Page 12 - programmes conducted during year 2016

saxophone, percussion, book launches, environmental awareness projects, and lecture-
demonstrations are just a few of the forms and themes covered under the programme.

One of the most gratifying aspects of this project has been the recognizing of talent of the
differently-abled, whose performance in this forum was an inspiration to the organizers and
the public, more than being an opportunity for them to perform.
One has to mention two persons responsible for the continuation and success of the
programmes—K C Pemmaiah, Manager, Programmes & Projects, and Prema Thotadhri,
Associate Secretary, BVB. It is a reality today that cultural events even in residential areas do
not attract much of an audience, many shows running to near-empty auditoria. Hamstrung
with this difficulty, the duo also had to deal with presenting not popular art and artistes, but
less popular or near extinct forms, and yet woo viewers—a horrendous task in itself.

But the credentials of the quality of the performances and the innate attraction of the art
forms presented were established soon after the project got off, ensuring a steady audience.
Buoyed by this response, the BVB-IF project is poised to get bigger and better.

Dr. Sudha Murty Chairperson, Infosys Foundation felicitating Justice M. Rama Jois
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who was the chief-guest at the 100 annual programme at IIWC

Artists who performed pose with Dr. Sudha Murty ,
Justice Dr. M. Rama Jois and Sri H.N. Suresh