NAMES OF STATE AWARDEES S.No Name of Award Name of the Awardee. S/Shri YEAR 2002 (REPUBLIC DAY) 01. Award for Literature Prof. Ram Nath Shastri 02. Award for Literature Amin Kamil 03. Award for Outstanding Sports Abdul Majid Kakroo Person 04. Award for Outstanding Sports Ranjit Singh Chib Person 05. Award for Arts and Crafts Ghulam Mohammad Wani (Posthumously) 06. Award for Industrial M/s Chenab Textiles Development 07. Award for Meritorious Public Veerana Aivalli (Posthumously) Service 08. Award for Social Work Rigzin Namgyal Kalon (Posthumously) 09. Award for Outstanding Prof. M. Y. Qadri Educationist. 10. Award for Outstanding Prof. R. R. Sharma Educationist. 11. Award for Outstanding Prof. M. A. Charoo Educationist 12. Award for Meritorious Public Prof. Aman Rathore Service 13. Award for Meritorious Public H. S. Gupta Service 14. Award for Meritorious Public Dr. Tara Singh Service 15. Award for Meritorious Public Dr. Tsering Narboo Service 16. Award for Meritorious Public Mohammad Ashraf Sahil Service 17. Award for Outstanding Wazir Ali Agriculturist 18. Award for Meritorious Public Bhanwar Puri Service YEAR 2004 (REPUBLIC DAY) 19. Award for Bravery Master Mustafa Muazzam 20. Award for Literature Fazil Kashmiri 21. Award for Literature Ved Rahi 22. Award for Performing Arts Kavi Rattan 23. Award for Social Reform and Smt. Reeta Jitendra Empowerment 24. Award for Meritorious Public Gyaltson Service 25. Award for Meritorious Public Farooq Ahmad Shah, KAS Service 26. Award for Meritorious Public Ajaz Ahmad Kakroo, KAS Service 27. Award for Lifetime Master Karam Chand Achievement 28. Award for Outstanding Sports Ms. Sonia Sharma Person 29. Award for Outstanding Media Ahmad Ali Fayaz Person YEAR 2005 (REPUBLIC DAY) 30. Award for Bravery Sonaullah Panzoo 31. Award for Literature Dr. Jitendera Udhampuri 32. Award for Performing Arts Ghulam Hassan Sofi 33. Award for Meritorious Public Dr. K. C. Sharma Service 34. Award for Lifetime Dr. G. Q. Allaqaband Achievement 35. Award for Outstanding Sports Dushyant Sharma Person 36. Award for Outstanding Sports Sonam Wangyal Person 37. Award for Outstanding Media Sanjeev Pargral Person 38. Award for Social Reforms and Smt. Lalita Sharma Empowerment YEAR 2006 (REPUBLIC DAY) 39. Award for Bravery Master Rakesh Kumar (Posthumously) 40. Award for Bravery Nisar Ahmad Naikoo 41. Award for Literature Dr. Champa Sharma 42. Award for Literature Tupstan Paldan 43. Award for Performing Arts Ghulam Ahmad Sofi 44. Award for Outstanding Sports Rajesh Anand Person 45. Award for Outstanding Sports Ms. Tsering Ladol Person 46. Award for Social Reforms and Late Mohammad Maqbool (Khaksar) Empowerment 47. Award for Art and Craft Ali Mohammad Beigh 48. Award for Art and Craft Khazir Mohammad Qasba 49. Award for Art and Craft Ganesh Kumar Sharma 50. Award for Outstanding Media Bashir Ahmad Bashir (Cartoonist) Person 51. Award for Meritorious Public Khazir Mohammad Wani, IAS Service 52. Award for Meritorious Public Pardeep Gupta, IAS Service 53. Award for Meritorious Public Jaipal Singh Service YEAR 2007 (REPUBLIC DAY) 54. Award for Bravery Sahil Tariq (Children Category) 55. Award for Literature Nilamber Dev Sharma (Dogri) 