Prashasya Mitra Shastri
Dr. Prashasya Mitra Shastri is a Sanskrit poet and author who won the Sahitya Akademi Award for Sanskrit in 2009 for his "Anabheepsitam", a collection of short stories. He also won the Kalidas Puraskar awarded by the Madhya Pradesh government's Kalidas Sanskrit Akademi. The award includes a letter of commendation and a cash prize of Rs 51000. He won the award for his contributions to Sanskrit literature and the two story collections and a collection of poetry he published in the year 2007–08. He has also won awards from the Sahitya Academies of Delhi, Rajasthan and  Uttar Pradesh. He was the organiser for a three-day "Rishi Balidaan Samaaroh" in memory of Dayanand Saraswati in Ajmer in 2009. He is especially known for his light verse and stories featuring satire and irony. He has been in the Sanskrit Department at the Feroze Gandhi College, Raebareli since 1973, where he is currently a Reader.