Ludhiana, Sept. 9 -- Prolific litterateur and international scientist Faqir Chand Shukla was honoured with Sahitya Akademi Award by MP government for his anthology of short stories in Hindi 'Dhoop-Chhanv' in a gala function held at Bhopal.

The award carrying a cash prize of Rs.1 lakh, memento, citation and doshala was bestowed upon him jointly by Vikas Dave, director MP Sahitya Akademi, NP Namdev, chairman MP Sahitya Akademi, and Padma Shri and cricket commentator Sushil Dube.

Retired as professor of food technology from PAU, Shukla is a highly decorated person, his honours include Millennium award, Punjab Rattan award, eleven national awards, Shiromani Sahityakar award, Rashtriya Vigyanak Rattan award, Gurdev Singh Khush award and many...