Mahapandit Rahul Sankrityayan Award

Mahapandit Rahul Sankrityayan Award
महापंडित राहुल सांकृत्यायन पुरस्कार
Award for contributions to Travel Literature (2 Individuals)
Instituted in 1989
Awarded forLiterary award in India
Sponsored byKendriya Hindi Sansthan, Government of India
First awarded1993
Last awarded2014
Highlights
Total awarded30
First winnerDr. Kamala Sankrityayan
Dr. Shyam Singh Rashi
Last winnerDr. Puran Chandra Joshi
Hariram Meena
Websitewww.hindisansthan.org/hi/awards/mahapandit_awards.html

Mahapandit Rahul Sankrityayan Award (Devnagari: महापंडित राहुल सांकृत्यायन पुरस्कार) is a literary honor in India which Kendriya Hindi Sansthan, (Central Hindi Organization), Ministry of Human Resource Development, annually confers on writers of outstanding works in Hindi travel literature (यात्रा वृतांत). It is also called Hindi Sevi Samman or Rahul Sankrityayan National Award and is given to number of Hindi experts for playing their important role in promoting the Hindi language..