Bhubaneswar, Jan 4: For the first time the aluminium major NALCO has announced the list of awardees for Nalco Smiles Award, Nalco Kharavela Awards and Nalco Kalidas Awards for the year 2016.
Nalco Smiles Award shall be conferred on Dr. Sruti Mohapatra, Founder of Swabhiman, for her outstanding contributions towards the rehabilitation of differently-abled children and spreading sunshine among them. She shall receive a purse of Rs. 1 lakh. Nalco Kharavela Award for Odissi exponent and Guru par excellence shall be received by Padma Shri Dr. Ileana Citaristi, for her significant contributions in promoting Odissi Dance. This award also carries a purse of Rs. 1 lakh. On the other hand, Nalco Kharavela Award for significant achievements in Odissi Dance, both in India and abroad, shall be handed over to Shri Saswat Ranjan Joshi. He will receive a cash prize of Rs.50, 000/-.
The awards will be given away during the 36th Foundation Day Celebrations of Nalco on Jan 7 in Bhubaneswar, by Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Minister of Steel & Mines, in presence of Jual Oram, Union Minister of Tribal Affairs, Dharmendra Pradhan, Union Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Balvinder Kumar, Secretary, Ministry of Mines, Members of Parliament Prasanna Kumar Patasani, Tathagata Satpathy, Nagendra Kumar Pradhan, and Jhina Hikaka shall also grace the occasion.
Besides, two more awards shall be given away on the preceding day. Prof. Harekrishna Satapathy, VC, Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, Tirupati and Prof. Gangadhar Panda, VC, Shri Jagannath Sanskrit Vishvavidyalaya, Puri have been selected for Nalco Kalidas Awards, for their significant contributions in the field of teaching and propagating Sanskrit. The awards carry a sum of Rs.50, 000/- for each recipient. Both the awardees shall receive the awards during the 15th Edition of Nalco Foundation Day Lecture Series on Jan 6. K.V. Chowdary, Central Vigilance Commissioner, shall hand over these awards, in presence of Aditya Prasad Padhi, Chief Secretary, Odisha.
Tapan Kumar Chand, CMD, Nalco, has congratulated all the winners of Nalco Awards 2016 and has informed that as responsible corporate citizen, will take many more steps to promote social service, art & culture.
