The Annual Rajyotsava Awards are conferred by the Karnataka Government on the occasion of the birth of Karnataka State on November 1 celebrated as Kannada Rajyotsava. The awards celebrate achievements by persons of eminence in their chosen fields. The awardees are from the fields of literature, music, dance, theatre, journalism, sports, medicine, education, agriculture, Information Technology and Science.

The awards are presented on November 1 of every year in Bangalore by the Chief minister of Karnataka. Each award carries an amount of Rs. 100,000, a shawl, a citation and a memento. In addition to that, the government allots commercial land for eligible awardees.

The following is the list of Rajyotsava Award winners for the year 2011.

Literature: Arvind Malagathi, Bijapur Veeranna Dande, Gulbarga Mandeera Jaya Appanna, Kodagu.

Theatre: K. Nagaraja, Chitradurga Renuka Durgappa Harijana Malapoora, Bagalkot.

Kannada language: Shantinatha Dibbada,Belgaum district.

Dance: K.S. Ambale Rajeswari, Hassan.