Kalapi Award


The Kalapi Award is an annual award given to Gujarati ghazal poets. It was founded by the INT Aditya Birla Centre for Performing Arts and Research. The award is named after Gujarati poet Kalapi. The amount of 25000 is awarded to recognize and promote Gujarati ghazal poets.

Recipients

The Kalapi Award has been granted annually since 1997 to the following people:
YearRecipient
1997Amrut Ghayal
1998Adil Mansuri
1999Manoj Khanderia
2000Chinu Modi
2001Rajendra Shukla
2002Manhar Modi
2003Bhagwatikumar Sharma
2004Khalil Dhantejvi
2005Asim Randeri
2006Jawahar Bakshi
2007Asharaf Dabawala
2008Ratilal Anil
2009Rajesh Vyas 'Miskin'
2010Harish Meenashru
2011Adam Tankaravi
2012Harsh Brahmbhatt
2013Nayan Desai
2014Mukul Choksi
2015Hemen Shah
2016Raeesh Maniar
2017Hemant Dhorda
2018Vinod Joshi
2019Udayan Thakker