Honours & Recognition

35+ Awards

National and international recognition spanning four decades — from Hyderabad to Jaipur to New Delhi to Islamabad.

Highest Honours

Featured Awards

Adabi Award — First Prize (Translation)
2011

Adabi Award — First Prize (Translation)

Sindhi Language Authority, Hyderabad, Sindh

Rs. 75,000 — for Pardhihi Kahanioon

Appreciation Memento
2021

Appreciation Memento

National Council for Promotion of Sindhi Language, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India

Annual Award Function — 25 April 2021, New Delhi

Vali Ram Vallabh Park
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Vali Ram Vallabh Park

Sindhi Adabi Board + Government of Sindh

A public park named in his honour

All Awards

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Showing 35 awards

1993
Mirza Qalich Baig Award

Mirza Qalich Baig Award

Sindhi Adabi Sangat, Sindh

For Sindhi translation of Albert Camus' "The Outsider" (Dhariyo)

Translation
1993
Sindhi Adabi Sangat Award

Sindhi Adabi Sangat Award

Sindhi Adabi Sangat, Sindh

Literature
1997
Shaheed Muhammad Fazil Rahu Award

Shaheed Muhammad Fazil Rahu Award

Yaran Soormin Sath (ياران سورمين سٿ)

شهيد محمد فاضل راهو ايوارڊ

Literature
1999
Alhando Shah Yadgar Shield

Alhando Shah Yadgar Shield

Monthly Nain Zindagi / Press Information Department, Government of Pakistan

Golden Jubilee Seminar — 5 September 1999

Literature
1999–2000
Sojhro Award

Sojhro Award

Sojhro Organisation

سوجهرو ايوارڊ

Literature
2001
Alvida Taqreeb Shield — Farewell Ceremony

Alvida Taqreeb Shield — Farewell Ceremony

Institute of Sindhology, Jamshoro

In recognition of services rendered to the Institute of Sindhology — 19 March 2001

يادگار الوداعي تقريب

Service
2006
Rahti Mohabbat Harro Award

Rahti Mohabbat Harro Award

Dr. Mohabbat Academy

Sindh map shaped trophy

Translation
2006
Dr. Muhabbat Barraro Award for Translation

Dr. Muhabbat Barraro Award for Translation

Dr. Muhabbat Academy, Qambar

Translation
2009
Shrimati Pushpa Devi Hasanand Rajwani Yadgar Award

Shrimati Pushpa Devi Hasanand Rajwani Yadgar Award

Smt. Pushpadevi Hassanand Rijhwani Smriti Sansthan / Suhina Sindhi, Jaipur, India

3 May 2009

Literature
2009
Been-Kahani Conference Trophy

Been-Kahani Conference Trophy

Anis Ansari Academy, Mumtaz Mirza Auditorium, Hyderabad

2nd Kahani Conference — 25 July 2009

Literature
2011
Mirza Qalich Beg Translation Award (2nd)

Mirza Qalich Beg Translation Award (2nd)

Sindhi Adabi Sangat, Sindh

For "Par Aa'im Kahanioon"

Translation
2011
Adabi Award — First Prize (Translation)

Adabi Award — First Prize (Translation)

Sindhi Language Authority, Hyderabad, Sindh

Rs. 75,000 — for Pardhihi Kahanioon

Translation
2016
Adabi Award 2016 (Translation)

Adabi Award 2016 (Translation)

Sindhi Language Authority (سنڌي ٻوليءَ جو باختيار ادارو), Hyderabad

Translation
2016
Token of Honour — Diwali Celebrations

Token of Honour — Diwali Celebrations

Hyderabad Hindu Panchayat

In recognition of community services

Community
2021
Appreciation Memento

Appreciation Memento

National Council for Promotion of Sindhi Language, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India

Annual Award Function — 25 April 2021, New Delhi

International
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National Institute of Management Award

National Institute of Management Award

National Institute of Management (NIM) / National School of Public Policy, Government of Pakistan, Karachi

Institutional
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Vali Ram Vallabh Park

Vali Ram Vallabh Park

Sindhi Adabi Board + Government of Sindh

A public park named in his honour

Honour
1989

Ghaffar-Qalij Award

Aagam Publication / Qalij Circle, Hyderabad

غفار قليج ايوارڊ

Literature
1989

Silver Medal — Book Design Workshop

National Book Council of Pakistan, Ministry of Education

Achievement
1991

National Cultural Award for Minorities in Literature

Ministry of Minorities Affairs, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad

Rs. 50,000

Literature
1996

Silver Medal — MA First Class First

University of Sindh, Jamshoro

Academic
1996

Bhagat Kanwar Ram Shield

Prem Sagar Publication, Karachi

Literature
1999

National Cultural Award for Minorities in Literature (2nd)

Ministry of Minorities, Culture, Sports, Tourism & Youth Affairs, Government of Pakistan

Rs. 50,000

Literature
2002

55th Independence Day & Lord Krishna Festival Award

Naval Welfare Mission, Karachi

Community
2003

Pride of Performance Award

President of Pakistan, Islamabad

Pakistan's highest civilian honour for literature

تمغهِ حسنِ ڪارڪردگي

Lifetime
2003

Hyderabad Hindu Panchayat Award

Hyderabad Hindu Panchayat

Community
2003

Amardilip Singh Husn-e-Karkardagi Award

Bazm Gulshan Sangat, Tando Muhammad Khan

Literature
2008

Sindhi Adib National Award

Akhil Bharat Sindhi Boli ain Sahat Sabha, Jaipur

Rs. 25,000 — 3 May 2009

Literature
2009

Sindh Adeed Award

Sindh Adeed — Sponsored by Shri Nanik Sambtani in memory of his father Shri Metharam Lalchand

Literature
2009

Josh Malihabadi Award

Department of Culture & Tourism, Government of Sindh

Category: Translation

جوش ملیح آبادي ايوارڊ

Translation
2009

Appreciation Memento Award

Rashtriya Sindhi Bhasha Vikas Parishad, New Delhi, India

28 April 2009

Literature
2012

Lifetime Achievement Award

Hyderabad Hindu Panchayat

Lifetime
2014

Jagat Adwani Lifetime Achievement Award for Translation

Sindhi Adabi Sangat, Thul Branch

19 December 2014

Translation
2014

Sadairati Award Barae Husn-e-Karkardagi

President of Pakistan, Islamabad

Rs. 5,000,000 — 23 March 2015

Lifetime
2015

Lifetime Achievement Award

Sindhi Adabi Sangat, Mithi Branch

20 December 2015

Lifetime