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.