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'''Ved Kumari Ghai''' is a [[sanskrit]] scholar from India. She was a head of Sanskrit department in the [[Jammu University]].

== Early life ==

She was born on 16 December 1931, in Pratap Mohallah, [[Jammu]]. She completed her school education in Jammu. She completed [[Master of Arts|MA]] in Sanskrit from [[University of the Punjab, Gujranwala|Punjab University]] in 1953 and MA in Ancient Indian History and Culture in 1958 and PhD in Sanskrit in 1960 from [[Banaras Hindu University]]. She married to Ram Pratap who is also Sanskrit scholar.<ref name=dx>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/sanskrit-is-soul-of-indias-heritage/|title=Sanskrit is soul of India's heritage|work=Daily Excelsior|date=2014-02-01|access-date =2014-02-08}}</ref>

== Career ==

She started her career as a professor of Sanskrit at Government College for Women, Parade, Jammu. She was a head of post graduate level Sanskrit Department, [[Jammu University]] until her retirement on 31 December 1991. She taught [[Pāṇini|Panini]]’s Sanskrit grammar and literature at the Institute of Indian Studies, Copenhagen University, Denmark in 1966–67 and 1978–80. She is a scholar in [[Dogri]] language and also knows Hindi. She is also involved in social work.<ref name=dx/> She is a member of the [[Amarnath Temple|Amarnath shrine]] board.<ref>{{cite news|title=Amarnath shrine board reconstituted with six new members|date= 7 January 2009|access-date =2014-02-08|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-01-07/india/28038341_1_reconstituted-raghu-modi-sanskrit-scholar|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140314170135/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-01-07/india/28038341_1_reconstituted-raghu-modi-sanskrit-scholar|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 March 2014|work=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>

== Recognition ==
[[File:The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Padma Shri Award to Prof. Ved Kumari Ghai, at a Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on March 31, 2014.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Padma Shri Award to Prof. Ved Kumari Ghai, at a Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on March 31, 2014]]
* [[Padma Shri]], the fourth highest civilian award in India, in 2010.<ref name=pib>{{cite web|title=Padma Awards Announced|publisher=Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India|url=http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=69364|date=25 January 2014|access-date=2014-01-26|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6NEu2cjx3?url=http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=102735|archive-date=8 February 2014|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
* Certificate of Honour by President of India for her scholarship in Sanskrit.<ref name=dx/>
* Gold Medal in 1995 by Jammu and Kashmir Government for social work.<ref name=dx/>
* President’s Award for Sanskrit in 1997.<ref name=dx/>
* Dogra Ratan award in 2005, lifetime achievement award in 2009 and Stri Shakti Puraskara in 2010.<ref name=dx/>

== References ==
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[[Category:Panjab University alumni]]
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[[Category:Indian Sanskrit scholars]]
[[Category:Scholars from Jammu and Kashmir]]
[[Category:University of Jammu faculty]]

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