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India's the Most Prestigious Civilian
Award for Social Work - Karmaveer Puraskaar 2008
presented
Dr.Venkat
Pulla being presented the 'Karmveer Puraskar'
by Mr. Krishna Murthy,
Former Election Commissioner of India
The recipients of the Award for Karmaveer
Puraskaar 2008
 Global
Indian Karmveer Puraskaar – Dr Venkat Pullla, Australia
and Dr Sailesh Rao, USA
Lifetime Achievement Karmaveer Puraskaar - Maj
Gen Raghubir Singh Pannu
Real Wealth Creators for the Communities - Rajendra
Joshi and Vipin Sharma
Lifelong Fight for Social Justice through Citizen Action
- Pamela Gale Malhotra
Government Citizen Karmveer Puraskaar - Syeda Hameed
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The third Karamveer Puraskar, the national awards for
social justice and citizen action were presented at
Rajghat. November 26, is celebrated as the National
Social Justice and Citizen Action Day to rekindle the
spirit of our constitutional pledge.
The third Karamveer Puraskar, the national awards for
social justice and citizen action were presented at
Satyagraha Mandap, Gandhi Darshan, Rajghat. November 26,
of every year is celebrated as the National Social
Justice and Citizen Action Day since 1949, to rekindle
the spirit of our constitutional pledge.
Speaking on the occasion, Jeroninio Almeida, founder and
chief volunteer, iCONGO said, "In a country of almost
1.2 billion Indians, we have many awards for movie stars
and other achievers launched by tobacco, FMCG, media and
beverage brands as marketing campaigns but we are yet to
recognise the real-life unsung heroes who believe that
it is better to light a candle than curse the darkness
by leading a change.” He further added, "Karmaveer
Puraskaar is given to change dreamers and doers who
practise philanthropy for social justice."
Karamveer Puraskar has been instituted by the iCONGO-Indian
Confederation of NGOs, representatives of people sector
and social justice through a citizen action movement in
India. This is to recognise individuals who have been pivotal in leading a
change beyond their business by being committed at
individual levels to work on social issues. The awards
are given to individuals for their contribution to
social justice and citizen action; they are chosen from
various sectors and this year the focus is on ’people
from government, businesses and media’.
The short-listing of the screened entries is carried out
by an expert panel from iCONGO comprised of
representatives from across areas of work and past
awardees based on a process set and created by Mercer
and Grant Thornton. Mercer and Grant Thornton are
international audit firms.
The other categories under this Award
include:
Media Citizen Karmaveer Puraskaar
Print Media - Umesh Anand and Rita Anand
Film maker, mainstream - Pritish Nandy
Filmmaker on contemporary issues - Bhavna Talwar
Documentary film maker - Nitin Das and Akanksha Joshi
Short film maker –Swati D’Souza, Sehej Mantri, Aalap
Deboor and Sheetal Bhan
Author - Vandana Shah
Literary Consultant - Mita kapur
Corporate
Citizen Karmaveer Puraskaar
Corporate Citizens for Holistic CSR Initiatives – CEO-Ajay
Bijli, CSR Head- Deepa Menon
Corporate Citizens for Holistic Media Initiatives-
Chairman- Indu Jain, Director- Pooran Pandey
Corporate CEO’s Foundation – Ashok Kurien
Corporate Executive Citizen - Meera Sanyal
Civil Society Karmaveer Puraskaar
Disability - Divya Arora
HIV – Dr Ashok Rau
Community Welfare - TK Mathew
Fund raising - Surat Sandhu
Education, Health and Empowerment - Shobha Murthy
Women Empowerment and Child labour - Nusrat Naqvi
Animal Welfare and Environment - Nigel Otter
Cancer - Harmala Gupta
Care for the elderly - Sailesh Mishra
Social Communications and Campaign Strategist -
Meenakshi Madhwani
Social Venture Mentoring - Varun Sahni
Social Entrepreneurship/Transformation - Rejendra Misra
Student Citizen Karmaveer Puraskaar - Inir Pinheiro
Artistes 4 Change Karmaveer Puraskaar
Dance - Geeta Chandran
Music – Bobby Cash, Gautam Ghosh and Ritika Sahni
Theatre - Lushin Dubey and Arvind Gaur
Mainstream Actress– Kajol
Young Social Entrepreneur Citizen - Meghna Agrawal and
Madhusudan Agrawal
Professional Citizen Karmaveer Puraskaar - Madhu
Bhatnagar and Shrenik Rao
Kids 4 Change – Aradhna Chhachhi and Diwakar
Young Creative Citizen - Ambar Prakash
November 26, is the day the citizens of
India
adopted the constitutional pledge in 1949 and is now
promoted by iCONGO as the National People’s Social
Justice and Action Day. The next year will be the 60th
year of adoption of the pledge and on the occasion,
iCONGO would be launching a mammoth signature campaign
to address an appeal to the President, Prime Minister
and all citizens serving in the government to announce
this day as the National Social Justice and Citizen
Action Day.
The Karmaveer Puraskaar is given out at the Right Every
Wrong Conclave every year; it is a national forum for
social justice and citizen action. Every year, eminent
thought leaders and citizens concerned with constructive
opinions from India and overseas gather to discuss
social issues like poverty and marginalisation,
corporate social responsibility, responsible media,
climate change, child rights, animal rights and other
social justice issues and understand the need for a
citizen movement to come together as one and pledge to
try and right every wrong. This year, the theme is about
Citizen Action for Electoral Reforms. |
