VATAYAN LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
- November 21, 2020
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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Subject : Current Events
Context : Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ will be conferred with the Vatayan Lifetime Achievement Award at a virtual ceremony on 21st November, 2020.
Concept :
- Vatayan International Awards given by the Vatayan-UK organization in London, honours poets, writers and artists for their exemplary work in their respective fields.
- Earlier many eminent personalities like Prasoon Joshi, Javed Akhtar have been awarded the Vatayan Awards for their literary contribution.
- Shri Pokhriyal has penned more than 75 books on wide ranging issues, which have also been translated into many national and foreign languages.
- He has earlier received several awards in the field of literature including Sahitya Bharati Award by the then Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Sahitya Gaurav Samman by Former President Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam etc.