Vidyanand Sarek is a Pahari litterateur and folk artist.
In 2022, he was awarded Padma Shri by the Indian Government for his contribution in literature and folk.
He is from Rajgarh in Sirmaur district.
[2] At the age of 8 years he sang from All India Radio, New Delhi.
[3] Sarek started his career in 1957 when he was in Class VIII and participated in a folk dance competition organised by All India Radio in Delhi.He has translated 51 poems of Rabindranath Tagore as part of a Central government project.