New Delhi, November 26, 2016: Dr. Naresh, a former Professor of Modern Literature at Panjab University and Chairman of Chandigarh Sahitya Academy, is a celebrated Urdu poet whose contribution to literature has been acknowledged internationally. An author of over six dozen books and a recipient of several State, National and International Awards, has enriched Urdu literature with his poems, short stories, novels and literary essays over half a century. He believes in global brotherhood and is an ardent advocate of secularism.
Dr.Naresh stands out as a poet- scholar who pays homage not only to all languages but also to universalism and cosmopolitanism that have always been the mark of Indian philosophy and culture.