Anād Kāv Sanmān Jury — Historical Record

This page records the jury associated with the Anād Kāv Sanmān, instituted by The Anād Foundation to honour poetic, literary, cultural, and public-intellectual contributions.

For legal, statutory, banking, tax, audit, CSR, and formal institutional purposes, the Foundation’s legal name is The Anad Foundation. The form Anād is used as the Foundation’s preferred cultural, scholarly, programme, publication, and public-facing style.

Purpose of the Jury

The Anād Kāv Sanmān Jury brought together persons associated with literature, philosophy, history, sociology, theatre, cultural commentary, and public intellectual life.

The jury structure reflected the Foundation’s understanding that poetry is not merely a literary form, but a carrier of language, memory, ethics, imagination, social reflection, beauty, dissent, grief, humour, and cultural continuity.

Jury Members

Convenor
Bhāī Baldeep Singh
Founder-Chairman, The Anad Foundation, New Delhi

Chairperson
Professor Satya Pal Gautam
Philosopher, critic, and former Vice-Chancellor, Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand University, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh

Professor Bhagwan Josh
Historian, commentator, and former Professor / Chair, Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

Professor Renuka Singh
Sociologist and scholar; formerly associated with the Centre for the Study of Social Systems

Dr. Madan Gopal Singh
Scholar, poet, musician, cultural commentator, and former Senior Fellow, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, Teen Murti House, New Delhi

M. K. Raina
Theatre director, actor, filmmaker, and cultural activist

Manglesh Dabral
Poet, journalist, editor, and a major voice in modern Hindi literature

Historical Note

This page is retained as an archival record of the Anād Kāv Sanmān jury. The names, descriptions, institutional affiliations, and titles may reflect the period in which the jury was constituted and may be updated or corrected as archival records are reviewed.

For current award announcements, jury information, nominations, or award-related enquiries, please contact The Anād Foundation.