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President Ram Nath Kovind honoured 15 Women

with ‘Nari Shakti Puraskar’ for 2019- “National award
for women”
By AC Team - March 9, 2020

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On March 8, 2020 President Ram Nath Kovind honoured 15 women with ‘Nari Shakti Puraskar’(Women
Shakti Award) for 2019 at Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi. The award is conferred annually to eminent
women and institutions in recognition of their service towards the cause of women empowerment & social
welfare.
i.This award is an initiative of the Ministry of Women and Child Development(MWCD) to acknowledge the
achievements of women for the nation & recognize their contributions towards society.

ii.The winners are from diverse fields namely; agriculture, sports, handicrafts, afforestation and wildlife
conservation, Armed Forces and education.

iii.Awardee Bhageerathi Amma appointed a person on her behalf to receive the award due to her health
issues.

iv.Those who received awards have contributed in safeguarding women’s rights & also pushed the 2030
agenda for Sustainable Development Goals.

Awardees List

S.no Name Key Accomplishment State

Bina Devi or ‘Mushroom

1 Popularizing mushroom cultivation Munger , Bihar
Mahila’

2 Padala Bhudevi
Working for development of Tribal
People Through a  CAVS (Chinnai
Srikakulam, Andhra
Adhivasi Vikas Society), established
Pradesh
in 1996 & also helped women to
develop entrepreneurship..

Restored the culture and heritage of

Srinagar, Jammu
3 Arifa Jan Jammu and Kashmir- Founder of
and Kashmir
Numdha Handicrafts

Rajnagar,
Chami Murmu or ‘Lady Planted trees & protected local
4 SaraikelaKharsawan,
Tarzan’ of Jharkhand wildlife
Jharkhand

First one to serve Ladakh cuisines in

her Alchi Kitchen Restaurant & 
5 Nilza Wangmo Leh ,Ladakh
represented Ladakhi recipes in 5-star
hotels in India

Development of automobile
6 Rashmi Urdhwardeshe Pune, Maharashtra
technologies

Sardarni Mann Kaur or

7 ‘Miracle from Achievements in athletics Patiala, Punjab
Chandigarh'(103)

Built over 4000 toilets & & created

Kalavati Devi- ‘lady Kanpur,  Uttar
8 awareness regarding the ills of open
mason’ Pradesh
defecation

First female twins to scale Mount

9 Tashi & Nungshi Malik
Everest in 2013 & also are founders
Dehradun,
of Nungshi Tashi Foundation which
Uttarakhand
aims to develop mountaineering as
sport & to empower girls.

Kolkata, West
10 Kaushiki Chakroborty Khayal and Thumri exponent.
Bengal

11 Bhageerathi Amma(105) Cleared the fourth standard Kollam, Alappuzha,

& Karthyayini Amma (96) equivalency examination & became Kerala
 the oldest equivalency course
student of Kerala.
 

topped “Akshara Laksham”

in 2018 scoring 98/100 marks

AvaniChaturvedi,Bhawna
Kanth & Mohana Singh
12
Jitarwal (Indian Air
Force)
Rewa, Madhya
Pradesh
First Indian Women Pilots to take a Darbhanga, Bihar
solo flight in MIG-21 in 2018
Agra, Uttar Pradesh

About ‘Nari Shakti Puraskar’:

It was established in 1991 by MWCD & 1st awarded in 1999. Every year on the occasion of  International
Women’s Day the award is conferred by the President of India. It is considered as the National Award for
Women.

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