Vinda Karandikar Jeevan Gaurav Puraskar

ヴィンダ・カランディカル・ジーヴァン・ガウラヴ・プラサル

Lifetime achievement award for contributions to Marathi literature. Awarded annually by the Department of Marathi Language, Government of Maharashtra.

Literature awardLifetime Achievement AwardMarathi Literature

Established: 2010
Organizer: Department of Marathi Language, Government of Maharashtra
Category: Literature and General Literary Arts
Selection Method: Selection
Target: Professional
Frequency: 1 per year
Status: Active

Description

Vinda Karandikar Jeevan Gaurav Puraskar is a lifetime achievement award presented annually by the Department of Marathi Language, Government of Maharashtra, honoring long-term outstanding contributions to Marathi literature. The award is named after the poet Govind Vinayak Karandikar (Vinda Karandikar), and recipients receive a citation, memento, and cash prize (₹5 lakh = 500,000 INR). The list of recipients has been announced annually since 2010.

Prize

Main Prize: Citation, memento and cash award of ₹5 lakh
Cash Prize: 500,000 INR

Citation
Memento

Selection

Selection Process

Stage	Judges	Pass Rate	Announcement
Selection and Decision	Department of Marathi Language (selection committee by the state government)	null	Official announcement and press coverage

Selection and Decision

Judges Department of Marathi Language (selection committee by the state government)

Pass Rate null

Announcement Official announcement and press coverage

Criteria

Long-term outstanding contributions to Marathi literature
Literary quality and influence (evaluation as a body of work)
Originality and cultural contributions

Application Tips

Dos

Continue high-quality literary activities over many years (the main focus of lifetime achievement awards)
Organize a bibliography and anthology of achievements, and obtain evaluations and recommendations from third parties
Clearly demonstrate contributions to regional culture and Marathi literature

Don''ts

Aim to apply only with short-term achievements (this award is usually bestowed through selection)
Make exaggerated or false declarations that differ from facts

From Judges

Emphasis is placed not on a single work but on the body of work and its long-term impact
Continued contributions to regional language literature and nurturing of successors are also subjects of evaluation