| Kumar Suvarna Chandrak | |
| Subheader: | Civilian award for contributions to literature |
| Awarded For: | Literary honor |
| Location: | Gujarat, India |
| Sponsor: | Kumar Trust, Ahmedabad and Hiraben Foundation, Mumbai |
| Firstawarded: | 1944 |
| Lastawarded: | 2015 |
| Former Name: | Kumar Chandrak (till 1983) |
| Holder Label: | Most recent winner |
| Award1 Type: | Total awarded |
| Award1 Winner: | 53 |
| Award2 Type: | First winner |
| Award2 Winner: | Hariprasad Desai |
| Award3 Type: | Last winner |
| Award3 Winner: | Harshad Trivedi |
Kumar Suvarana Chandrak or the Kumar Gold Medal is a literary award given by Kumar Trust, Ahmedabad, India since 1944. The medal is annually conferred to a Gujarati author for his contribution in Kumar magazine published by Kumar Trust. In 1950, Chandravadan Mehta refused to accept Kumar Chandrak.[1] [2]
The medal was established in 1944, by Yashwant Pandya, an author contributing to Kumar. Initially, Gujarati authors Balwantray Thakore, Vishnuprasad Trivedi and Sundaram had served in a committee for the selection of awardee. Subsequently Ramnarayan V. Pathak and Anantrai Raval served on the committee. From 1983 to 2002, there is no expressed declaration of this medal, but from 2003 it has been started again. It was renamed from Kumar Chandrak (Kumar Medal) to Kumar Suvarna Chandrak (Kumar Gold Medal) in 2003.[3]
| Year | Recipients | |
|---|---|---|
| 1944 | Hariprasad Desai | |
| 1945 | Pushkar Chandarvakar | |
| 1946 | Yashodhar Mehta | |
| 1947 | Rajendra Shah | |
| 1948 | Balmukund Dave | |
| 1949 | Niranjan Bhagat | |
| 1950 | Vasudev Bhatt | |
| 1951 | Bakul Tripathi | |
| 1952 | Shivkumar Joshi | |
| 1953 | Ashok Harsh | |
| 1954 | Shivprasad Trivedi | |
| 1955 | Umakant Shah | |
| 1956 | Chandravadan A. Buch | |
| 1957 | Jayant Pathak | |
| 1958 | Hemant Desai | |
| 1959 | Ushnas | |
| 1960 | Navneet Parekh | |
| 1961 | Sunil Kothari[4] | |
| 1962 | Labhshankar Thakar | |
| 1963 | Priyakant Maniar | |
| 1964 | Chandrakant Sheth | |
| 1965 | Raghuveer Chaudhari | |
| 1966 | Father Vallés | |
| 1967 | Harikrishna Pathak | |
| 1968 | Gulabdas Broker | |
| 1969 | Bhanuprasad Pandya | |
| 1970 | Ramesh Parekh | |
| 1971 | Dhiru Parikh | |
| 1972 | Madhusudan Parekh | |
| 1973 | Kanubhai Jani | |
| 1974 | Madhusudan Dhaky | |
| 1975 | Hariprasad Shastri | |
| 1976 | Vinod Bhatt | |
| 1977 | Bhagwatikumar Sharma | |
| 1978 | Ashvin R. Desai | |
| 1979 | Shankardev Vidyalankar | |
| 1980 | Bahadurshah Pandit | |
| 1981 | Hasmukh Baradi | |
| 1982 | Praful Raval | |
| 1983 | Chandrashankar Bhatt 'Shashishivam' | |
| 2003 | Rajnikumar Pandya | |
| 2004 | Ramchandra Patel | |
| 2005 | Bahadurbhai Vank | |
| 2006 | Priti Sengupta | |
| 2007 | Sushrut Patel | |
| 2008 | Bhagirath Brahmbhatt | |
| 2009 | Parantap Pathak | |
| 2010 | Rajesh Vyas 'Miskin' | |
| 2011 | Pravin Darji | |
| 2012 | Radheshyam Sharma | |
| 2013 | Yoseph Macwan | |
| 2014 | Harsh Brahmbhatt | |
| 2015 | Harshad Trivedi[5] | |
| 2016 | Bharat Dave[6] |