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{{Short description|Indian annual Gandhian values award}}
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'''Jamnalal Bajaj Award''' is an Indian award, for promoting [[Gandhian]] values, [[community service]] and [[Social change|social development]].<ref>[[#Va|Varma, p. 87]]</ref> Established in 1978, by the [[Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation]] of [[Bajaj Group]], it is given annually in four categories, and usually presented by the [[President of India|President]], Vice president, [[Prime Minister of India]] or a leading figure.<ref name=hindu10>{{cite news |title=Nonagenarians among four Jamnalal Bajaj awardees  |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/article855578.ece |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=  October 29, 2010 }}</ref> The foundation currently headed by [[Rahul Bajaj]], was created in 1977, in the memory of group founder, philanthropist and a close associate of [[Mahatma Gandhi]], [[Jamnalal Bajaj]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Jamnalal Bajaj Award |url=http://www.jamnalalbajajfoundation.org/the_foundation/about_jbf |publisher=Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329004951/http://www.jamnalalbajajfoundation.org/the_foundation/about_jbf |archivedate=2012-03-29 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=The Gandhian spirit|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/old/fe/daily/20000102/fex02044.html |publisher=[[The Financial Express (India)|Financial Express]] |date=January 2, 2000 }}</ref> The award ceremony takes place on his birth anniversary, November 4.<ref>{{cite news |title=Vice President presents Jamnalal Bajaj Awards |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/vice-president-presents-jamnalal-bajaj-award/381660/ |publisher=[[Indian Express]] |date=Nov 5, 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Jamnalal Bajaj Awards presented|url=http://www.livemint.com/2007/11/15092734/Jamnalal-Bajaj-Awards-presente.html |publisher=[[Mint (newspaper)|Mint]] |date=November 15, 2007}}</ref>
'''Jamnalal Bajaj Award''' is an Indian award, for promoting [[Gandhian]] values, [[community service]] and [[Social change|social development]].<ref>[[#Va|Varma, p. 87]]</ref> Established in 1978, by the [[Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation]] of [[Bajaj Group]], it is given annually in four categories, and usually presented by the [[President of India|President]], Vice president, [[Prime Minister of India]] or a leading figure.<ref name=hindu10>{{cite news |title=Nonagenarians among four Jamnalal Bajaj awardees  |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/article855578.ece |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=  29 October 2010 }}</ref> The foundation currently headed by [[Rahul Bajaj]], was created in 1977, in the memory of group founder, philanthropist and a close associate of [[Mahatma Gandhi]], [[Jamnalal Bajaj]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Jamnalal Bajaj Award |url=http://www.jamnalalbajajfoundation.org/the_foundation/about_jbf |publisher=Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329004951/http://www.jamnalalbajajfoundation.org/the_foundation/about_jbf |archivedate=2012-03-29 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=The Gandhian spirit|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/old/fe/daily/20000102/fex02044.html |publisher=[[The Financial Express (India)|Financial Express]] |date=2 January 2000 }}</ref> The award ceremony takes place on his birth anniversary, 4 November.<ref>{{cite news |title=Vice President presents Jamnalal Bajaj Awards |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/vice-president-presents-jamnalal-bajaj-award/381660/ |publisher=[[Indian Express]] |date=5 Nov 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Jamnalal Bajaj Awards presented|url=http://www.livemint.com/2007/11/15092734/Jamnalal-Bajaj-Awards-presente.html |publisher=[[Mint (newspaper)|Mint]] |date=15 November 2007}}</ref>


