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BHU's new session begins with Rudrabhishek
BHU's new session begins with Rudrabhishek

Time of India

time07-07-2025

  • General
  • Time of India

BHU's new session begins with Rudrabhishek

Varanasi: The new academic session Banaras Hindu University began on Monday with Rudrabhishek and worship rituals at the Shri Vishwanath Temple located on the university campus. The Rudrabhishek was conducted by priests under the guidance of the temple's honorary administrator, Prof Vinay Kumar Pandey, and co-administrator Subhash Pandey amid chanting of Vedic hymns. The ceremony was attended by the university rector and acting vice-chancellor Prof Sanjay Kumar, registrar Prof Arun Kumar Singh, dean of students Prof Anupam Kumar Nema, chief security officer Prof Shiv Prakash Singh, director of the Institute of Agricultural Sciences Prof Uday Pratap Singh, director of the Institute of Management Studies Prof Ashish Vajpayee, dean of the faculty of management studies Prof Sujit Kumar Dubey, dean of the faculty of arts and controller of examinations Prof Sushma Ghildiyal, dean of the faculty of music and performing arts Prof Sangeeta Pandit, dean of the faculty of social sciences Prof Binda Dattatreya Paranjpe, dean of the faculty of visual arts Prof Uttama Dixit, dean of the faculty of law, Prof Chandra Pal Upadhyay, coordinator of the Center for Indian Studies Prof Sadashiv Kumar Dwivedi and Professor-in-Charge of Rajiv Gandhi South Campus, BHU, Prof Vinod Kumar Mishra, along with teachers, administrative officers, staff, and a large number of students from various faculties of the university.

Three from Odisha to get Bal Sahitya and Yuva Puraskar
Three from Odisha to get Bal Sahitya and Yuva Puraskar

New Indian Express

time19-06-2025

  • Entertainment
  • New Indian Express

Three from Odisha to get Bal Sahitya and Yuva Puraskar

BHUBANESWAR: Three authors from Odisha have been chosen for the Bal Sahitya Puraskar and Yuva Puraskar for 2025 by the Central Sahitya Akademi, in both Odia and Santali languages. In Odia language, while Subrat Kumar Senapati has been selected for the Yuva Puraskar for his book of short stories 'Kadambabana', Rajkishore Padhi will receive the Bal Sahitya Puraskar for 'Kete Phula Phutichi', a book of poetry. Similarly, Mayurbhanj's Fagu Baskey will be conferred the Yuva Puraskar for his poetry collection 'Ala Saon Inj' in Santali language. This was announced by the Central Sahitya Akademi on Wednesday following its executive board meeting which was presided over by Akademi's president Madhav Kaushik. The books were chosen on the basis of recommendations made by a jury of three members each in the languages. The Bal Sahitya Puraskar relates to books published between 2019 and 2023. For Bal Sahitya Puraskar, the Odia jury included writers Niladri Bhusan Harichandan, Sankuntala Baliarsingh and Ramachandra Nayak. Likewise, the Yuva Puraskar Odia jury had Yashodhara Mishra, Rabi Swain and SuvashChandra Satapathy. And the Santali jury had Dulee Hembram, Kasunath Soren and Madan Mohan Soren. Celebrated author Padhi had previously in 2015 received the Odisha Sahitya Akademi award for children's literature. While Senapati is known for his short stories, he currently works as an assistant professor in the Institute of Agricultural Sciences, SOA University. Similarly, Fagu is serving as an assistant teacher at Kumbhir Mundi primary school under Bangriposi block in Mayurbhanj the awardees will receive engraved copper plaques and a cash reward of `50,000 each at a special function by the Sahitya Akademiat a later date.

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