K S Madhukar (1929-2000) --- K S Madhukar was born in 1929.  He started his career as a broadcaster in Radio Kashmir, Jammu and later left the job for yet another challenging assignment as Editor, Dogri in the State Academy. He served the Academy till 1973 and later started free-lance writing. He rendered his services towards the collection, compilation and edited a number of Dogri books while serving in the J&K Academy of Art, Culture and Languages. He was the recipient of State Academy Award and the Sahitya Akademi Award (1978) for his work of poetry  Main Mele Ra Janu.

Padma Sachdev (b. 1940) --- Padma Sachdev was born in Jammu in 1940. She worked in All India Radio for some time. She has to her credit six collections of Dogri poetry, eight books of Hindi prose including two novels, one collection of short stories, an autobiography, a travelogue and more than half a dozen translations. The collections of poetry include Meri Kavita Mere Geet (1969), Tawi Te Chanhaan (1976), Nehriyan Galiyan (1982), Pota Pota Nimbal (1987), Uttarbaihni (1992) and Tainthiyaan (1999). She received the Sahitya Akademi Award (1971) for Meri Kavita Mere Geet. Besides, she is the recipient of Soviet Land Nehru Award, Hindi Academy Puraskar, U.P. Hindi Academy Pruaskar, Raja Ram Mohan Roy Puraskar, Joshua Poetry Award, and the Jammu & Kashmir Government’s Robe of Honour. Present address : B-242, Chittaranjan Park, 1st Floor, New Delhi-110019.