Bank of Baroda (BoB) on Tuesday honoured folk singer Padmashree Malini Awasthi with the ‘Maharaja Sayajirao Lokbhasha Samman’, established in the name of Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III, the founder of the bank.
The award has been given for her significant contribution in the spread of Indian folk languages through her folk songs, an official communication said.
The bank’s Executive Director, Ajay K Khurana, Chief General Manager (Operations) Ajay K Khosla and Head (Official Language and Parliamentary Committee) Sanjay Singh jointly conferred the award to Awasthi for 2020-21.