Assam Govt bestows state’s highest civilian award to 19 pathfinders

Jan. 24: Assam is the combination of plethora of culture, heritage and folklore. The state government took a decision to confer the highest civilian honour Assam Baibhav, Assam Saurav and Assam Gaurav to 19 people who helped the state in progress with their own hard work in making the state proud. Today in the presence of Chief Minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sharma at Srimanta Sankardev Kalakhetra, Governor Prof. Jagdish Mukhi presented the awards to the award recipients.

Assam Baibhav Award was bestowed upon Ratan Tata, Assam Saurav Award was given to Educationist Professor Kamalendu Deb Krori,  Dr. Lakhsmanan S in the field of  Public Service,  Professor Dipak Chand Jain for Business Management,  Lovlina Borgohain for  Sports and  Neel Pawan Baruah in Art and Culture.

Live from investiture ceremony of Highest State Civilian Awards at Srimanta Sankardeva International Auditorium, Guwahati. https://t.co/wHeIHhxw3L

— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) January 24, 2022

Assam Gaurav Award was bestowed upon  Munindra Nath Ngatey in the field of Public Service and Vaccination, Dr. Basanta Hazarika for  Health and COVID Management,  Akash Jyoti Gogoi in Poultry Farming, Manoj Kr. Basumatary in  Piggery Farming, Khorsing Terang in Sports and Mountaineering,  Boby Hazarika for Woman Entrepreneurship,  Hemoprabha Chutia for Weaving,  Namita Kalita in Health and Public Services,  Bornita Momin in Public Service, Dharanidhar Boro for Wildlife Conservation,  Kaushik Baruah for Agro Exporter and Entrepreneur,  Kalpana Boro in Public Service and Asif Iqbal in Health and Medicine.