Thursday, September 12, 2013

The Highest Award of The Panjabi Sahitya Akademi Ludhiana

Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 4:52 PM
FELLOSHIPto be awarded to Principal Bajaj
Ludhiana:12 Sept.2013: (Rector kathuria//Punjab Screen):Devoted to the promotion of Panjabi Language, Literature & Culture since 1954, the Panjabi Sahitya Akademi Ludhiana will bestow its highest honour Fellowship on Principal Prem Singh Bajaj, eminent educationist, author and Director of the Reference Library of the Akademi for the last 20 years, on Sunday, 22 Sept. 2013. Mr. Bajaj, it may be mantioned, has also been responsible for promoting book culture in over 100 rural & urban Libraries of the Punjab & the neighbouring states. Prof. Ravinder Bhattal will present a research paper about his countribution.
The function will be presided over by the Akademy’s former President & Chancellor of the Certral University Bathinda, Dr. S.S . Johl.
President Prof Gurbhajan Singh Gill, Senior Vice-President Dr. Anup Singh, General Secretary Dr. Sukhdev Singh Sirsa of the Akademi annouced that on this occasion prof. Kulwant Jagron Memorial Prize will be given to Prof. Kamalpreet Kaur Sidhu for her book Uneendre Chirag.
On this occasion a sepcial literary award will also be given to S. Raghbir Singh Bhart, Machhiwara for his untiring efforts in bringing out “Panjabi Shairan Da Tazkara”, a unique book originally authored by Janab Maula Baksh Kushta (in shahmukhi script)  in 1960. This book will be released by Dr. S.P.Singh, former V.C. GNDU & former President & Prof. of  Eminence Dr. Surjit Pattar.

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