Dr. Shripad Bhat, Sibanthi Padmanabha K. V. at National Seminar on Knowledge Text Translation

Dr. Shripad Bhat, Assistant Professor, Centre for Kannada Studies and Research, Tumkur University and Sibanthi Padmanabha K. V., Assistant Professor, Department of Journalism, Tumkur University presented two separate papers at a National Seminar on ‘Knowledge Text Translation in Kannada’ organized by National Translation Mission (NTM), Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), Mysore in association with Department of Translation Studies, Kannada University, Hampi. The seminar was held at Kannada University, Hampi on February 25 and 26, 2011.

Dr. Shripad Bhat presented a paper on “Translation in media” while Sibanthi Padmanabha K. V. presented a paper on “The translation challenges of media in the age of globalization”.

The two-day National Seminar was inaugurated by Prof. Pradhan Gurudatta, Director, Kuvempu Bhasha Bharathi, Bangalore, while the event was chaired by Prof. A. Murigeppa, Vice Chancellor, Kannada University, Hampi.

Dr. T. R. Anantharamu, former Senior Scientist, Geological Survey of India (who actually hails from Sira taluk, Tumkur district), Prof. Lakshminarayana Aurora, Former Director, Prasaranga, Mysore University, Dr. N. S. Ashok Kumar, Chairman, Department of Electronic Media, Bangalore University, Sri. Kollegala Sharma, Scientist and Head, Information and Publicity, CFTRI, Mysore, Prof. G. P. Shivram, Chairman, Department of Mass Communicationa and Journalism, Mangalore University, Prof. C. Naganna, Director, Prasaranga, Mysore University, Dr. U. B. Pavanaja, Head, Learning & Development, Excelsoft Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Mysore, Prof. P. Eshwar Bhat, Head, Department of Law, Mysore University, Sri. Balasubrahmanya Kanjarpane, advocate and columnist, Madikeri, Dr. M. Usha, Head, Department of Translation Studies, Kannada University, Hampi, Dr. Mohan Kuntar, Professor, Department of Translation Studies, Kannada University, Hampi, Dr. Gururaj Bidikar, Associate Professor in Sociology, Mysore University, Dr. Naveen Kumar P, Lecturer in English, Government PU College, Turuvekere, Tumkur, Sri. T. G. Shrinidhi, Senior Program Analyst, Tyco Electronics, Bangalore, Dr. Shreekeerthi, Assistant Professor, Department of English, Bangalore University and many others presented papers at the seminar.