Sanjiv Saraf (born 30 December 1958) is an Indian entrepreneur, philanthropist, and author. He founded Rekhta Foundation,[1][2] a not-for-profit organisation which promotes Urdu literature. The Foundation has curated the Rekhta portal to document Urdu literary works and it hosts Jashn-e-Rekhta, an annual literary festival, since 2015.[3] Saraf wrote Love Longing Loss and Nava-e-Sarosh, focusing on Urdu literature and culture.[4][5]
Saraf was born on 30 December 1958.[6] He graduated from Scindia School, Gwalior in 1975.[7] He later graduated from IIT Kharagpur in the year 1980 after which he joined the family business.[8]
In 1984, he established Polyplex Corporation,[9][10][8] a major producer of thin polyester films.[11] Polyplex is among the thirty five Indian companies in Forbes Asia's 'Best Under a Billion' list.[12] Manupatra, India’s legal online resource, was also founded by Sanjiv Saraf in the year 2000.[13][14]
He established the Rekhta Foundation in 2013.[15] He obtained an honorary doctorate from Maulana Azad National Urdu University Hyderabad in 2016 for his work in reviving the interest in Urdu language.[16][17]
In 2020 he was awarded with the Madhav Award by the Scindia school.[7][18]
Awards
2018 - Sir Syed Excellence Award awarded by Aligarh Muslim University in 2018, for the contribution in promoting Urdu.[19]
2020 - Madhav Award by Scindia School, Gwalior in 2020, for the entrepreneurial spirit, community service and promotion of Urdu.[20]
2013 - Farogh-e-Urdu Award by Nai Duniya in 2013 for the development of Urdu language.[21]
2018 - Alamdar-e-Urdu by Bazm-e-Urdu, Dubai in 2018 for non-scholarly contributions in promoting Urdu.[22][23]
2016 - Mir Taqi Mir Award by AFMI (American Federation of Muslims of Indian Origin) in 2016 for the promotion of Urdu language.[24]
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