Gangadhar National Award

This award is given in the field of Literature (poetry) by Sambalpur University in the honour of Swabhaba kabi Gangadhar Meher. First award was given to Ali Sardar Jafri in the year 1991. Till now 28 poets have been awarded on various Indian Languages. Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari will be the next Gangadhar national awardee to be awarded on 53rd foundation day of Sambalpur University on first week of January, 2020.[1]

Gangadhar National award
Awarded forSignificant contribution in the field of Literature (poetry).
DateFoundation day of Sambalpur University
LocationSambalpur University, Odisha
Country India
Presented bySambalpur University
Reward(s)Cash prize of Rs 50,000, angavastra, citation, a memento and a copy of Gangadhar Meher: Selected Works (An anthology of Gangadhar Meher's Poetry in English translation)
First awarded1991
Last awarded2019

History

The award was first given in 1991 but the procedure of giving award was started in 1989.

Procedure

There is a delay of 1 year due to a long process of choosing an awadee, if the awadee won the prize for the year 2019 then he will get his award in the Year 2021, and the award of 2017 will be given in the year 2019. It is awarded on the celebration day of Sambalpur University foundation day, Foundation day is celebrated every year in January.

Cash prize of Rs 50,000, angavastra, citation, a memento and a copy of Gangadhar Meher: Selected Works (An anthology of Gangadhar Meher's Poetry in English translation) is given to receipt of Gangadhar National Award.[2][3]

List of awadees of Gangadhar National Award
Year of award announcedName of the awadee (with year of award given)[note 1] Language Foundation day the Award Announced
1989 Nomination process was started Nomination process was started Announced in 1991s 26th foundation day
1991Ali Sardar Jafri[2]

(Given in 1993)

Urdu 26th foundation day
1992Nabakanta Barua

(Given in 1994)

Assamese 27th foundation day
1993 Shakti Chattopadhyaya

(Given in 1995)

Bengali 28th foundation day
1994 Jayanta Mahapatra

(Given in 1996)

English/Odiya 29th foundation day
1995 Kedarnath Singh

(Given in 1997)

 Hindi 30th foundation day
1996 K. Ayyappa Panicker

(Given in 1998)

 Malayalam 31st foundation day
1997 Sitakanta Mohapatra

(Given in 1999)

 Odiya 32nd foundation day
1998 Nirupama Kaur

(Given in 2000)

 Punjabi 33rd foundation day
1999 Vinda Karandikar

(Given in 2001)

 Marathi 34th foundation day
2000 Ramakanta Rath

(Given in 2002)

 Odiya 35th foundation day
2001 K. Satchidanandan

(Given in 2003)

 Malayalam 36th foundation day
2002 Sankha Ghosh(Given in 2004)


Bengali 37th foundation day
2003 Sitanshu Yashas

Chandra

(Given in 2005)

 Gujrati 38th foundation day
2004 Dillip Chitre

(Given in 2006)

 Marathi 39th foundation day
2005 Sampooran Singh Kalra

(Given in 2007)

 Urdu 40th foundation day
2006 Nilamani Phukan(Given in 2008)


Assamese 41st foundation day
2007 Hara Prasad Das(Given in 2009)


Odiya 42nd foundation day
2008 A.M.K. Shahryar(Given in 2010)


Urdu 43rd foundation day
2009 Surjit Patar (Given in 2011)


Punjabi 44th foundation day
2010 Rajendra Kishore Panda

(Given in 2012)


 Odiya 45th foundation day
2011 Balraj Komal (Given in 2013)


Urdu 46th foundation day
2012 Vasdev Mohi

(Given in 2014)

 Sindhi 47th foundation day
2013 Soubhagya Kumar

Mishra

(Given in 2015)

 Odiya 48th foundation day
2014 Subodh Sarkar[4](Given in 2016)[5] Bengali 49th foundation day
2015 Leeladhar Jagoori[6](Given in 2017) Hindi 50th foundation day
2016 K. Siva Reddy

(Given in 2018)

 Telgu 51st foundation day
2017 Chandrashekhara Kambara[7]

(Given in 2019)

 Kannada 52nd foundation day
2018 Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari (Award will be given in January 2020)[8][9][1][10][11][12][13] Hindi Scheduled to be given in 53rd foundation day of Samabalpur University
2019 Awadee name will be announced on 2021 None Scheduled to be given in 54th foundation day

References
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  7. Jan 1, TNN |; 2019; Ist, 10:07. "Sambalpur University honour for poets | Bhubaneswar News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2019-12-23.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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  9. Pioneer, The. "Hindi poet Tiwari to get Gangadhar National Award". The Pioneer. Retrieved 2019-12-13.
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Notes
  1. The award is given every year on the 1st week of January on the foundation day of Samabalpur University
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