56. Award for Literature Dr. Marghoob Banihali (Kashmiri) 57. Award for Literature M. Y. Taing (Urdu/Kashmiri) 56. Award for Performing Arts Pt. Bhajan Sopori (Music) 57. Award for Excellence in Arts Khalil Mohammad Kalwal (Wood Carving) and Crafts 58. Award for Excellence in Arts Sohan Singh Biolloworia (Basohli Paintings) and Crafts 59. Award for Social Reforms and Javid Ahmad Tak (Working for Handicapped Empowerment people) 60. Award for Social Reforms and Smt. Kaneez Fatima Empowerment R/o Kargil (Girl Education) 61. Award for Meritorious Public Bua Ditta Bhagat, IAS Service 62. Award for Meritorious Public Abdul Majid Khanday, KAS Service 63. Award for Outstanding Sports Brig. Mohammad Amin Naik (Rowing) Persons 64. Award for Outstanding Sports Nawang Dorjey (Mountaineering) Persons 65. Award for Outstanding Sports Arjun Gandotra (Roller Skating) Persons 66. Award for Outstanding Late Chaman Lal Chaman (Posthumously) Environmentalist 67. Award for Exemplary M/s Rainbow Plastics Industrial Area, Industrial Entrepreneurship Gangyal, Jammu (Prof. Yuvraj Singh Dua) 68. Award for Exemplary M/s Muteeb Electrical Industries, Industrial Entrepreneurship Industrial Estate, Barzulla Srinagar (Prof. Manzoor Ahmad Khan) 69. Award for Lifetime Ali Mohammad Naik, Ex – MP. Achievement in any Other Field YEAR 2008 (REPUBLIC DAY) 70. Award for bravery Ms. Tabasum Mumtaz (Children Category) 71. Award for Literature Shiva Nath (Dogri / English) 72. Award for Literature Tashi Rabgyas (Bodhi) 73. Award for Literature Prof.Abdul Rashid Nazki (Kashmiri) 74. Award for performing Arts Khadim Hussain (Artist / Singer) 75. Award for Excellence in Arts Uttam Kumar (Painter) and Crafts 76. Award for Social Reforms and Sahyog (NGO,) Jammu Empowerment 77. Help Foundation / Shehjar (NGO,)Srinagar 78. Award for Meritorious Public Sudhanshu Panday, IAS Service 79. Award for Meritorious Public Ghulam Ahmed Peer, IAS Service 80. Award for Outstanding Sports Mithun Manhas (Cricketer) Persons 81. Award for Outstanding Sports Mehraj-ud-Din Wadoo (Footballer) Persons 82. Award for Outstanding Sports Arun Malhotra (Footballer) Persons 83. Award for Exemplary M/S Kashmir Kesar Mart Industrial Entrepreneurship (Food Processing) Sgr. 84. Award for Exemplary M/S Hall Mark, SIDCO, Complex Phase-II Industrial Entrepreneurship Bari Brahamana, Jammu 85. Special Award Dr.Rafeeq Masoodi, IBS 86. Special Award Surinder Kumar Spolia Physical Education Master. YEAR 2009 (REPUBLIC DAY) 87. Award for life time Dr. Ved Kumari Ghai Achievement (Literature – Dogri/Sanskrit/Hindi Writer) 88. Award for life time Fida Mohammad Khan Hassnain (Historian / Achievement Writer) 89. Award for literature Professor Lalit Magotra (Dogri) 90. Award for literature Sadiq Ali Sadiq (Balti) 91. Award for performing Arts Pran Kishore (Producer / Director / Writer/Theater & Radio Artist) 75. Award for performing Arts Smt. Raj Begum (Kashmiri Singer) 76. Award for performing Arts Ghulam Mohammad (Dogri Folk Singer) 77. Award for outstanding Sports Ms. Mitali Persons (Gymnastics) 78. Award for outstanding Sports Gul Mustafa Dev Persons (Skiing) 79. Award for outstanding Sports Ram Singh Slathia (Mountaineering) Persons 