Jammu, Dec 21 (KNS): Vice President, J&K Academy of Art, Culture and Languages, Zafar Iqbal Manhas today congratulated Avtar Krishan Rehbar on him having been selected for Sahitya Akademi Award 2017 in Kashmiri language. He also congratulated Iqbal Nazki for being selected for Sahitya Akademi’s Translation Award in Kashmiri for the year 2017.
In his message, Manhas also lauded the achievement of Shiv Mehta and Yash Raina for bagging the national honours in Dogri language in the categories of main and translation award respectively.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp Channel
Meanwhile, Secretary JKAACL, Dr. Aziz Hajini also congratulated Rehbar, Nazki, Mehta and Raina for bagging the prestigious awards from the National Akademi of Letters.
Conveying his compliments to the winners for their valuable contributions to the advancement of Kashmiri and Dogri languages, Dr. Hajini observed that their well deserved recognition would serve as a source of inspiration for the upcoming writers of the State. (KNS)