Minister for culture Amarjeet Bhagat announced the Chhattisgarh state and national awards to be conferred to 23 persons and institutions for the year 2018 during state Foundation Day celebrations to be spread over three days starting from November 1 at Science College ground, Raipur.
Bhagat making the announcement said the Yatiyatan Lal Samman for non-violence and protection of cow will be given to Vidyasagar Govindi Devi Charitable Trust, village Sankara, Dhamtari district. Dipesh Kumar Sinha, volleyball player of Raipur will get Gundadhur Samman for sports. Rukmani Chaturvedi of Bhilai will receive Minimata Samman for women empowerment while Guru Ghasidas Sahitya avum Sanskriti Academy Raipur will get Guru Ghasidas Samman for social awareness and for social justice, social, economic and education sector innovative efforts. Jan Swasthya Sahayog Sansthan (JSS), Ganiyari, Bilaspur will receive the Pt Ravishankar Shukla Samman.
Similarly, Pt Sunderlal Sharma Samman for literature and regional literature will be conferred to Sayyed Ayub Ali Meer, Raipur, for art and music. Chakradhar Samman will be given to Mirza Masood (Raipur), Dau Mandraji Samman for folk art and handicraft to Kuleshwar Tamrakar, Durg. In the field of agriculture, Dr Khoobchand Baghel Samman will be given to Kheersagar Patel, Sarangarh.
For Print Media, Chandulal Chandrakar Memorial Journalism Award will be given to Romshankar Yadav of Durg and for electronic media to Gyanendra Tiwari of Raipur.
The awardees in these categories will be conferred the awards consisting of citation, cash and a memento on November 1.
On second day, November 2, for the cooperative sector, Thakur Pyare Lal Singh Samman will be conferred to District Minor Forest Produce Federation, Kanker president Nitin Potali.
For contribution in Urdu language , Haji Hassan Ali Samman will be given to Nazir Ali Nasir of Raipur. For archery, Maharaja Pravirchandra Bhanjdev award will be given to para-archer Giriwar Singh, Bilaspur.
For English Print media, Madhukhar Kher Memorial Journalism Award will be given to Rashmi Abhishek Mishra.
This year’s Daanveer Bhamashah Award for charity, brotherhood and remarkable assistance will go to Seetaram Agrawal. Prof. R. N. Tripathi of Raipur has been nominated for Ayurveda medical sector Dhanvantari award.
Similarly, for social harmony the Maharaja Agrasen Samman will be conferred to Ramji Lal Agrawal, Raipur.