80. Award for outstanding Sports Ajay Sharma Persons (Table Tennis) 81. Award for outstanding Media Masood Hussain, Person Journalist (Economic Times) 82. Award for outstanding Media Nazir Masoodi (NDTV) Person 83. Award for outstanding Media Sameer Koul (PTI) Person 84. Award for outstanding Media Ashok Sodhi – Posthumously (Photo Person Journalist – Daily Excelsior) 85. Award for Outstanding Shashi Kumar Kesri (Doda) Environmentalist 86. Award for Meritorious Public Ahmadullah Shah, KAS Service Special Secretary, GAD. YEAR 2010 (REPUBLIC DAY) 87. Award for Bravery 1. Ms. Rukhsana Kosser D/o Noor Ahmad; 2. Ajaz Ahmad S/o Noor Ahmad R/o Shahdara, Tehsil Thanamandi District Rajouri 88. Award for Achievements in the 1. Prof. Rehman Rahi (Kashmiri Poet and Field of Literature Writer) 2. Prof. Sewa Singh (Punjabi Writer) 3. Prof. Veena Gupta (Dogri Writer) 89. Award for Performing Arts 1. Mts. Shameem Azad, (Singer). 2. Smt. Kailash Mehra, (Singer). 3. Pradhuman Singh Jindrahia (Dogri Folk Artist). 4. Ustad Ghulam Mohammad Saznawaz. (Sufiana Ustad) 90. Award for Excellence in Arts Mohammad Shariq Farooqui, and Crafts Director, Craft Development Institute, Srinagar 91. Award for Social Service Viklang Chhatra Trust, Akhnoor 92. Award for Meritorious Public 1. B. R. Sharma, IAS, Service Principal Secretary to Government, Power Development Department 2. Basharat Ahmad Dhar, IAS, Commissioner/Secretary to Govt., General Administration Department 3. Nisar Ahmad Shah, Junior Engineer, Rajpora Lift Irrigation Scheme, Irrigation and Flood Control Department 4. Ishfaq Ahmad Khan, Naib Tehsildar (Settlement), Revenue Department 93. Award for Outstanding Sports 1. Chhering Angchok R/o Nobra, Leh Persons (Mountaineering) 2. Ms. Bilquis Mir (Kayaking and Canoeing) D/o Shri Bashir Ahmad Mir R/o Dalgate, Srinagar 94. Award for Outstanding Media 1. Late Shri Sonaullah Bhat (Posthumously) Persons Editor – in – Chief Urdu daily “Aftab” 2. Late Shri Sofi Ghulam Mohammad (Posthumously) Editor – in – Chief Urdu daily “Srinagar Times” 3. Arun Joshi (Journalist, Hindustan Times) 4. Ms. Nidhi Razdan (Journalist, NDTV) 5. Ms. Marukh Inayat (Journalist, Times News) 6. Iftikhar Geelani (Journalist, Kashmir Times) 7. Maqsood Ahmad, Broadcast Journalist, Radio Kashmir 95. Award for Exemplary Shri Taranveer Singh Gujral, Industrial Entrepreneurship M/s T.V. Super Fitter Industries, Jammu 96. Award for Excellence in Media Sheherbeen (Radio Kashmir, Srinagar) YEAR 2011 (REPUBLIC DAY) 97. Award for Achievements in the 1. Syed Rasool Pompur field of Literature (Kashmiri/Urdu/English Writer & Poet) 2. Mishal Sultanpuri (Kashmiri Poet & Writer) 3. Wali Mohammad Batt (Kashmiri/Urdu/ English Writer & Historian) 98. Award for Performing Arts Km. Krishna Kumari (Traditional Folk Artist) 99. Award for Excellence in Arts & Abhay Rustum Sopori Crafts (Santoor Maestro & Music Composer) 100. Award for Social Reforms and Dhruv Lakra Empowerment (CEO, Mirakle Couriers) 101. Award for Outstanding Sports Kuldeep Handoo, Persons S/o Shri Jawahar Lal Handoo (Washu) 1. Mohammad Saleem Pandit S/o Ghulam Mohammad Pandit Award for Outstanding Media R/o H. No. 14, Alamdar Colony, 102. Persons. Rawalpora,