The State government selected him for T.S. Ramachandra Rao award in 2019.
Dhruvaraj Venkatrao Mutalik Desai, veteran journalist, theatre personality, advocate and Seva Dal activist, died in Hubballi on Sunday. He was 92-years-old.
Hailing from Koujalagi village in Belagavi district, he served Kannada, Marathi and English news papers in various capacities in Belagavi and Hubballi.