To celebrate the memory of Writer K.V. Jalajakshi, a Kannada Essay Competition was held by the Karavali Lekhakhiyara Vachakiyara Sangha and Dr. K.V. Jalajakshi Memorial Foundation on 9th September 2019 in memory of the late Writer, who also headed the Department of Kannada, University College, a Constituent College of Mangalore University. Ms. Nayomi Riona Moras of First Year MSW won the First Prize in an elocution competition organised by the foundation on the theme "Water Conservation".
