The 2020 Rajyotsava Awards ceremony took place at the Ravindra Kalakshetra on 1 November 2020. Awarded annually by the Government of Karnataka, the ceremony saw 65 individuals being awarded for achievements in various fields.
List of awardees Name of the recipient District/Location Field/Category Prof. C. P. Siddhashrama Dharwad Literature V. Muni Venkatappa Kolar Literature Ramanna Byati Gadag Literature Valerian D'Souza Dakshina Kannada Literature D. N. Akki Yadgir Literature Hambaiah Nuli Raichur Music Ananth Terdal Belagavi Music B. V. Srinivas Bengaluru City Music Girija Narayan Bengaluru City Music K. Lingappa Sherigar Dakshina Kannada Music K. N. Bhat Bengaluru City Law and Judiciary M. L. Vijayakumar Udupi Law and Judiciary C. Maheshwaran Mysuru Media T. Venkatesh Bengaluru City Media Dr. A. S. Chandrashekar Mysuru Yoga M. N. Shadakshari Chikkamagaluru Education Dr. R. Ramakrishna Chamarajanagar Education Dr. M. G. Eshwarappa Davangere Education Dr. Puttasiddaiah Mysuru Education Ashok Shettar Belagavi Education D. S. Dandin Gadag Education Kusumodara Deranna Shetty Dakshina Kannada Horanadu Kannadiga Vidya Simhacharya Mahuli Mulund, Maharashtra Horanadu Kannadiga H. B. Nanjegowda Tumakuru Sports Usha Rani Bengaluru City Sports Dr. Ashok Sonnad Bagalkot Medicine Dr. B. S. Srinath Shivamogga Medicine Dr. A. Nagarathna Ballari Medicine Dr. Venkatappa Ramanagara Medicine N. S. Hegde Uttara Kannada Social Service Prema Kodandarama Shreshti Chikkamagaluru Social Service Manigar Meeran Saheb Udupi Social Service Mohini Siddegowda Chikkamagaluru Social Service Surat Singh Kanur Singh Rajput Bidar Agriculture S. V. Sumangalamma Veerabhadrappa Chitradurga Agriculture Dr. Siddramappa Basavantharao Patil Kalaburagi Agriculture Amar Narayan Chikkaballapur Environment N. D. Patil Vijayapura Environment Prof. Udupi Srinivas Udupi Science and Technology Dr. Chindi Vasudevappa Shivamogga Science and Technology Dr. C. N. Manchegowda Bengaluru City Cooperation Kempavva Harijana Belagavi Bayalata Chennabasappa Bendigeri Haveri Bayalata Bangar Achari Chamarajanagar Yakshagana M. K. Ramesh Acharya Shivamogga Yakshagana Anasuyamma Hassan Theatre H. Shadaksharappa Davangere Theatre Thippeswamy Chitradurga Theatre B. S. Basavaraj Tumakuru Cinema Apadhanda Thimmaiah Raghu Kodagu Cinema M. J. Vached Mutt Dharwad Art Gururaj Hosakote Bagalkot Folklore Dr. Hampanahalli Thimmegowda Hassan Folklore N. S. Janardhana Murthy Mysuru Sculpture Jyothi Pattabhiram Bengaluru City Dance Keshappa Shillekyatara Koppal Folklore (Togalu Gombeyata) Dr. K. V. Raju Kolar Miscellaneous N. Venkobha Rao Hassan Miscellaneous Dr. K. S. Rajanna Mandya Miscellaneous V. Lakshminarayan Mandya Miscellaneous Youth For Seva Bengaluru City Organization (Service) Devadasi Swavalambana Kendra Ballari Organization (Social Reform) Better India Bengaluru City Organization (Media/Service) Yuva Brigade Bengaluru Rural Organization (Youth/Service) Dharmothana Trust Dakshina Kannada Organization (Heritage/Conservation)
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