About Founder
hai kahan tamanna ka dusra qadam ya rab ham ne dasht-e-imkan ko ek naqsh-e-pa paaya
This couplet by Mirza Ghalib captures the journey of Sanjiv Saraf in all its essence. Sanjiv Saraf is an industrialist, entrepreneur, investor, author and patron of literary & cultural heritage. Recipient of the Sir Syed Excellence National Award, Sanjiv Saraf has dedicated himself to preserving and promoting the Urdu language in India and beyond by establishing Rekhta Foundation. What started as one man’s passion cultivated into a movement, a revolution to work extensively to preserve texts and propagate the language professionally.
An alumnus of the Scindia School (1975) and a graduate of IIT Kharagpur (1980), Sanjiv was involved in business and industry for over thirty years, during which he founded Polyplex Corporation Ltd., an Indian multinational, Manupatra, India’s leading legal database and other ventures in the green energy space.
Sanjiv has authored several books including
Golden Verses Golden Voices ,
Nawa-e-Sarosh
&
Love Longing Loss in Urdu Poetry.
As Sanjiv Saraf has said many times, Urdu is the love of his youth, and like most love stories that start at a young age, his too remained unresolved for some time. But the calling was too strong for him to resist, and he set out on this journey. Such was his passion and adoration for Urdu that Saraf sought to learn the language at an age that most of us deem to be the point of retiring from worldly affairs. His love for Urdu had summoned all his senses, and he started on the journey that we now know as Rekhta Foundation. Saraf says that the love for Urdu has transcended the notion of passion into a calling. For the precedent that Saraf has set with his efforts for Urdu, Hindi and other language enthusiasts are expecting something for those languages too.
For his exemplary work for Urdu literature, Sanjiv Saraf has received several awards and honours, including the distinguished Doctor of Letters (D.Litt.) degree from Maulana Azad National Urdu University Hyderabad in 2016, the Sir Syed Excellence National Award 2018 by Aligarh Muslim University for his contribution to the cause of preserving and promoting Urdu and the Madhav Award as an Old Boy of Eminence for the year 2020 by the Scindia School for his work through Rekhta Foundation.
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Kitaab Delhi with Sanjiv Saraf
The book launch of "Love, Longing, Loss"BBC Hindi with Sanjiv Saraf
Rekhta और Jashn-e-Rekhta को इतना बड़ा नाम बनाने वाले Sanjeev Saraf की पूरी कहानी (BBC Hindi)ABP Live with Sanjiv Saraf
Sanjiv Saraf Interview: सिनेमा में अभद्र भाषा के इस्तेमाल पर आप क्या कहते हैं? | JLF |Rekhta FounderJashn-e-Rekhta 2022
Sanjiv Saraf Jashn-e-Rekhta Mein Aap Sab Ka Khair-Maqdam Karte Huye...Sir Syed Excellence Award
Aligarh Muslim UniversityDoctor of Letters (D.Litt.) Degree
Maulana Azad National Urdu UniversityMir Taqi Mir Award
AFMI-Silver Jubilee Convention on Education and Gala Award Program – New DelhiEzaz Baraye Farogh Zaban-e-Urdu Award
Urdu Academy, DelhiDishtinguished Alumnus Award-2022
IIT KharagpurAuthored Books by the Founder
Awards & Recognition
Rumi Award
Rumi Foundation(Jahan-e-Khusrau)
New Delhi
10-Mar-18
Farogh-e-Urdu Award
For Promotion of Urdu LanguageNai Duniya Weekly
New Delhi
13-Sep-13
Alamdar-e-Urdu
Bazm-e-UrduDubai
16-Aug-18
Urdu Sewi Samman
Madhya Pradesh Urdu AcademyBhopal
03-Feb-17
Ghalib Award
Baraye Majmooi Adabi KhidmatGhalib Institute
New Delhi
23-Dec-16
Mir Taqi Mir Award
American Federation of Muslim of Indian OriginNew York
2016