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| Atal Behari Vajpayee National Award For Art And Culture Constituted |
Noida: In a board meeting of Asian Academy of Arts a joint
decision was taken to constitute and launch a prestigious and a powerful award
for the promotion of art and culture after the name of former Prime Minister
Atal Behari Vajpayee.
“An Award will be called Atal Behari Vajpayee National Award
For The Promotion of Art And Culture to be given to all those who have
contributed for the promotion of art and culture. This is the first of its kind
in the country to mark respect to the great poet and statesman of the Republic
of India,” said Sandeep Marwah President of Asian Academy of Arts.
A poster was launched and all the members present there
wrote their remarks on this historical day of constituting this esteemed award.
A series of remarks were recorded to keep in the archives of the Academy.
Atal Behari Vajpayee was an Indian
politician who served three terms as the Prime Minister of India.
He was a member of the Indian Parliament for over four decades, having been
elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house, ten times, and twice to the Rajya
Sabha, the upper house.
He was conferred India's highest
civilian honor, the Bharat Ratna, by the President of India, Pranab Mukherjee
in 2015. The administration of Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared in 2014
that Vajpayee's birthday, 25 December, would be marked as Good Governance Day.
“Today we are feeling elevated on
announcing this award after the name of Atal Behari Vajpayee. The Asian
Education Group, Marwah Studios and all the hundred organizations associated
with us will work for this prestigious award,” added Marwah remembering the
quotes of former Prime Minister.
The award ceremony will be the part of
most popular Global Literary Festival Noida. The first edition of awards will
be handed over during the 4th edition of Global Literary Festival, which
has emerged as the second biggest literary festival of the country.
