Rama Kant Shukla | |
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 Rama Kant Shukla at Festival of Letters Delhi 2019 | |
| Born | (1940-12-24)24 December 1940 Khurja,Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Died | 11 May 2022(2022-05-11) (aged 81)[citation needed] |
| Occupation(s) | Sanskrit scholar and writer Reader atRajdhani College,Delhi University (Retired 2005) |
| Parent(s) | Pt. Brahmanand Shukla Smt. Priyamvada Shukla |
| Awards | Padma Shri UP State Award Sanskrit Rashtrakavi Kaviratna Kavi Siromani Hindu Sanskrit Setu Kalidas Samman Sanskrit Sahitya Seva Samman Sanskrit Rashtrakavi Akhil Bharatiya Maulika Sanskrit Rachana Puraskara President's Award |
Rama Kant Shukla (25 December 1940 - 11 May 2022) was an Indian scholar ofSanskrit andHindi languages.[1] TheGovernment of India honoured him, in 2013, by awarding him thePadma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award, for his contributions to the fields of literature.[2]
Rama Kant Shukla was born on 25 December 1940, at Khurja city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.[3][4] His initial studies were in the traditional way as he learnt Sanskrit from his parents, Sahityacharya PANDIT Brahmanand Shukla and Smt. Priyamvada SHUKLA, and attainedSahitya Acharya andSankhya Yoga Acharya degrees. Later, he joinedAgra University and did MA inHindi with a gold medal and subsequently did MA inSanskrit from the Sampurnananda Sanskrit University. He also secured a Ph.D. in the year 1967. The topic of his Ph.D. was 'Jainacharya Ravishena- krita Padmapurana (Sanskrit) evam Tulasidas krita Ramacharitmanas ka tulanatmak adhayayan.[1][3][4]
Shukla started his career by joining the Multanimal Modi PG College in Modi Nagar in 1962 as a Hindi lecturer. After obtaining his PhD, he joinedRajdhani College,Delhi University, New Delhi as a Hindi faculty member on 1 August 1967. In 1986, he was appointed as the Reader of the Hindi Department and worked there till his retirement, in 2005.[3][4] He has participated in many seminars and conferences[4] including theWorld Sanskrit Conference.[3] He has held the chair of AllIndia Oriental Conferences on Indian aesthetics and poetry and Sanskrit literature and is the founder Chief Editor of theArvacheena-Sanskritam, a quarterly journal published by Devavani Parishad, Delhi,[3] an organization he has founded.[4] He has also participated in theAll India Radio Sarvabhasha Kavi Sammelan representing Sanskrit language.[4]
He died on 11 May 2022 while travelling to the state of Jharkhand from Delhi by train, near Hari Nagar (Aligarh) in India.
Shukla has authored several books in Sanskrit and Hindi,[4][5][6][7][8][9][10] He has also written and directed a Sanskrit television series,Bhati Me Bharatam, telecast byDoordarshan.[11][4]
Shukla lives in New Delhi attending to his duties as theShastra Chudamani Vidwan at theRashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan.[3]
Rama Kant Shukla is a recipient ofSanskrit Rashtrakavi,Kaviratna,Kavi Siromani andHindi Sanskrit Setu titles by various literary organizations.[4] He has also been awarded the titles such asKalidas Samman,Sanskrit Sahitya Seva Samman andSanskrit Rashtrakavi.[3][4]
The Uttar Pradesh government has honoured Dr. Shukla with the state award while he has also received theAkhil Bharatiya Maulika Sanskrit Rachana Puraskara from the Delhi Sanskrit Academy.[4] The President of India awarded him theSanskrit Scholar award in 2009[3] and theGovernment of India followed it up with the civilian award ofPadma Shri, in 2013.[2] He is the founder president of Bhartiya Sanskrit Ptrakar Sangh.[citation needed]
Rama Kant Shukla was awarded theSahitya Academy Award in Sanskrit forMama Janani in 2018[12]
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