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Subject: Proposals for the Award.

Dear Vice-Chancellor Sahib,

The Indian National Congress, in its Centenary year 1985, instituted an Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration to give recognition to outstanding contribution to this cause by distinguished individuals or institutions. The Award is for promoting National Integration and understanding. fellowship amongst religious groups communities, ethnic groups, cultures, languages and traditions of India and strengthening, through thought and action, the nation's sense of solidarity. The award carries a citation and cash Award of Rs. 10.00 lakh and is given every alternate year on Smt. Indira Gandhi's martyrdom day. List of past awardees is attached herewith.

The Award for the years 2019 & 2020 would be for recognition of outstanding contribution to the cause of national integration, either by distinguished individuals or associations etc. in these two years. The Award will be announced on or before 2nd October 2021.

On behalf of the Advisory Committee for Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration, Dewbr-ddII shall be grateful if you inform all University Professors and Principals of your affiliated colleges about the Award. Any University Professor or Principal who has a suitable proposal and wishes to make a recommendation, may send the same in the prescribed proforma, a specimen copy of which is enclosed herewith. It may be typed or &rulal pkstocopied. n prder to receive consideration by the Advisory Committee, the recommendations should dach the undersigned latest by September 15, 2021. The invitation is personal to you, the University Professors and Principals of your affiliated heelucolleges and we are sure these recommendations would reflect the noble cause for which the Award has been instituted.

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The Vice Chancellor, Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur University Bhagalpur Bhagalpur - 812 007. INDIRA GANDHI AWARD FOR NATIONAL INTEGRATION LIST OF PAST AWARDEES

SL. FOR THE| NAME OF AWARDEE STATE CONFERRED NO. YEAR ON 1985 Swami Ranganathananda Rajasthan 31.10.1986 1986 Smt. Aruna Asaf Ali Delhi 31.10.1987 1987 Bharat Scouts & Guides Delhi 31.10.1988 1988 Shri P.N. Haksar J &K 31.10.1989 1989 Smt. M.S. Subbulakshmi_ Tamil Nadu 31.10.1990 1990 Shri Rajiv Gandhi (Posthumous) Delhi 31.10.1991 7 1991 Paramdham Ashram Paunar (Wardha) | Maharashtra 31.10.1992 1992 Acharya Shree Tulsi Ji | Rajasthan 31.10.1993 9 1993 Dr. Bishambar Nath Pande Uttar 31.10.1994 Pradesh 10 1994 Jointly to - Sardar Beant Singh (Posthumous) Punjab 31.10.1995 and Nagaland 31.10.1995 Shri Natwar Thakkar 11 1995 Gandhi Institute of Public Affairs, | Karnataka 31.10.1996 Tumkur 12 1996 Indira Gandhi Centre for National | West Bengal 31.10.1997 Integration 13 1997 Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam 31.10.1998 14 1998 Shri Shankar Dayal Sharma Madhya 31.10.1999 Pradesh 15 1999 Prof. Satish Dhawan Karnataka 31.10.2000 16 2000 Shri H.Y. Sharada Prasad Karnataka 31.10.2001 17 2001 Jointly to- Ram-Rahim Nagar Slum Dwellers Gujarat 31.10.2002 Association Aaman Pathik - Peace Volunteer Group Shri Ram Sinh Solanki and Shri Sunil Tamaiche 18 2002 AcharyaMahaprajna Rajasthan 31.10.2003 19 2003 Shri Shyam Benegal Maharashtra 31.10.2004 20 2004 Smt. Mahasweta Devi WestBengal_ 31.10.2005 21 2005 Shri Javed Akhtar Maharashtra | 31.10.20066_ 22 2006 Jointly to - Dr. J.S. Bandukwalla Gujarat 31.10.2007 Dr. Ram Puniyani Maharashtra 31.10.2007 23 2007 Kasturba Gandhi National Trust, Indore | Madhya 31.10.2008 (M.P.) 24 2008 Pradesh Shri Balraj Puri 31.10.2009 25 2009 Jointly to - J&K_ Shri A.R. Rahman Tamil Nadu 31.10.2010 Ramakrishna Mission Ashram 31.10.2010 26 Chhattisgarh 2010 Shri Mohan Dharia Maharashtra 31.10.2011 27 2011 Shri Gulzar Maharashtra 31.10.20112 28 2012 Dr. M.S. Swaminathan Tamil Nadu 29 2013 & Shri Rajagopal P.V. 31.10.2013 Madhya 31.10.2015 2014 Pradesh 30 2015 & Shri T.M. Krishna Tamil Nadu 31.10.2017 2016 31 2017& Shri Chandi Prasad Bhatt Uttarakhand 31.10.2019 2018 24, Akbar Road, New Delhi - 110 011 Tel.: 23062872 E-mail: [email protected]

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Criteria for Eligibility for the Award 1. All persons of Indian nationality regardless of race, caste, religion, creed or sex who have made outstanding contribution in promoting national integration and understanding and fellowship amongst religious groups, communities, ethnic groups, culture, languages and traditions of Indian and the strengthening, through thought and action, the nation's sense of solidarity will be eligible for the Award. in Associations, institutions or organisations having a legal status and registered 2 India who have rendered outstanding service for promoting national integration ethnic and understanding and fellowship amongst religious groups, communities, groups, cultures, languages and traditions of India and the strengthening, through Award. thoughtand action, the nation's sense of solidarity will be eligible for the

institution or organisation may be 3.3. Only one individual or one association, proposed by a proposer.

otherwise it The proposals must be submitted in the prescribed proforma, will not be entertained.

himself or itself as 5. A proposal by a person or organisation recommending entertained. the case may be shall not be

for his/her activities in the 6.6. The Award will be given to an individual or organisation and sense of national specified years in the cause of promoting national integration solidarity.

are concerned with a 7.1. Associations, institutions or organisations who exclusively particular religion or caste or creed or ethnic group and whose services are exclusively confined to the activities thereof and whose activities in any way run counter to the noble objectives of national integration and understanding fellowship and sense of solidarity will not be eligible for the Award. Advisory Committee Indira Gandhi Award for National integration 24, Akbar Road HCIETR HAA New Delhi-110 011 Tel.: 23062872 E-mall: [email protected]

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