Former Chief Minister and Kannada writer M. Veerappa Moily, writer and activist B.T. Lalitha Naik, sculptor Arun Yogiraj, former Chief Secretary S.V. Ranganath, hockey player Jude Felix Sebastian, Yakshagana artist Keshav Hegde and Seetharam Tolpadi, are among the 69 persons selected for the Karnataka Rajyotsava Award - 2024 by the Karnataka government, for their contributions in different fields.