Dr. Upendra Nath Raina

Name: Dr. Upendra Nath Raina ( Eminent Hindi Poet, Dramatist and Media Personality ), Assistant Director (Retired), Directorate General : All India Radio, Prasar Bharati 

Birth: April 2, 1953, Srinagar, Kashmir (Currently residing in Delhi due to displacement from Kashmir)

Education: Bachelor of Science, M.A. (Hindi) (Kashmir University), Ph.D. subject: Modern Sensibility in Post Sixty Hindi and Kashmiri poetry.

Publication:

1) “Cheekh Bhi Ek Bhasha Hai” Poetry collection in hindi - 1980),

2) “Atmadah” (poetry collection in hindi -1991) (Awarded by the Honorable President of India),

3) “Upendra Nath Raina- Bahuayami Sarjak Vyaktitva”, Editor: Dr. Kishore Sinha

4) Vitasta ke Naye Charan (poems published in the collection of famous Hindi poets of Kashmir),

5) Poems published in the anthology of “Naven Dashak ki  Kavita Yatra”

6) Poems published in the poetry anthology - “Athvan Dashak-Srijan ke Sandarbh”

7) “Richaayen Neelkanthi” (poetry collection of representative poems of Eminent Hindi and Kashmiri poet Pandit Mohan Nirash) Editor: Dr. Upendra Nath Raina

8) Gujarati poetry collection of my Hindi poems focusing on Kashmir Exodus- "Baaki Bachelu Sannato" Translator: Dr. Sadhna Bhat, well-known poet, translator and media person. 

9)"Apne Kitne Hisse" - A joint poetry collection of twenty-two Hindi poets focusing on elders, home, family and human relationships.

Poems, translated poems, articles, research papers etc. published in many leading newspapers and magazines,

11) Short films were made on my poetic compositions.

Writing and translation work in Kashmiri language

1)have been writing Short stories, poems, plays, talks etc. in Kashmiri language since the age of 18, which were broadcast from Akashvani Srinagar, Kashmir.

2) Serial broadcast from Akashvani Srinagar of my Kashmiri translation of some important chapters of Kalhan's Rajtarangini.

3) Translation of the scripts of Kashmiri programs broadcast from Akashvani Srinagar into Hindi.

4)have an experience of Writing and directing stage plays in Kashmiri and Hindi languages.

5) Presentation of Hindi translation of selected poems of Kashmiri language in the Sarvbhasha Kavi Sammelan organized by All India Radio.

6) “Modern Kashmiri Poetry: A Journey” article published in “Indraprastha Bharti”, the leading Hindi magazine of Hindi Academy, Delhi.

7) Research article on “Contemporary Hindi and Kashmiri Poetry” published in “Vitasta” magazine.

8) Kashmiri translation of Hindi poems published in “Bhasha” magazine.

Awards/Honours:

1) “Souhard Samman” of the year 2019 by Uttar Pradesh Hindi Sansthan (received in the year 2021),

2) 'Atmadah' poetry collection (awarded) in 1992 (awarded by the Honorable President),

3) Honored with 'Patrakar-Shri' award by Sahitya Lok,

4) Jai Bharati Sahitya Sangam Samman, Delhi,

5) 'Supathaga Samman' by 'Air India' in 1987,

6) Creative News Award by Creative News Foundation, Delhi in 1987,

7) Best Poetry Award in poetry competition by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India,

8) Special award on 'Ghoom Raha Ye Kaisa Chakra' in Akashvani program competition,

9) 'Himalaya Gaurav Samman' by "Parvatiya Lok Vikas Samiti" on the occasion of the birthday of Senior politician, scientist, thinker and Padma Vibhushan awardee Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi on 5 January in the year 2023.

10) Awarded with “Special Personality and Creativity Award” under Jaipur Sahitya Samman-2022 by Jaipur Sahitya Sangeeti.

11) Suraj Prakash Marwah Sahitya Ratna Award--2023

12) Under Jaipur Sahitya Samman-2024-25, Best Work Award as the editor of "Richaye Neelkanthi" (poetry collection of the selected poems of Pandit Mohan Nirash).

13) India Netbooks Sahitya Ratna Award for the year 2023 

Other literary/cultural activities:

1) Participated in various literary/poetry seminars at national level.

2) During  35 years of tenure in Akashvani, played active responsibility of  projecting, operation and presentation of various literary events at national and international level.

3) Special role in Akashvani program production, planning and marketing.

4) 'Programme Management and Planning' course in the field of Radio Journalism in Germany in 1988.

5) Till date, about 350 programs have been conducted and coordinated in my Facebook Page Live program, which was started in 2020, in which eminent litterateurs, musicians, filmmakers, painters, artists etc. from India and abroad have been invited.

Present: Freelance writing after retiring from the post of Senior Program Officer from Directorate General of Radio (Prasar Bharati) in 2013.

Contact: Dr. Upendra Nath Raina, A-41, Indira Enclave, Near IGNOU, Neb Sarai, New Delhi-110068

Mobile: 9999038459

E-mail: raina_upendra@yahoo.co.in &

 nath.uraina@gmail.com