Ministry of Culture
Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2025
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18 JUN 2025 8:00PM by PIB Delhi
The Executive Board of the Sahitya Akademi in its meeting held today under the Chairmanship of its President Sri Madhav Kaushik has approved the selection of 24 writers (as given in Annexure ‘A’ attached herewith) for the Sahitya Akademi’s Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2025. The books were selected on the basis of recommendations made by the Jury comprising three members each in the concerned language in accordance with the rules and procedure laid down for the purpose. According to the procedure, the Executive Board declares the Awards on the basis of unanimous/majority vote by the Jury.
The Awards relate to books first published during the five years immediately preceding year of the Award (i.e. between 1 January 2019 and 31 December 2023).
The names of the Jury members on whose recommendations the Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2025 were declared are given language-wise in Annexure ‘B’ attached herewith.
The Award in the form of a casket containing an engraved copper plaque and an award money of Rs.50,000/- will be presented to the awardees at a special function to be held at a later date.
ANNEXURE ‘A’
SAHITYA AKADEMI BAL SAHITYA PURASKAR 2025
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Language
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Title and Genre
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Author
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Assamese
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Mainaahantar Padya (Poetry)
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Surendra Mohan Das
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Bengali
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Ekhono Gaye Kanta Daye (Stories)
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Tridib Kumar Chattopadhyay
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Bodo
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Khanthi Bwswn Arw Akhu Danai (Stories)
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Binay Kumar Brahma
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Dogri
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Nanhi Tor (Poetry)
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P.L.Parihar “Shauq”
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English
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Dakshin South Indian Myths and Fables Retold (Stories)
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Nitin Kushalappa MP
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Gujarati
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Tinchak (Poetry)
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Kirtida Brahmbhatt
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Hindi
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Ek Batey Bara (Short Stories)
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Sushil Shukla
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Kannada
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Notebook (Short Stories)
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K. Shivalingappa Handihal
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Kashmiri
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Shure Te Tchure Gyush (Short Stories)
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Izhar Mubashir
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Konkani
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Belabaicho Shankar Aani Haer Kanyo (Stories)
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Nayana Adarkar
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Maithili
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Chukka (Short Stories)
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Munni Kamat
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Malayalam
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Penguinukalude Vankarayil (Novel)
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Sreejith Moothedath
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Manipuri
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Angangshinggee Shannabungsida (Play)
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Shanto M.
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Marathi
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Aabhalmaya (Poetry)
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Suresh Sawant
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Nepali
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Shanti Van (Novel)
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Sangmu Lepcha
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Odia
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Kete Phula Phutichi (Poetry)
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Rajakishore Parhi
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Punjabi
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Jadoo Patta (Novel)
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Pali Khadim
(Amrit Pal Singh)
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Rajasthani
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Pankheruvan Ni Pira (Drama)
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Bhogilal Patidar
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Sanskrit
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Balvisvam (Poetry)
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Preeti Pujara
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Santali
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Sona Miru-ag Sandesh (Poetry)
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Haralal Murmu
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Sindhi
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Asmani Pari (Poetry)
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Heena Agnani ‘Heer’
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Tamil
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Ottrai Siragu Oviya (Novel)
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Vishnupuram Sarvanan
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Telugu
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Kaburla Devatha (Story)
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Gangisetti Sivakumar
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Urdu
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Qaumi
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Ghazanfar Iqbal
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ANNEXURE ‘B’
JURY MEMBERS FOR SAHITYA AKADEMI BAL SAHITYA PURASKAR 2025
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ASSAMESE
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MANIPURI
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Dr. Jyotirekha Hazarika
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Dr. Khangembam Samungou
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Sri Rothindra Nath Goswami
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Sri Naorem Birendrajit Singh
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Sri Santanoo Tamuly
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Dr. Longjam Sharatachandra Singh
(Sharatachandra Longzomba)
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BENGALI
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MARATHI
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Sri Pabitra Sarkar
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Sri Eknath Avhad
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Sri Tapan Bandyopadhyay
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Ms. Sonali Prakash Navangul
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Sri Kazi Murshidul Arefin
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Sri Kadu Laxman Mahipati
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BODO
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NEPALI
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Sri Aron Raja Basumatary
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Sri Bhim Pradhan
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Sri Mungkhlongsa Khungur Baro
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Dr. Bina Hangkhim
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Sri Tamasing Brahma
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Smt. Munni Sapcota
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DOGRI
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ODIA
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Sri Balwan Singh Jamoria
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Prof. Niladri Bhusan Harichandan
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Sri Darshan Darshi
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Dr. Sakuntala Baliarsingh
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Sri Prakash Premi
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Dr. Ramachandra Nayak
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ENGLISH
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PUNJABI
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Ms. Rashmi Narzary
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Sri Darshan Buttar
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Ms. Jharna Sanyal
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Sri Kamaljit Neelon
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Dr. K. Sripad Bhat
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Dr. Parminder Singh
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GUJARATI
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RAJASTHANI
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Sri Mahendrasinh Parmar
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Smt. Damyanti Jadawat
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Sri Satish Vyas
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Prof. Kalyan Singh Shekhawat
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Dr. Shraddha Trivedi
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Dr. Navjyot Bhanot
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HINDI
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SANSKRIT
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Sri Bal Swaroop Rahi
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Prof. Dipak Kumar Sharma
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Professor Dinesh Kushwah
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Dr. Gautam Bhai Patel
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Sri Govind Sharma
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Prof. K Unnikrishnan
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KANNADA
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SANTALI
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Dr. Basu Bevinagidad
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Sri Aditya Mandi
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Dr. Beluru Raghunandan
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Ms. Sova Hansda
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Ms. H. Shashikala
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Sri Ganesh Chandra Saren
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KASHMIRI
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SINDHI
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Sri Balmukand Vaishnavi (Balkrishan Sanyasi)
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Dr.Hundraj Balwani
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Dr. Iqbal Nazki
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Sri Kaladhar Mutwa
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Sri Showkat Ansari
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Ms. Shobha Malhi Chandnani
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KONKANI
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TAMIL
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Smt. Kumud Bhiku Naik
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Ms. G. Meenakshi
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Dr. Rajay Pawar
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Sri Yuma Vasuki
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Sri Louis Rodrigues
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Sri Cho. Dharman
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MAITHILI
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TELUGU
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Sri Ram Narayan Singh
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Smt. Kanneganti Anasuya
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Sri Ashok
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Dr. M. Bhoopal Reddy
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Dr. Bibhuti Anand
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Sri Kilaparthi Dalinaidu
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MALAYALAM
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URDU
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Smt. Gracy Joseph
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Dr. Bano Sartaj
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Dr. P.K. Kusalakumari
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Prof. Kausar Mazhari (Md.Ehsanul Haque)
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Sri Rajeev Gopalakrishnan
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Dr. Perwaiz Shaharyar
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Sunil Kumar Tiwari
pibculture[at]gmail[dot]com
(Release ID: 2138824)
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