| Shayda Award | |
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| Awarded For: | Excellence in ghazal poetry |
| Sponsor: | INT Aditya Birla Centre for Performing Arts & Research |
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| Country: | India |
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| Reward: | Rs. 10,000 |
| Year: | 1998 |
| Year2: | 2019 |
| Holder: | Pranav Pandya |
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Shayda Award (Gujarati:શયદા ઍવોર્ડ) is an annual award given to a young Gujarati ghazal poet. It was founded by the INT Aditya Birla Centre for Performing Arts & Research. The award is named after Gujarati ghazal poet Harji Lavji Damani, known by his pen name Shayda. A prize of 10000 is awarded to recognize and promote Gujarati ghazal poets.[1] [2]
The Shayda Award has been granted annually since 1998 to the following people:[3]
| Year | Recipient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Sanju Vala | |
| 1999 | Vivek Kane 'Sahaj' | |
| 2000 | Mukesh Joshi | |
| 2001 | Raeesh Maniar | |
| 2002 | Shobhit Desai | |
| 2003 | Rashid Meer | |
| 2004 | Makarand Musale | |
| 2005 | Kiransinh Chauhan | |
| 2006 | Hiten Anandpara | |
| 2008 | Ankit Trivedi | |
| 2009 | Gaurang Thaker | |
| 2010 | Harsh Brahmbhatt[4] | |
| 2011 | Anil Chavda | |
| 2012 | Chandresh Makwana[5] | |
| 2013 | Bharat Vinzuda | |
| 2014 | Bhavesh Bhatt[6] | |
| 2015 | Jigar Joshi 'Prem' | |
| 2016 | Bhavin Gopani | |
| 2017 | Snehi Parmar | |
| 2018 | Hemant Punekar | |
| 2019 | Pranav Pandya[7] |