Vijaya Wad
| Vijaya Wad | |
|---|---|
| Born | Vijaya Datir |
| 💼 Occupation | writer |
| Known for | Marathi Vishwakosh, Marathi books |
| 👶 Children | Nishigandha Wad |
Dr. Vijaya Wad is a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India, and has written several books, mostly for children.[1] [2]
Career
Wad started her career as a writer with articles in Marathi magazines 'Stree' and 'Kirloskar'. She authored 15 children's serials, 13 parts each, for All India Radio. She also wrote for 11 years for children's program Shaleya Chitravani on Doordarshan. She has authored 124 books in Marathi. [3]
She taught at Udayachal High School for 27 years and was promoted to head of the Marathi department. In 1999, she was appointed as the Principal of Podar International School. [3]
She was appointed as the first woman chairperson of Marathi Vishwakosh in 2005 by Vilasrao Deshmukh, then Chief Minister of Maharashtra.[4] She oversaw publications of volumes 17 through 20[3] to complete the project.
She initiated a project to take the Vishwakosh online, by working with C-DAC, starting with the first two volumes in 2011. [5][6]
She has been editing a children's encyclopedia since 2015.[3]
Honors
She was awarded the Sahyadri Navaratna Award for education in 2016 by Doordarshan.[7]
She was nominated for Padma Shri award by the state of Maharashtra in 2021.[8]
References
- ↑ "Author: Vijaya Wad". Bookganga. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
- ↑ "Author: Vijaya Wad". Amazon.in. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "शब्द व्हावे सारथी" [May words become charioteer]. Loksatta (in Marathi). September 22, 2018. Retrieved May 31, 2021.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ "पूर्व अध्यक्ष तथा प्रमुख संपादक" [Former Chairs and Chief Editors]. Marathi Vishwakosh (in Marathi). Retrieved May 8, 2021.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ Gole, Swati Shinde (November 16, 2011). "Marathi encyclopaedia goes online". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 2013-12-19.
- ↑ "2nd volume of Marathi encyclopedia released". The Times of India. December 2, 2011.
- ↑ "Sahyadri Navaratna Awards 2016 announced". May 11, 2016.
- ↑ "Maharashtra sends 98 names for Padma Awards; Centre selects one for Padma Shri". January 27, 2021.
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