Complex sentence: He was the president of the 60th Akhila Bharata Kannada Saahitya Sammelana held in Mysore in 1989, and received the Kendra Saahitya Akademi award for'Tereda Baagilu' in 1978.
Split into simpler sentences: He was the president of the 60th Akhila Bharata Kannada Saahitya Sammelana held in Mysore in 1989. He received the Kendra Saahitya Akademi award for'Tereda Baagilu' in 1978.