Indu Sharma Katha Samman Explained

Indu Sharma International Katha Samman is a literary award given by the Indu Sharma Memorial Trust. Chitra Mudgal received the first Katha Samman. The award was instituted in memory of poet and short story writer Indu Sharma.^[1] She died of cancer in 1995.

Awardees

Year	Recipient	Work	Ref.
2000		Novel Aawaan	^[2]
2001	Sanjiv	Jungle Jahan Shuru Hota hai
2002
2003	S.R. Harnot	Darosh aur Anya Kahanian	^[3] ^[4]
2004		Tabaadala
2005	Pramod Kumar Tiwari	Darr Hamari Jebon Mein
2006		Kaisee Aaagi Lagaai
2007	Mahua Maji	Main Borishailla	^[5]
2008	Nasera Sharma	Kuiyaanjaan	^[6]
2009	Bhagwan Das Morwal	Ret
2010	Hrishikesh Sulabh	Vasant ke Hatyare
2011	Vikas Kumar Jha	McCluskieganj	^[7]
2012	Pradeep Saurabh	Teesri Tali
2013	Pankaj Subir	Mahua Ghatvarin
2014	Sundar Chandra Thakur	Patthar Par Doob
2015	Alka Sarawagi	Jankidas Tejpal Manson
2016	Vivek Mishra	Dominik Ki Wapasi
2017	Gyanprakash Vivek	Dari Hui Ladki
2018	Sudhakar Adeeb	Katha Virat
2019	Manish Kulshreshtha	Mallika

External links

Official page

Notes and References

News: 2011-04-11 . Indian wins Indu Sharma Katha Samman . 2024-10-17 . The Hindu . en-IN . 0971-751X.
Web site: Chitra Mudgal's CV . 2016-04-23 . 2018-05-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180511081824/http://www.chitramudgal.info/2008/07/download-cv.html . dead .
Web site: Hindi Sewa Samman award for Himachal writer SR Harnot . Himachal Live . 17 July 2010 . 23 April 2016 . 9 May 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160509085348/http://www.himachallive.com/hindi-sewa-samman-award-for-himachal-writer-sr-harnot.html . dead .
News: Himachal writer selected for Katha award . Zee News . 5 May 2003 . 23 April 2016 .
Web site: Mahua Maji, Gautam Sachdev to receive Katha Awards . OneIndia . 20 May 2007 . 23 April 2016 .
Web site: Indian writers honoured in London . Zee News . 20 May 2007 . 23 April 2016 .
Web site: 17th Katha (U.K.) awards '11 . The Sunday Indian . 20 May 2007 . 23 April 2016 .