The
10th Edition of the Sansad Ratna Awards is scheduled to be held on
Saturday, January 19th 2019 at 3.00 pm at Raj Bhavan, Chennai.
Top
performing Parliamentarians of the 16th Lok Sabha and the Rajya
Sabha will be honoured during the event. The outstanding ‘Departmentally
Related Parliamentary Standing Committee’ will also be honoured at the event.
The Hon’ble Governor of Tamil Nadu, Shri Banwarilal Purohit will present the
awards to the Members of Parliament. The
awardees are nominated by a Jury Committee of eminent Parliamentarians.
Looking Back
The
Sansad Ratna Awards has come a long way from its first edition held in
May 2010 in
a modest function at the Thakkar Bapa
Vidyalaya, Chennai before a limited audience, through the past years in the
prestigious premises of the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IITM) to
the latest edition to be held in the premises of Raj Bhavan, Chennai.
It has braved several challenges
over the years, especially lack of visibility and publicity and today, it
stands recognised and appreciated for its credibility and positive focus of
recognising outstanding performers among our country’s lawmakers and keepers.
The
Sansad Ratna Awards is an initiative of Prime Point Foundation and eMagazine,
PreSense, motivated by the suggestion of late Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, former
President of India, who himself launched the first event via a tele-conference.
This
is the only award presented to top performing Parliamentarians in India on
behalf of the ‘civil society’.
Entry
to the function is only by invitation due to space constraints. However, the
entire programme is being webcast live on that day from www.sansadratna.in
