Moihinder Kaur and Prem Khannvi to get Sahit Rattan Award

     by Punjabnewswire4u

CHANDIGARH, NOV 15

The Punjab Government has announced the names of dignitaries to be honored on the annual Sanman Samaroh which would be held on November 17. The dignitaries would be honoured by Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal at Punjab Bhawan at 4:00 p.m

Revealing this here today Education Minister of Punjab Mr Sikandar Singh Maluka today said that the Sahit Rattan and Sharomani awards would be given for the year of 2010 and 2011 to the person who has done a remarkable job in the field of Punjabi Sahit.

He said that Mohinder Kaur Gill (Dr) and Prem Parkash Khannvi would be honored with Sahit Rattan Award which included Rs 5 lack cash prize,  for the year of 2010 and  2011 respectively. Tejwant Mann (Dr) (2010) and Surjit Hans (2011) would be awarded with the Sharomani Punjabi Sahitkar. He further said that the Sharomani Hindi Sahitkar Award and Sharomani Urdu Sahitkar Award would be given first time to Krishan Kumar Rattu (Dr)  and Rubina Shabnam (Dr) the year 2011.

Shiv Kumar Bharadwaj from Dehradoon has been selected for the Sharomani Sanskrit Award 2010 and Mahesh Chandar Gautam (Dr) for 2011,the Minister added.

      He said that the prominent Sharomani Punjabi Poet award would be given to Surinder Gill for the year 2010 and the award for the same category for 2011 would be awarded to Surjit Judge. Likewise Sharomani Punjabi Critics (Alochak) /Gyan Sahit award to be given to Harbhajan Singh Bhatia 2010 and Sarup Singh Alag 2011. He said that to recognize the contribution of  foreign Punjabi poets, Punjab Government has decided to honor Mr Veena Sharma 2010 and Jarnail Singh Toronto 2011 in the category of Sharomani Punjabi Sahitkar (Foreign) . Besides that Darshan Singh Bhau 2010 and  Harbhajan Singh Komal 2011 would also be awarded with Sharomani Punjabi Sahitkar (Outside Punjab).

He said that the Sukhdev Singh Grewal 2010 and Kamaljeet Neelon has been selected for Sharomani Punjabi Bal Sahit Writer award. He further said that Hukam Chand Sharma 2010 and Kamaljit Singh Banvait 2011 would be honored with Sharomani Punjabi Patarkar and Sharomani Punjabi Sahitik Patarkar Award for 2010 would be given to Gurvinder Singh Dhaliwal. The award for year 2011 for same category to be given to Jagdish Waryaam.

      The Minister said that the Sharomani Dhadhi/Raggi/Kawishar award 2010 would be given to Joga Singh Jogi and award for 2011 to goes to Bhai Nirmal Singh Khalsa. Sharomani Punjabi T.V./Radio award for 2010 would be given to Jatinder Kaur and Kesar Singh would be awarded with in the  same category for the year of 2011.

He said that the Amarjit Gurdaspuri has been selected for the award for Sharomani Punjabi Singer 2010 and legend Punjabi Singer  Kuldeep Manak would be awarded posthumously with   Sharomani Punjabi Singer for the year of 2011.

He said that Kirpal Singh Badungar, Harvinder Singh Khalsa and Gulzar Singh Shaunki would be honored with special puraskars. Sarvotam Pustak Purskar awards 2011 would also be given on the occasion.