Jamnalal Bajaj Award Explained

Jamnalal Bajaj Award
Date:1978
Country:India

Jamnalal Bajaj Award is an Indian award, for promoting Gandhian values, community service and social development.[1] Established in 1978, by the Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation of Bajaj Group, it is given annually in four categories, and usually presented by the President, Vice president, Prime Minister of India or a leading figure.[2] The foundation currently headed by Rahul Bajaj, was created in 1977, in the memory of group founder, philanthropist and a close associate of Mahatma Gandhi, Jamnalal Bajaj.[3] [4] The award ceremony takes place on his birth anniversary, 4 November.[5] [6]

Awards

The award comprises a citation, a trophy and a cheque of Rs Ten lakh each.[7] It is given in four categories,[8] namely:

  1. Constructive Work, established in 1978.
  2. Application of Science and Technology for Rural development, established in 1978.
  3. Outstanding contribution for the Development and Welfare of Women and Children, established in 1980 in memory of Janaki Devi Bajaj.
  4. International Award for promoting Gandhian values outside India, which is given to an individual of foreign nationality, established in 1988 on the birth centenary of Jamnalal Bajaj.

To commemorate the birth centenary of Mr. Jamnalal Bajaj, the Foundation presented a special award to Dr. Nelson Mandela in 1990.[9]

List of awardees

YearConstructive WorkScience & TechnologyWomen & Child WelfareInternational
1978Jugatram DaveSatish Chandra Das Gupta
1979Sarla Devi & Murlidhar Devidas Amte (Baba Amte)Jayant Shamrao Patil
1980Gandhi Niketan AshramAnil SadgopalJayashri Raiji & Kamalabai Hospet
1981Amalprava DasA. M. M. Murugappa ChettiarRamadevi Choudhury
1982Gokulbhai Daulatram BhattPrembhaiTaraben Mashruwala
1983Tagaduru Ramachandra RaoManibhai DesaiPushpaben Mehta
1984Popatlal Ramchandra ShahMohan Narhari ParikhGaura Devi
1985T.S. AvinashilingamSanjit RoyAnutai Wagh
1986Sunderlal BahugunaVilas B. SalunkeVasanti S. Roy
1987Natwar ThakkarSunit Dhanaji BondeAnnapragada C. Krishna Rao
1988S. Jagannathan and Krishnammal JagannathanIshwarbhai PatelMalati Devi ChoudhuriPierre Parodi
1989K. Janardanan PillaiT. G. K. MenonIndirabai HalbeDanilo Dolci
1990Tirath RamS. A. DabholkarRatan ShastriA. T. Ariyaratne
1991Dwarko SundaraniS. Krishnamurthy MirmiraRadha BhattCharles Walker
1992Thakurdas BangK. VishwanathanShalini MogheHomer A. Jack
1993Vichitra Narain SharmaDinkarrao G. PawarKantaben and Harivilasben ShahJohan Galtung
1994L. N. GopalaswamiV. S. AggarwalShanti DeviGedong Bagus Oka
1995Kashinath TrivediG. MuniratnamVimla BahugunaKamala
1996Manubhai PancholiS. S. KalbagIndumati ParikhAdolfo De Obieta
1997R. K. PatilS. S. KatagihallimathVinoba NiketanYoung Seek Choue
1998Acharya RamamurtiDevendra KumarRajammal P. DevadasKumari Jharna Dhara Chowdhury
1999Narayan DesaiAjoy Kumar BasuSaraswathi GoraJoseph Rotblat
2000Somdutt VedalankarBhaskar SaveVidya DeviDesmond Tutu
2001Sisir SanyalAnil K. RajvanshiRehmat Sultan FazelbhoySatish Kumar
2002Siddharaj DhaddaArunkumar DaveChitra NaikGeorge Willoughby
2003Rabindra Nath UpadhyayVinayak PatilAlice GargDr. Mary E. King
2004Radhakrishna BajajPrabhakar Shankar ThakurSarojini VaradappanMarie Thoeger
2005P. Gopinathan NairRajendra SinghArunaben Shankarprasad DesaiDaisaku Ikeda
2006S.N. Subbarao[10] Anil Prakash JoshiRani Abhay BangIsmail Serageldin
2007Yashpal M. MittalAnand Dinkar KarveAshoka GuptaMichael Nagler
2008Biswanath PattnaikTushar KanjilalPhoolbasan YadavLouis Campana
2009Lavanam[11] Ayyappa MasagiJaya ArunachalamCharles Peter Dougherty
2010Chunibhai VaidyaChewang NorphelShakuntaladevi ChoudharyLia Diskin
2011Ramesh Bhaiya and Vimla BahanAnupam MishraShobhana Ranade
2012Jayant Mathkar[12] Kalyan PaulNighat Shafi
2013G. V. Subba RaoSnehlata Nath[13] Vidhya DasJean-Marie Muller
2014Surendra KoulagiRam Kumar SinghChennupati VidayaSulak Sivaraksa
2015Man Singh RawatPerumal VivekanandanAnne FerrerMinoru Kasai
2016Mohan Hirabai HiralalB. V. NimbkarDr. N. Manga DeviRached Ghannouchi
2017Shashi TyagiJan Swasthya SahyogPraveen NairZiad Medoukh
2018Dhoom Singh NegiRupal DesaiPrasanna BhandariClayborne Carson
2019Bhawani Shanker KusumMohammad Imran Khan MewatiShaheen MistriSonia Deotto
2020[14] Cancelled due to corona outbreak
2021Mr. Dharampal SainiDr. Lal SinghSr. Lucy KurienMr. David H. Albert

See also

References

  1. [#Va|Varma, p. 87]
  2. News: Nonagenarians among four Jamnalal Bajaj awardees . . 29 October 2010 .
  3. Web site: Jamnalal Bajaj Award . Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120329004951/http://www.jamnalalbajajfoundation.org/the_foundation/about_jbf . 2012-03-29 .
  4. News: The Gandhian spirit. . 2 January 2000 .
  5. News: Vice President presents Jamnalal Bajaj Awards . . 5 Nov 2008 .
  6. News: Jamnalal Bajaj Awards presented. . 15 November 2007.
  7. Web site: Jamnalal Bajaj Awards website . 2012-04-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120329214259/http://www.jamnalalbajajfoundation.org/awards/objectives . 2012-03-29 . dead .
  8. Web site: About the Awards . Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120329214402/http://www.jamnalalbajajfoundation.org/the_foundation/about_the_awards . 2012-03-29 .
  9. http://www.jamnalalbajajfoundation.org/beyond-profit/awards-recognition Special Award to Dr. Nelson Mandela
  10. News: Jamnalal Bajaj awards presented . https://web.archive.org/web/20070210153132/http://www.hindu.com/2006/11/07/stories/2006110716401400.htm . dead . 10 February 2007 . . 7 Nov 2006 .
  11. News: Jamnalal Bajaj awards announced. https://archive.today/20120707160030/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-10-08/pune/28081407_1_jamnalal-bajaj-foundation-technology-for-rural-development-gandhian-values . dead . 7 July 2012 . . 8 Oct 2009 .
  12. News: Jamnalal Bajaj awards presented . . 21 Dec 2012 .
  13. Web site: Snehlata Nath, Jamnalal Bajaj Awards 2013, Outstanding Contribution in Application of Science and Technology for Rural Development. Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation. 2020-04-27.
  14. Web site: Home . jamnalalbajajawards.org.

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