The Punjab Language Department has announced Sahitya Ratna and Shiromani Awards for 18 different categories of literature and art. The awards were finalised in a meeting of the State Advisory Board chaired by Higher Education and Languages Minister Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa at Punjab Bhawan, Chandigarh.
After the selection of the awards, Bajwa congratulated all the award winners and expressed hope that they will continue to play a constructive role for building a better society.
Punjabi Sahitya Ratan for the year 2015 has been awarded to Om Prakash Gasho, to Gurbhajan Bhullar for 2016, to Gulzar Singh Sandhu for 2017, to Fakhr Zaman for 2018, to Dr Tejwant Mann for 2019 and Dr Barjinder Singh Hamdard has been selected for 2020.
Shrimoni Punjabi language Sahitkar award for the year 2015 has been given to Joginder Singh Kairon, Taran Gulzar for 2016, KL Garg for 2017, Atarjit Singh for 2018, Kirpal Kazak for 2019 and Dr Manmohan for 2020.
Shiromani Hindi Sahitkar has been given to Vinod Shahi for 2015, Sukhwinder Kaur Bath for 2016, Raji Seth for 2017, Bali Singh Cheema for 2018, Ajay Sharma for 2019 and Dr Kirti Kesar has been selected for 2020.
Shiromani Urdu Sahitkar has been given to Mohammad Fayaz Farooqi for the year 2015, Nadeem Ahmed Nadeem for 2016, TN Raj for 2017, B. D. Kalia Hamdam for 2018, Mohammad Bashir for 2019 and Rehman Akhtar for 2020.
Shiromani Sanskrit Sahitkar award to Rama Kant Angrish for 2015, Ved Prakash Upadhyay for 2016, Damodar Jha for 2017, Kanhiya Lal Parashar for 2018, Virender Alankar for 2019 and Dr Sharan Kaur for 2020.
Shiromani Punjabi Critic/Research Writer has been given to Dr Satinder Singh for 2015, Baldev Singh Cheema for 2016, Amarjit Grewal for 2017, Dr Dhanwant Kaur for 2018, Dr Sukhdev Singh Sirsa for 2019 and Surinder Kumar Deveshwar 2020.
