Uttarakhand Gaurav Sammaan bestowed for writing, journalism and promotion of Garhwali, Kumaoni, Hindi and Sanskrit languages

The Uttarakhand Maitri Sangh today felicitated the Secretary of the Hindi and Sanskrit Academy and an intellectual to the core Jeet Ram Bhatt, eminent literateur of Uttarakhand Pooran Chand Kandpal, social activist and entrepreneur T. S. Bhandari and the President of Uttarakhand Journalists Forum and Senior Journalist Sunil Negi with the Uttarakhand Gaurav Sammaan.

The honour was bestowed on these individuals for outstanding writing, journalism, social contribution and entrepreneurship. While Jeetram Bhatt was honoured with the Uttarakhand Gaurav Samman for his exceptional contribution in the promotion of Hindi and Sanskrit including his tremendous contribution in excelling in both the languages and popularising them, the president of Uttarakhand Journalists Forum Sunil Negi was felicitated for his exclusive reporting on Uttarakhand issues and also bringing out two editions of Uttaranchal’s Who’s Who and also translating the book on Uttrakhand’s massive ecological disaster of Kedarnath in the year 2013 June including his tremendous social contribution during the last three and a half decades.

Eminent literateur of Uttarakhand Pooran Chand Kandpal got the Uttarakhand Gaurav honour for his outstanding work in preserving n promoting Uttarakhandi dialect and for authoring 28 books to promote n preserve the cultural heritage of the himalayan state. The outstanding entrepreneur and social activist T. S. Bhandari has been bestowed with this prestigious award for his outstanding contribution in the social field n carving a niche for himself by being a progressive entrepreneur of repute in the field of construction and interior decoration. An impressive cultural programme was also organised on this ocassion with the mesmerising songs of eminent Uttarakhandi singer Kaushal Pandey n Janardhan Nautiyal under the direction of Sarveshwar Bisht.

The programme was organised by Uttarakhand Maitri Sangh and attended by hundreds of people from various parts of Delhi in Karampura. Wishing all the achievers all the very best. The organisers of the show Ranveer Singh, Om Prakash Bhatt and the entire team of Uttarakhand Maitrey Sangh, Delhi deserve to be complimented for the successful completion of this impressive event.