Chandigarh: Associate Professor at Post Graduate College for Girls Sector 42, Chandigarh, Dr. Rajinder Pal Singh Josh will be awarded with a prestigious “Bharat Gaurav Award” along with a Certificate of Excellence by India International Friendship Society, New Delhi on November 24.
Dr Josh is also a recipient of “Rashtriya Shikhar Samman” by Rajbhasha Kiran Santhan, Mumbai in 1999, “Dushyant Kumar Sahitya Samman” by Surbhi Sahitya Sankriti Academy in 2008 at Khandwa (Madhya Pradesh), “ Dr Baba Saheb Ambedkar Sahitya Ratna Puruskar” by Akhil Bharatiye Pratibha Samman Puruskar Samaroh, Indore (Madhya Pradesh) in 2011, “Dr Baba Saheb Ambedkar Utkrisht Karya Seva Puruskar” by Akhil Bharatiye Pratibha Samman Puruskar Samaroh, Indore (Madhya Pradesh) in 2011, “Shiksha Bhusan Rashtriya Samman” by Rashtriya Sahitya, Kala aur Sanskriti Parsihad (Rajasathan) in 2013.
India International Friendship Society, New Delhi informed that the past recipient of Bharat Gaurav Award include Beatified Mother Teresa, Former Vice President B D Jatti, Governors Justice M Fathima Beevi, Gen. G V Krishna Rao, Mr MM Jacob, Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, Prem Kumar Dhumal, Chief Minister of Goa, Digamber V. Kamat, Former Air Chief Marshal N C Suri, Evergreen Cine Stars Sunil Dutt, Pran, Shammi Kapoor, Educationists Dr Parimal Trivedi, VC Gujrat University, Prof HA Ranganath, VC Bangalore University, Dr Narender Jadhav, Cricketers Sunil Gavaskar, Olympic Silver Medallist in hockey Dhanraj Pillay and many more.