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Raipur, Nov 6 (IANS) In a grand celebration of the cultural, social and developmental spirit of Chhattisgarh, Vice President CP Radhakrishnan presented 34 prestigious awards to 37 eminent individuals and four institutions for their extraordinary contribution to the state.
The function, organized as part of Chhattisgarh Rajyotsav in Nava Raipur, was presided over by Governor Ramen Deka while Chief Minister Vishnu Dev Sai was present as the chief guest on the occasion. Assembly Speaker Dr. Raman Singh, Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Sharma and many ministers, MPs and MLAs attended as special guests.
The ceremony honored a spectrum of excellence – from grassroots activism to agriculture, literature and tribal service. Hiresh Sinha of Kanker received the Shaheed Veeranarayan Singh Award, while the Bharatiya Leprosy Prevention Association of Janjgir-Champa was honored with the Yeti Yatanlal Award.
Gyaneshwari Yadav of Rajnandgaon was conferred the Gundadhur Award, and Laleshwari Sahu of Durg received the Minimata Award.
Guru Ghasidas Award was jointly presented to Bhuvandas Jangde of Bemetara and Shashi Gaikwad of Balodabazar-Bhatapara.
The Thakur Pyarelal Singh Award went to the Primary Agricultural Credit Cooperative Society, Doma, Dhamtari. Dr Kunj Bihari Sharma of Raipur was honored with the Habib Tanveer Award, and Chandni Sahu of Bilaspur received the Maharaja Pravirchand Bhanjdev Award.
Other award winners were Rajesh Aggarwal and Dr. Chintaranjan Kar of Raipur, recipients of Pandit Ravi Shankar Shukla and Pandit Sunderlal Sharma awards respectively.
Pandit Kirti Madhav Lal Vyas of Durg was honored with the Chakradhar Award, while Rikhi Kshatriya of Durg received the Dau Mandaraji Award.
The Krishak Ratna Award was jointly awarded to Thanendra Kumar Sahu of Dhamtari and Vaman Kumar Tikriha of Balodabazar. The Journalism award was celebrated with Dr Sandeep Kumar Tiwari (Print Media Hindi), Dr Somesh Kumar Patel and Abhishek Shukla (Electronic Media Hindi), and Bhavana Pandey (Print Media English) receiving accolades.
Neeraj Kumar Bajpai of Rajnandgaon was honored with the Danveer Bhamashah Award, and Dr Ajay Krishna Kulshrestha received the Dhanvantari Award.
Sukhdev Das of Raipur was recognized for fisheries development.
Tribal Service Award was given to Jango Raitar Vidya Ketul Educational Institute, Kanker, while Shram Success Award was given jointly to Mithilesh Kumar Adil of Agarwal Team, Durg and NTPC Limited, Lara Super Thermal Power Project, Raigarh.
Yogesh Kumar Sahu of Kanker received the Pandit Lakhanlal Mishra Award while Manish Tiwari of Raipur was honored as the NRI.
Cultural and literary contributions were also highlighted: Mahasamund’s Rohit Kumar Kosaria received the Panthi Nritya Award, Raipur’s Sunil Soni and Rakesh Tiwari were honored with the Kishore Sahu and Laxman Masturia Awards respectively, and Bilaspur’s Dr Vinod Kumar Verma received the Lala Jagdalpuri Sahitya Award.
Kishore Sahu National Decoration was awarded to Mumbai-based filmmaker Anurag Basu.
The Barrister Thakur Chhedilal Award was jointly presented to Khemchand Jain of Rajnandgaon, Dr Suresh Mani Tripathi, Dr Bhupendra Karvande, and Bharatlal Soni of Raipur.
Premsheela Baghel of Mahasamund received the Veerangan Avantibai Lodhi Memorial Award, while Shilpa Pande Srishti of Surguja was honored with the Mata Bahadur Kalarin Award.
Awadhesh Kumar of New Delhi was awarded the Pandit Madhav Rao Sapre National Creativity Award and Dr. Dadu Bhai Tripathi of Raipur was awarded the Sanskrit Language Award.
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