Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 10: Renowned Dogri and Hindi writer, broadcaster, ace translator and Sahitya Akademi Awardee, Chhatrapal (JP Saraf) has been selected for the National Award for the Empowerment of Persons with Disability, 2018 under the category – Outstanding Creative Adult persons with disabilities.
Instituted by the Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, the Award carries a memento, citation and cash money. The award will be presented on December 3, 2018 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.
A trend setter in fiction and satire in Dogri, Chhatrapal has ten books to his credit including translation of classic novels by Tagore and Kamleshwar. He has to his credit about 2000 programmes/episodes for various channels and Doordarshan Kendras and 125 scripts for Akashwani.
Chhatrapal is founder president of Viklang Chhatra Trust, a voluntary organization dedicated to the rehabilitation of physically challenged and visually handicapped since 1980. He is working as secretary, JRC Home for Handicapped, Udheywala Jammu since 2001.
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