Chandigarh, 29 September 2015 (Bharat Sandesh Bureau):– Three prominent Punjabi writers Prof Kirpal Singh Kasel, Dr Ajmer Singh Aulakh and Prof Niranjan Singh Tasneem have been selected for Punjabi Sahit Rattan awards. These names have been chosen and recommended by the State Advisory Board of Punjab Language Dept in its meeting held here today, presided by Punjab Minister of Higher Education Surjit Singh Rakhra. The 41 member Board also recommended 15 more names for Shiromani Awards of various categories.
The board selected the names of Amar Bhullar (Canada) , Harjinder Singh Lal and Bhushan Sood for Shiromani Punjabi Pattarkar award.
The board also selected 12 more names for Shiromani Punjabi awards:
Shiromni Punjabi Sahitkar
- Mohan Bhandari
- Baldev Saraknama
- Avtar Singh Bling
Shiromani Hindi Sahitkar
- Madhav Kaushik
- Tarsem Gujral
- Mohan Sapra
Urdu Sahitkar
- Mohammad Iqbal
- Mahesh Patialvi
- Renu Bahil
Sanskrit
- Shashi Dhar Sharma
- Bhshan Lal Sharma
- Lekh Ram Sharma
Punjabi Alochak/Khoj
- Surjit Singh Bhatti
- Balkar Singh Dr
- Tejwant Gill
Gian Sahitkar
- Balwant Singh Kotha Guru
- Pro Achhru Singh
- Dr Kirpal singh
Punjabi Sahitkar Videshi
- Kesar Singh Neer
- Gurbkhash Singh Bhandal
- Ajit Rahi
Punjabi Sahitkar ( Outside Punjab)
- Chandan Negi
- Khalid Hussain
- Rashpinder Rasham
Bal Sahit Lekhak
- Santosh Sahni
- Atma Singh Chitti
- Amrik Singh Talwandi
Punjabi Sahitak Pattarkari
- Naranjan Sathi
- Sushil Dosanjh
- Varinder Walia
Shiromani Raagi Awards
- Bhai Hari Singh
- Prof Kartar Singh
- Bhai Jaswant Singh
Shiromani Dhadhi/Kawishwar
- Brij Lal Dhaula
- Bhai Mahinder Singh Sibia
- Des Raj Lachkani
Shiromani Punjabi TV/Radio/Film Award
- Boota Singh Shad
- Sardarjit Bawa
- Satish Kaul
Shiromani Punjabi Natak/Theater Award
- Davinder Daman
- Gurcharan Channi
- Pali Bhupinder
Shiromani Punjabi Gayak/Sangeetkar
- Muhammad Sadiq
- Gurdas Maan
- Surinder Shinda
