Haryana announces names of litterateurs selected for Sahitya Akademi awards

Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, February 19 

Haryana Sahitya Akademi has selected litterateurs for various awards for the years 2017, 2018 and 2019 Sahityakar Samman Yojana.

Sharing information in this regard, Director General of Information, Public Relations and Languages Department, Dr Amit Agarwal said President of the Akademi and Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has granted approval for the same. 

Divulging details in this regard, he shared that among the national-level awards to be conferred are the Aajeevan Sahitya Sadhana Samman (amount of Rs 7 lakh) is to be given to a Delhi-based senior litterateur and thinker, Dr Kamal Kishore Goenka for the year 2017, resident of Delhi, known writer and critic, Dr Suresh Gautam for the year 2018 and Chandigarh-based senior litterateur and thinker Madhav Kaushik have been selected for the year 2019.

Dr Amit Agarwal further added that under Mahakavi Surdas Ajeevan Sahitya Sadhana Samman (amount of Rs 5 lakh), resident of Rohtak, Dr Purnachand Sharma for the year 2017 and resident of Rohtak, Madhukant and resident of Sonipat, Dr Santram Deshwal for the year 2018, resident of Faridabad, Dr Sudarshan Ratnakar and resident of Gurugram, Chandrakanta have been selected for the year 2019.

He said that under the Pandit Madhav Prasad Mishra Samman (amount of Rs 2.50 lakh), resident of Rohtak, Dr Ramphal Chahal for the year 2017, resident of Karnal, Dr Mahavir Prasad Sharma and for the year 2018, resident of Sirsa, Dr Sheel Kaushik and resident of Kurukshetra, Dr Lalchand Gupta Mangal have been selected for the year 2019. 

Likewise, under Babu Balmukund Gupta Samman (amount of Rs. 2 lakh), resident of Karnal, Dr. Ashok Bhatia and resident of Kurukshetra, Dr. Dinesh Dadhichi for the year 2017, resident of Sirsa, Dr. Roop Devgun and Dr. Rajkumar Nijat for the year 2018, resident of Karnal, Mr. Gulshan Madan and resident of Gurugram, Dr. Ghamandilal Aggarwal have been selected for the year 2019. 

Besides this, under Lala Deshbandhu Gupt Samman (amount of Rs. 2 lakh), resident of Ambala, Vikesh Nijhavan, for the year 2017 and resident of Kaithal, Suresh Jangid, have been selected for the year 2019.

Also, under Pandit Lakhmichand Samman (amount of Rs 2 lakh), resident of Jind, Ramphal Gaur has been selected for the year 2019. Under Jankavi Mehar Singh Samman (amount of Rs. 2 lakh), resident of Kurukshetra, Dr Mahasingh Punia for the year 2017, resident of Rewari,  Satyaveer Nahadia, for the year 2018 and resident of Panipat, Dr. Balkishan Sharma and resident of Kaithal, Dr. Rajendra Badgujar for the year 2019.

Sharing more details, Dr. Amit Agarwal informed that under Haryana Gaurav Samman (amount of Rs 2 lakh), resident of Delhi, Dr. Saraswat Mohan Manishi has been selected for the year 2017 and Vinod Babbar for the year 2018. 

Dr Amit Agarwal shared that for the Haryana Gaurav Samman Award is conferred to Haryana-born litterateurs practicing literature while residing in another state and bringing laurels to the state. 

Elaborating on it he said that under the Aditya Alhar Hasya Samman (amount of Rs 2 lakh), resident of Faridabad, Manjit Singh for the year 2017 and resident of New Delhi, Mahendra Sharma, for the year 2018 and resident of Sonipat, Dr. Ashok Batra for the year 2019 have been selected.

Meanwhile, under the Shresht Mahila Rachnakar Samman, (amount of Rs 2 lakh), resident of Rohtak, Dr Rohini Aggarwal, for the year 2017, resident of Hisar, Dr Shamim Sharma and resident of Chandigarh, Dheera Khandelwal for the year 2018 and resident of Sonipat, Kamlesh Malik and resident of Karnal, Dr Giani Devi have been selected for the year 2019.

Under Swami Vivekananda Swarna Jayanti Yuva Lekhak Samman, resident of Sonipat, Dr Jyoti for the year 2017, resident of Kaithal, Dr Rajesh Bharti for the year 2018 and resident of Jind, Dr. Shiva for the year 2019 have been selected. 

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