Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 16: In a first of its kind event in J&K, Jammu and Kashmir Innovative Foundation for Transforming Society (JKIFTS) organised a virtual awards ceremony for published authors.
The ceremony was hosted by Chief Coordinator cum Head of JKIFTS council of writers, Mushtaque B Barq and managed by Senior Executive member of JKIFTS, Syed Mujtaba. The guest on the occasion was Chairman cum Director JKIFTS, Dr. Tasaduk Hussain Itoo.
During the ceremony various young published authors from J&K were virtually awarded certificates of appreciation and they shared experiences of their writing journey.
Among those who were awarded include Sheikh Shabir, senior member of JKIFTS Columnists Council who was awarded for book titled ‘The Sun Under Clouds’; Rubayata Umeed was awarded for two books titled ‘Wizards X Beasts’ and ‘Zero: Dream Football Alfresco’; Azra Mufti for ‘Tearful Pages’ and ‘Shattered Dreams’; Faheem Ul Islam for ‘The Midnight Silence’; Ravia Gupta from Jammu for multiple ‘Research Papers in Journalism’ published in reputed peer-reviewed international journals.
Sharing her experiences Ravia Gupta advised the youth of Jammu particularly to read a lot as it is very important to read to be able to write well and thus be able to articulate your well read thoughts and communicate them effectively at various levels.
Rubayata Umeed, 16, youngest author from Kashmir, class 11 student while sharing her experiences stressed on pursuing her passion and want to be known by her own work and to make her own identity and this is the message she conveyed to other young children too.
Director JKIFTS, Dr Tasaduk Hussain Itoo while speaking on the occasion said that JKIFTS as an organization which believes that J&K is blessed with lot of young talent and it has been their continuous effort and mission to bring first of its kind innovative initiatives in place to acknowledge, encourage and explore this talent to the outer world.
The award ceremony was attended by various members of JKIFTS and vote of thanks was presented by Chief Coordinator, Mushtaque B Barq.
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