Karkala, 11 Jul 2017: K Srikar Bhat Marate, veteran journalist chosen to chair Belman regional Kannada Sahitya Sammelan.
Srikar (68) is a native of farming family at Edu – Koppala, near here. He is a BA graduate, Kannada and Hindi scholar, served 40 years in journalism. He worked for popular Kannada dailies, Navabharata, Udayavani, Prajavani, Kannada Prabha, Samyukta Karnataka and Vishala Karnataka in different capacities. He also served as editor in translation division of USSR Embassy in Chennai from 1982–92. His columns and articles were published in different magazines.
He has bagged several awards for his interest in Yakshagana and also theater critic. He had tourned Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, China and other European nations as resource person and bagged several awards for his multifaceted personality.