| Kalapi Award | |
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| Awarded For: | Excellence in Gujarati ghazal poetry |
| Sponsor: | INT Aditya Birla Centre for Performing Arts & Research |
| Location: | Mumbai |
| Country: | India |
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| Reward: | 25000 |
| Year: | 1997 |
| Year2: | 2019 |
| Holder: | Udayan Thakker |
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| Website: | http://www.int-abc.org |
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The Kalapi Award (Gujarati:કલાપી ઍવોર્ડ) is an annual award given to Gujarati ghazal poets. It was founded by the INT Aditya Birla Centre for Performing Arts and Research. The award is named after Gujarati poet Kalapi. The amount of 25000 is awarded to recognize and promote Gujarati ghazal poets.[1]
The Kalapi Award has been granted annually since 1997 to the following people:[2]
| Year | Recipient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Amrut Ghayal | |
| 1998 | Adil Mansuri | |
| 1999 | Manoj Khanderia | |
| 2000 | Chinu Modi | |
| 2001 | Rajendra Shukla | |
| 2002 | Manhar Modi | |
| 2003 | Bhagwatikumar Sharma | |
| 2004 | Khalil Dhantejvi | |
| 2005 | Asim Randeri | |
| 2006 | Jawahar Bakshi | |
| 2007 | Asharaf Dabawala | |
| 2008 | Ratilal Anil | |
| 2009 | Rajesh Vyas 'Miskin' | |
| 2010 | Harish Meenashru | |
| 2011 | Adam Tankaravi | |
| 2012 | Harsh Brahmbhatt | |
| 2013 | Nayan Desai | |
| 2014 | Mukul Choksi | |
| 2015 | Hemen Shah | |
| 2016 | Raeesh Maniar | |
| 2017 | Hemant Dhorda | |
| 2018 | Vinod Joshi | |
| 2019 | Udayan Thakker[3] |