Lucknow: Eminent personalities from literature, theatre, classical dance, music, mathematics education, science and medicine were honoured with the Prerna Samman 2026 at the 12th Sahityakar Prerna Diwas, organised jointly by the Bisaria Shiksha Evam Seva Samiti and Concerned Theatre, Lucknow, on Saturday.
The award ceremony was held at the Saraswati Palace premises in Rajajipuram. Veteran theatre personality and former director of the Bhartendu Natya Akademi, Puneet Asthana, attended as the chief guest. Acharya Vishvavrat Shastri was the distinguished invitee, while Sahitya Bhushan awardee and former Director General of Police Mahesh Chandra Dwivedi presided over the programme.
Among the awardees, Sushil Kumar Singh received the Dr Urmil Kumar Thapliyal Memorial Award for theatre, while Kumkum Dhar was honoured with the Dr Rajendra Upadhyay Memorial Award for Kathak. Krishna Chandra Gupta received the Prof Vikramaditya Singh Nigam Memorial Award for veena playing, and Pawan Kumar Tiwari was recognised with the Trilokinath Sinha Memorial Award for mathematics education.
Triveni Prasad Dubey ‘Manish’ received the Bhagwandin Nigam Memorial Award for literature, while Vinay Khanna was honoured with the Ram Bahadur Bisaria Memorial Award for science. Anil Shukla received the Anand Bisaria Memorial Award for theatre, and Dr (Major) Sudhir Kumar was honoured with the Dr Bhanu Prakash Arya Memorial Award for medicine.
The joint theatre award instituted in memory of Upendra Mohan Srivastava and Malti Srivastava was presented to Ravi Shukla and Rajesh Mishra.
The organising committee included convenor Dr Usha Sinha, president Ashok Kumar Sinha, treasurer Dr Shaili Srivastava, secretary Anupam Bisaria and patron Dhirendra Swaroop Bisaria ‘Prabhanjan’. The event celebrated the contributions of distinguished individuals across diverse fields of art, education, literature and public service.
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