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Prof. Champa Sharma is a noted Dogri author [1] [2] and poet known for her contributions to the promotion and preservation of Dogri language in Jammu and Kashmir as well as other Dogri speaking regions of Himachal Pradesh.
Prof. Champa Sharma was born in Daghore, Samba District of Jammu and Kashmir in a Brahmin family. She has graduated in B.Ed. in 1962, M.A (Sanskrit) in 1964 and Ph.D (Sanskrit) in 1975 from University of Jammu. She has also graduated with M.A in Dogri language (Shiromani) in 1977. After teaching at a private college (Republic Academy) and later as an ad-hoc lecturer in Sanskrit at Government Women's College, Gandhi Nagar in 1969 in the initial part of her career, she taught at the Post Graduate Department of Sanskrit at University of Jammu in 1975 for a period of 5 years before joining Dogri Research Centre as a Senior Fellow and Director. While being associated with the Dogri Research Centre, Prof. Champa Sharma worked on securing a full-fledged Post Graduate Department status for Dogri language at University of Jammu and was appointed in 1983 as the first Head of Department of Dogri at University of Jammu.
Prof. Champa Sharma has authored 18 original works along with several translation works from languages ranging from Sanskrit to English and Hindi into Dogri. [3] Many of her works have been translated into other languages namely English, Hindi, Punjabi, Santali, Manipuri, Kashmiri and Thai.
She was awarded the Sahitya Akademi award by Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi for her original poetry work, "Cheten Di Rhol" in 2008. Other awards and recognitions include:
Prof. Champa Sharma has recently translated the best selling English book, The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari written by Robin Sharma in Dogri language. A book review of her Dogri translated work was published in the English daily newspaper published out of Jammu, The Daily Excelsior, authored by Sh. O.P Sharma on 21 August 2016 [6]
Prof. Champa Sharma was nominated in August 2017 to be the Dogri representative on the Central Committee of Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Arts, Culture and Languages. [7]
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