Tuesday, March 23, 2021

11th edition of Sansad Ratna Awards 2021 - Address by Shri Sunil Arora (Chief Election Commissioner of India) and Justice Shri A K Patnaik (Former Judge of Supreme Court of India)

11th edition of Sansad Ratna Awards 2021 - Address by Shri Sunil Arora (Chief Election Commissioner of India) and Justice Shri A K Patnaik (Former Judge of Supreme Court of India)

11th edition of Sansad Ratna Awards function was held on Saturday, 20th March 2021 at Constitution Club of India, New Delhi. Shri Sunil Arora (Chief Election Commissioner of India), Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal (Hon'ble MOS Parliamentary Affairs) and Shri Shri Justice A K Patnaik (Former Judge, Supreme Court of India) were the Chief Guests. 10 top performing Parliamentarians were honoured.

Please watch the full speech of Shri Sunil Arora, Hon'ble Chief Election Commissioner of India.


Please watch the Key Note address by Justice Shri A K Patnaik, Former Judge, Supreme Court of India.

11th edition of Sansad Ratna Awards 2021 - Welcome speech by Prime Point Srinivasan and address by Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal, MoS, Parliamentary Affairs

 11th edition of Sansad Ratna Awards held at Constitution Club of India, New Delhi - Group photo with Awardees

(Sansad Ratna Awardees )

11th edition of Sansad Ratna Awards function was held on Saturday, 20th March 2021 at Constitution Club of India, New Delhi. Shri Sunil Arora *Chief Election Commissioner of India), Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal (Hon'ble MOS Parliamentary Affairs) and Shri Shri Justice A K Patnaik (Former Judge, Supreme Court of India) were the Chief Guests. 10 top performing Parliamentarians were honoured.

Please watch the welcome speech of K. Srinivasan, Founder & Chairman of Sansad Ratna Awards Committee and Prime Point Foundation.

Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal, Hon'ble Minister of State, Parliamentary Affairs, Government of India gave a Presidential address.  He is also the Chairman of the Jury Committee to select the awardees.

11th Edition of Sansad Ratna Awards - Acceptance speech by Bhartruhari Mahtab, Sansad Maha Ratna Awardee

11th edition of sansad ratna awards 2021 - acceptance speech by Bhartruhari Mahtab, Sansad Maha Ratna awardee
(Shri Bhartruhari Mahtab)

11th edition of Sansad Ratna Awards function was held on Saturday, 20th March 2021 at Constitution Club of India, New Delhi. Shri Sunil Arora (Chief Election Commissioner of India), Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal (Hon'ble MOS Parliamentary Affairs) and Shri Shri Justice A K Patnaik (Former Judge, Supreme Court of India) were the Chief Guests. 10 top performing Parliamentarians were honoured.

The following Parliamentarians were honoured.

 

No.

Name

 

Party | State

SANSAD MAHA RATNA FOR 16th LOK SABHA


1

Shri Bhartruhari Mahtab

BJD   | Odisha

2

Shri Shrirang Appa Barne

Shiv Sena | Maharashtra

 

 

 

SANSAD RATNA FOR 17TH LOK SABHA

(based on performance in 2019-20)


3

Dr Subash Ramrao Bhamre

BJP   | Maharashtraq

4

Dr Heena Vijaykumar Gavit

BJP   | Maharashtra

5

Dr Amol Ramsing Kolhe

NCP  | Maharashtra

6

Shri Ram Mohan Naidu

TDP  | Andhra Pradesh

7

Shri Ajay Kumar Misra

BJP   | Uttar Pradesh

SANSAD RATNA FOR RAJYA SABHA

(based on performance in 2019-20)


8

Shri Vishambhar Prasad Nishad

SP    |  Uttar Pradesh

9

Smt. Chhaya Verma

INC   |  Chhattisgarh

 

 

 

DEPARTMENTALLY RELATED STANDING COMMITTEE


10

Shri P C Gaddi Goudar

Chairman,

Agriculture Committee


On behalf of all the Sansad Ratna Awardees, Shri Bhartruhari Mahtab, Sansad Maha Ratna Awardee gave his acceptance speech.


