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Karnataka backs efforts to promote medical literature in Kannada. (Img: X)
Bengaluru: The Karnataka government will extend its full support to initiatives aimed at creating, developing and preserving medical literature in Kannada and passing its rich tradition on to future generations, Chief Minister DK Shivakumar said on Monday.
Releasing the logo and brochure of the second Kannada Medical Literature Conference 2026, organised by Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS), at his home office Krishna, he said Kannada was an integral part of people's lives and that efforts were being made across the state to preserve the language.
He said efforts to encourage medical literature in Kannada were commendable and stressed the importance of protecting the state's language and culture. Doctors and nurses should make efforts to use Kannada in their professional practice, he said, urging senior doctors to support the use of the language in medical and technical education.
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Shivakumar said medical and technical education should be made available in Kannada and called upon RGUHS to take the initiative in this direction.
RGUHS Vice-Chancellor B C Bhagwan said the university was the first health sciences university to organise a comprehensive Kannada Medical Literature Conference.
The conference aims to take medical knowledge, research and health-related information in Kannada to the wider public. It will be held at Bangalore Medical College on November 20 and 21.
Medical Education Minister Dr Sharan Prakash R Patil, conference president and medical writer S P Yoganna, MLA A R Krishnamurthy, Dr N T Srinivas, Dr B T Rudresh, Dr Vasundhara Bhoopathi, former MLA Ivan Nigli, Dr Saroja, Dr Veena Sulya and Additional Chief Secretary to the Medical Education Department Mohammed Mohsin were among those present.
