Background
Deviprasad Dwivedi was born on 20 October 1956 in Varanasi, in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
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Deviprasad Dwivedi
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His doctoral degree (Doctor of Philosophy) also came from the same university. He has also secured the degree of Doctor of Letters from the Saratov State University.
Career
Dwivedi started his career by joining his alma mater as a faculty member and is the Professor of Linguistics, in the Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics at Sampurnanand Sanskrit University. He is also the Deputy Director at Yog Sadhana Kendra and Shankrachrya Mandap of the university. A visiting faculty at the Assam University, Dwivedi has assisted many research scholars for their theses.
Deviprasad Dwivedi has worked as a newscaster for Akashvani and serves as the trustee of Shri Venimadhvapur Trust, Mirzapur and Shri Vishveshwar Trust, Varanasi and as the Acharya of Kashi Vishwanath temple.
He has also served Janvarta Hindi Dainik, a local daily, as its Varanasi correspondent.
Achievements
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The Government of India honored Sharma in 2011, with the fourth highest civilian award of Padma Shri. Dwivedi has received several honours such as Aacharya Ratna award from the Pazhassi Raja Charitable Trust, Kerala, Ved Pandit Puraskar (1995), Chatrapati Sivaji Samman (2011) and Kashi Gaurav Alankarn (2011). In 2011, he was honored by the Government of India with the civilian award of Padma Shri.
Membership
A member of the Discipline Committee of Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, Dwivedi has been nominated as a member of the committee of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan campaign, initiated by Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of India.
