Children's Literature Festival Awards Ceremony

The grand finale of the Children’s Literature Festival, organized in celebration of Children’s Day, will take place on Sunday, November 17, at the Ashray Bhavan, Shri Karni Nagar Vikas Samiti. The event is being hosted by the Sanskriti, Sahitya, Media Forum with the collaboration of various literary figures. The festival, which began on September 26, saw the participation of 18 educational institutions from Kota and Baran districts, including schools and colleges. These institutions held various competitions, such as quizzes, poetry recitals, essay writing, children’s poetry sessions, painting, and cultural, literary, and tourism-related contests.

In the awards ceremony, a total of 62 students, both boys and girls, who secured the first, second, and third positions in these competitions will be honored. Additionally, the literary figures who actively participated and organized the events will also be felicitated.

The event will be organized under the aegis of Kesar Kavya Manch, with eminent poet and writer Rameshwar Sharma 'Ramu Bhaiya' as the chief guest, and writer Jitendra 'Nirmohi' presiding over the function. Special guests will include Praveen Bhandari, Convenor of Shri Karni Nagar Vikas Samiti; Dr. Deepak Srivastava, Divisional Head of the State Public Library; and literary figures Vijay Joshi and Dr. Preeti Meena.

Awardees from Schools in Kota and Baran

The following students will be honored at the event:

• Mothers Teresa Higher Secondary School: Vandana Nagar, Rahul Kohli, Jatin Verma
• Government Higher Secondary School, Morpa, Sultanpur: Khushi Gochar, Arman, Deepika Gurjar, Radhe Renwal, Radhika Renwal, Muskan Airwal, Himanshi, Ankit Sen, Divyanshi Saini, Meenakshi Airwal, Esu Meghwal
• Government Higher Secondary School, Borada, Itawa: Sunil Suman, Sakshi Meena, Nikhil Nagar
• Swarodaya Children’s U.M. School, Bhanwargarh, Baran: Divyanshi Meena, Bharti Sharma, Akshita Nagar
• Mittal International School, Manpura, Kota: Poorvansh Sharma, Dipali Hada, Sneha Gurjar
• Government Higher Secondary School, Keshavpura, Sector 6, Kota: Priyanshu Agarwal, Radhika Kanwar, Nandini Porwal
• Nalanda Academy School, Kota: Zara Imran, Arooj Mansuri, Mansvi Jain
• Shri Sanskar Academy School, Shivaji Nagar, Baran: Prince Bairwa, Poonam Sharma, Gunjan Panchal
• Shri Karni Nagar Vikas Samiti, Govardhanpura, Kota: Vikas Suman Mehra, Kapil Raj, Rohit Bairwa, Harishankar Majumdar, Kamal, Govind, Ajay, Harish
• Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Gumanpura: Nisha Nayak, Jeba, Samaira
• Vrudalaya Free School, Mahavir Nagar Vistaar Yojana: Yukti, Arjun, Vineet
• Government College, Baran: Praveen Gochar, Shivraj Singh Hada, Prince Kumar Pankaj
• State Public Library, Kota: Ankit Bansal, Abhishek Meena, Ashish Soni, Anju Singh
• Mahatma Gandhi English Medium School, Borkheda: Natasha, Jahnvi, Akshita, Mangi, Chitransh, Kushal, and Prince

Children's Poetry Writing Competition Awards

In the Children's Poetry Writing Encouragement Competition, the top four winners—literary figures Yogiraj Yogi, Archana Sharma, Alpana Garg, and Sanju Shringi—will also be honored.

Collaborating Literary Figures

The event will also acknowledge the contributions of the following literary figures who played a vital role in organizing and facilitating the festival: Dr. Himani Bhatia, Dr. Aparna Pandey, Dr. Indu Bala Sharma, Dr. Vaidehi Gautam, Dr. Preeti Meena, Vijay Sharma, Snehlata Sharma, Manju Kumari, Mahesh Pancholi, Vijay Joshi, and Rekha Pancholi.

This ceremony promises to be a celebration of creativity, culture, and the literary spirit among children, as it aims to inspire and honor young talents in various literary and artistic fields.