Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 25: As per the press note released by Ministry of Home Affairs, New Delhi, three prominent persons; Prof Ved Ghai, Bansi Kaul, Tashi Tundup from Jammu and Kashmir figure amongst 101 eminent personalities who have been honoured with the Padma Awards – one of the highest civilian Awards of the country.
Prof Ved Ghai has been bestowed with Padmashree for her contribution in the field of literature and education, Bansi Kaul for theatre and Tashi Tundup for Public Affairs.
Born in 1932, Prof Ved Kumari Ghai, former Head, PG Sanskrit Department, University of Jammu, she is known world over for scholarly translation of Neelmat Purana to English. She is MA Sanskrit , MA Ancient Indian History And Literature , Doctorate in Sanskrit , Diploma in German and Danish languages. She has also authored books like Kashmir Darpan, Narendra-Darpan and Kashmir ka Sanskrit Sahitya ko Yogdaan and Studies in Phonetics and phonology. As a social worker she is heading many NGO’s working for the welfare of women, poor and the destitute.
Second Padmashree awardee, Bansi Kaul, born in 1949, is a Kashmiri-born director, actor, and designer, mainly of Hindi theatre. He began artistic life as a painter but earned a diploma in stagecraft from the National School of Drama in 1973. Subsequently, in the post of extension professor there, he directed and designed over a hundred productions and supervised workshops, for various groups across the country. Presently he is advisor to North Zone Cultural Centre, Patiala.
This year’s third Padmashree awardee from Jammu and Kashmir is Tashi Tundup, X-En in Leh’s Public Health Engineering Department, who is greatly contributing towards conservation of water and natural resources in Ladakh.
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