Shruti Nagvanshi: Difference between revisions

She was appointed as a jury member by the [[Youth Ki Awaaz]] Awards along with feminist activist [[Kamla Bhasin]] and others.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youthkiawaaz.com/awards/|title=First Ever Youth Ki Awaaz Awards 2019: Apply Now|website=Youth Ki Awaaz|access-date=26 July 2020}}</ref> Shruti received the Rex Karmveer Chakra (silver) in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jubileepost.in/shruti-nagvanshi-will-get-rex-karmaveer-chakra/|title=बनारस की बेटी श्रुति नागवंशी को मिलेगा रेक्स कर्मवीर चक्र|first=Avinash|last=Bhadouriya|date=27 August 2019|access-date=26 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.patrika.com/varanasi-news/banaras-daughter-shruti-selected-for-rex-karmaveer-chakra-honor-5017711/|title=बनारस की बेटी श्रुति, रेक्स कर्मवीर चक्र सम्मान के लिए चुनी गईं|website=Patrika News|access-date=26 July 2020}}</ref>  Indian poet, lyricist and screenwriter [[Javed Akhtar]] honored her with the Jan Mitra Award in 2000 at Kabeer Mela (Kabeer festival) to recognize her extraordinary work for communal harmony and promotion of [[Kabir]] teaching.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lenin-shruti.blogspot.com/2018/01/jan-mitra-award-to-shruti-nagvanshi.html|title=Jan Mitra Award to Shruti Nagvanshi|first=People's Vigilance Committee On Human|last=Rights|date=11 January 2018|access-date=26 July 2020}}</ref> She was awarded the Top 100 Women Achievers of India in 2016 by the [[Ministry of Women and Child Development|Union Ministry of Women and Child Development]] (MWCD) and Facebook jointly in the category of ‘Access to Justice Protecting Women and their rights'.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/MWCDs-women-achievers-from-Varanasi/articleshow/50439175.cms|title=MWCD's women achievers from Varanasi &#124; Varanasi News – Times of India|website=The Times of India|access-date=26 July 2020}}</ref> She received the Tilaka Manjhi National award with Lenin Raghuvanshi by the Ang Madad Foundation, an NGO based in [[Bhagalpur]], [[Bihar]] for her work on [[Dalit feminism|Dalit women's rights]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mattersindia.com/2020/09/two-dalit-activists-to-receive-awards-for-social-work/|title=Two Dalit activists to receive awards for social work|date=9 September 2020}}</ref> Two Dalit rights activists from Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, Mrs Shruti Nagvanshi and Mr Lenin Raghuvanshi have been mentioned as “21st Century Heroes of India” from the perspective of Liberty, Equality, Fraternity and other Indian Constitutional Values by Pippa Rann Books & Media, based in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mattersindia.com/2020/09/two-dalit-rights-activists-nominated-to-21st-century-heroes-of-india/|title=Two Dalit rights activists nominated to “21st Century Heroes of India”|date=29 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://pipparannbooks.com/21st-century-heroes-of-freedom-and-other-indian-constitutional-values/ |title=21st-century heroes of India |website=Pippa Rann Books and Media |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227061536/https://pipparannbooks.com/21st-century-heroes-of-freedom-and-other-indian-constitutional-values/ |archive-date=22 February 2021}}</ref>