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 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 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.
(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.
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.
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'.
