The Chhattisgarh Government on Tuesday announced names for the recipients of annual State-level awards to be handed over by President of India Ram Nath Kovind during ‘Rajya Alankaran Samaroh’ on November 5.
The awards would be handed over the recipients by the President at the closing ceremony of the ‘Rajyotsava’.
A total of 23 awards are to be given the Government during the ceremony including two in sports.
Chhattisgarh Minister for Culture and Tourism, Dayaldas Baghel on Tuesday in a Press conference declared the list of awardees.
Hockey player Renuka Yadav has been selected for the Gundadhur award in the field of sports while Gita Banjare to be warded in the field of women upliftment with Mini Mata Award.
Names of other recipients are -- Ghanshyam Singh Thakur-Vir Narayan Singh Award for work for upliftment of tribals and backward class, Sant Bhakti Panthi Kalyan Samiti Mungeli gets Guru Ghasidas Award, Mohammed Sajjad Ali gets Haji Sajjad Ali-Haji Hasan Ali Award for services to Urdu, Yashpal Dhruv gets Maharaj Praveer Chand Bhanjdev award for Archery, Chhattisgarh Mitanin-Pt Ravishankar Shukla Award,Madan Chauhan will receive Chakradhar Award for Art and Music, Dr Surendra Dubey-Pt Sunderlal Sharma award for contribution in Regional literature, Kavita Vasnik to get Dau Mandiraji Folk Art Award, Rohit Kumar Sahu to get Dr Khoobchand Baghel award for contribution in Agriculture, Sitaram Agrawal to get Maharaja Agrasen Award for Social Harmony, Asif Iqbal to get Chandulal Chandrakar Award for contribution in Print Media (Hindi), Awdhesh Mishra for Electronic Media, E.V. Murli to get Madhukar Kher Memorial Journalism Award, Mahant Ramsundar Das to get Danvir Bhamashah Award, Dr Devendra Kumar Kataria to get Dhanwantri award for Ayurved Medical Science, Yashwant Kumar Kenwat to get Bilasa Bai Kewantin award for fisheries, Shakuntala Sharmato to get Sanskrit Bhasha Award, Sanjay Pundhir to get Pt lakhanlal Mishra award for Crime Investigation and Himanshu Dwivedi to get Pt Madhavrao Sapre Award for creative writing in Hindi.