NEW DELHI : Lakshman Hardwani and Jairam Rupani have been conferred the Lifetime Achievement Awards for 2014-15 under the categories of Sahitya Rachna Sanman and Sahityakar Sanman, respectively. The awards carry a Sanman Rashi of Rs five lakh each under two categories, namely Sahitya Rachna Sanman and Sahityakar Sanman.
The decision was taken at the meeting of the Executive Board of National Council for Promotion of Sindhi Language (NCPSL), an autonomous organisation under the Human Resource Development Ministry, that aims to promote, develop and propagate Sindhi language, held here yesterday under the chairpersonship of HRD Minister Smriti Zubin Irani.
For 2015-16, the Lifetime Achievement Awards has been conferred on Lakhmi Khilani and Kanhaiya Lal Talreja under the categories of Sahitya Rachna Sanman and Sahityakar Sanman respectively.
It has also been decided to confer six literary awards for 2014-15 and seven literary awards for 2015-16, which also carry a Sanman Rashi of Rs one lakh each to these scholars.
For 2014-15, the awards go to Mohan Himthani (poetry), Dr Usha Saraswat (fiction), Arjun Kriplani (fiction), Prof Dr Baldev Matlani (non fiction), Dr Haso Dadlani (non-fiction), GV Murjani (translation).
For 2015-16, the awards will be conferred on Arun Babani (poetry), Poonam Ratnani (fiction), Laxman Bijlani (fiction), Jagdish Shahdadpuri (non fiction), Tej Kabil (non fiction), Monica Panjwani (debutante writer), Ghansyam Murlidhar Sharma (translation).
A team of Sindhi youngsters, including a writer and a historian, will be deputed to travel to select countries to which Sindhis trace their roots, as well as regions within the country, where Sindhis have settled, and then trace India’s historical relations with them and publish the findings. Accordingly, 10 Sindhi students of Class XI and above will be shortlisted annually.
A grant of Rs one crore each as Corpus Fund to Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati University in Ajmer and Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Indore has been concurred by the Executive Board to establish Sindhi Chairs to promote Sindhi Language, an official statement here said. (UNI)
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