Narappa Someswara (born 14 May 1955) is an Indian quiz master, television presenter and writer. He is known for popularising science and medicine in the print and the electronic media in the

Kannada language Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native sp ...

. He was also the editor of ''Jeevanaadi'', a monthly medical magazine. He has also published 41 books on various aspects of medicine, 5 books are under different stages of publication and multiple articles on health and medicine in various journals. Someswara also hosts the game show ''

Thatt Antha Heli ''Thatt Antha Heli?!'' is an Indian television game show (quiz show) in Kannada language. Shot in and telecast from the DD Chandana station in Bangalore, the show was first aired on 4 January 2002 and in 2012 entered the Limca Book of Records ...

'' which in 2012 entered the Limca Book of Records to become the longest running television quiz show.

Personal life

Someswara was born to Narappa and mother was Anjana . He was born on 14 May 1955 in Malleshwaram locality of Bangalore, in the erstwhile Mysore State (now Karnataka). He received his bachelor's degree in medicine from

Bangalore Medical College Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute (BMCRI), (Beṅgaḷūru Vaidyakīya Mahāvidyālaya mattu Sanśōdhanā Sansthé) formerly Bangalore Medical College (BMC), is a medical college run by the Government of Karnataka. It is located ...

in 1986. He is married to Rukmavathy B. V. and they have a son together, Nachiketh.

Career

As writer

Someswara is a well-known writer of medicine in Kannada and was instrumental in popularising science and medicine in the print and the electronic media. He is also the editor of ''Jeevanaadi'', a monthly medical magazine. He has also published 30 books on various aspects of medicine and innumerable articles on health and medicine in various journals. He has also conducted more than 1,200 programmes on

Doordarshan Doordarshan (abbreviated as DD; Hindi: , ) is an Indian public service broadcaster founded by the Government of India, owned by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and one of Prasar Bharati's two divisions. One of India's largest bro ...

on science and health awareness, and 75 programmes on the same on All India Radio.

As television presenter

Someshwar is a presenter of

, a quiz program broadcast by

DD Chandana DD Chandana is a Kannada TV channel owned and operated by Prasar Bharati under Doordarshan, supported by Doordarshan studios in Bengaluru and Kalburgi. Launched in 1994 DD Chandana has entertainment serials, infotainment programmes, news an ...

TV channel telecast from Doordarshan Kendra, Bangalore, Monday to Friday 09.30PM IST. This show has completed a record 3000+ episodes without any sponsorship. With three participants, this show consists of 10 questions in different fields like education, science and technology, culture, heritage etc. Each answer is awarded a valuable book published and printed by Kannada Sahitya Parishat, instead of cash prize, which is a speciality of this program.

Awards

In 2004, Someswara was awarded the Dr. P. S. Shankar Shreshtha Vaidya Sahitya Prasashthi for 2003, for how work ''Elu Suttina Koteyalli Entu Koti Bhantaru'' (Eight crore warriors in a seven layered fort). The work dealt with diseases caused from

immunodeficiency Immunodeficiency, also known as immunocompromisation, is a state in which the immune system's ability to fight infectious diseases and cancer is compromised or entirely absent. Most cases are acquired ("secondary") due to extrinsic factors that a ...

such as

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, and the mechanism involved in anaphylaxis and other auto immune disorders. Someswara is also a two-time winner of the Karnataka Sahitya Academy Award, both times in the category of scientific literature. The first award was for his book ''Badukaneeduva Badali Jodane'' in 2001, and second for 2015. In 2013, he was awarded the Best Science Writer Kannada for 2012–13 by the Karnataka Science and Technology Academy for his work ''Gnanendriyagalu Matthu Namma Odala Visarjanangagalu''. Other awards won by him include the Dr. B. C. Roy Doctors day Award, Aryabhata International Award and the Samadana Janaseva Award.

References

External links

Official website
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