Monday, March 22, 2021

11th edition of Sansad Ratna Awards 2021 - A brief Report

 11th edition of sansad ratna awards 2021

(Sitting L to R : Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal,  Shri Sunil Arora, Justice Shri A K Patnaik, Shri Shrirang Appa Barne - Smt. Priyadharshni Rahul on the podium)


11th Edition of Sansad Ratna Awards 2021

 

The 11th edition was held on 20th March 2021 at the prestigious Constitution Club of India, New Delhi.  Shri Sunil Arora (Hon’ble Chief Election Commissioner of India) and           Justice Shri A K Patnaik (Former Judge, Supreme Court of India) presented the Awards during the Awards function.  Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal (Hon’ble MoS, Parliamentary Affairs, and Chairman of Jury Committee) was also present.  Ten Parliamentarians received Awards.  The event was telecast live by Doordarshan News and other private channels. 

 

Shri Bhartruhari Mahtab (BJD, Odisha) and Shri Shrirang Appa Barne (Shiv Sena, Maharashtra) received the Sansad Maha Ratna Awards for the 16th Lok Sabha.  Smt Supriya Sule (NCP, Maharashtra), though nominated for Sansad Maha Awards, could not participate due to some urgent official work.  Sansad Maha Ratna Awards are given once in five years. 

 

This is the first time that the Sansad Ratna Awards function was held outside Chennai, and in the national capital of the country. The gist of the speeches of the Chief Guests and the new list of Sansad Ratna Committee Members are included in this edition. 

 

For the first time in the 12 years of the Sansad Ratna Awards functions, school students participated as volunteers at the function in New Delhi.  The Management of Ahlcon Public School supported the event with the participation of 10 senior student volunteers.  The students were given the opportunity to interact with India’s top performing Parliamentarians. 

 

Synopses of the speeches of the main dignitaries, with YouTube links, are given below.


Videos of the 11th Sansad Ratna Awards function: www.tinyurl.com/sansadratna2021


Photographs of the event: https://photos.app.goo.gl/fUidDS3SjSmNvqdZ7

Please watch the Award function in this video.

Thursday, March 18, 2021

Australian Media MeTV carries a curtain raiser on 11th Edition of Sansad Ratna Awards function

Australian MeTV carries curtain raiser on 11th edition of Sansad Ratna Awards

Though the Awardees of 11th edition of Sansad Ratna Awards were announced in June 2020,  due to Covid pandemic, the award function could not be held in 2020.  The postponed award function is scheduled on 20th March 2021 at Constitution Club of India, New Delhi.  

Shri Sunil Arora (Hon'ble Chief Election Commissioner of India), Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal (Hon'ble MoS, Parliamentary Affairs) and Justice Shri A K Patnaik (Former Judge, Supreme Court of India) will be the Chief Guests to present the Awards.

MeTV, one of the leading Australian OTT Platform has carried an exclusive interview with Prime Point Srinivasan (Chairman of Sansad Ratna Awards Committee) and Priyadharshni Rahul (Working President of the Sansad Ratna Awards Committee) on the journey of Sansad Ratna Awards since 2010.  

During the course of the interview, the performance of Indian Parliamentarians,  role of women MPs in the Parliament, the need for youngsters to enter into politics were discussed.  

Sansad Ratna Awards are presented to top performing Parliamentarians based on the data provided by the PRS India and Lok Sabha Secretariat by Prime Point Foundation and eMagtazine PreSense.  The awardees are selected in a transparent manner by a Jury Committee of eminent Parliamentarians.  This is the only award presented on behalf of the civil society.  

Please watch this interview.  The show was hosted by Sukruti Narayanan, actor and a communication strategist at Australia.  

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