Narsinh Mehta Award

Narsinh Mehta Award (Gujarati: નરસિંહ મહેતા પુરસ્કાર) is one of the highest awards of Gujarati literature. The award is conferred upon Gujarati language author by Adyakavi Narsinh Mehta Sahitya Nidhi, Junagadh, Gujarat. The award is held at corpuscle of Sharad Purnima, mostly at Rupayatan, Junagadh. The award was instituted in 1999. The recipient is presented the idol of Narsinh Mehta and ₹1,51,000.^[1]

Narsinh Mehta Award
Civilian award for contributions to Literature
The idol of Narsinh Mehta presented as an award
Awarded for	Presented for the contribution in Gujarati literature
Sponsored by	Narsinh Mehta Shahitya Nidhi Trust
Reward(s)	₹1,51,000
First award	1999
Final award	2019
Highlights
Total awarded	26
First winner	Rajendra Shah
Last winner	Kamal Vora

The award of 2013 was conferred upon Nalin Raval and Harikrushna Pathak on 18 October 2013 at Rupayatan.^[2]

Recipients

Year	Recipients
1999	Rajendra Shah
2000	Makarand Dave
2001	Niranjan Bhagat
2002	Amrut Ghayal
2003	Jayant Pathak
2004	Ramesh Parekh
2005	Chandrakant Sheth
2006	Rajendra Shukla
2007	Suresh Dalal
2008	Chinu Modi
2009	Bhagwatikumar Sharma
2010	Anil Joshi
2011	Bhanuprasad Pandya
2012	Madhav Ramanuj
2013	Nalin Raval and Harikrishna Pathak[3]
2014	Harish Meenashru
2015	Manohar Trivedi
2016	Jalan Matari[4]
2017	Dalpat Padhiyar & Gulam Mohammed Sheikh
2018	Vinod Joshi
2019	Khalil Dhantejvi[5]
2020	Jawahar Bakshi[6]
2021	Rajesh Vyas 'Miskin'[6]
2022	Yagnesh Dave[6]
2023	Udayan Thakker[6]
2024	Kamal Vora[7]

See also

• Narsinh Mehta
• Gujarati literature