Sahitya Akademi Award-2019 announced to Prof Penna
   Date :19-Dec-2019
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Prof Srinivasa Varakhedi felicitating Prof Madhusudan Penna while others look on.  
 
Staff Reporter :
 
Prof Madhusudan Penna, Dean of the faculty of Indian Religion, Philosophy and Culture, Kavikulguru Kalidas Sanskrit University (KKSU) won the Sahitya Akademi Award-2019. Sahitya Akademi has declared the award for Prof Madhusudan Penna for his Sanskrit epic ‘Pradnya Chakshum’. On Wednesday Sahitya Akademi shared a press release announcing its annual Sahitya Akademi Awards in 23 languages. Prof Penna was one of the winners in the list.
 

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 Prof Madhusudan Penna
 
The award having scroll of honour, shawl and a cash prize of Rs One lakh will be presented to Prof Penna during a ceremony to be held on February 25, 2020 in New Delhi. Two other eminent litterateurs from Nagpur have been honoured with Sahitya Akademi Award previously. These include legendary poet Grace, and noted author Asha Bage for their works ‘Varyane Halte Raan’ and ‘Bhoomi’, respectively. Prof Penna has penned complete biography of Sant Gulabrao Maharaj through a Sanskrit epic ‘Pradnyachakshum’. He had also conducted research on books written by Gulabrao Maharaj. He is spreading the thoughts and principles of Sant Gulabrao Maharaj through lectures and speeches.
 
“The Sahitya Academi Award is the real blessing of Sant Gulabrao Maharaj,” said Prof Penna. Prof Srinivasa Varakhedi, Vice-Chancellor of KKSU congratulated Prof Penna for Sahitya Akademi Award. Prof Varakhedi stated, “Prof Penna has mastery over Sanskrit language. He is a scholar of philosophical contemplation of Sant Gulabrao Maharaj. The language of this epic is fluent and easy to understand. This is a prestigious moment for KKSU and is the real honour of Sanskrit proficiency of Prof Penna.” Prof Penna is a researcher of Indian and Western philosophies. He is expert of Vedanta, Nyayshashtra and Yogashashtra. Prof Penna is proficient in Darshan Shashtra, Sanskrit Language, literature, grammar, different Shashtra.
 
He himself is a poet and penned two epics like ‘Kavyakantha Charitam’ and ‘Pradnyachakshum’. In addition he had written number of Sanskrit poems. Prof Penna’s research papers have been published in number of journals in Telugu, Marathi, English languages. He also published 27 books and research papers in different national and international conferences. Prof Penna had delivered key note addresses and called as expert advisor in number of conferences. His CD on Shrimadbhagwat Geeta, Dashopnishad, Yogashashtra, Adwait Vedanta etc have been released. Prof Penna has been awarded with Yuvavipashchit, Sanskrit Pandit, Pandit Satwalekar Puraskar, Pandit Latkar Award, Somnath Trust Gold Medal etc.