==Awards==
==Awards==
The award comprises a citation, a trophy and a cheque of Rs Ten lakh each.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.jamnalalbajajfoundation.org/awards/objectives |title=Jamnalal Bajaj Awards website |access-date=2012-04-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329214259/http://www.jamnalalbajajfoundation.org/awards/objectives |archive-date=2012-03-29 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It is given in four categories,<ref>{{cite web|title=About the Awards |url=http://www.jamnalalbajajfoundation.org/the_foundation/about_the_awards |publisher=Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329214402/http://www.jamnalalbajajfoundation.org/the_foundation/about_the_awards |archivedate=2012-03-29 }}</ref> namely:
The award comprises a citation, a trophy and a cheque of Rs Ten lakh each.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.jamnalalbajajfoundation.org/awards/objectives |title=Jamnalal Bajaj Awards website |access-date=2012-04-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329214259/http://www.jamnalalbajajfoundation.org/awards/objectives |archive-date=2012-03-29 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It is given in four categories,<ref>{{cite web|title=About the Awards |url=http://www.jamnalalbajajfoundation.org/the_foundation/about_the_awards |publisher=Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329214402/http://www.jamnalalbajajfoundation.org/the_foundation/about_the_awards |archivedate=2012-03-29 }}</ref> namely:
# Constructive Work, established in 1978.
# Application of Science and Technology for [[Rural development]], established in 1978.{{fact|date=August 2024}}
# Application of Science and Technology for [[Rural development]], established in 1978.
# Outstanding contribution for the Development and Welfare of Women and Children, established in 1980 in memory of [[Janaki Devi Bajaj]].{{fact|date=August 2024}}
# Outstanding contribution for the Development and Welfare of Women and Children, established in 1980 in memory of [[Janaki Devi Bajaj]].
# International Award for promoting [[Gandhian]] values outside India, which is given to an individual of foreign nationality, established in 1988 on the birth centenary of Jamnalal Bajaj.{{fact|date=August 2024}}
# International Award for promoting [[Gandhian]] values outside India, which is given to an individual of foreign nationality, established in 1988 on the birth centenary of Jamnalal Bajaj.


To commemorate the birth centenary of Mr. Jamnalal Bajaj, the Foundation presented a special award to Dr. Nelson Mandela in 1990.<ref>[http://www.jamnalalbajajfoundation.org/beyond-profit/awards-recognition Special Award to Dr. Nelson Mandela]</ref>
To commemorate the birth centenary of Mr. Jamnalal Bajaj, the Foundation presented a special award to Dr. Nelson Mandela in 1990.<ref>[http://www.jamnalalbajajfoundation.org/beyond-profit/awards-recognition Special Award to Dr. Nelson Mandela]</ref>
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|[[Salem Nanjundaiah Subba Rao|S.N. Subbarao]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Jamnalal Bajaj awards presented  |url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/11/07/stories/2006110716401400.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070210153132/http://www.hindu.com/2006/11/07/stories/2006110716401400.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 10, 2007 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=Nov 7, 2006 }}</ref>
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|[[Lavanam]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Jamnalal Bajaj awards announced|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-10-08/pune/28081407_1_jamnalal-bajaj-foundation-technology-for-rural-development-gandhian-values |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707160030/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-10-08/pune/28081407_1_jamnalal-bajaj-foundation-technology-for-rural-development-gandhian-values |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 7, 2012 |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=Oct 8, 2009 }}</ref>
|[[Lavanam]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Jamnalal Bajaj awards announced|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/Jamnalal-Bajaj-awards-announced/articleshow/5099531.cms |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707160030/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-10-08/pune/28081407_1_jamnalal-bajaj-foundation-technology-for-rural-development-gandhian-values |url-status=live |archive-date=7 July 2012 |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=8 Oct 2009 }}</ref>
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|[[Jayant Mathkar]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Jamnalal Bajaj awards presented  |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/gandhians-felicitated-at-35th-jamnalal-bajaj-awards/1048422/ |publisher=[[Indian Express]] |date=Dec 21, 2012 }}</ref>  
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|2020<ref>https://www.jamnalalbajajawards.org/</ref>
|2020<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.jamnalalbajajawards.org/ |title=Home |website=jamnalalbajajawards.org}}</ref>
|Cancelled due to corona outbreak
|Cancelled due to corona outbreak
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|[[Dharampal Saini]]
|[[Lal Singh]]
|[[Lucy Kurien]]
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|[[M. R. Prajapati|Mansukhbhai Prajapati]]
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|[[Ogarit Younan]]  [[Walid Slaybi]]
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|[[Regi George]] and [[Lalitha Regi]]
|[[Ramalakshmi Datta]]
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|[[Raha Naba Kumar]]
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{also  there is meena aggarwal1998(assam)|}
{Sister maithali1999(kerala)|}
{ Kuntala Kumari Aacharya2001(odissa)|}


