Friday, January 19, 2018

Haryana Panjabi Sahitya Akademi awards announced

CHANDIGARH, JAN 19
 The Haryana Panjabi Sahitya Akademi today announced various awards for outstanding contribution in the field of Punjabi literature for the year 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016.
          While giving this information here today, a spokesman of the Akademi said that Akademi would present Haryana Punjabi Gaurav Award, carrying a cash component of Rs 2.5 lakh each, for year 2013 to Mr Atamjit Hanspal, for year 2014 to Mr Kadarnath Kedar, for year 2015 to Dr Ramesh Kumar and for year 2016 to Dr Amrit Kaur Raina.
          He said that Bhai Santokh Singh Award would be conferred upon Dr Pal Kaur and Mrs Jagir Kaur Sandhu for year 2013, Dr Sahib Singh Arshi for year 2014, Dr Sudarshan Gaso for 2015 and Mrs Joginder Kaur Agnihotri for 2016. It carries a cash prize of Rs1.25 lakh.
          He said that Dr Nayab Singh Mander, Mr Subeg Saddar, Mr Darshan Singh and Mr Sadhu Singh Kisan would be awarded Baba Shekh Fareed Puraskar for year 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 respectively. The award carries a cash prize of Rs1.11 lakh each.
          He said that Sant Taran Singh Vahimi Award comprised Rs one lakh, for year 2013 would be given to Dr Gurdarpal Singh, for year 2014 to Mr Lakhwinder Singh Bajwa, for 2015 to Mr Iqbal Singh and for 2016 to Mrs Manjit Kaur Ambalwi.
          Similarly, Kavi Harbhajan Singh Rainu Award, carries Rs 51,000 each for year 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 would be conferred upon Mr Puran Singh Nirala, Mr Haribhajan Singh Raja, Mr Subhash Saluja and Mrs Kanwaljit Kaur Juneja respectively.
          The Akademi would present Patrakarita Puraskar, carries a cash prize of Rs 51,000 for year 2016 to Mr Bhupinder Singh Panniwalia.
          The Ragi/Dadhi/Lok Gayak Award for year 2013 would be given to Mr Manjinder Singh whereas the same for year 2014, 2015 and 2016 would be bestowed to Mr Karnail Singh Aspal, Mr Gurmukh Singh Wariach and Mrs Rinku Kalia respectively. The award carries prize money of Rs 51,000.
          The Akademi has also announced the name of winners under the Pustak or Story Puraskar Yojna. In poem category, the award for year 2013 and 2015 would be given to Mr Subeg Singh and Mr Buta Singh Pritam respectively.
          In Story category, the award for year 2013 would be given to Pritma Domale and Anil Kumar while the same for year 2016 would be conferred upon Mr Kesra Ram. 
          In children literature category, the award for year 2016 would be given to Mrs Meena Naveen. 
          In play category, the award for year 2013 and 2015 would be given to Mr Gurpreet Sindhra and Mr Kulwinder Singh respectively. 
          In Novel category, the award for year 2013 would be given to Mr Gurmangat Gafal.
          In review/biography category, the award for year 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 would be conferred upon Dr Paramjit Kaur Siddhu, Dr Jeet Singh, Dr Harmeet Kaur and Dr Devender Bibipuria respectively. All these awards carries a cash prize of Rs 21,000 each. 
          For Story category, the award for year 2013 would be given to Mr Surinder Singh Palna, Dr C.L. Juneja and Mrs Bhupinder Kaur, for 2014 to Mr Dilbagh Singh Virk, for 2015 to Mrs Kanwaljit Kaur Juneja and for 2016 to Mrs Raghuvir Singh Ishwar and Mrs Gurpreet Kaur. 

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