Dr MC Nahata of Madhya Pradesh has been chosen for 20th All India Mahaveer Award for his dedicated service in the field of Rs Medicine’.
Hailing from Indore, Nahata was recognised the best as he topped the list of other nominees in the respective category with his excellence and exceptional commitment for the betterment of lives of people through medicine.
Other awardees of the 20th Mahaveer Award are: Animal Aid Charitable Trust, Rajasthan under Rs Non-violence and Vegetarianism’ category; Arpana Research and Charities Trust, Haryana, for Rs Community and Social Service’ and AIM For Seva, Tamil Nadu, under Rs Education’ category. The awards are to be presented in an upcoming grand function. Each of the 4 awards carries a cash prize of Rs 10 lakh, a citation and a memento.
The awardees were selected by a Selection Jury based on the magnitude and the impact of their services for the betterment of lives of the needy and the under privileged of the society.
The Selection Jury headed by Justice MN Venkatachaliah, Former Chief Justice of India, comprises eminent personalities like TS Krishnamurthy, Former Chief Election Commissioner of India; Justice GS Singhvi, Former Judge, Supreme Court of India; Prof MS Swaminathan, Chairman Emeritus, MS Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai; Prof BM Hegde, Chairman, Bharatiya Vidhya Bhavan Mangalore Kendra; S Gurumurthy, Academic, Corporate Advisor and Well known Commentator on Economic and Political Affairs; Dr DR Mehta, Former Chairman, Securities and Exchange Board of India; Prabat Kumar - IAS (Retd), Former Cabinet Secretary of Government of India; and Acharya Chandanaji Maharaj, an eminent Sanyasini and a Social reformer. Four awardees were selected from a total of 367 nominations received from across the country.