Kunwar Viyogi Cheten Di Lari – 2024

Kumwar Viyogi Memorial Trust in association with Department of Dogri and Department of English, University of Jammu has instituted three scholarships namely, ‘Kunwar Viyogi Merit Scholarship‘, ‘Prem Jamwal Kunwar Viyogi Merit Scholarship‘ and ‘Kunwar Viyogi Research Scholarship‘.
‘Kunwar Viyogi Merit Scholarship’ and ‘Prem Jamwal Kunwar Viyogi Merit Scholarship’ are awarded to a male and a female topper of MA Dogri and English, University of Jammu.

‘The Kunwar Viyogi Research Scholarship’ is awarded to those who take up research work on the Dogri writers/poets etc., especially Kunwar Viyogiji and others. The research includes comparative studies of Dogri works with world literature; study of new genres and cataloging of early Dogri literary works to lend historical perspective to modern-day learners and innovation and translations. The selection is at the discretion of the University but Trust is part of a final decision on the research subject and would have a right to that research for future use in line with its values and goals.
All the scholarships are instituted to promote and popularize the Dogri language amongst the youth while making it sustainable and cause-worthy.

The Trust, this year invited Dr. Rajendra Singh Pawar, chairman and co-founder of NIIT Limited to be the keynote speaker. He addressed the University students on the topic: ‘From Roots to Cloud: Youth and the Next New’.