Dr Gurcharan Kaur Kochar and Manjit Rai to get ‘Kewal Vig Award-2022’
Noted Punjabi Ghazal writer Dr Gurcharan Kaur Kochar will be honoured with Kewal Vig Award of the year 2022 for her dedicated, devoted and sincere contributions in painting vivid pictures of social concerns in her poetry as Best Poet and Manjit Rai (USA), who penned down four books, will be honoured as Best Writer, respectively.
City Air News
Nov 26, 2022 03:27
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Jalandhar, November 26, 2022: Noted Punjabi Ghazal writer Dr Gurcharan Kaur Kochar will be honoured with Kewal Vig Award of the year 2022 for her dedicated, devoted and sincere contributions in painting vivid pictures of social concerns in her poetry as Best Poet and Manjit Rai (USA), who penned down four books, will be honoured as Best Writer, respectively.
In a press release, Jatinder Mohan Vig, Chairman of Kewal Vig Foundation said that Kewal Vig Memorial Award was instituted since 1994, in the memory of, Late Kewal Vig, Founder Editor of Punjabi Magazine ‘Janta Sansar’. On every death anniversary of Late Kewal Vig, these awards presented.
The presentation ceremony of this year will be held on 4th December, 2022 at Desh Bhagat Yadgar Hall, Near BMC Chowk, Jalandhar at 11.00 AM.
Dr Gurcharan Kaur Kochar in her poetry having emotions, life experiences, her Ghazals sung by so many singers. NRI Manjit Rai, who penned one English book ‘In Search of Myself’ and three in Punjabi. She tried to guide the society in her writings, 59 personalities of literature had already been received this award so for.
Former IPS and MLA of Amritsar North Dr Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh will be Chief Guest and Ramesh Chander, Ambassador-IFS (Retd.), Harsimranjeet Singh Bunty Deputy Mayor, Jalandhar, Chetan Singh Director Language Department Punjab, (Retd), Prof. Dr. K.K. Rattu Rayat Bahra University, Mohali, Shiv Kanwar Singh Sandhu, Social Worker, Dr. Jagdish Chander Joshi, Principal Retd., Rajinder Gill National President DBSP and Satnam Bitta Secretary BJP Kissan Morcha Punjab will be the Special Guest of Honour.