==See also==
==See also==
* [[List of awards for contributions to society]]
* [[List of awards for contributions to society]]


== References ==
== References ==
<references />


<references />
*{{cite web |title=Jamnalal Bajaj Awards Archive |url=http://www.jamnalalbajajfoundation.org/awards/archives/2010 |date= |publisher=Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation}}
*{{cite web |title=Jamnalal Bajaj Awards Archive |url=http://www.jamnalalbajajfoundation.org/awards/archives/2010 |date= |publisher=Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation}}


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Jamnalal Bajaj Award
Date1978
CountryIndia
Presented byJamnalal Bajaj Foundation

Jamnalal Bajaj Award is an Indian award, for promoting Gandhian values, community service and social development.[1] Established in 1978, by the Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation of Bajaj Group, it is given annually in four categories, and usually presented by the President, Vice president, Prime Minister of India or a leading figure.[2] The foundation currently headed by Rahul Bajaj, was created in 1977, in the memory of group founder, philanthropist and a close associate of Mahatma Gandhi, Jamnalal Bajaj.[3][4] The award ceremony takes place on his birth anniversary, 4 November.[5][6]

Awards[edit | edit source]

The award comprises a citation, a trophy and a cheque of Rs Ten lakh each.[7] It is given in four categories,[8] namely:

  1. Application of Science and Technology for Rural development, established in 1978.[citation needed]
  2. Outstanding contribution for the Development and Welfare of Women and Children, established in 1980 in memory of Janaki Devi Bajaj.[citation needed]
  3. International Award for promoting Gandhian values outside India, which is given to an individual of foreign nationality, established in 1988 on the birth centenary of Jamnalal Bajaj.[citation needed]

To commemorate the birth centenary of Mr. Jamnalal Bajaj, the Foundation presented a special award to Dr. Nelson Mandela in 1990.[9]

List of awardees[edit | edit source]

