Gangadhar National Award


This award is given in the field of Literature by Sambalpur University in the honour of Swabhaba kabi Gangadhar Meher. First award was given to Ali Sardar Jafri in the year 1991. Till now 28 poets have been awarded on various Indian Languages. Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari will be the next Gangadhar national awadee to be awarded on 53rd foundation day of Sambalpur University on first week of January, 2020.

History

The award was first given in 1991 but the procedure of giving award was started in 1989.

Procedure

There is a delay of 1 year due to a long process of choosing an awadee, if the awadee won the prize for the year 2019 then he will get his award in the Year 2021, and the award of 2017 will be given in the year 2019. It is awarded on the celebration day of Sambalpur University foundation day, Foundation day is celebrated every year in January.
Cash prize of Rs 50,000, angavastra, citation, a memento and a copy of Gangadhar Meher: Selected Works is given to receipt of Gangadhar National Award.

List of awadees of Gangadhar National Award

Year of award announcedName of the awadee LanguageFoundation day the Award Announced
1989Nomination process was startedNomination process was startedAnnounced in 1991s 26th foundation day
1991Ali Sardar Jafri

Urdu26th foundation day
1992Nabakanta Barua

Assamese27th foundation day
1993Shakti Chattopadhyaya


Bengali28th foundation day
1994Jayanta Mahapatra

English/Odiya29th foundation day
1995Kedarnath Singh
Hindi30th foundation day
1996K. Ayyappa Panicker
Malayalam31st foundation day
1997Sitakanta Mohapatra
Odiya32nd foundation day
1998Nirupama Kaur
Punjabi33rd foundation day
1999Vinda Karandikar
Marathi34th foundation day
2000Ramakanta Rath
Odiya35th foundation day
2001K. Satchidanandan
Malayalam36th foundation day
2002Sankha Ghosh

Bengali37th foundation day
2003Sitanshu Yashas
Chandra
Gujrati38th foundation day
2004Dillip Chitre
Marathi39th foundation day
2005Sampooran Singh Kalra
Urdu40th foundation day
2006Nilamani Phukan

Assamese41st foundation day
2007Hara Prasad Das

Odiya42nd foundation day
2008A.M.K. Shahryar

Urdu43rd foundation day
2009Surjit Patar

Punjabi44th foundation day
2010Rajendra Kishore Panda


Odiya45th foundation day
2011Balraj Komal

Urdu46th foundation day
2012Vasdev Mohi
Sindhi47th foundation day
2013Soubhagya Kumar
Mishra
Odiya48th foundation day
2014Subodh SarkarBengali49th foundation day
2015Leeladhar JagooriHindi50th foundation day
2016K. Siva Reddy
Telgu51st foundation day
2017Chandrashekhara Kambara
Kannada52nd foundation day
2018Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari HindiScheduled to be given in 53rd foundation day of Samabalpur University
2019Awadee name will be announced on 2021-Scheduled to be given in 54th foundation day