Governor N.N. Vohra has congratulated Sh. Shiv Mehta and Sh. Autar Krishen Rahbar on being conferred with the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Annual Awards for 2017 and Sh. Yash Raina and Sh. Iqbal Nazki on their being conferred with Sahitya Akademi Prize for Translation 2017. Sh. Mehta and Sh. Rahbar have been honoured for their short stories “Banna” and “Yeli Parda Woth” in Dogri and Kashmiri languages, respectively.Sh. Raina has been awarded with the Sahitya Akademi Prize for Translation for “Pichhlag”- Dogri translation of Gujarati novel “Angaliat”, and Sh. Nazki has won prize for “Araam Kursi”- Kashmiri translation of Tamil Novel “Chaivu Narkali”.Governor has greeted the winners and wished them continuing successes in all their future endeavours.