10th Anniversary of Sansad Ratna Awards was held at Durbar Hall, Raj Bhavan, Chennai on 19th January 2019. 12 Parliamentarians were honoured by Shri Banwarilal Purohit, Hon'ble Governor of Tamil Nadu for their outstanding performance.
During the occassion, IIT Madras, Canara Bank, Sathyabama University, PRS India, Dr Ganesan, Shri Triambak Sharma were also honoured for their support during the journey of 10 years of Sansad Ratna Awards.
10th Anniversary of Sansad Ratna Awards 2019 was held at Durbar Hall, Raj Bhavan, Chennai on 19th January 2019. Hon'ble Governor of Tamil Nadu Shri Banwarilal Purohit presented the Sansad Ratna Awards to 12 Parliamentarians.
Shri K. Srinivasan, Chairman, Prime Point Foundation and Founder of Sansad Ratna Awards delivered welcome address.
Shri T S Krishnamurthy, Former Chief Election Commissioner of India delivered the Key Note Address.
Hon'ble Governor of Tamil Nadu Shri Banwarilal Purohit addressed the audience .
Prime Point Foundation, eMagazine PreSense and Sansad Ratna Awards Committee organised the 10th Anniversary of Sansad Ratna Awards at Durbar Hall, Raj Bhavan, Chennai on Saturday, 19th January 2019. Shri Banwarilal Purohit, Hon'ble Governor of Tamil Nadu presented the Sansad Ratna Awards 2019 to 9 retired Rajya Sabha Members, 9 Lok Sabha Members and one Standing Committee.
Sansad Ratna 2019
Awardees
Sitting: L to R – Dr Veerappa Moily, T S Krishnamurthy, Hon’ble Governor of
Tamil Nadu Sri Banwarilal Purohit, Bartruhari Mahtab, Ananda Bhaskar Rapolu
Standing: L to R – Nishikant Dubey, Rajani Patil, Dr Heena Gavit, N K
Premachandran, Rajeev Shankarrao Satav, Supriya Sule, Dhananjay Bhimrao Mahadik,
Shrirang Appa Barne, Anurag Thakur
The awardees were selected by a Jury Committee of eminent Parliamentarians Shri Anandrao Adsul (5th time MP), Shri Hansraj Ahir (4th time MP and MOS Home Affairs) and Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal (2nd time MP and MOS Parliamentary Affairs). The Jury Committee Members themselves were 'Sansad Maha Ratna' awardees of 15th Lok Sabha.
Dr Veerappa Moily,
Chairman of Finance Committee receiving the Sansad Ratna Awards from Hon’ble
Governor of Tamil Nadu Shri Banwarilal Purohit. The other Finance Committee Members joined
him to receive the Award.
Shri Prime Point Srinivasan, Chairman, Prime Point Foundation and Founder of Sansad Ratna Awards gave welcome address. Felicitation messages were received from Hon'ble Vice President of India, Hon'ble Speaker of 16th Lok Sabha and Governors & Chief Ministers of various States. Smt. Susan Koshy, Editor in Chief, PreSense read the felicitation messages. Shri Bhawanesh Deora, President of Sansad Ratna Awards Committee proposed vote of thanks. Doordarshan Kendra, Chennai (Podhigai) telecast live the entire programme nationwide. Please watch the video of Award presentation.
Updated on 1st Feb 2019
January 2019 (143rd edition) of eMagazine PreSense focussed on the 10th Anniversary of Sansad Ratna Awards. The eMagazine may be downloaded from the following link.
Sansad Ratna Awards 2019 will be held at Durbar Hall, Raj Bhavan, Chennai on Saturday, 19th January 2019 from 3 PM. Hon'ble Governor of Tamil Nadu Thiru Banwarilal Purohit will present the Awards to top performing Parliamentarians.
The proceedings will be live telecast from Durbar Hall, Raj Bhavan, Chennai from 3 pm by Doordarshan, Chennai Kendra (Pothigai). This can be watched across the nation through the following DTH
DD Podhigai
Tata Sky - 1599
Sun Direct - 122
Dish TV - 1849
Videocon - 553
Reliance - 651
Airtel Digital TV - 820
DD Podhigai can also watched live from the site
www.ddpodhigai.org.in
We will be uploading all the photos and Press materials in the following link.
Prime Point Foundation has been honouring the top performing Members of Parliament based on their performance in the House. (Questions raised, debates participated, issues raised, private bills introduced and attendance),
From 2012, the Foundation has named this award as 'Sansad Ratna Award'.
