Ahmedabad, 13 April 2012

Young Gujarati poet Shri Ankit Trivedi received Gujarat government’s ‘Yuva Gaurav Puraskar’ award on Thursday evening in Ahmedabad. The programme was organized by Gujarat Sahitya Academy at Thakorbhai Desai hall.

The stage was graced by Ahmedabad’s Mayor, local MLA, minister Shri Fakirbhai Vaghela and veteran Gujarati poet Shri Suresh Dalal. On the other side, in the audience there were dignitaries like Shri Shreyansh Shah(Gujarat Samachar), Shri Purshottam Upadhyay, Shri Manhar Udhas, Shri Madhav Ramanuj, Shri Upendra Trivedi among others.

The best speech in the function was delivered by poet Shri Suresh Dalal. Ankit Trivedi spoke in response to the award. Both the speeches are presented above in video.