Women's Day 2022: President Ram Nath Kovind Confers Nari Shakti Puraskar Awards 2021 & 2022
President Ram Nath Kovind has been distributed the award on March 08, 2022. Nari Shakti Puraskar aims to facilitate the women, who have been showing excellence in their work.
On I nternational Women’s Day , Indian President Ram Nath Kovind has announced Nari Shakti Puraskar for 29 women for outstanding performance in 2022 and 2021. 28 awards have been given to the women (14 awards for 2021 and the rest 14 awards for 2021) for their exceptional work for women empowerment, such as for the vulnerable and marginalized.
The aim of Nari Shakti Puraskar is to acknowledge the great initiatives started by the Women and to celebrate the women as game-changers. So that the women can get more power to bring necessary positive changes in the society.
The women, who have been rewarded, have been chosen from multiple fields like agriculture, innovation, entrepreneurship, social work, education and literature, arts and crafts, disability rights, merchant navy, STEM background (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics), wildlife conservation.
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Due to COVID 19 pandemic, the award was not distributed in 2021 and 2022. The awardees have been received Nari Shakti Puraskar in the Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi. Here in the following table, the list of awardees (year wise) has been tabulated:
Nari Shakti Puraskar 2022
Here is the list of of Nari Shakti Puraskar Awards 2022 -
Name | State / UT | Domain |
Sathupati Prasanna Sree | Andhra Pradesh | Linguist – preserving minority tribal languages |
Tage Rita Takhe | Arunachal Pradesh | Entrepreneur |
Madhulika Ramteke | Chhattisgarh | Social Worker |
Niranjanaben Mukulbhai Kalarthi | Gujarat | Author & Educationist |
Pooja Sharma | Haryana | Farmer & Entrepreneur |
Anshul Malhotra | Himachal Pradesh | Weaver |
Shobha Gasti | Karnataka | Social Activist – Working for ending Devadasi system |
Radhika Menon | Kerala | Captain Merchant Navy – First woman to receive award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea from IMO |
Kamal Kumbhar | Maharashtra | Social Entrepreneur |
Sruti Mohapatra | Odisha | Disability Rights Activist |
Batool Begam | Rajasthan | Maand & Bhajan Folk Singer |
Thara Rangaswamy | Tamil Nadu | Psychiatrist & Researcher |
Neerja Madhav | Uttar Pradesh | Hindi Author – working for rights for transgenders and Tibetan refugees |
Neena Gupta | West Bengal | Mathematician |
Nari Shakti Puraskar 2021
Here is the list of Nari Shakti Puraskar Awards 2021 -
Name | State / UT | Domain |
Anita Gupta | Bihar | Social Entrepreneur |
Ushaben Dineshbhai Vasava | Gujarat | Organic farmer & Tribal Activist |
Nasira Akhter | Jammu & Kashmir | Innovator – Environmental Conservation |
Sandhya Dhar | Jammu & Kashmir | Social Worker |
Nivruti Rai | Karnataka | Country Head, Intel India |
Tiffany Brar | Kerala | Social Worker – Working for Blind people |
Padma Yangchan | Ladakh | Revived the lost cuisine & clothing in Leh region |
Jodhaiya Bai Baiga | Madhya Pradesh | Tribal Baiga Art Painter |
Saylee Nandkishor Agavane | Maharashtra | Down syndrome affected Kathak Dancer |
Vanita Jagdeo Borade | Maharashtra | First Women Snake Rescuer |
Meera Thakur | Punjab | Sikki Grass Artist |
Jaya Muthu & Tejamma (Jointly) | Tamil Nadu | Artisans – Toda embroidery |
Ela Lodh (Posthumous) | Tripura | Obstetrician & Gynecologist |
Arti Rana | Uttar Pradesh | Handloom Weaver & Teacher |
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Under the Nari Shakti Puraskar, the awardees have been received INR 2,00,000 cash prize from the Government of India. This award scheme was initiated in 1999, then it was known as Stree Shakti Puraskar. Nonetheless, the Government of India has changed the name to Nari Shakti Puraskar since 2015. The primary aim of this award program is to make an identity in society.
The Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi connected with these awardees on the eve of International Women’s Day. Modi discussed the success of government efforts, such as vocal for local, is dependent on the women's contribution. Women are now playing a major part in decision-making at a family level and this is the result of economic empowerment.