Kamal Kumari National Award
Kamal Kumari National Award | |
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Awarded by The Kamal Kumari Foundation | |
Type | Civilian |
Category | National (Individual & Group) |
Description | |
Description |
Art, Culture & Literature, Science & Technology in India. |
Statistics | |
Instituted | 1990 |
First awarded | 1991 |
Last awarded | 2008 |
Total awarded | 37 |
Cash award | Rs.200,000 in cash |
First awardee(s) | Sobha Brahma |
Last awardee(s) | Rama Kanta Rath |
The Kamal Kumari National Award is an Indian Award given to individuals and groups in India for outstanding contribution to Art, Culture & Literature and Science & Technology. It was instituted by the Kamal Kumari Foundation in 1990 in memory of Kamal Kumari Barooah, the remarkable matriarch of the Khongiya Barooah family of Thengal, Assam.[1] The foundation has till date a number of awardees. The first award was given to Sobha Brahma in 1991 in the category of Culture. The award carries a cash award of Rs.200,000, a trophy and a citation.[1][2]
List of Awardees
Year | Awardee | From | Profession | Category | Ref |
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1991 | Sobha Brahma | Assam | Art & Culture | [3] | |
1992 | Prof. C. N. R. Rao | Science & Technology | [3] | ||
1992 | Prof. S P Thyagarajan | Science & Technology | [3] | ||
1992 | Sankha Ghosh | West Bengal | Art & Culture | [3] | |
1993 | Prof. Sarbeswar Buzarbaruah | Assam | Science & Technology | [3] | |
1993 | Nilamoni Phookan | Assam | Art & Culture | ||
1994 | Dilip Kumar Choudhury | Science & Technology | [3] | ||
1994 | Prof. Sisir Kumar Das | Art & Culture | [3] | ||
1995 | Dr Indira Goswami | Assam | Writer | Art & Culture | [3] |
1995 | Dr T S R Prasad Rao | Science & Technology | [3] | ||
1996 | Amita Malik | New Delhi | Art & Culture | [3] | |
1996 | Prof. Lakshmidhar Satpathy | Bhubaneswar | Science & Technology | [3] | |
1997 | Achyut Lahkar | Assam | Art & Culture | [3] | |
1997 | Dr Raghunath Anant Mashelkar | Goa | Director General, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, Secretary, Department of Scientific & Industrial Research, New Delhi. |
Science & Technology | [3] |
1998 | Navakanta Baruah | Assam | Art & Culture | [3] | |
1998 | Dr Vibha Dhawan | New Dehli | Science & Technology | [3] | |
1999 | Dr Hiren Gohain | Assam | Art & Culture | ||
1999 | Prof. Ashok Sen | Kolkata | Science & Technology | ||
2000 | Dr Bhabendra Nath Saikia | Assam | Art & Culture | [4] | |
2000 | Prof. J. V. Narlikar | Science & Technology | [4] | ||
2001 | Adoor Gopalkrishnan | Trivandrum | Art & Culture | [4] | |
2001 | Dr Tej P. Singh | New Dehli | Science & Technology | [4] | |
2002 | Dr Samir Bhattacharya | Science & Technology | [2][3] | ||
2002 | Maharaj Kumari Binodini Devi | Manipur | Art & Culture | [2][3] | |
2003 | Dr Prannoy Roy | Art & Culture | [3] | ||
2003 | Dr Jitendra Nath Goswami | Assam | Science & Technology | [2][3] | |
2003 | Jahnu Baruah | Assam | Film Maker | Art & Culture | [2][3] |
2004 | Dhrubajyoti Mukhopadhyay | Geologist | Science & Technology | [5] | |
2004 | Nabaneeta Dev Sen | Distinguished litterateur | Art & Culture | [5] | |
2005 | Science & Technology | [5] | |||
2005 | Art & Culture | [5] | |||
2006 | Prof Dhirendra Nath Burhagohain | Assam | Chief Technology Officer, Civil Engineering Network System, Pune |
Science & Technology | [1][3] |
2006 | Hemanta Mishra | Artist | Art & Culture | [1][3] | |
2007 | Prof Maqsood Siddiqi | Kolkata | Chief, Cancer Foundation of India, Kolkata |
Science & Technology | [1][3] |
2007 | Aribam Shyam Sharma | Manipur | Film Maker | Art & Culture | [1][3] |
2008 | Bhupendra Nath Goswami | Pune | Director, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune |
Science & Technology | [1][3] |
2008 | Rama Kanta Rath | Orissa | Poet Former Chairman, Sahitya Akademi. |
Art & Culture | [1][3] |
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Staff Reporter (19 April 2009). "Kamal Kumari awards announced". The Assam Tribune. Retrieved 31 December 2009.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Kamal Kumari awards given away". 30 November 2004. Retrieved 31 December 2009.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Hueiyen News Service (20 April 2009). "Syam Sharma selected for Kamal Kumari Award". New Delhi: e-pao.net. Retrieved 31 December 2009.
- 1 2 3 4 UNI (21 Sep 2002). "Bhabendra Nath, Adoor win Kamal Kumari awards". Guwahati: Dailyexcelsior.com. Retrieved 31 December 2009.
- 1 2 3 4 "Kamal Kumari National Awards Presented". Guwahati: High beam. 2 April 2006. Retrieved 31 December 2009.
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