Jammu, July 27 -- Jammu & Kashmir Centre for Creative Arts (JKCCA), Jammu will confer Life Time Achievement Award on Sh. Virender Singh Rahi (New Delhi), keeping in view his contribution & achievements in the field of Art & Art Education. Sh. Rahi would be honoured in an award ceremony to be organized at Press Club of India, New Delhi on 9th August, 2025. It may be mentioned here that JKCCA is celebrating the Silver Jubilee of its establishment.
Born on 9th August, 1929 in the family of Freedom Fighters- Smt. Raj Kunwar Bai and Thakur Gopal Singh at Kharela, Hamirpur, Uttar Pradesh, Virendra Singh Rahi had his education from Maharaja College of Art, Jaipur; studied painting under Padma Shri Ram Gopal Vijayvargiya; studied art at Kala Bhava...