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200 1968 : sahitya akademi award 2006 : jnanpith award india 29 september 1930 prof. dr. usha satyavrat sanskrit prof_satya_vrat_shastri_in_2013 . jpg satya vrat shastri
 satya vrat shastri scholar , academic , poet , literary critic punjab university , banaras hindu university
satya vrat shastri

satya vrat -lrb- or satyavrat -rrb- shastri -lrb- born 29 september 1930 -rrb- is a highly decorated sanskrit scholar , writer , grammarian and poet from india .
he has written three mahakavyas , three khandakavyas , one prabandhakavyas and one patrakavya and five works in critical writing in sanskrit .
his important works are `` ramakirtimahakavyam '' , `` brahattaram bharatam '' , `` sribodhisattvacharitam '' , `` vaidika vyakarana '' , `` sarmanyadesah sutram vibhati '' , and `` discovery of sanskrit treasures '' in seven volumes .
he is currently an honorary professor at the special centre for sanskrit studies , jawaharlal nehru university , new delhi .
he was the head of the department of sanskrit and the dean of the faculty of arts at the university of delhi , where he was the pandit manmohan nath dar professor of sanskrit -lrb- 1970 -- 1995 -rrb- .
during his career he has won many national and international awards , including , the sahitya akademi award for sanskrit , given by sahitya akademi , india 's national academy of letters , in 1968 for his poetry work , `` srigurugovindasimhacharitam '' , then in 2006 , he became the first recipient of the jnanpith award in sanskrit language -lrb- conferred in 2009 by his disciple and thailand 's princess maha chakri sirindhorn -rrb- .
