Dhirubhai Thakar Savyasachi Saraswat Award

Dhirubhai Thakar Savyasachi Saraswat Award
Dhirubhai Thakar Savyasachi Saraswat Award
Civilian award for contributions to Arts
	Manju Mehta receiving award from Om Prakash Kohli; 27 June 2016
Location	Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Country	India
Presented by	Gujarat Vishwakosh Trust
Reward(s)	₹ 1,00,000 (1 lakh)
First awarded	2013
Last awarded	2020
Highlights
Total awarded	8
First winner	Narayan Desai
Last winner	Jyoti Bhatt

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The Dhirubhai Thakar Savyasachi Saraswat Award is an honour in Gujarat, India, given annually to the person who has contributed significantly in the field of Arts. The award, created in honour of Gujarati writer and scholar Dhirubhai Thaker, is conferred by Gujarat Vishwakosh Trust since 2013. The award comprises a cash prize of ₹ 1,00,000 (one lakh), shawl, an idol of Saraswati and a citation.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Recipients[edit]

Following is the list of recipients.

Year	Recipients	Field	Ref.
2013	Narayan Desai	Literature	^[1]
2014	Mrinalini Sarabhai	Dance	^[1]
2015	K. G. Subramanyan	Painting	^[1]
2016	Manju Mehta	Music	^[3]
2017	B. V. Doshi	Architecture	^[2]
2018	Bharat Dave	Drama	^[2]
2019	Niranjan Rajyaguru	Folk-literature	^[2]
2020	Jyoti Bhatt	Painting	^[2]

References[edit]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 "K G Subramanyan awarded Savyasachi Award". The Times of India. 28 June 2015. Archived from the original on 9 February 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2010.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 "પદ્મભૂષણ ડો. ધીરૂભાઇ ઠાકર સવ્યસાચી સારસ્વત એવોર્ડ - 2020". GujaratAffairs (in ગુજરાતી). 17 June 2010. Retrieved 15 July 2010.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Joshi, Arvind, ed. (July 2016). ""Dr. Dhirubhai Thakar Savyasachi Saraswat Award" Function Organized by the Gujarat Vishwakosh Trust, Ahmedabad at Ahmedabad". Yatkinchit (The In-house Magazine of Gujarat Raj Bhavan). Vol. 2, no. 3. Ahmedabad: Gujarat Raj Bhavan. p. 64. Retrieved 15 July 2020.

External links[edit]

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[The_Times_of_India_2015-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 "K G Subramanyan awarded Savyasachi Award". The Times of India. 28 June 2015. Archived from the original on 9 February 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2010.

[GujaratAffairs-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 "પદ્મભૂષણ ડો. ધીરૂભાઇ ઠાકર સવ્યસાચી સારસ્વત એવોર્ડ - 2020". GujaratAffairs (in ગુજરાતી). 17 June 2010. Retrieved 15 July 2010.

[Yatkinchit-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Joshi, Arvind, ed. (July 2016). ""Dr. Dhirubhai Thakar Savyasachi Saraswat Award" Function Organized by the Gujarat Vishwakosh Trust, Ahmedabad at Ahmedabad". Yatkinchit (The In-house Magazine of Gujarat Raj Bhavan). Vol. 2, no. 3. Ahmedabad: Gujarat Raj Bhavan. p. 64. Retrieved 15 July 2020.

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