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| birth_place = [[Varanasi]], Uttar Pradesh, India
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| occupation = Scholar, writer
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'''Deviprasad Dwivedi''' is an Indian writer and teacher, known for his scholarship in [[Sanskrit literature|Sanskrit]] literature.<ref name="PM India">{{cite web | url=http://pmindia.gov.in/en/news_updates/english-rendering-of-text-of-pms-message-after-conducting-swachhta-abhiyaan-at-assi-ghat-varanasi/ | title=PM India | publisher=Prime Minister's Office | date=8 November 2014 | access-date=27 November 2014}}</ref> The [[Government of India]] honoured Sharma in 2011, with the fourth highest Indian civilian award of the [[Padma Shri]] and followed it up with [[Padma Bhusan|Padma Bhushan]], the third-highest civilian award, in 2017.<ref name="Padma Bhusan">{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Bhusan |publisher=Padma Bhusan |date=2014 |access-date=11 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015 }}</ref>

==Biography==
Deviprasad Dwivedi was born on 2h0 October 1956<ref name="SSUV">{{cite web | url=http://ssvv.ac.in/download/profile/Devi%20Prasad%20Dwivedi-cv.pdf | title=SSUV | publisher=SSUV | date=2014 | access-date=27 November 2014}}</ref> in [[Varanasi]], in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. He passed his first master's degree (MA) in Sociology from the [[Banares Hindu University]] and followed it up with the degrees of ''Sahityacharya'' and ''Acharya'' (MA Linguistics) from [[Sampurnanand Sanskrit University]], (SSU) Varanasi. His doctoral degree (PhD) also came from the same university. He has also secured the degree of DLitt from the SSU.<ref name="Padma awards: Two scholars from Varanasi get Padma awards">{{Cite web |date=January 25, 2017 |first=Binay|last=Singh|title=Padma awards: Two scholars from Varanasi get Padma awards |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/two-scholars-from-varanasi-get-padma-awards/articleshow/56783258.cms |access-date=2021-01-05 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref>

Dwivedi started his career by joining his alma mater as a faculty member and is the Professor of Linguistics, in the Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics at [[Sampurnanand Sanskrit University]].<ref name="TOI">{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Padma-Shri-for-man-behind-Lari/articleshow/7364792.cms | title=TOI | publisher=TOI | date=26 January 2011 | access-date=27 November 2014}}</ref> He is also the Deputy Director at ''Yog Sadhana Kendra'' and ''Shankrachrya Mandap'' of the university. A visiting faculty at the [[Assam University]], Dwivedi has assisted many research scholars for their theses. He is also credited with many articles and books, ''Baudha Darshan Mimansa'', ''Chitra Champu Kavyasya Sasamiksham Sampadanam'',<ref name="Citracampūkāvyasya sasamīkṣaṃ sampādanam">{{Cite book |last1=Dvivedī |first1=Devīprasāda |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kM9jAAAAMAAJ |title=Citracampūkāvyasya sasamīkṣaṃ sampādanam |first2=Bāṇeśvara|last2=Vidyālaṅkāra |first3=Sampūrṇānanda Saṃskr̥ta |last3=Viśvavidyālaya |date=2003 |location=Vārāṇasyām |isbn=9788172701086 |oclc=607561459}}</ref><ref name="Chitrachampukavyasya Sasamiksham Sampadanam: चित्रचम्पूकाव्यस्य ससमीक्षम् सम्पादनम्">{{Cite web |title=Chitrachampukavyasya Sasamiksham Sampadanam: चित्रचम्पूकाव्यस्य ससमीक्षम् सम्पादनम् |url=https://chaukhambapustak.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=310&product_id=16041 |access-date=2021-01-05 |website=chaukhambapustak.com}}</ref> ''Sanskrit Dhwani Vigyan'', ''Kavya Shastriya Paribhashik Shabdon Ki Nirukti''<ref name="Kāvyaśāstrīya pāribhāshika śabdoṃ kī nirukti">{{Cite book |last=Dvivedī|first=Devīprasāda|title=Kāvyaśāstrīya pāribhāshika śabdoṃ kī nirukti |date=2007 |publisher=Sampūrṇānanda Saṃskr̥ta Viśvavidyālaya |isbn=978-8172701901 |edition=1. saṃskaraṇa |location=Vārāṇasī |oclc=233283810}}</ref> being a few of them.<ref name="SSUV" />

