1991 Patna Book Fair
1991 PATNA BOOK 📚 FAIR
01-15 December 1991
THEME: Literature and education for national integration
INAUGURAL: SUNDAY 01 DECEMBER 1991
*Inaugurated: Mr Mohammad Shafi Qureshi, Governor of Bihar
*Inaugural Ceremony presided over by: Dr Ramchandra Purve (Education Minister)
*Guest of Honour: Dr Kumar Bimal (VC, Indira Gandhi Open University)
*Special Speaker 🔊: Intellectual Dr Shankar Dayal Singh, MP (Chairman, Delhi Public Library & Founder, Parijat Prakashan, Patna)
*Dr (Prof) Padmasha Jha, MLC (Glamour girl of Bihar’s Assembly)
*British Deputy High Commissioner Mr Ian McCluney (A jovial diplomat)*
Mr Lloyed (Personal Secretary of Diplomat Mr Ian McCluney)
Mr RK Laxman (Padma Bhushan & Ramon Magsasay award-winner Renowned Cartoonist)
*Dr BK Sinha (Executive Director, Centre for Communication Resources Department, New Delhi)
*Prof Uttam Kumar Singh
Mr Neil O’ Brien, DGM, Oxford University Press, Calcutta (Emceed ‘sports quiz’)
*Dr RC Prasad (Chairman, Bihar State Pollution Board
*Dr RN Trivedi (Head, Dept of Environmental Science, Magadh University)
*Dr CB Sharma (Public Health Institute)
*Prof AK Nayak (Secretary, Computer Society of India)
*Dr BP Mishra (Chief Librarian, Patna University)
*Dr Ram Shobhit Singh (Chief Librarian, Sinha Library)
Father Athikal (St. Xaviers School 🏫, Patna)
Dr Lala Surajnandan Prasad (Eminent paediatrician & Director, Rajendra Memorial Research Institute)
*Dr Umeshwar Prasad Verma (Chairman, State Legislature Council
*Dr Shyam Narayan Arya (Talk on global epidemiological data)
Dr Modabber (WHO, Geneva pointed to the dreadful combination of ‘kala-azar’ & AIDS)
*Dr BB Sinha (Clinical presentation of a full-blown AIDS case)
*Dr Shiv Narayan Singh (Spoken on ‘seropositive’ cases)
*Dr CP Thakur (Central Health Minister)
*Mrs Sudha Srivastava (Health Minister of the state)
*Dr Mahavir Das (Director, Bihar Health Service)
*Dr Dilip Sen (studied in London School of Tropical Diseases)*
Dr Sandip Sen (studied in London School of Tropical Diseases)
*Prof Sachchidananda (Director, AN Sinha Institute of Social Studies, Ex VC, Ranchi University)
*SEMINAR ON ‘LALIT KALA KENDRA’ – Wednesday 11 Dec. 1991 – Inaugurated by Mr Deelip Padgaonkar, Editor, Times of India*
Kala Kendra Team
*Mr Chaturbhuj (local dramatist: Captain – Cultural Groups)
*Mr Paresh Sinha (Cultural Group)
*Mr Harendra Prasad (Asst Director, Dept of Culture)
*Mr Damodar Pd Ambastha (Noted Sculptor)
*Mr Ajat Shatru (Leader: Theatre Expert)
*Ms Priti Mathur (Female Artist)
*Mr Mithileshwar Pd (Graphic Works: Drew attention towards the art of driftwood)
*Archana (Painting)
*Ranjana (Painting)
*Sachin (Painting)
*Birendra (Painting)
*Rohit (Painting)
*Amit (Painting)
*KAVI SAMMELAN (राष्ट्रीय एकता तथा विश्व शान्ति: 14 DECEMBER*)
*POETS:-*
*Dr (Prof) Shanti Jain
*Sarvashree Krishna Kr Vidyarthi
*Mr Balbhadra Kalyan
*Mr Bhola Pd Singh ‘Tomar’
*Mr Kapileshwar Sharan ‘Tarun’
*Mr Bhagwati Pd Dwivedi
*Mr Rameshwar Pd Choudhary
*Dr Mehta Nagendra Singh
*Mr Saryu Singh ‘Suman’
*Mr Chandra Prakash ‘Maya’
*Mrs Vindhyavasini Dutt ‘Tripathi’
*Mr Rajkumar Prasad
*Mr Vidyacharan Sharma
*Mr Ashok Manoram
*Mr Lal Mandal ‘Jahani’
*Mr Gopal Sharan Ambastha
*Mr Radha Raman Mishra
*Major Balbir Singh (VC, Magadh University)
*Sushri Shanti Suman
THEATRE ORGANISATIONS (NIRMAN KALA MANCH/IPTA)
Priya presented two short plays (अंधेर नगरी चौपट राजा/बरगद कुत्ता ‘Saudagar, an adaptation of Brecht’s play ‘Exception And the Rule’ and ‘Sama-Chakeva – ballet respectively)
PBF 1991 CINCLUDED ON SUNDAY 15 DECEMBER FOR WHICH THE CLOSING CEREMONY HAD TAKEN PLACE ON SATURDAY 14 DECEMBER 1991:
*Chief Guest: Mr Bimal Chandra Basak (Chief Justice, High Court)
*Dr DD Guru (Patron PBF)
*Special Guest: Dr Ramchandra Purve (Education Minister)
*Special Invitees: Dr M Mohiuddin (VC, Patna University
Closing Ceremony presided over by: Mr Ghulam Sarvar (Speaker🔊, Assembly released जाबिर हुसैन की हिन्दी की कविता की पुस्तक ‘एक नई रेत भारी’)
*Guest of Honour: Prof Jabir Hussain (Chairman, Minorities Commission)
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