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Gangadhar National Award For Poetry
Gangadhar National Award For Poetry
Awarded for	Significant contribution in the field of Literature (poetry).
Date	Foundation day of Sambalpur University
Location	Sambalpur University, Odisha
Country	India
Presented by	Sambalpur 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 awarded	1991
Last awarded	2022

Gangadhar National Award For Poetry is a literary award given in the field of literature for poetry by Sambalpur University. It is named after Gangadhar Meher. First award was given to Ali Sardar Jafri in the year 1991. Till now 29 poets have been awarded on various Indian languages.

History[edit]

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

Procedure[edit]

There is a delay of one year due to a long process of choosing an awardee; if the awardee won the prize for 2019 then he gets his award in 2021, and the award of 2017 was given in 2019. It is awarded on the celebration day of Sambalpur University Foundation Day, which 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.^[1]^[2]

List of awardees of Gangadhar National Award[edit]

Year of award announced	Name 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
1991	Ali Sardar Jafri^[1] (Given in 1993)	Urdu	26th foundation day
1992	Nabakanta Barua (Given in 1994)	Assamese	27th foundation day
1993	Shakti Chattopadhyay (Given in 1995)	Bengali	28th foundation day
1994	Jayanta Mahapatra (Given in 1996)	English/Odia	29th foundation day
1995	Kedarnath Singh (Given in 1997)	Hindi	30th foundation day
1996	Ayyappa Paniker (Given in 1998)	Malayalam	31st foundation day
1997	Sitakant Mahapatra (Given in 1999)	Odia	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)	Odia	35th foundation day
2001	K. Satchidanandan (Given in 2003)	Malayalam	36th foundation day
2002	Shankha Ghosh (Given in 2004)	Bengali	37th foundation day
2003	Sitanshu Yashaschandra (Given in 2005)	Gujarati	38th foundation day
2004	Dilip Chitre (Given in 2006)	Marathi	39th foundation day
2005	Gulzar (Given in 2007)	Urdu	40th foundation day
2006	Nilmani Phookan Jr (Given in 2008)	Assamese	41st foundation day
2007	Haraprasad Das (Given in 2009)	Odia	42nd foundation day
2008	Akhlaq Mohammed Khan (Given in 2010)	Urdu	43rd foundation day
2009	Surjit Patar (Given in 2011)	Punjabi	44th foundation day
2010	Rajendra Kishore Panda (Given in 2012)	Odia	45th foundation day
2011	Balraj Komal (Given in 2013)	Urdu	46th foundation day
2012	Vasdev Mohi (Given in 2014)	Sindhi	47th foundation day^[3]
2013	Soubhagya Kumar Misra (Given in 2015)	Odia	48th foundation day
2014	Subodh Sarkar^[4](Given in 2016)^[5]	Bengali	49th foundation day
2015	Leeladhar Jagudi^[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 given in 2020)^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]	Hindi	53rd foundation day
2019	Sheen Kaaf Nizam(Awarded in 2021)^[15]	Urdu	54th foundation day
2020	Kamal Vora (Awarded in 2022)^[16]	Gujarati	55th foundation day

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b (PDF). 2019-12-23. p. 202 https://www.suniv.ac.in/documents/Sambalpur%20University%20NAAC%20SSR-%20Volume-1.pdf. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-12-23. Retrieved 2019-12-23. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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^ "Meet the author, Vasdev Mohi" (PDF). sahitya-akademi.gov.in.
^ "Subodh Sarkar conferred Gangadhar National Award for poetry". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 2016-01-06. Retrieved 2019-11-29.
^ January 6, 2016. "Subodh Sarkar conferred Gangadhar National Award for poetry". India Today. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
^ "Hindi poet Leeladhar Jagoori to get Gangadhar National Award". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 2016-12-04. Retrieved 2019-11-29.
^ "Sambalpur University honour for poets". The Times of India. January 1, 2019. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
^ "Poet Viswanath Prasad Tiwari To Get Gangadhar National Award | OTV". Retrieved 2019-12-13.
^ "Hindi poet Tiwari to get Gangadhar National Award". The Pioneer. Retrieved 2019-12-13.
^ "Poet Viswanath Prasad Tiwari to get Gangadhar National Award". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 2019-12-09. Retrieved 2019-12-13.
^ "Eminent poet Viswanath Prasad Tiwari to be conferred with Gangadhar National Award - OrissaPOST". OrissaPost. 2019-12-09. Retrieved 2019-12-13.
^ "Hindi Poet Viswanath Prasad Tiwari To Receive Gangadhar National Award". Odisha Bytes. 2019-12-09. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
^ "Hindi poet Viswanath Prasad Tiwari to get 'Gangadhar National Award'". KalingaTV. 2019-12-09. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
^ "Viswanath Prasad Tiwariconferred Gangadhar National Award for poetry". Reporters Today. 2019-12-09. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
^ (PDF). 2021-03-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20210324164419/https://www.suniv.ac.in/documents/notice_1609465933.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-03-24. Retrieved 2021-03-24. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ "Gujarati poet Kamal Vora gets Gangadhar Award". The New Indian Express. 28 Jan 2022. Retrieved 2 Feb 2022.

