Nilamber Dev Sharma

Nilamber Dev Sharma (October 6, 1931 – June 23 2020) was an Indian scholar and writer of Dogri and English literature, best known for his work, An Introduction to Modern Dogri Literature, the first publication in English about Dogri literature. The Government of India honored Sharma in 2011, with the fourth highest civilian award of Padma Shri.

Biography Nilamber Dev Sharma was born to a Sanskrit scholar and a renowned astrologer, Madan Mohan Shastri, He graduated in English literature from the Government Gandhi Memorial College, Jammu (GGMC), continued his studies at the Hindu College, New Delhi from where he obtained a master's degree including An Introduction to Modern Dogri Literature, A Brief Survey of Dogri (Modern) Literature, An Introduction to Dogri Folk, Literature, Drama and Art, and has translated Iyaruingam, an Assamese work by the novelist Birendera Kumar Bhattacharyya.