Dr Rajendra Kishore Panda awarded 2020 Kuvempu Rashtriya Puraskar

Odia poet, Dr Rajendra Kishore Panda, has been awarded Kuvempu Rashtriya Puraskar 2020.

• Name of Dr Panda was finalized by a three-member committee under the chairmanship of Prof. Hampa Nagarajaiah. Other members of the committee include Bengali author Shyamal Bhattacharya, Kannada poet Dr. H.S. Shivaprakash & Agrahara Krishnamurthy, former secretary of Central Sahitya Academy.
• Kuvempu Rashtriya Purashkar was instituted in memory of late poet laureate Kuvempu.
• Award comprises of a cash award of Rs 5 lakh, a silver medal, and a citation.
• This award was instituted by Rashtrakavi Kuvempu Trust in 2013 to honor literateurs for their contribution in Indian languages recognized by Constitution of India under schedule eight.
• Award has been conferred to writers from Malayalam, Urdu, Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi and Kannada.
• They were awarded at programs organized in Kuppali, Shivamogga district. This district is the birthplace of Kuvempu.
• Award is usually conferred on December 29, but in 2020 it was delayed because of COVID-19 pandemic.

Published date : 05 Jul 2021 05:11PM