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Indira Gandhi Priyadarshini Award is given every year to commemorate the birth anniversary of Late Smt. Indira Gandhi

Indira Gandhi

Indira Priyadarshini Gandhara was an Indian politician who served as the third Prime Minister of India for three consecutive terms and a fourth term . She was assassinated by Sikh extremists...

on 19 November.

This award is instituted by All India National Unity Conference and is awarded to individuals for promoting national unity, integration and brotherhood.

2010 Awards

Awardees

Mr J. Srinivasa Raju , the Managing Director of Geo Marine Dynamics (I) Private Ltd,
Mr. Manish Kumar Meena.

Right Activist of India
Founder President of MANSHA NGO

Mr. Rajesh Khandelwal
Mr. Sunkari Mallesh Goud (Advocate and Secretory of Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee)
Mr. Bijaya Kumar Rout wan not present there.
Mr. Satish Kini, Founder and Chief Mentor of 21CHMS. (Currently : COO Nation Building Mission of PAN IIT Alumni India) - For Outstanding contribution in Healthcare transformation and Skill building

2009 Awards

Awardees

Shri Nikunj Kirtibhai Kanakia, chairman and managing director, Lifeline Industries,
Madam Grace Pinto, Managing Director, Ryan International Group of Institutions

2008 Awards

Awardees

Shri Shiv Bhatia (Media Advisor of Chief Minister of Haryana)
Akanksha Chaudhry of Panchkula
Ms Alka Lamba
Alka lamba
Alka Lamba is an Indian politician-Political career:She was a Secretary All India Congress Committee at the Indian National Congress....

(Secretory of All India Congress Committee)
Shri Vasantlal R. Sanghavi
Ms. Poonam Bagai
Shri C R Shetty (Founder of Karnataka Sangh Dubai, current president of Karnataka Sangh Dubai and convener UAE Tulu Koota Dubai)

The awards were presented by Honourable Shri Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare

Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare

Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare is the Governor of Orissa....

, Governor of Orissa. The award ceremony was held on Nov 19, 2008 at the India International Centre Auditrioum, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi. The award was presented to 69 achievers in their respective professions.

2007 Awards

Awardees

Shri Ambarish Srivastava
Ambarish Srivastava
-Awards:In 2007, Ambarish Srivastava was awarded the national "Indira Gandhi Priyadarshini Award" for outstanding services, achievements and contributions in the field of architectural engineering by All India National Unity Conference in New Delhi...

(Architectural Engineer who is a prominent Hindi poet
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...

also)
Shri. Ponnala Lakshmaiah (Minister, Major Irrigation, Govt of Andhra Pradesh)
Shri G. Nizammudin (Member of Parliament)
PROF O N Nagi , Professor Emeritus at PGI, Chandigarh, and a senior consultant at the Department of Orthopaedics, Sir Gangaram Hospital, New Delhi,
Ms. Ritu Kumar
Ritu Kumar
Ritu Kumar is an Indian fashion designer, based in Delhi.-Early life and education:A native of Amritsar, Ritu attended Lady Irwin College, in New Delhi, graduating in 1964, and Briarcliff College, New York, USA in 1966.-Career:Kumar has been designing the wardrobes comprising swimwear,...

(Fashion Designer)
Ms. Shallu Jindal (Women Entrepreneur)
Prof. Surabhi Banerjee, (Vice Chancellor Netaji Subhash Open University)

The awards were presented by Shri M. V. Rajasekharan

M. V. Rajasekharan

Shri M.V. Rajasekharan a politician from Indian National Congress party is a Member of the Legislative Council Karnataka in the upper house of the Government of Karnataka.He was formerly the Minister of state for Planning, Government of India....

, Union Minister of State for Planning, Government of India

Other Awardees

Some other eminent personalitieswho have received the award are Field Marshal General Cariappa (Ambassador to Tanzania, Botswana and Belgium), Deepak Nayyar

Deepak Nayyar

Dr.Deepak Nayyar is Professor of Economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He has taught at the University of Oxford, the University of Sussex, the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta , and the New School for Social Research, New York. He was Vice Chancellor of the University of...

(Vice Chancellor, Delhi University), Manpreet Brar

Manpreet Brar

Manpreet Brar won the Miss India crown in 1995. She was then first runner-up at the 1995 Miss Universe pageant, behind Miss USA Chelsi Smith. Brar modeled an ethnic wardrobe designed by Ritu Kumar and financed by The Times of India....

, Rita Bahuguna Joshi (President, All India Mahila Congress

Mahila Congress

Mahila Congress is the women's wing of the Congress party. It is represented by the Pradesh Mahila Congress in all the states of the Indian Union. The current President is M.P Prabha Thakur...

), B. S. Sail (Commissioner of Police, Karnataka), Jaya Prada

Jaya Prada

Jaya Prada is an Indian film actress and politician. She has starred in hundreds of Telugu, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Bengali and Marathi films.-Early life:...

(Member of Parliament and film star), Shamshad Husain (artist).

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