Shayda Award

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.Trivedi, Ramesh. M. (2005) Gujarati Sahityano Itihaas. (History of Gujarati Literature). Ahmedabad: Adarsh Prakashan

Recipients The Shayda Award has been granted annually since 1998 to the following people: YearRecipient1998Sanju Vala1999Vivek Kane 'Sahaj'2000Mukesh Joshi2001Raeesh Maniar2002Shobhit Desai2003Rashid Meer2004Makarand Musale2005Kiransinh Chauhan2006Hiten Anandpara2008Ankit Trivedi2009Gaurang Thaker2010Harsh Brahmbhatt2011Anil Chavda2012Chandresh Makwana2013Bharat Vinzuda2014Bhavesh Bhatt2015Jigar Joshi 'Prem'2016Bhavin Gopani2017Snehi Parmar2018Hemant Punekar2019Pranav Pandya2025Harshvi Patel

See also

Kalapi Award

References