Kannada Book Authority distributes books to schools, colleges in Shivamogga
The Kannada Book Authority distributed books to 20 educational institutions in Shivamogga to promote reading habits. The event also featured discussions on the importance of digitizing Kannada literary works for research purposes.
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It addresses the preservation of regional literature and the role of digital archives in making academic resources accessible.
The Kannada Book Authority distributed books worth over ₹15,000 each to 20 educational institutions at a programme held in Shivamogga on Friday.
Representatives of 19 government first grade colleges and a Karnataka Public School spread across Shivamogga, Chikkamagaluru and Davanagere districts received the books.
Srikantha Kudige, a retired professor of Kannada, inaugurating the programme, lamented that in recent times the publishing of Kannada books had hardly received any encouragement. He said the State government, too, had contributed to the present situation by failing to procure books regularly and distribute them to public libraries as a measure to encourage the reading habit.
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