Dr K.V.Venkataramana (55) is the author of six poetry volumes and two books of translation. His poems have been published in various magazines, journals and anthologies in India and abroad. His poetic career began in 1971 when his very first poem “By the River’ appeared in Mirror (Bombay) while he was still in college. This encouraged him to continue writing poems on various themes like Nature, man and God with youthful fervour.
Venkataramana’s poems have been recited over All India Radio, Mangalore, besides being translated into French, Korean Thai, Hindi and Kannada. His achievements have been listed in the Directories published by the American Biographical Institute (ABI), North Carolina, USA, and the International Biographical Centre (IBC), Cambridge, England. He was conferred an honorary degree of Doctor of Literature (D.Litt.) in recognition of his contribution to literature, at the X World Congress of Poets, held in Bangkok in 1988.
Venkataramana is a man of universal outlook, and his concern for his fellow-beings and all other things that make up this universe is clearly reflected in his poetry. Most of his poems have a mystical aura around them.
Venkataramana also writes articles and reviews books for newspapers and journals. Besides, he also devotes his free time for translating poems from Kannada to English and vice-versa. He is the winner of Michael Madhusudan Award (Kolkata) and Visvesvaraya Smaraka Engineers Diary Dashamanotsava Prashasti (Award) for Literature from Bharat Ratna Sir M.Visvsvesvaraya Engineering Pratishtana Trust (Regd.), Bangalore.
Chronology
1951 |
Born on 2 June,1951, at Kalkala, Kodimbala village, Puttur Taluk, Dakshina Kannada district , Karnataka, India, to parents, K.Vadyappa Gowda and Smt. K.V. Poovamma
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1971 |
Graduated from College of Agriculture, Dharwad, obtaining First class,
in B.Sc., (Agri.)
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1972 |
Joined Syndicate Bank, H.O. Manipal, as Officer Trainee
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1978 |
Married Smt. K.V.Harini on 26-Jan-1978
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1978 |
Daughter Beena was born on 26-Jan-1979
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1981 |
First poetry volume ‘Agony and Ecstasy’ was published
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1982 |
Son Mohan was born on 09-Mar-1982
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1986 |
Second poetry volume ‘Ripples of Change’ was published
Attended IX World Congress of Poets held in
Madras (Chennai)
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1987 |
Received OUTSTANDING YOUNG PERSON AWARD from Manipal Jaycees in 1987 at district level
Achievements listed in American Biographical Institute’s ‘International
Directory of Distinguished Young Leadership’ (1987)
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1988 |
Was conferred Hon.D.Litt by World Academy of Arts and Culture, U.S.A. at X World Congress of Poets held at Bangkok in 1988
Achievements listed in ‘Dictionary of Youth in Achievement’ published by International Biographical Centre, Cambridge (1988)
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1991 |
3rd poetry volume ‘Divine Pathways’ was published
Received OUTSTANDING YOUNG PERSON AWARD from Mangalore Jaycees in 1991 at city level.
4th poetry volume ‘Vales of Mystery’ was published by The Plowman, Whitby, Ontario, Canada
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1992 |
5th poetry volume ‘Refreshing Breeze’ was published by The Plowman, Whitby, Ontario, Canada
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1994 |
Was conferred Michael Madhusudan Award for poetry in 1994 for his poetry book DIVINE PATHWAYS.
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1995 |
6th poetry volume ‘Reflections’ was published
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| 1999 |
Father expired
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2000 |
‘Poems of Sarjoo Katkar’, a book of translation was published
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2001 |
Took VRS from Syndicate Bank
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2002 |
Received Visvesvaraya Smaraka Engineers Diary Dashamanotsava Prashasti for Literature from Bharat Ratna Sir M.Visvsvesvaraya Engineering Pratishtana Trust (Regd.), Bangalore on 15-9-2002.
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| 2003 |
Mother expired
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2005 |
Joined Robosoft Technologies as Technical Writer in Jan 2005
‘Selected Poems of Dr. Basavaraj Sabarad’, a book of translation was published
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2006 |
Resigned from Robosoft Technologies in Dec 2006
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2007 |
Joined Fields Group
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