The Dr Vishnu National Award was conferred to actor-director Ramesh Aravind on Wednesday at Ravindra Kalakshetra in Bangalore. 

Dr Vishnu Sena Samithi has organised a three day theatre festival in Bangalore from September 18th to 20th on the occasion of Dr Vishnuvardhan's birthday. During the inaugural ceremony of the festival, the award was conferred to Ramesh by veteran director T S Nagabharana.

Directors S Narayan, V Nagendra Prasad, Ravi Srivatsa, VSS president Veerakaputra Srinivas, actor Mandya Ramesh and others were present during the occasion.