2023 Winners

Central Jury

Prof. (Dr.) Kramat Mughal, Chair

M.A. (Punjabi & Urdu literature), PhD. (Punjabi)
Assistant Prof. Punjabi Language & Literature, University of Punjab, Lahore
Author, critic, researcher and Punjabi Language activist
Regular columnist in Punjabi Newspaper Daily Lokai, Daily Khabraan & Daily Bhulekha

Dr. Jagjit Jolly, Member

M.A. & PhD. (Punjabi) & Certificate in Urdu & Farsi languages
Taught at Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar & Sri Guru Angad Dev College, Khadur Sahib
Author, researcher, participant of conferences on Punjabi language, literature and culture

Mr. Khalid Hussain, Member

Retired from the post of Special Secretary to Government of Jammu & Kashmir
Punjabi & Urdu writer and literary critic
Recipient of ‘Shiromani Punjabi Sahityakar Award and Kalam Award

 

Gurmukhi Jury

Prof. (Dr.) Sukhdev Singh Sirsa

M. Phil & PhD. (Punjabi)
Professor (Retd.) Department of Punjabi, Punjab University, Chandigarh, India
Author, critic and researcher
Chief Editor: Alochna – a quarterly literary journal, Punjabi Sahitya Akedemi, Ludhiana, Punjab

Prof. (Dr.) Paul Kaur, Member

Associate Professor (Retd.) of Punjabi Language and Literature, Jain College, Ambala City, Haryana, India
Writer, Poet, critic and researcher
Nominated as member of Punjabi Advisory Board of Sahitya Akademy- 2008-2013

Prof. (Dr.) Kulwant Singh Sandhu, Member

Professor (Retd.) Head of the Department of Punjabi, Lyallpur Khalsa College for Men, Jalandhar
Specialization in fiction and literary criticism
Area Secretary: Punjab and Chandigarh College Teachers unions for GNDU colleges

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