Rama Kant Shukla
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Rama Kant Shukla at Festival of Letters Delhi 2019
Born (1940-12-24) 24 December 1940 (age 82)
Khurja, Uttar Pradesh, India
Died11 May 2022
Occupation(s)Sanskrit scholar and writer
Parent(s)Pt. Brahmanand Shukla
Smt. Priyamvada Shukla
AwardsPadma 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]

Biography

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.

Books

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]

Awards and recognitions

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]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Bhati Me Bharatam Episode-11 recited by Dr.Ramakant shukla". Video. YouTube. 25 May 2010. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Padma 2013". Press Information Bureau, Government of India. 25 January 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h "Sanskrit". Government of India. 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Library of Congress". Government of India. 201. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  5. ^ Rama Kant Shukla (2000). Sanskrit poet and scholar Rama Kant Shukla reads from his works. New Delhi: South Asian Literary Recordings Project (Library of Congress). OCLC 47738659.
  6. ^ Dr. Rama Kant Shukla (2002). "Bharatajnataham". Vedic Books. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  7. ^ Dr. Rama Kant Shukla (2000). Sārasvata-saṅgama. New Delhi: Jñānabhāratī Pablikeśansa. LCCN 99956208.
  8. ^ Dr. Rama Kant Shukla (1980). Bhāti me Bhāratam. New Delhi: Devavāṇī-Pariṣad. LCCN 83906451.
  9. ^ Dr. Rama Kant Shukla (1979). Arvācīnasaṃskr̥tam. New Delhi: Devavāṇī-Pariṣad. LCCN 81910313.
  10. ^ Dr. Rama Kant Shukla (1993). Devavani-suvasah - Dr. Rama Kant Shukla felicitation volume. Devavani-Prakasanam. ISBN 978-8190030854.
  11. ^ "Bhati Me Bharatam". Pawan Alluru. 1989. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  12. ^ "Sahitya Akademi Award 2018" (PDF). sahityaakademi.gov.in. 5 December 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 December 2018.

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