Avadh Kishore Jadia
An Ayurvedic doctor and poet from Chhatarpur regarded as a leading voice of Bundeli poetry, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2022.
Avadh Kishore Jadia is a poet and writer who served as a government Ayurvedic doctor, and is regarded as a leading poet of the Bundeli language. He was named for the Padma Shri in 2022 in the field of literature and education, from Madhya Pradesh [1].
Doctor and poet
Jadia was born on 7 September 1949 in Harpalpur, a small town in Chhatarpur district, into a family of royal physicians [2]. He took his degree in Ayurvedic medicine from Jiwaji University, Gwalior, in 1970 with a gold medal, and joined the Madhya Pradesh government as a medical officer [2]. During those years his love of literature grew [2].
Poet of Bundelkhand
He has worked to refine Bundeli and win it a place in literature, using figures of speech and classical forms in his own way [2]. He has published five books in Hindi, Braj and Bundeli, beginning with Vandaniya Bundelkhand [2]. Four of his Bundeli poems are taught in the MA course at Maharaja Chhatrasal University in Chhatarpur [2]. He sits on the selection committee of the Bundeli Utsav at Basari [2].
He was named a “Bundeli Gaurav” in 1991 and received the Lok Bhushan Samman of the Uttar Pradesh Hindi Sansthan in 2012 [2].
Sources
- [1] Padma Awards 2022: list of awardees — Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. Accessed 24 October 2026.
- [2] Padma Awards 2022: citation for Avadh Kishore Jadia — Padma Awards, Government of India. Accessed 24 October 2026.
Last updated . First draft prepared with AI assistance; reviewed and fact-checked by a person before publishing. Report a correction