Karnataka Ratna

The Karnataka Ratna is the highest civilian honour of the State of Karnataka, India. It is awarded in recognition of a person's extraordinary contribution in any field. It was instituted in the year 1992 by Chief Minister S Bangarappa ^[1] by the Government of Karnataka. A total of ten persons have received this award.

Karnataka Ratna Award
ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ರತ್ನ ಪ್ರಶಸ್ತಿ
Awarded for	Highest civilian honour of Karnataka
Sponsored by	Government of Karnataka
Established	1992 (33 years ago) (1992)
First award	1992 Kuvempu Rajkumar
Final award	2022 Puneeth Rajkumar
Highlights
Total awarded	10
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The award

The Award comes with a gold medal weighing 50 gm, a citation, a memento and a shawl.^[1]

List of recipients

Year	Name	Image	Field	Notes
1992	Kuvempu		Literature
1992	Rajkumar		Cinema
1999	S. Nijalingappa		Politics	[2]
2000	C. N. R. Rao		Science	[3]
2001	Devi Shetty		Medicine	[4]
2005	Bhimsen Joshi		Music	[5]
2007	Shivakumara Swami		Social service	[6]
2008	Javare Gowda		Education, literature	[1]
2009	Veerendra Heggade		Social service	[1]
2022	Puneeth Rajkumar (posthumously)		Cinema and social service	[7]