Panchkula, July 21 -- Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini will be the chief guest at a grand Literary Honours Ceremony to be organised at Dada Lakhmi Chand State University of Performing and Visual Arts (SUPVA), Rohtak, on July 23 to mark the 123rd birth anniversary of legendary Haryanvi folk poet Surya Kavi Dada Lakhmi Chand.
The event is being jointly organised by SUPVA and the Haryana Sahitya evam Sanskriti Akademi, Panchkula. As many as 81 writers and scholars will be felicitated in 40 award categories for their outstanding contributions to literature, art and culture.
The ceremony assumes special significance as it will be the first major literary event of this scale organised by the university since its establishment in 2014 to...