As part of the Birth Centenary Celebrations of Rashtrakavi Dr. G.S. Shivarudrappa, a one-day Kannada-Malayalam Bilingual National Seminar on “Literary Dimensions of Dr. G.S. Shivarudrappa” was jointly organized by the Govt. of Karnataka ,Dept. of Kannada and Culture, Dr. G.S. Shivarudrappa Trust Bengaluru and Nalanda College of Arts and Science, Perla on 23rd September 2026 in the College Auditorium, Perla, Kasaragod.
The program was inaugurated by Dr. H.C. Boralingaiah, former VC of Kannada University Hampi, with introductory remarks by Sri. Hareesh Brahmani, and presence of trust members and Principal Dr. A. Mohana Kuntar. The seminar had three technical sessions including paper presentations on intellectual perspectives, values and poetic vision of Dr. GSS by scholars Dr. Tarini Shubhadayini, Dr. Venkatagiri Dalavayi in the first session and in the second session, malayalam writer Ravindran Pady and our college students,Shreelakshmi Movvar( 3rd BCom), Sanusha K ( 1st Bcom), Shreejitha B( 3rd BA), P A Anjana( 1st BCom), Prarthana Bharadhwaj ( 3rd BCom)had presented seminar on different perspectives and values of G S S. The program terminated with a special musical event featuring the poems of Shivarudrappa.
The seminar successfully highlighted Dr. G. S Shivarudrappa as a poet,critc , researcher and humanist.
