International Women’s Day: Nari Shakti Puraskar Award Winners List

By PTI

Tuesday, March 8, 2022, 13:17

cAs part of 'Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav', the week-long celebrations of International Women's Day started on 1st March, 2022 in New Delhi. The culmination of week-long events will witness conferment of Nari Shakti Puruskar for the years 2020 and 2021 by the Honourable President of India Shri Ram Nath Kovind at a special ceremony to be held at Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi on 8th March, 2022. The award ceremony for the year 2020 could not be held in 2021 due to prevalent situation created by COVID-19 pandemic.

The Honourable Prime Minister of India will also be having an interactive session with the Awardees to applaud their efforts and to inspire the masses to work for and excel in areas relating to women empowerment.

In all, 28 awards (14 each for the year 2020 and 2021) will be presented to 29 individuals in recognition of their exceptional work in rendering distinguished services towards empowerment of women, especially vulnerable and marginalized women.

'Nari Shakti Puraskar' is an initiative of the Ministry of Women and Child Development to acknowledge the exceptional contribution made by individuals and institutions, to celebrate women as game changers and catalyst of positive change in the society.

These achievers have not allowed age, geographical barriers or access to resources to come in the way of fulfilling their dreams. Their indomitable spirit will inspire the society at large and the young Indian minds in particular to break gender stereotypes, and stand up against gender inequality and discrimination. These awards are an effort to recognize women as equal partners in the advancement of society.

The winners of the Nari Shakti Puraskar for the year 2020 are from fields as diverse as entrepreneurship, agriculture, innovation, social work, arts and crafts, STEMM, and wildlife conservation, etc. The winners of the Nari Shakti Puraskar for the year 2021 are from the fields of linguistics, entrepreneurship, agriculture, social work, arts and crafts, Merchant Navy, STEMM, education and literature, disability rights, etc.

The list of awardees is below:

Nari Shakti Puruskar 2020

Sl. No	Name	State/ UT	Domain
1.	Anita Gupta	Bihar	Social Entrepreneur
2.	Ushaben Dineshbhai Vasava	Gujarat	Organic farmer & Tribal Activist
3.	Nasira Akhter	Jammu & Kashmir	Innovator - Environmental Conservation
4.	Sandhya Dhar	Jammu & Kashmir	Social Worker
5.	Nivruti Rai	Karnataka	Country Head, Intel India
6.	Tiffany Brar	Kerala	Social Worker - Working for Blind people
7.	Padma Yangchan	Ladakh	Revived the lost cuisine & clothing in Leh region
8.	Jodhaiya Bai Baiga	Madhya Pradesh	Tribal Baiga Art Painter
9.	Saylee Nandkishor Agavane	Maharashtra	Down syndrome affected Kathak Dancer
10.	Vanita Jagdeo Borade	Maharashtra	First Women Snake Rescuer
11.	Meera Thakur	Punjab	Sikki Grass Artist
12.	Jaya Muthu, Tejamma (Jointly)	Tamil Nadu	Artisans - Toda embroidery
13.	Ela Lodh (Posthumous)	Tripura	Obstetrician & Gynecologist
14.	Arti Rana	Uttar Pradesh	Handloom Weaver & Teacher

Nari Shakti Puruskar 2021

1.	Sathupati Prasanna Sree	Andhra Pradesh	Linguist - preserving minority tribal languages
2.	Tage Rita Takhe	Arunachal Pradesh	Entrepreneur
3.	Madhulika Ramteke	Chhattisgarh	Social Worker
4.	Niranjanaben Mukulbhai Kalarthi	Gujarat	Author & Educationist
5.	Pooja Sharma	Haryana	Farmer & Entrepreneur
6.	Anshul Malhotra	Himachal Pradesh	Weaver
7.	Shobha Gasti	Karnataka	Social Activist - Working for ending Devadasi system
8.	Radhika Menon	Kerala	Captain Merchant Navy - First woman to receive award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea from IMO
9.	Kamal Kumbhar	Maharashtra	Social Entrepreneur
10.	Sruti Mohapatra	Odisha	Disability Rights Activist
11.	Batool Begam	Rajasthan	Maand & Bhajan Folk Singer
12.	Thara Rangaswamy	Tamil Nadu	Psychiatrist & Researcher
13.	Neerja Madhav	Uttar Pradesh	Hindi Author - working for rights for transgenders and Tibetan refugees
14.	Neena Gupta	West Bengal	Mathematician