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Assam CM Announces Names of Recipients for State's Highest Civilian Awards

Ranjan Gogoi, former advocate and judge who served as the 46th Chief Justice of India will be conferred the Assam Baibhav Award 2023.

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16 Jan 2024 18:20 IST

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Assam CM Announces Names of Recipients for State's Highest Civilian Awards

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday announced the names of the recipients of the state's highest civilian awards for the year 2023.

The civilian awards consist of the Assam Baibhav, Assam Saurav and Assam Gaurav.

Former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi will be conferred the Assam Baibhav Award 2023 in the field of law and justice. Ranjan Gogoi is a former advocate and judge who served as the 46th Chief Justice of India. He is the first judge from Northeast India to hold the post of Chief Justice of India.

He is currently a Member of the Rajya Sabha, having been nominated by President Ram Nath Kovind on 16 March 2020.

The Assam Government has selected 22 civilians who will be conferred the prestigious award in different fields.

Here is the full list of awardees for the Assam Saurav and Assam Gaurav:

Sl. No

Name of Recommended Awardee

Award Category

Field
1

Sri Ranjan Gogoi

Assam Baibhav

Law & Justice
2

Dr Kishan Chand Nauriyal

Assam Saurav

Art and Culture (Archaeology)
3

Elvis Ali Hazarika

Assam Saurav

Sports (Swimming)
4

Hima Das

Assam Saurav

Sports (Athletics)
5

Nadiram Deuri

Assam Saurav

Art & Culture (Tiwa Dance exponent)
6

Ranjit Gogoi

Assam Gaurav

Art and culture (Folk & Bihu Dance Exponent)
7

Parvati Barua

Assam Gaurav

"Environment& Forest (Animal conservation activist

Human-Elephant conflict expert)"
8

Debojit Changmai

Assam Gaurav

Art and Culture (Sound Engineer)
9

Drono Bhuyan

Assam Gaurav

Art and Culture (OjaPali)
10

Neelam Dutta

Assam Gaurav

Agriculture (Organic Farming)
11

Anupam Deka

Assam Gaurav

Entrepreneur (Industrialist)
12

Soumyadeep Dutta

Assam Gaurav

Environment& Forest (Wildlife Conservation)
13

Basanta Chiring Phukan

Assam Gaurav

Agriculture (Progressive Mushroom Cultivator)
14

Manendra Deka

Assam Gaurav

Craft and Bamboo artist (Handicraft)
15

Meenakshi Chetia

Assam Gaurav

ASHA Worker (Social Service)
16

Pakhila Lekhtepi

Assam Gaurav

Art and Culture (Karbi Folk Singer)
17

Tenzing Bodosa

Assam Gaurav

Environment& Forest (Elephant friendly Tea Estate Establishment)
18

Nirmal Dey

Assam Gaurav

Entrepreneur (ShitalPati)
19

Jecin Kumbang Pao

Assam Gaurav

Handlooms (Weaving)
20

Mary Hassa

Assam Gaurav

AWC (Social Service)
21

Upendra Rabha

Assam Gaurav

Agriculture (Black Rice Cultivator)
22

Rahul Gupta

Assam Gaurav

Agriculture (Hydroponic Farming)

Notably, Assam Civilian Awards are conferred on similar patterns of Bharat Ratna and Padma Awards, the highest Civilian Awards of the Government of India. The number of awards vary every year in each category as per the decision of the Award Committee.

The Government of Assam has extended its heartiest congratulations and gratitude to all the awardees. According to Himanta Biswa Sarma, the awards will be conferred on February 10 in the presence of Vice President of India as the Chief Guest.

While addressing media persons today, the Assam CM said, "We will confer the civilian awards of Assam on February 10. The Assam Governor will present at the occasion. The Vice President of India will attend the programme as a Chief Guest."

"The Assam Baibhav Award is the highest state civilian award. In the first year, we gave the Assam Baibhav award to Ratan Tata and last year we gave the award to Tapan Saikia. This time, the Assam government has selected former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Ranjan Gogoi for the Assam Baibhav award," CM Sarma added.

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