As per an official communiqué, the following is the list of awardees in different spheres:
Bravery:-Ms Rukhsana Kosser and Ajaz Ahmed. (Cash award of Rs 51,000 a medal and a citation each).
Achievements in the field of Literature:-Prof Rehman Rahi, Kashmiri poet and writer, Prof Sewa Singh, Punjabi writer and Prof Veena Gupta (Dogri writer). (Cash award of Rs 51,000, a shawl worth Rs 10,000 and a citation each.
Awards for performing Arts:-Mtr. Shameem Azad, (Singer), s. Kailash Mehra (Singer), Pradhuman Singh Jindrahia (Dogri folk artist) and Ustad Ghulam Mohammad Saznawaz (Sufiana Ustad).(Cash award of Rs 51,000 a medal and a citation each).
Award for Excellence in Arts and Crafts:-Mohammad Shariq Farooqui, Director, Craft Development Institute,
Award for Social Service:-Viklang Chhatra Trust, Akhnoor (Cash award of Rs 51,000, a medal and a citation.)
Awards for meritorious Public Service :-B.R. Sharma, IAS, Principal Secretary to Government, Power Development Department; Basharat Ahmad Dhar, IAS, Commissioner/Secretary to Government, General Administration Department; Nisar Ahmad Shah, Junior Engineer, Rajpora Lift Irrigation Scheme, Irrigation and Flood Control Department and Ishtaq Ahmad Khan, Naib Tehsildar (Settlement), Revenue Department. (Cash award of Rs 51,000, a medal and a citation.)
Awards for outstanding Sports Persons:-Chhering Angchok, Nobra, Leh (Mountaineering) and Ms. Bilquis Mir (Kayaking and Canoeing). (Cash award of Rs 51,000, a medal and a citation.)
Awards for Outstanding Media Persons:-Late Sonaullah Bhat (Posthumously) Editor-in-Chief Urdu Daily :Aftab”; Late Sofi Ghulam Mohammad(Posthumously) Editor-in-Chief Urdu Daily “ Srinagar Times”; Arun Joshi (Journalist Hindustan Times); Ms Nidhi Razdan, (Journalist, NDTV), Ms. Marukh Inayat, (Journalist, Times News), Iftikhar Geelani, (Journalist, Kashmir Times) and Maqsood Ahmad, Broadcast Journalist, Radio Kashmir (Cash award of Rs 51,000, a medal and a citation.)
Awards for exemplary Industrial Entrepreneurship:- Taranveer Singh Gujral, M/S T. V. Super Filter Industries,
Award for excellence in Media:-Sheherbeen (Radio Kashmir,
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