Ravindra Bhatt (Ravindra Bhat Ainakai) – Senior journalist and author Ravindra Bhatta is a B.Sc. Graduate from Shirasi’s M.M. College of Arts and Science. He is also a Master degree holder with M.A. in Journalism and Mass Communication from Karnataka University. He started his career from Samyukta Karnataka in 1990 and later worked in Kannadamma, Abhimani, Aragini, E Samaja, Udayavani and since 1995 he has been working in the most prominent Kannada daily newspaper Prajavani.
‘Evare Baramadikonda Bara’, ‘Hejjenu’ (a biography of Adivasi heroine Jaji Thimmaiah), ‘Baduku Marada Mele’, ‘Moorane Kivi’, ‘Sampannaru’, ‘Akshaya Netra’, ‘Mysoremba Beragu’, ‘Sahasrapadi’, ‘inthavaru iddare jagadolage’ …etc. are the major works created by him. He has received many honors including Mahatma Gandhi Award given by Mysore District Journalists Association, Narayanaswamy Award given by Karnataka Working Journalists Association for his service in the field of Journalism and Literature.