BISHNUPUR, December 26: Two Bishnupur district correspondents of Imphal based newspapers and an associate professor of IIT Roorkee were felicitated at Ishok Village today on their recieving the Dr Ambedkar National Fellowship.
The fellowship is being awarded by the Bharatiya Dalit Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi.
The three are Dr Huidrom Romen, district correspondent of IFP, Golmei Solomon, district correspondent of Kangleipakki Meira daily and Dr GD Ramsinchung RN, Associate Prof of IIT Roorkee, who is also life member of United Writers Forum, Manipur.
A reception ceremony of the writers was jointly organised by the Chingphu Ninghtou Sembi Leima Thougal Lup and Social Development Institute, SDI, Ishok. The function was graced by H Brajamohon, president of Thougal Lup, K Biren, secretary of Thougal Lup and S Sunil, president of SDI.
It may be mentioned that the writers were given fellowship in recognition of their work on the `downtrodden, oppressed & depressed people and their upliftment through commendable literary, social & cultural services`™ by the BDSA.