Hi  rani,
Check this example. Now please take its reference and correct your code.
Database
For this example I have used of Northwind database that you can download using the link given below.
Download Northwind Database
Namespaces
using System.Configuration;
using System.Data.SqlClient;
Controller
public class HomeController : Controller
{
    public ActionResult Index()
    {
        return View();
    }
    public JsonResult GetEmployees()
    {
        List<Employee> employees = new List<Employee>();
        string conString = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["constr"].ConnectionString;
        using (SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection(conString))
        {
            SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand("SELECT TOP 2 * FROM Employees");
            cmd.Connection = con;
            con.Open();
            using (SqlDataReader sdr = cmd.ExecuteReader())
            {
                while (sdr.Read())
                {
                    employees.Add(new Employee
                    {
                        ID = Convert.ToInt32(sdr["EmployeeID"]),
                        Name = sdr["FirstName"] + " " + sdr["LastName"],
                        Address = sdr["Address"] + "," + sdr["City"] + "," + sdr["Country"],
                        ImageBase64 = ImageToBase64String(sdr["Photo"]),
                    });
                }
            }
            con.Close();
        }
        return Json(employees, JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
    }
    private static string ImageToBase64String(object imageData)
    {
        byte[] bytes = null;
        System.Drawing.ImageConverter converter = new System.Drawing.ImageConverter();
        System.Drawing.Image img = (System.Drawing.Image)converter.ConvertFrom((byte[])imageData);
        using (System.IO.MemoryStream ms = new System.IO.MemoryStream())
        {
            img.Save(ms, System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Jpeg);
            bytes = ms.ToArray();
        }
        return Convert.ToBase64String(bytes, 0, bytes.Length);
    }
    public class Employee
    {
        public int ID { get; set; }
        public string Name { get; set; }
        public string Address { get; set; }
        public string ImageBase64 { get; set; }
    }
}
View
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
    <title>Index</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://kendo.cdn.telerik.com/2020.1.114/styles/kendo.default-v2.min.css" />
    <script type="text/javascript" src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.12.4.min.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="https://kendo.cdn.telerik.com/2020.1.114/js/kendo.all.min.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        $(function () {
            $("#tblEmployees").kendoGrid({
                dataSource: {
                    transport: { read: "/Home/GetEmployees/" },
                    pageSize: 5
                },
                pageable: { refresh: true, pageSizes: [2, 25, 50] },
                groupable: false,
                sortable: true,
                columns: [
                    { field: "ID", title: "ID", width: 30 },
                    { field: "Name",
                        title: "Name",
                        width: 90,
                        footerTemplate: '<a id="lnkSnippets" href="https://www.aspsnippets.com/" target="_blank">aspsnippets</a>'
                    },
                    { field: "Address",
                        title: "Address",
                        width: 120,
                        footerTemplate: '<a id="lnkForums" href="https://www.aspforums.net/" target="_blank">aspforums</a>'
                    },
                    {
                        template: "<img src='data:image/jpg;base64,#:data.ImageBase64#' style='width:50px;height:50px;border-radius: 30%;' />",
                        title: "Photo",
                        width: 50
                    }
                ]
            });
            $('#btnGetFooter').on('click', function () {
                var snippetsUrl = $('#tblEmployees').data('kendoGrid').footer.find('#lnkSnippets').attr('href');
                var forumsUrl = $('#tblEmployees').data('kendoGrid').footer.find('#lnkForums').attr('href');
                alert("Footer values are \n" + snippetsUrl + "\n" + forumsUrl);
            });
        });
    </script>
</head>
<body>
    <div id="tblEmployees"></div><br />
    <input type="button" id="btnGetFooter" value="Get Footer Value" />
</body>
</html>
Screenshot
