sentences:  He was Head of the Department of Hindi at Calcutta University.Lodha was presented with the Bihari Award by K. K. Birla Foundation at Kolkata for his book titled "Vagdwar".It comprises a thorough study of the productions of eight prominent Hindi poets, Tulsi, Soordas, Kabir, Nirala, Maithili Sharan Gupta, Jai Shankar Prasad, Mahadevi Verma and Makhanlal Chaturvedi.