Kota: Renowned tourism writer Dr Prabhat Kumar Singhal was honoured for his contribution to art, culture, tourism and literature at a divisional conference organised in Kota on the occasion of World Tourism Day.
The felicitation was organised by Samras Sansthan Sahitya Srijan Bharat, a registered global organisation based in Gandhinagar. The organisation’s founder and coordinator Dr Mukesh Kumar Vyas ‘Snehil’, national president Dr Shashi Jain and other office-bearers presented Dr Singhal with a citation.
Literary figure Renu Singh Radhe, while reading the citation, said Dr Singhal has played an important role in promoting Indian tourism at the international level and has established a distinct identity as a tourism writer.
Born in Kota on October 15, 1953, Dr Singhal holds a PhD in History and a master’s degree in Journalism and Mass Communication. He retired as Joint Director of the Rajasthan Government’s Information and Public Relations Department in October 2013 and has since remained actively involved in writing and journalism.
Dr Singhal has authored 61 books covering history, archaeology, art, culture, tourism and literature. His six-volume Adbhut Bharat has been published in five editions. Ten of his tourism books have also been distributed internationally through VSRS Publications, Mumbai.
For his contributions to tourism and literature, Dr Singhal has received several national awards and honours, including a Lifetime Achievement Award. He was praised for his simple and approachable personality, positive outlook and efforts to promote literary awareness among women and children.
A large number of prominent writers and literary personalities from the Hadoti region were present at the felicitation ceremony.
