Shayda Award


Shayda Award is an annual award given to a young Gujarati ghazal poet. It was founded by the INT Aditya Birla Centre for Performing Arts & Research. The award is named after Gujarati ghazal poet Harji Lavji Damani, known by his pen name Shayda. A prize of 10000 is awarded to recognize and promote Gujarati ghazal poets.

Recipients

The Shayda Award has been granted annually since 1998 to the following people:
YearRecipient
1998Sanju Vala
1999Vivek Kane 'Sahaj'
2000Mukesh Josh
2001Raeesh Maniar
2002Shobhit Desai
2003Rashid Meer
2004Makarand Musale
2005Kiransinh Chauhan
2006Hiten Anandpara
2008Ankit Trivedi
2009Gaurang Thaker
2010Harsh Brahmbhatt
2011Anil Chavda
2012Chandresh Makwana
2013Bharat Vinzuda
2014Bhavesh Bhatt
2015Jigar Joshi 'Prem'
2016Bhavin Gopani
2017Snehi Parmar
2018Hemant Punekar
2019Pranav Pandya