Rama Kant Shukla | |
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Rama Kant Shukla at Festival of Letters Delhi 2019 | |
Born | Khurja, Uttar Pradesh, India | 24 December 1940
Died | 11 May 2022 |
Occupation(s) | Sanskrit scholar and writer |
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 of Sanskrit and Hindi languages.[1] The Government of India honoured him, in 2013, by awarding him the Padma 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 and Sankhya Yoga Acharya degrees. Later, he joined Agra University and did MA in Hindi with a gold medal and subsequently did MA in Sanskrit 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 joined Rajdhani 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 the World Sanskrit Conference.[3] He has held the chair of All India Oriental Conferences on Indian aesthetics and poetry and Sanskrit literature and is the founder Chief Editor of the Arvacheena-Sanskritam, a quarterly journal published by Devavani Parishad, Delhi,[3] an organization he has founded.[4] He has also participated in the All India Radio Sarvabhasha Kavi Sammelan representing Sanskrit language.[4]
He died on 11th 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 by Doordarshan.[11][4]
Shukla lives in New Delhi attending to his duties as the Shastra Chudamani Vidwan at the Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan.[3]
Rama Kant Shukla is a recipient of Sanskrit Rashtrakavi, Kaviratna, Kavi Siromani and Hindi Sanskrit Setu titles by various literary organizations.[4] He has also been awarded the titles such as Kalidas Samman, Sanskrit Sahitya Seva Samman and Sanskrit Rashtrakavi.[3][4]
The Uttar Pradesh government has honoured Dr. Shukla with the state award while he has also received the Akhil Bharatiya Maulika Sanskrit Rachana Puraskara from the Delhi Sanskrit Academy.[4] The President of India awarded him the Sanskrit Scholar award in 2009[3] and the Government of India followed it up with the civilian award of Padma Shri, in 2013.[2] He is the founder president of Bhartiya Sanskrit Ptrakar Sangh.[citation needed]
Rama Kant Shukla was awarded the Sahitya Academy Award in Sanskrit for Mama Janani in 2018 [12]