Kamal Kumari National Award
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]
Kamal Kumari National Award | |
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Civilian award for contributions to Art, Culture & Literature and Science & Technology | |
Awarded for | Art, Culture & Literature, Science & Technology |
Sponsored by | The Kamal Kumari Foundation |
Reward(s) | ₹200,000 in cash |
First awarded | 1991 |
Last awarded | 2016 |
Highlights | |
First winner | Sobha Brahma |
Last winner | Dhiraj Bora Aisharjya P. Konwar Pushpa Bhuyan |
List of Awardees
- Parveen Sultana
Year | Awardee | From | Profession | Category | Ref |
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1991 | Sobha Brahma | Assam | Bodo writer | Art & Culture | [3] |
1992 | C. N. R. Rao | Karnataka | Solid State chemist | Science & Technology | [3] |
1992 | S. P. Thyagarajan | Tamil Nadu | Microbiologist | Science & Technology | [3] |
1992 | Sankha Ghosh | West Bengal | Bengali poet | Art & Culture | [3] |
1993 | Sarbeswar Buzarbaruah | Assam | Plasma scientist | Science & Technology | [3] |
1993 | Nilmani Phookan | Assam | Assamese poet | Art & Culture | |
1994 | Dilip Kumar Choudhury | Assam | Physicist | Science & Technology | [3] |
1994 | Sisir Kumar Das | West Bengal | Bengali writer | Art & Culture | [3] |
1995 | Indira Goswami | Assam | Assamese Writer | Art & Culture | [3] |
1995 | T. S. R. Prasada Rao | Andhra Pradesh | Molecular catalysis | Science & Technology | [3] |
1996 | Amita Malik | New Delhi | Media critic | Art & Culture | [3] |
1996 | Lakshmidhar Satpathy | Bhubaneswar | Nuclear physicist | Science & Technology | [3] |
1997 | Achyut Lahkar | Assam | Theatre personality | Art & Culture | [3] |
1997 | Raghunath Anant Mashelkar | Goa | Former Director General, CSIR | Science & Technology | [3] |
1998 | Nabakanta Barua | Assam | Assamese writer | Art & Culture | [3] |
1998 | Vibha Dhawan | New Delhi | Biotechnologist | Science & Technology | [3] |
1999 | Hiren Gohain | Assam | Social scientist | Art & Culture | |
1999 | Ashoke Sen | Kolkata | Theoretical physicist | Science & Technology | |
2000 | Bhabendra Nath Saikia | Assam | Assamese writer | Art & Culture | [4] |
2000 | Jayant Narlikar | Maharashtra | Astrophysicist | Science & Technology | [4] |
2001 | Adoor Gopalakrishnan | Kerala | Filmmaker | Art & Culture | [4] |
2001 | Tej P. Singh | New Delhi | Biophysicist | Science & Technology | [4] |
2002 | Samir Bhattacharya | West Bengal | Biotechnologist | Science & Technology | [2][3] |
2002 | Maharaj Kumari Binodini Devi | Manipur | Manipuri writer | Art & Culture | [2][3] |
2003 | Prannoy Roy | West Bengal | Psephologist | Art & Culture | [3] |
2003 | Jitendra Nath Goswami | Assam | Astrophysicist | Science & Technology | [2][3] |
2003 | Jahnu Baruah | Assam | Film Maker | Art & Culture | [2][3] |
2004 | Dhrubajyoti Mukhopadhyay | West Bengal | Geologist | Science & Technology | [5] |
2004 | Nabaneeta Dev Sen | West Bengal | Writer and academic | Art & Culture | [5] |
2005 | Joyanti Chutia | Assam | Physicist | Science & Technology | [5] |
2005 | Kanaksen Deka | Assam | Assamese writer | Art & Culture | [5] |
2006 | Dhirendra Nath Burhagohain | Assam | Civil Engineer | Science & Technology | [1][3] |
2006 | Hemanta Mishra | Nepal | Writer | Art & Culture | [1][3] |
2007 | Maqsood Siddiqi | Kolkata | Chief, Cancer Foundation of India Kolkata |
Science & Technology | [1][3] |
2007 | Aribam Syam Sharma | Manipur | Filmmaker | Art & Culture | [1][3] |
2008 | Bhupendra Nath Goswami | Pune | Former Director Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology |
Science & Technology | [1][3] |
2008 | Ramakanta Rath | Orissa | Poet Former Chairman, Sahitya Akademi. |
Art & Culture | [1][3] |
2009 | Roddam Narasimha | Karnataka | Aerospace scientist Indian Institute of Science |
Science & Technology | [6] |
2009 | Parveen Sultana | Assam | Classical singer | Art & Culture | [7] |
2010 | Ramesh C. Deka | Assam | Otorhynolaryngologist All India Institute of Medical Sciences |
Science & Technology | [8] |
2010 | Amaresh Dutta | Assam | Professor Guwahati University |
Art & Culture | [8] |
2011 | Shri Krishna Joshi | Uttarakhand | Physicist IIT Roorkee |
Art & Culture | [9] |
2011 | Heisnam Kanhailal | Manipur | Theatre personality Founder-Director of Kalakshetra Manipur |
Art & Culture | [10] |
2016 | Dhiraj Bora | Gandhinagar | Professor Institute for Plasma Research |
Science & Technology | [11] |
2016 | Aisharjya P. Konwar | Assam | Painter | Art & Culture | [11] |
2016 | Pushpa Bhuyan | Assam | Dancer | Art & Culture | [11] |
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See also
- Kamal Kumari Barooah
- The Kamal Kumari Foundation
- Siva Prasad Barooah National Award
References
- Staff Reporter (19 April 2009). "Kamal Kumari awards announced". The Assam Tribune. Retrieved 31 December 2009.
- "Kamal Kumari awards given away". 30 November 2004. Retrieved 31 December 2009.
- Hueiyen News Service (20 April 2009). "Syam Sharma selected for Kamal Kumari Award". New Delhi: e-pao.net. Retrieved 31 December 2009.
- UNI (21 September 2002). "Bhabendra Nath, Adoor win Kamal Kumari awards". Guwahati: Dailyexcelsior.com. Retrieved 31 December 2009.
- "Kamal Kumari National Awards Presented". Guwahati: High beam. 2 April 2006. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2009.
- "Brief Profile". JNCASR. 2016.
- "National Awards". Culturopedia. 2016.
- "Kamal Kumari awards declared". Assam Tribune. 16 October 2011.
- "Kamal Kumari awards presented". Assam Tribune. 25 November 2012.
- "Heisnam Kanhailal". Kalakshetra Manipur. 2016.
- "Kamal Kumari National Awards to Puspa Bhuyan". The Eastern Today. 10 February 2016.
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