2024 Winners

Central Jury

Prof. (Retd.) Jaspal Ghai, Chair

M.A., M.Phil. (Punjabi)
Associate Professor and Head: Post Graduate Punjabi Dept., R. S. D. Post Graduate College, Ferozepur, Punjab, India
Poet, Transliterator, Translator, Critic, Editor and Biographer
Fluent in Punjabi, Hindi, English, Urdu, Persian and Sanskrit

Dr. Hanif Fouzia, Member

MA (Economics and Punjabi Literature), M.Phil. and Ph.D.
Assistant Professor (Punjabi): Government College for Women, Nowshera Virkan, Gujranwala, Punjab, Pakistan
Fluent in Punjabi (Gurmukhi & Shahmukhi), Urdu and English
Articles published in various magazines and author of two books of prose

Dr. Harbans Singh Dhiman, Member

M.A. (Punjabi and Religious Studies), M.Ed. & Ph.D.
Professor (retired): Government College, Ropar, Punjab, India
Author: analytical books, linguistics and grammar, two novels and two collections of poetry
Translator and transliterator from English and Shahmukhi/Urdu literature to Gurmukhi

 

Gurmukhi Jury

Dr. Mehal Singh, Chair

Principal: Khalsa College, Amritsar, Punjab, India
Research Supervisor: for M.Phil. Students
Chief Editor: ‘Sanwad’ research journal
Author, editor, literary critic and conference speaker
Member of various bodies under the Universities Grant Commission (India) from time to time

Dr. Manpreet Kaur Sahota, Member

M.A. & PhD. (English Literature)
Professor: School of English and Liberal Studies, Seneca College, Toronto
Researcher, Translator, Radio Talk Show host, Punjabi Audio Book Narrator and Podcaster
Director: Board of Directors, Sikh Foundation of Canada

Prof. Yog Raj Angrish, Member

M.A., M.Phil. and Ph.D. (Punjabi)
Professor: Punjab University, Chandigarh, India
Chairman: School of Punjabi Studies & Vice chairman: Punjab Kala Parishad
Academic in charge: The department of French and Francophone Studies
Author of ten books on literary criticism

 

Shahmukhi Jury

Sarwat Sohail, Chair

MA and M.Phil. (English), TEFL and AIOU
Principal: Government Graduate College for Women, Tariqabad, Gujranwala, Punjab, Pakistan
Head Examiner and Examiner in Punjabi University
Writer/translator (Punjabi, Urdu and English)
Articles published in various journals

Ali Usman Bajwa, Member

MA & M.Phil. (literature)
Writer, actor, filmmaker, and Punjabi activist
Awards: ‘Urmila Anand Award’ and ⁠’Avtar Jandialvi Award’ for literature by ‘HUN’ magazine, Punjab, India
His short stories have been published in reputed literary magazines of Pakistan and India

Dr. Saima Shaban, Member

Ph.D. (Punjabi)
Author, researcher, translator, certified teacher trainer, life coach, consultant, public speaker and an internationally published columnist and an entrepreneur
Book recordings for the visually challenged persons
CEO of ‘Bookilicious,’ an online bookshop

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