Surendra Verma – Surendra Verma is a Hindi Scholar, litterateur and playwright who has been recently shortlisted for prestigious Vyas Samman 2016. He has been given this award for his novel – Kaatna Shami Ka Vriksha: Padma Pankhuri ki Dhar Se which was published in 2010. He has also been a recipient of Sangeet Natak Aakademi Award in 1993 and Sahitya Akademi Award in 1996.