachar or Pu TiNa – as he was known – was a dramatist, poet and a great story teller.
The Youth Icon – Nikhil Chinappa
Nikhil Chinappa is a popular radio and video jockey and MTV presenter. He’s a well known youth icon, and he’s tried his luck with the film industry as well.
The Glamour Queen Down South – Nidhi Subbaiah
Ranked as one of the most glamorous and talented actresses in Kannada films, Nidhi Subbaiah has made a name for herself in Sandalwood.
Narayan Sadashiv Hosmane – The Life of the Cancer Warrior
Nayaran Sadashiv Hosmane, a world famous cancer researcher and chemist born in India. There have been a few scientists and doctors who have taken up medical fights against cancer in an attempt to successfully subdue and eventually control it.
The Man Behind the IT Boom – Nandan Nilekani
Nandan Nilekani wears many hats with ease. A technocrat, entrepreneur, and educationist par excellence, he currently serves as the Chairman of the Government’s ambitious UIDA.
The Khayal Maestro – Mallikarjun Mansur
Mallikarjun Mansur was born as Mallikarjun Bheemarayappa Mansur in 1910 in a village called Mansur in Karnataka. He belonged to the Jaipur-Atrauli Gharana and excelled in the Khayal style of Indian classical music.
The Master of All Trades – M.S. Sathyu
Mysore Shrinivas Sathyu is a multitalented personality and his creative skill has always been ahead of him – he functions as an aesthetic director, art director and an impeccable stage manager
The Lesser Known Hero – Lt General Apparandra Aiyappa
Apparandra Aiyappa belonged to a noble Kodava family and served as a Captain in Malaya against the Japanese during the Second World War. He was the first Indian Chief of the Signal Corps.
The Emperor Down South – Krishnadevaraya
Krishnadevaraya, the king of the Vijayanagara Empire, reigned over most of South India in the 16th century. His rule extended over present-day Karnataka, Andhra