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The Dhahan Prize For Punjabi Literature

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Advisory Committee

Balbir Madhopuri - Dhahan Prize advisory committee - portrait

Balbir Madhopuri

Chair

  • Retd.: Deputy Director, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (India)
  • New Delhi, India
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Zubair Ahmad - Advisor at Dhahan Prize for Punjabi Literature

Zubair Ahmad

Member

  • 2014 & 2020 Dhahan Prize Finalist
  • Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
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Sadhu Binning

Sadhu Binning

Member

  • Retired Punjabi Language Instructor, University of British Columbia
  • Burnaby, BC, Canada
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Shahzad Nazir Khan

Shahzad Nazir Khan

Member

  • Executive, Progressive Pakistani Canadians
  • Abbotsford, BC, Canada
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Gurinder Mann

Gurinder Mann

Member

  • Lecturer, Punjabi Language and Culture, Department of Asian Studies, University of British Columbia
  • Surrey, BC, Canada
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Safir H. Rammah

Safir H. Rammah

Member

  • Coordinator, Academy of the Punjab in North America (APNA)
  • Oakton, VA, USA
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Dr. Jaspal Kaur

Dr. Jaspal Kaur

Member

  • Head and Professor, Department of Punjabi, University of Delhi
  • Delhi, India
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Raghbir Singh

Raghbir Singh

Member

  • Professor, Punjab University, Chandigarh (India) and former Head, Department of Punjabi at Punjabi University, Patiala
  • Surrey, BC, Canada
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Dr. Khola Iftikhar Cheema

Dr. Khola Iftikhar Cheema

Member

  • Chairperson & Assistant Professor, Department of Pakistan Studies, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan
  • Faisalabad (Lyallpur), Punjab, Pakistan
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Jung Bahadur Goyal

Jung Bahadur Goyal

Member

  • Retired Civil Servant and Punjabi Author
  • Punjab, India
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Raminder Kaur - Dhahan Prize advisory committee - portrait

Raminder Kaur

Member

  • Retired Professor: Punjabi Studies, Guru Nanak Dev University
  • Amritsar, Punjab, India
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