Indian Languages Festival

Samanvay, Indian Languages Festival
Genre	Literary and cultural festival
Location(s)	New Delhi, India
Years active	2011 – present
Website	http://ilfsamanvay.org

Samanvay, Indian Languages Festival is the initiative of India Habitat Centre. It is held annually in New Delhi. The first Samanvay was held in 2011. ^[1]

The festival bestows various awards: ^{[2] [3]}

• The Vani Award for Distinguished Translator
• The Samanvay Bhasha Samman which is given to recognise "a litterateur-par-excellence’s contribution to Indian Literature", ^[4]
• The Samanvay Bhashai Patrakarita Samman for journalists working in Indian languages

References

1. Edition 3 of Samanvay Indian languages festival will begin from Oct 24, The Hindu, 9 October 2013, retrieved 18 October 2015
2. Samanvay for India , retrieved 18 October 2015
3. Samanvay: IHC Indian Languages’ Festival, 2011, archived from the original on 26 March 2016, retrieved 18 October 2015
4. Arun Janardhanan (6 October 2015), Noted Tamil writer Perumal Murugan wins fifth ILF award , retrieved 18 October 2015