The government of Assam announces three prestigious awards

The Chief Minister of Assam Himanta Biswa Sarma announced the list of awardees in a press conference held today at Guwahati.

The three prestigious awards are entitled with cash rewards, The Assam Baibhav award will carry cash of Rs. 5 lac, Assam Saurav will carry cash of Rs. 4lac and Assam Gaurav will carry cash of Rs. 3lac.

He also expressed his regards and good wishes to the awardees and stated that 19 persons will be awarded each year under these three categories and the award ceremony will be held every year on “ Asom Divas’ i.e on 2^nd December every year. But this year the award ceremony will be held on January 24, 2022.

CM Himanta Biswa Sarma also informed the media that from next year there will be a voting system to nominate the awardees. The full list of the award is:

Assam Baibhav Award

1. Ratan Tata

Assam Saurav Award

1. Professor Kamalendu Deb Krori- Educationist
2. Dr. Lakhsmanan S- Public Service
3. Professor Dipak Chand Jain- Business Management
4. Lovlina Borgohain- Sports
5. Neel Pawan Baruah- Art & Culture

Assam Gaurav Award

1.  Munindra Nath Ngatey- Public Service & Vaccination
2. Dr. Basanta Hazarika- Health & COVID Management
3. Akash Jyoti Gogoi- Poultry Farming
4. Manoj Kr. Basumatary- Piggery Farming
5. Khorsing Terang- Sports & Mountaineering
6. Boby Hazarika- Woman Entrepreneur
7. Hemoprabha Chutia- Weaving
8. Namita Kalita- Health & Public Service
9. Bornita Momin- Public Service
10. Dharanidhar Boro- Wildlife Conservation
11. Kaushik Baruah- Agro Exporter & Entrepreneur
12. Kalpana Boro- Public Service
13. Asif Iqbal- Health & Medicine