The National Council for Promotion of Sindhi Language (NCPSL) under the HRD ministry today announced literary awards to litterateurs in the Sindhi language.
An official statement released here said that it has been decided that Lifetime Achievement Awards for the year 2014-15 will be conferred to Lakshman Hardwani, and Jairam Rupani, under the categories of Sahitya Rachna Sanman and Sahityakar Sanman respectively.
For the year 2015-16, the Lifetime Achievement Awards will be conferred to Lakhmi Khilani and Kanhaiya Lal Talreja under the categories of Sahitya Rachna Sanman and Sahityakar Sanman respectively. Several other awards were also announced.
The Executive Board of NCPSL, which met under the Chairpersonship of HRD minister Smriti Irani today also decided that a team of Sindhi youngsters including a writer and a historian be deputed to travel to select countries.
These will be countries to which Sindhis trace their roots, as well regions within the country where Sindhis have settled, and then trace India's historical relations with them and publish the findings. Accordingly, 10 Sindhi students of Class XI and above will be shortlisted annually, the statement said.
The statement added that a grant of Rs 1 crore each as Corpus Fund to Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati University in Ajmer and Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Indore has been concurred by the Executive Board to establish Sindhi Chairs.
