PROGRAM
The Fourth Suvarna D. Shah Gujarati Poetry Festival
Saturday and Sunday, MARCH 31-APRIL 1, 2018
Saturday, March 31
HIMANSHU BHATT SESSION
Chairperson: Dr. Dinesh O. Shah
9:00 am to 9: 15 am Welcome – Dr. Vasudha Narayanan and Dr. Dinesh O. Shah
9:15 am to 10:00 am Mr. Bhagyesh Jha (Poet Laureate from Ahmedabad, India)
10:00 am to 10:30 am TEA BREAK
10:30 am to 10:50 am Bharat Desai, Chicago
10:50 am to 11:10 am Dhrutika Sanjiv, New Jersey
11:10 am to 11:30 am Dr. Snehlata Pandya, Merritt Island, FL
11:30 am to 11:50 am Sapana Vijapura, Bay Area, CA
11:50 am to 12:10 pm Fulvati M. Shah, Sunnyvale, CA; Ramesh Patel, Karamsad, India
12:10 PM to 12:30 pm Sushrut K. Pandya, Orlando, FL
12:30 pm to 2:00 pm LUNCH
March 31, afternoon: SHITAL JOSHI SESSION
Chairperson: Dr. Snehlata Pandya
2:00 pm to 2:45 pm Shri Hiten Anandpara, Poet Laureate from Mumbai, India.
2:45 pm to 3:05 pm Manubhai Nayak, Tavares, FL
3:05 pm to 3:50 pm Rasaswad of my best poems from my 80 years journey! – Dr. Dinesh O. Shah
3:50 pm to 4:20 pm TEA BREAK
4:20 pm to 4:40 pm Rekha Shukla, Chicago, IL
4:40 pm to 5:00 pm Preety Sengupta, New York, NY
6:30 pm to 7:00 pm Social Hour
7:00 pm to 8:00 pm Dinner (Master of Ceremony: Dr. Sumant Pandya)
8:00 pm to 10:00 Honoring Poets, Chief Guests + Kaavya Sangeet + Garba by Shri Karnik Shah from Vadodara, Gujarat, India.
SUNDAY, APRIL 1, 2018
Chairperson: Dr. Digesh Chokshi
9:00 am to 9:45 am Dr. Bhagyesh Jha “The message of Bhagwad Geeta for 21st Century in a technologically oriented society”.
9:45 am to 10:25 am Shri Hiten Anandpara, Mumbai, India
10:25 am to 10:55 am TEA BREAK
10:55 am to 11:15 am Venu Mehta ( Dr. Vasudha Narayanan’s Ph.D. student)
11:15 am to 11;35 am Ravi Naik, Tavares, FL
11:35 am to 12:30 pm Various Poets: “My favorite poems of other poets and Why do I like them? ( Dr.Digesh Chokshi, Dr. Snehlata Pandya, Rekha Shukla, Bharat Desai, Preety Sengupta, Sapna Vijapura, Dr. Dinesh O. Shah, Sonal Patel)
12:30 am to 12:45 pm Thanks and Future Plans (Dr. Vasudha Narayanan)
12:45 to 1:45 pm LUNCH AND VIDAY (Dr. Dinesh O. Shah)