Background
She was born on 16 December 1931, in Pratap Mohallah, Jammu.
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Ved Kumari Ghai
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She completed her school education in Jammu. She completed Master of Arts in Sanskrit from Punjab University in 1953 and Master of Arts in Ancient Indian History and Culture in 1958 and Doctor of Philosophy in Sanskrit in 1960 from Banaras Hindu University.
Career
She was a head of Sanskrit department in the Jammu University. She started her career as a professor of Sanskrit at Government College for Women, Parade, Jammu. She was a head of post graduate level Sanskrit Department, Jammu University until her retirement on 31 December 1991.
She taught Panini’s Sanskrit grammar and literature at the Institute of Indian Studies, Copenhagen University, Denmark in 1966-1967 and 1978-1980.
She is also scholar in Dogri language and knows Hindi also. She is also involved in social work.
Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award in India, in 2014. Certificate of Honour by President of India for her scholarship in Sanskrit.
Gold Medal in 1995 by Jammu and Kashmir Government for social work.
President's Award for Sanskrit in 1997.
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Membership
She is a member of Amarnath shrine board.
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