Notes[edit]

^ The award is given every year on the 1st week of January on the foundation day of Samabalpur University

[:0-1] (PDF). 2019-12-23. p. 202 https://www.suniv.ac.in/documents/Sambalpur%20University%20NAAC%20SSR-%20Volume-1.pdf. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-12-23. Retrieved 2019-12-23. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[2] (PDF). 2019-12-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20191223120942/https://www.suniv.ac.in/documents/Sambalpur%20University%20NAAC%20SSR-%20Volume-1.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-12-23. Retrieved 2019-12-29. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[sahitya-akademi.gov.in-4] "Meet the author, Vasdev Mohi" (PDF). sahitya-akademi.gov.in.

[5] "Subodh Sarkar conferred Gangadhar National Award for poetry". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 2016-01-06. Retrieved 2019-11-29.

[6] January 6, 2016. "Subodh Sarkar conferred Gangadhar National Award for poetry". India Today. Retrieved 2019-12-23.

[7] "Hindi poet Leeladhar Jagoori to get Gangadhar National Award". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 2016-12-04. Retrieved 2019-11-29.

[8] "Sambalpur University honour for poets". The Times of India. January 1, 2019. Retrieved 2019-12-23.

[9] "Poet Viswanath Prasad Tiwari To Get Gangadhar National Award | OTV". Retrieved 2019-12-13.

[10] "Hindi poet Tiwari to get Gangadhar National Award". The Pioneer. Retrieved 2019-12-13.

[:1-11] "Poet Viswanath Prasad Tiwari to get Gangadhar National Award". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 2019-12-09. Retrieved 2019-12-13.

[12] "Eminent poet Viswanath Prasad Tiwari to be conferred with Gangadhar National Award - OrissaPOST". OrissaPost. 2019-12-09. Retrieved 2019-12-13.

[13] "Hindi Poet Viswanath Prasad Tiwari To Receive Gangadhar National Award". Odisha Bytes. 2019-12-09. Retrieved 2019-12-23.

[14] "Hindi poet Viswanath Prasad Tiwari to get 'Gangadhar National Award'". KalingaTV. 2019-12-09. Retrieved 2019-12-23.

[15] "Viswanath Prasad Tiwariconferred Gangadhar National Award for poetry". Reporters Today. 2019-12-09. Retrieved 2019-12-23.

[16] (PDF). 2021-03-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20210324164419/https://www.suniv.ac.in/documents/notice_1609465933.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-03-24. Retrieved 2021-03-24. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[17] "Gujarati poet Kamal Vora gets Gangadhar Award". The New Indian Express. 28 Jan 2022. Retrieved 2 Feb 2022.

[3] The award is given every year on the 1st week of January on the foundation day of Samabalpur University

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v t e Gangadhar National Award For Poetry
1991-2009	Ali Sardar Jafri (1991) Nabakanta Barua (1992) Shakti Chattopadhyay (1993) Jayanta Mahapatra (1994) Kedarnath Singh (1995) Ayyappa Paniker (1996) Sitakant Mahapatra (1997) Nirupama Kaur (1998) Vinda Karandikar (1999) Ramakanta Rath (2000) K. Satchidanandan (2001) Sankha Ghosh (2002) Sitanshu Yashaschandra (2003) Dilip Chitre (2004) Gulzar (2005) Nilmani Phookan Jr (2006) Haraprasad Das (2007) Akhlaq Mohammed Khan (2008) Surjit Patar (2009)
2010-2029	Rajendra Kishore Panda (2010) Balraj Komal (2011) Vasdev Mohi (2012) Soubhagya Kumar Misra (2013) Subodh Sarkar (2014) Leeladhar Jagudi (2015) K. Siva Reddy (2016) Chandrashekhara Kambara (2017) Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari (2018) Sheen Kaaf Nizam (2019) Kamal Vora (2020)
(awarded by Sambalpur University)