Abhay K. along with other recipients of the award in New Delhi.
New Delhi: Bihar-born writer-diplomat Abhay K. was conferred Bharat Shiksha Samman by Supreme Court Justice J.K. Maheshwari in the presence of R. Venkataramani, the Attorney General of India and other dignitaries at Bharat Shiksha Summit organised by an indpendent policy ‘think tank’ Balaji Foundation at the prestigious Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi on April 3, 2025.
The other recipients of the Bharat Shiksha Samman 2025 included well-known Urdu poet Waseem Barelavi, parliamentarian and industrialist Naveen Jindal, historian Vikram Sampath, Azim Premji Foundation, Dr. Rama, Principal of Hansraj College, Delhi University, Prof. Ram Singh, Director, Delhi School of Economics and Prof. Kaushal Panwar – Director, School of Humanities, IGNOU; and Professor in Sanskrit.
Bharat Shiksha Samman 2025 was conferred on Abhay K. in recognition of his exceptional service and remarkable contribution towards Promoting Indian Culture and Education through International Diplomacy, as a mark of national appreciation and respect, celebrating the recipient’s enduring dedication to shaping the future of Indian education, culture, and societal values through visionary efforts and unwavering commitment.
Abhay K is a poet, editor, translator, artist and diplomat and the author of Nalanda: How it Changed the World. He has published several poetry collections and is the editor of six books, including The Book of Bihari Literature. His edited book 100 Great Indian Poems, which includes poems from 28 different Indian languages spanning over a period of 3000 years, has been translated and published into Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, French, Greek, Arabic and Malagasy. His poems have appeared in over a hundred literary magazines across the globe and his “Earth Anthem” has been translated into over 160 languages. His poetry books have been translated and published into Portuguese, Spanish, Malagasy, French, Romanian, Russian and Odia. He received the SAARC Literary Award 2013 and was invited to record his poems at the Library of Congress, Washington, DC. His translations of Kalidasa’s Maghduta and Ritusamhara from Sanskrit won him the KLF Poetry Book of the Year Award 2020-21. His translation of the Magahi novel ‘Fool Bahadur’ has been published by Penguin Random House, India.
Abhay’s artistic journey began in 2005 in Moscow, Russia. Since then, he has exhibited his artworks in Paris, St Petersburg, New Delhi, Brasilia, and Antananarivo, some of which are in private collections across the world. His latest series of paintings on the Buddhist philosophy of ‘Shunyata’ have been exhibited at the National Museum, New Delhi, Bihar Museum, Patna, Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad and Romain Rolland Art Gallery at Alliance Francais, New Delhi.
– global bihari bureau
