Shayda Award

Shayda Award
Certificate of Shayda Award
Awarded for	Excellence in ghazal poetry
Sponsored by	INT Aditya Birla Centre for Performing Arts & Research
Country	India
Reward(s)	Rs. 10,000
First awarded	1998
Last awarded	2019
Currently held by	Pranav Pandya
Website	http://www.int-abc.org

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]

Recipients

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]

See also

• Kalapi Award

References

1. Trivedi, Ramesh. M. (2005) Gujarati Sahityano Itihaas. (History of Gujarati Literature). Ahmedabad: Adarsh Prakashan
2. "Gujarati ghazal has evolved with time". DNA. 2010-08-15. Archived from the original on 2018-08-07.
3. "Mushairas". Archived from the original on 2019-04-07.
4. "આઈએનટી દ્વારા કવિ હર્ષ બ્રહ્નભટ્ટને 'શયદા' એવોર્ડ". Divya Bhaskar (in Gujarati). Retrieved 2018-08-07.
5. "આઇએનટીના વર્ષ ૨૦૧૨ના અૅવોર્ડ હર્ષ બ્ર્રહ્મભટ્ટ અને ચંદ્રેશ મકવાણાને". Mumbai Samachar (in Gujarati). Retrieved 2018-08-07.
6. "ભાવેશ ભટ્ટને શયદા એવોર્ડ". Divya Bhaskar (in Gujarati). Retrieved 2018-08-07.
7. "ઉદયન ઠકકર અને પ્રણવ પંડ્યાને આઈએનટીનો એવોર્ડ અપાશેઃ ૩ ઓગષ્ટના કાર્યક્રમ". Akila News (in Gujarati). 30 July 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2019.