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Dr. Padamja Sharma (born 5th march 1962  Birmi Jhunjhunu ) is renowned poetry, writer of  Jodhpur Rajasthan. Sharma has actively written for the downtrodden and for women empowerment's .Her works have been published in various nationally and internationally recognised magazines, books and Newspapers. Various writing has been broadcast constantly for 25 years in All India Radio, Akashwani, Jodhpur.

Early Life
Born to Pt. Shri Shridhar Shastri and Smt. Rameshwari Devi in the little hamelated settelment of Birmi(dist Jhunjhunu)  where she completed her primary education. Her love for writing sprang when she attended B.M. Ruia girls college, Mumbai where  she was encouraged by her principal Dr. Sushila Gupta to pursue creative writing.

Despite the patriarchal nature of the village society where girls were not sent school her parents understood the value of education and allowed her to attend school even sending her to outside the hamlet for secondary education as the only had primary education in Birmi.Shifting to Mumbai in 1978 to continue with her education by getting admission in  BM ruia girls college for  B.A. and subsequently completing her M.A. in hindi lit from Mumbai univ. She was married to Dr. Nagendra (prominent neurosurgeon in jodhpur) in 1984. Even after marriage she carried on with her education in JNVU univ Jodhpur completing courses in hindi, journalism , and history and Ph.ds in Hindi lit and Journalism. Her works have been published in many reputable Hindi magzines like hans, vagarth, madhumati, samkaleen  bahartiya shaitya etc.

Literary carrer
Padamja’s first poem” tum na samajh paye” was published in the college magazine “Amrita”. Though she started writing poems but  her first book published  was on criticism then on reportage and subsequently of poem .She has even written columns .Her work depicts the struggles and grindings of the downtrodden. She has written reportage on sex-workers, patients suffering from leprosy and AIDS and people selling blood for money. Her description of the downtrodden in her reportage has been described by Revti Raman Sharma as something which makes them feel sorry for the people in those conditions Chitra mudgal comments that in her poems padamja appears as the watchmen of women rights and freedom. Suryabala observes that the magic of Padamja’s poem is spectacular.

Education

 * ’’B.M. Ruia Girl's College, SNDT Women's University, Mumbai B.A. ‘’(1981)
 * ’’University of Mumbai, Mumbai M.A. in Hindi, Gold Medalist‘’(1983)
 * ’’ M.Phil.(1989) in Hindi Literature, M.A. in History(1990), Ph.d. in Hindi Literature(1993), M.A. in Journalism and Mass Communication, Gold(1996), Ph.d. in Journalism and Mass Communication (2004)  from Jai Narain Vyas University, Jodhpur‘’

Workshops

 * ’’Diploma, Specialisation in Journalism from Rajendra Parsad Institute of Communication and Management(2 silver metal), Mumbai’’(1988)
 * ’’Completed Training Course for Journalists conducted jointly by Rajasthan Working Journalists Union and International Institute of Journalism, Berlin Branden Burg’’(1995)
 * ’’Completed U.G.C. Sponsored Workshop on Capacity Building for Women Managers in Higher Education organized by Jai Narain Vyas University,Jodhpur’’(2007)

Career

 * ’’ 1995-2009 Lectured students in the field of Hindi Literature, Journalism and Mass Communication and was Principal at Mahesh Mahila Mahavidhyalaya affiliated with Jai Narain Vyas University in Jodhpur Rajasthan .’’


 * ’’Anchored 'Nari Vatika', program broadcasted by All India Radio Akashwani, Jodhpur’’
 * ’’Currently engaged as an Independent Writer ‘’

AWARDS

 * ’’Ghasiram Verma Sahitya Award’’(2017)


 * ’’Vagishwari Srajan Samman ‘’(2017)


 * ’’Maha Shweta Devi Samman’’(2017)


 * ’’Honoured with the 'Manak Alankaran Certificate of Excellence' by Dainik Jaltedeep, Jodhpur’’(1996)
 * ’’Rajasthan District Administration Honoured with the Certificate of Excellence’’(2007)
 * ’’Honoured with 'Veer Durgadas Rathore Award' by His Highness Maharaja Gajj Singh, Jodhpur’’(2007)


 * ’’Honoured with Women of Substance Award, A Times Group Initiative’’(2015)

Achievements

 * ’’ Represented Rajasthan Government in the 8th World Hindi Conference (United States) ‘’(2007)
 * ’’Participated in 2nd Hindi Conference, Tokyo (Japan) ‘’(2012)
 * ’’Poem titled as 'Aurat' was included in the Hindi Foundation Course, S.R.M University, Tamil Nadu, Chennai.’’(2014)
 * ’’Invited as a Speaker in ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival ‘’(2016)

Membership of Learned Societies/ Civic Clubs

 * ’’Executive Member, Gandhi Peace Foundation, Jodhpur‘’(2003)
 * ’’Member, Saraswati Sabha, Rajasthan Sathiya Academy, Udaipur ‘’(2006)
 * ’’General Secretary, Antar Prantiya Kumar Sathitya Parishad, Gandhi Peace Foundation, Jodhpur‘’(2010)
 * ’’Committee Member, Internal Complaints Committee for Women for Sexual Harassment, All India Radio Akashwani Bhawan, Jodhpur‘’(2015)
 * ’’Nominated member, Lok Adalat, Rajasthan High Court, Jodhpur‘’(2016)


 *  Member of North South Foundation USA ,Jodhpur Chapter  (2017)