Dogri poetess Padma Sachdev awarded Krutitava Smagra Samman

Renowned Dogri poetess and writer Padma Sachdev was 6 March 2016 was awarded Krutitava Smagra Samman for the year 2015.
•    The award was given by Bharatiya's Bhasha Parishad in Kolkata for her outstanding contribution in literature and great service to Dogri Language.
•    She was presented with the award by the West Bengal Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi. 
•    The Award carries an amount of one lakh rupees, a shawl and citation.
•    She writes both in her mother tongue Dogri and the national language Hindi
•    She has to her credit six collections of Dogri poetry, eight books of Hindi prose including two novels.
•    She also writes an occasional article in Hindi for newspapers and journals.
•    She won the Sahitya Akademi Award at the young age of thirty for her first collection of Dogri poetry title Mere Kavita, Mere Geet (1969)
•    She also has won Soviet Land Nehru Award, Hindi Academy Puraskar, U.P. Hindi Academy Pruaskar, Raja Ram Mohan Roy Puraskar, Joshua Poetry Award, and the Jammu & Kashmir Government’s Robe of Honour.
•    She is the writer of following Dogri poetry
•    Meri Kavita, Mere Geet (1969)
•    Tawi Te Chanhaan (1976)
•    Nehriyan Galiyan (1982)
•    Pota Pota Nimbal (1987)
•    Uttarbaihni (1992)
•    Tainthiyaan (1999)