N. Someswara

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{{short description|Indian television presenter and writer (born 1955)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name =N. Someswara
| image =
| caption =
| birth_name = Narappa Someswara
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1955|5|14}}
| birth_place = [[Malleshwaram]], [[Bangalore]], [[Mysore State]] (now [[Karnataka]]), India
| occupation = [[Television presenter]], writer
| years_active = 1984<ref name="Youtube interview">{{cite web |title=Dr. Na Someshwar Life Story P4 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1PF6UYfyHI&t=649s |access-date=30 May 2021}}</ref>–present
| education = [[Bangalore Medical College]]
| other_names = Someswara Narappa
| spouse = Rukmavathy B. V.
| children = 1
}}

'''Narappa Someswara''' (born 14 May 1955)<ref>{{cite web|title=ಸೋಮೇಶ್ವರ್ ಗೆ ಅರುವತ್ತು, ಥಟ್ ಅಂತ ವಿಶ್ ಮಾಡಿl|url=https://kannada.filmibeat.com/tv/happy-birthday-to-thatt-antha-heli-naa-someswara-018481.html|publisher=filmibeat.com|accessdate=3 March 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150517024036/http://kannada.filmibeat.com/tv/happy-birthday-to-thatt-antha-heli-naa-someswara-018481.html|archivedate=17 May 2015|language=Kannada|date=14 May 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{cite web|title=ಥಟ್ ಅಂತ ಹೇಳಿ! - ಒಂದು ಪಕ್ಷಿ ನೋಟ|trans-title=Thatt Antha Heli! - A Bird's View|url=https://www.sampada.net/article/26070|publisher=sampada.net|language=Kannada|accessdate=3 March 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100617232140/http://sampada.net/article/26070|archivedate=17 June 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news|title=Padmini Prasad, Someshwar bag Vaidya Sahitya award|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2004/10/15/stories/2004101509120300.htm|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=15 October 2004}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Someswara also hosts the game show ''[[Thatt Antha Heli]]'' which in 2012 entered the [[Limca Book of Records]] to become the longest running television quiz show.<ref>{{cite web|title=Quizmaster for Most Quiz Shows|url=https://www.limcabookofrecords.in/record-detail.aspx?rid=1611|publisher=limcabookofrecords.in|accessdate=3 March 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170712085527/http://www.limcabookofrecords.in/record-detail.aspx?rid=1611|archivedate=12 July 2017}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Someswara was born to Narappa and mother was Anjana . He was born on 14 May 1955 in [[Malleswaram|Malleshwaram]] locality of [[Bangalore]], in the erstwhile [[Mysore State]] (now [[Karnataka]]). He received his [[Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery|bachelor's degree in medicine]] from [[Bangalore Medical College]] in 1986. He is married to Rukmavathy B. V. and they have a son together, Nachiketh.{{citation needed|date=December 2014}}

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

=== As television presenter ===
Someshwar is a presenter of [[Thatt antha HeLi]], a quiz program broadcast by [[DD Chandana]] TV channel telecast from Doordarshan Kendra, Bangalore, Monday to Friday 09.30PM IST. This show has completed a record 3000+ episodes without any sponsorship[The show recently got 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.<ref>Administrator: [http://aviratha.mouvika.com/index.php/en/activities/aviratha-competitions/that-antha-heli- AVIRATHA QUIZ…. THAT ANTHA HELI….], Taranga, Kannada Weekly, 10 July 2014, page 22 ''[[Quiz|Aviratha Quiz]]'', 27 June 2009.</ref>

==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]] such as [[AIDS]], and the mechanism involved in [[anaphylaxis]] and other [[Autoimmune disease|auto immune disorders]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Na Someshwar, Padmini Prasad get Vaidhya Sahitya award|url=http://archive.deccanherald.com/Deccanherald/oct162004/d18.asp|work=Deccan Herald|date=16 October 2004}}</ref> 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,<ref>{{cite news|title=Sahitya Academy award for Anant Nag|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/Sahitya-Academy-award-for-Anant-Nag/articleshow/28195324.cms|accessdate=3 March 2018|work=The Times of India|date=13 November 2002}}</ref> and second for 2015.<ref>{{cite news|title=Five chosen for Karnataka Sahitya Academy award|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/Five-chosen-for-Karnataka-Sahitya-Academy-award/article17019046.ece|accessdate=3 March 2018|work=The Hindu|date=10 January 2017}}</ref> 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''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Science writer award for 5|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/Science-writer-award-for-5/articleshow/19157900.cms|accessdate=3 March 2018|work=The Times of India|date=24 March 2013}}</ref> Other awards won by him include the Dr. B. C. Roy Doctors day Award, Aryabhata International Award and the Samadana Janaseva Award.

==See also==
* [[Quizzing in India]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://yakshaprashne.org/ Official website]

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