Deviprasad Dwivedi has worked as a newscaster for [[Akashvani (radio broadcaster)|Akashvani]] and serves as the trustee of Shri Venimadhvapur Trust, Mirzapur and Shri Vishveshwar Trust, Varanasi<ref name="SSUV" /> and as the ''Acharya'' of [[Kashi Vishwanath temple]].<ref name="TOI" /> He has also served ''Janvarta Hindi Dainik'', a local daily, as its Varanasi correspondent.<ref name="SSUV" /> A member of the Discipline Committee of [[Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan]],<ref name="RSS">{{cite web | url=http://rskslucknowcampus.org/committee.html | title=RSS | publisher=RSS | date=2014 | access-date=27 November 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202035453/http://rskslucknowcampus.org/committee.html | archive-date=2 February 2017 | url-status=dead }}</ref> and a former member of [[Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission]],<ref name="UP Gov appoints four members to the state public service commission">{{Cite web |title=UP Gov appoints four members to the state public service commission |url=http://www.uniindia.com/up-guv-appoints-4-new-members-in-state-public-service-commission/states/news/660638.html |access-date=2021-01-05}}</ref> Dwivedi has been nominated as a member of the committee of the [[Swachh Bharat Abhiyan]] campaign, initiated by [[Narendra Modi]], the [[Prime Minister of India]].<ref name="India Today">{{cite web | url=https://www.indiatoday.in/swachh-bharat-abhiyan/story/pm-modi-varanasi-swachh-bharat-abhiyaan-nominates-akhilesh-yadav-suresh-raina-manoj-tiwari-assi-ghat-226309-2014-11-08 | title=Modi in Varanasi: PM nominates Akhilesh Yadav, Suresh Raina and Raju Srivastav for Clean Ganga drive | publisher=India Today | date=8 November 2014 | access-date=30 April 2017}}</ref><ref name="Press Information Bureau">{{cite web | url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=111658 | title=Press Information Bureau | publisher=Press Information Bureau | date=8 November 2014 | access-date=27 November 2014}}</ref>

Dwivedi has received several honours such as the ''Aacharya Ratna'' award from the Pazhassi Raja Charitable Trust, Kerala,<ref name="Banaras is special in itself">{{Cite web |title=Banaras is special in itself |url=https://www.patrika.com/varanasi-news/dr-devi-prasad-dwivedi-on-padmbhushan-award-1496205/ |access-date=2021-01-05 |website=Patrika News |date=2 February 2017 |language=hindi}}</ref> ''Ved Pandit Puraskar'' (1995), ''Chatrapati Sivaji Samman'' (2011) and ''Kashi Gaurav Alankarn'' (2011).<ref name="SSUV" /> In 2011, he was honored by the [[Government of India]] with the civilian award of [[Padma Shri]].<ref name="SSUV" /> He was also honored with the title of [[Padma Bhushan]] in 2017.<ref name="Padma awards: Two scholars from Varanasi get Padma awards" />

==See also==
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* [[Sampurnanand Sanskrit University]]
* [[Sanskrit literature]]
* [[Swachh Bharat Abhiyan]]
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{{portal|India}}

==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite book | asin=B00KLFBXYQ | url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kavyashastriy-Paribhashik-Shabdon-Nirukti/dp/B00KLFBXYQ/ref=la_B00M8TALH8_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1417102044&sr=1-1 | title=Kavyashastriy Paribhashik Shabdon ki Nirukti | publisher=Sampurnanand Sanskrit University | author=Deviprasad Dwivedi | year=2007}}

== External links ==
* {{Cite web |title=Inventory of Sanskrit Scholars |url=http://www.sanskrit.nic.in/DigitalBook/I/Inventory%20of%20Sanskrit%20Scholars.pdf |access-date=2021-01-05 |website=Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan}}
* {{Cite web |title=WorldCat identities |url=https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%253ADvivedi%25CC%2584%252C+Devi%25CC%2584prasa%25CC%2584da%252C&qt=hot_author |access-date=2021-01-05 |website=www.worldcat.org}}

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[[Category:Academic staff of Assam University]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian linguists]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in literature & education]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Shri in literature and education]]

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