DEVENDRA DARDA AND TRADITIONAL AWARD

DevendraDarda, managing director of Lokmat Media Group instituted, with his family, the Sur Jyotsna National Music Awards in the memory of the late Jyotsna Darda, founder president of Lokmat Sakhi Manch and director of Lokmat Media.

Recently, the Darda family presented the award to Ojas Adhiya and Pooja Gaitonde, two promising artists. The award was presented at an impressive ceremony that

took place in Nagpur at Chitnis Park. The park was full of personalities.

Pooja Gaitonde is a skilled ghazal singer and he received the award during the ceremony at the hands of Devendra Fadnavis, Chief Minister.

Devendra Darda attended also the event and handed the award to Ojas Adhiya, a young player of tabla. Vijay Darda, Member of Rajya Sabha and Chairman of Editorial Board of Lokmat Media, was also in the attendance. Rajendra Darda, editor-in-cief of Lokmat Media and Anil Deshmukh, former minister; were also there along with Praful Patel, member of Rajya Sabha.

As Devendra Darda explained during the ceremony, the Sur Jyotsna National Music Awards aimed to recognize the concealed skill in budding artists in order to bring it in front of the world. Mr.Darda said that the award was a genuine honor of artists and will keep reminding Indians and the world of the generous contribution of late Jyotsna Darda in the domain of music. Nitin Gadkari, shipping minister, and Devendra Fadnatis expressed also these thoughts in Nagpur.