Harmohinder Singh Bedi (born 12 March 1950) is an Indian

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and

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. Since 4 July 2018, he has been serving as the

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of the

Central University of Himachal Pradesh Central University of Himachal Pradesh (CUHP and CU Himachal) is a central research university located in Dharamshala, Kangra, Himachal Pradesh, India. It is operating from a temporary campus at Shahpurand Dehra Gopipur, with two small campus ...

. Before joining Central University of Himachal Pradesh, Bedi had served as Professor Emeritus at

Punjabi University Punjabi University is a collegiate state public university located in Patiala, Punjab, India, Punjab, India. It was established on 30 April 1962 and is only the second university in the world to be named after a language, after Hebrew Universit ...

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and as Professor and Head of Department of

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. In 2022, Govt of India conferred Bedi the

Padma Shri The Padma Shri (IAST: ''padma śrī'', lit. 'Lotus Honour'), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest Indian honours system, civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. In ...

award, the third highest civilian award of India, for his distinguished service in the field of literature and education. The award is in recognition of his service as a "Punjabi Hindi Author and Academician with over 30 books to his credit".

Awards

*"Hindi Sevi Samman": Honored by the president of India on behalf of Hindi Sahitya Academy for contribution to Hindi Literature (2015) *National Award of Poetry Book "GarmLoha" from Govt. of India *Shiromani Hindi Sahitkar Award by Punjab Govt (2004) *Himoutkrash Award, Himachal Pradesh (2006) *National Hindi Sewa Purskar (2005) *"Kavi Ratan" Uppadhi by U P Shitya Academy (1987) *Punjab Sahitya and Kala Award (1999) *Punjab Sahitya a Academi Award (2003)

References

{{authority control People from Punjab, India 1950 births Living people Recipients of the Padma Shri in literature and education