Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 13: Eminent Dogri poet, scholar and coloumnist Darshan Darshi has been nominated as convener of Dogri Advisory Board of National Academy of Letters, Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi.
The nomination was made in the first meeting of newly constituted General Council of the Sahitya Akademi held at Ravinder Bhavan yesterday.
Darshan Darshi is the pen name of D.K Vaid, a retired civil servant. A Sahitya Akademi awarded Dogri poet, he has written in almost all genres of Dogri language and literature, including literally criticism.
As a coloumnist, D K Vaid has been contributing regularly to English dailies and magazines, besides writing poetry in English. A motivational speaker, a life- engineering teacher and an ex- administrator, he has been wearing many hats, both as a civil servant and as a servant of the society. He is a former Director School Education and lives in Jammu and Bangalore.
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