The 9th Edition
of Sansad Ratna Awards 2018 function will be held at IIT Madras during May-June
2018. The Awards are instituted by the
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There are seven categories of Awards for Lok Sabha and two categories
for Rajya Sabha. