President Murmu to present PM Rashtriya Bal Puraskar to 19 children on Monday

A total of 9 boys and 10 girls hailing from 18 states and Union territories will be presented the award in six categories.

Published on: Jan 19, 2024, 19:37:51 IST

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President Droupadi Murmu will present the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar to 19 children for their exceptional achievements on Monday. The awards will be conferred by Murmu at a ceremonial function to be held at Vigyan Bhawan on 22nd January. A total of 9 boys and 10 girls hailing from 18 states and union territories will be presented the award in six categories -- art and culture (7), bravery (1), innovation (1), science and technology (1), social service (4), and sports (5).

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will also interact with the award winners on Tuesday. The Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar aims to celebrate the exceptional achievements of children aged 5 to 18. Each awardee will receive a certificate and a medal.

Here's the list of awardees:

Sr. No.	Name	State	Category
1	Aaditya Vijay Bramhane (posthumous)	Maharashtra	Bravery
2	Anushka Pathak	Uttar Pradesh	Art & Culture
3	Arijeet Banerjee	West Bengal	Art & Culture
4	Armaan Ubhrani	Chattisgarh	Art & Culture
5	Hetvi Kantibhai Khimsuriya	Gujarat	Art & Culture
6	Ishfaq Hamid	Jammu & Kashmir	Art & Culture
7	Md Hussain	Bihar	Art & Culture
8	Pendyala Laxmi Priya	Telangana	Art & Culture
9	Suhani Chauhan	Delhi	Innovation
10	Aryan Singh	Rajasthan	Science & Technology
11	Avnish Tiwari	Madhya Pradesh	Social Service
12	Garima	Haryana	Social Service
13	Jyotsna Aktar	Tripura	Social Service
14	Saiyam Mazumder	Assam	Social Service
15	Aaditya Yadav	Uttar Pradesh	Sports
16	Charvi A	Karnataka	Sports
17	Jesicca Neyi Saring	Arunachal Pradesh	Sports
18	Linthoi Chanambam	Manipur	Sports
19	R Surya Prasad	Andhra Pradesh	Sports

In a bid to make the selection process more transparent artificial intelligence was employed for mining the data from different web sources over the past two years. The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) was also consulted to recommend deserving candidates.

The National Award Portal remained open for nominations from May 9 to September 15. Efforts were also made to publicise the awards at various levels.

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