Veteran director-general of ISECT University and well known poet Santosh Choubey was conferred with ‘Utkrishth Charchit Chehra’ here on Monday.
It was part of the two-day award ceremony ‘Pranam 2014’ being organised by Dushyant Kumar Pandulipi Sanghralaya to honour the renowned critic and noted writer and author. The event was held here at Shrinonkar Hall.
During the event, well known writer and author Dhananjay Verma was present as the guest of honour and noted poet Director of Bharatiya Gyanpeeth leeladhar Mandloi was present as the special guest.
While informing about the event, Director of Dushyant Kumar Pandulipi Sanghralaya Rajukar Raj said, “To observe the 15th anniversary of Dushyant Kumar Pandulipi Sanghralaya a grand award ceremony Charchit Chehre was organised on May 30 and due to some reason, Santosh Choubey could not attend the award ceremony. So he had been awarded under Pranam 2014. Moreover, people from different fields have worked hard to bring the change in the society and also inspire the young generation were awarded under Charchit Chehre,” he added.
While talking about Pranam 2014 he said, “This award ceremony is organised every year to honour the people who have contributed greatly in the literature field. It is organised on a national level and renowned names are nominated for the award.” Elaborating further, he said, “As per the nominations the selecting committee select a candidate and give away the award.” Under the selecting committee leeladhar Mandloi, Rajesh Choubey and Ramprakash Tripathi are present.
Moreover, a short film based on the works of Santosh Choubey and his achievements was also screened during the programme.