Year Constructive Work Science & Technology Women & Child Welfare International
1978 Jugatram Dave Satish Chandra Das Gupta
1979 Sarla Devi & Murlidhar Devidas Amte (Baba Amte) Jayant Shamrao Patil
1980 Gandhi Niketan Ashram Anil Sadgopal Jayashri Raiji & Kamalabai Hospet
1981 Amalprava Das A. M. M. Murugappa Chettiar Ramadevi Choudhury
1982 Gokulbhai Daulatram Bhatt Prembhai Taraben Mashruwala
1983 Tagaduru Ramachandra Rao Manibhai Desai Pushpaben Mehta
1984 Popatlal Ramchandra Shah Mohan Narhari Parikh Gaura Devi
1985 T.S. Avinashilingam Sanjit Roy Anutai Wagh
1986 Sunderlal Bahuguna Vilas B. Salunke Vasanti S. Roy
1987 Natwar Thakkar Sunit Dhanaji Bonde Annapragada C. Krishna Rao
1988 S. Jagannathan and Krishnammal Jagannathan Ishwarbhai Patel Malati Devi Choudhuri Pierre Parodi
1989 K. Janardanan Pillai T. G. K. Menon Indirabai Halbe Danilo Dolci
1990 Tirath Ram S. A. Dabholkar Ratan Shastri A. T. Ariyaratne
1991 Dwarko Sundarani S. Krishnamurthy Mirmira Radha Bahin Bhatt Charles Walker
1992 Thakurdas Bang K. Vishwanathan Shalini Moghe Homer A. Jack
1993 Vichitra Narain Sharma Dinkarrao G. Pawar Kantaben and Harivilasben Shah Johan Galtung
1994 L. N. Gopalaswami V. S. Aggarwal Shanti Devi Gedong Bagus Oka
1995 Kashinath Trivedi G. Muniratnam Vimla Bahuguna Kamala
1996 Manubhai Pancholi S. S. Kalbag Indumati Parikh Adolfo De Obieta
1997 R. K. Patil S. S. Katagihallimath Vinoba Niketan Young Seek Choue
1998 Acharya Ramamurti Devendra Kumar Rajammal P. Devadas Kumari Jharna Dhara Chowdhury
1999 Narayan Desai Ajoy Kumar Basu Saraswathi Gora Joseph Rotblat
2000 Somdutt Vedalankar Bhaskar Save Vidya Devi Desmond Tutu
2001 Sisir Sanyal Anil K. Rajvanshi Rehmat Sultan Fazelbhoy Satish Kumar
2002 Siddharaj Dhadda Arunkumar Dave Chitra Naik George Willoughby
2003 Rabindra Nath Upadhyay Vinayak Patil Alice Garg Dr. Mary E. King
2004 Radhakrishna Bajaj Prabhakar Shankar Thakur Sarojini Varadappan Marie Thoeger
2005 P. Gopinathan Nair Rajendra Singh Arunaben Shankarprasad Desai Daisaku Ikeda
2006 S.N. Subbarao[10] Anil Prakash Joshi Rani Abhay Bang Ismail Serageldin
2007 Yashpal M. Mittal Anand Dinkar Karve Ashoka Gupta Michael Nagler
2008 Biswanath Pattnaik Tushar Kanjilal Phoolbasan Yadav Louis Campana
2009 Lavanam[11] Ayyappa Masagi Jaya Arunachalam Charles Peter Dougherty
2010 Chunibhai Vaidya Chewang Norphel Shakuntaladevi Choudhary Lia Diskin[2]
2011 Ramesh Bhaiya and Vimla Bahan Anupam Mishra Shobhana Ranade Agus Indra Udayana
2012 Jayant Mathkar[12] Kalyan Paul Glenn D. Paige Nighat Shafi
2013 G. V. Subba Rao Snehlata Nath[13] Vidhya Das Jean-Marie Muller
2014 Surendra Koulagi Ram Kumar Singh Chennupati Vidaya Sulak Sivaraksa
2015 Man Singh Rawat Perumal Vivekanandan Anna Ferrer Minoru Kasai
2016 Mohan Hirabai Hiralal B. V. Nimbkar Dr. N. Manga Devi Rached Ghannouchi
2017 Shashi Tyagi Jan Swasthya Sahyog Praveen Nair Ziad Medoukh
2018 Dhoom Singh Negi Rupal Desai Prasanna Bhandari Clayborne Carson
2019 Bhawani Shanker Kusum Mohammad Imran Khan Mewati Shaheen Mistri Sonia Deotto
2020[14] Cancelled due to corona outbreak
2021 Dharampal Saini Lal Singh Lucy Kurien David H. Albert
2022 Nilesh Desai Mansukhbhai Prajapati Sophia Shaik Ogarit Younan Walid Slaybi
2023 Regi George and Lalitha Regi Ramalakshmi Datta Sudha Varghese Raha Naba Kumar

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Varma, p. 87
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Nonagenarians among four Jamnalal Bajaj awardees". The Hindu. 29 October 2010.
  3. ↑ "Jamnalal Bajaj Award". Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation. Archived from the original on 29 March 2012.
  4. ↑ "The Gandhian spirit". Financial Express. 2 January 2000.
  5. ↑ "Vice President presents Jamnalal Bajaj Awards". Indian Express. 5 November 2008.
  6. ↑ "Jamnalal Bajaj Awards presented". Mint. 15 November 2007.
  7. ↑ "Jamnalal Bajaj Awards website". Archived from the original on 29 March 2012. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
  8. ↑ "About the Awards". Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation. Archived from the original on 29 March 2012.
  9. ↑ Special Award to Dr. Nelson Mandela
  10. ↑ "Jamnalal Bajaj awards presented". The Hindu. 7 November 2006. Archived from the original on 10 February 2007.
  11. ↑ "Jamnalal Bajaj awards announced". The Times of India. 8 October 2009.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  12. ↑ "Jamnalal Bajaj awards presented". Indian Express. 21 December 2012.
  13. ↑ "Snehlata Nath, Jamnalal Bajaj Awards 2013, Outstanding Contribution in Application of Science and Technology for Rural Development". Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  14. ↑ "Home". jamnalalbajajawards.org.

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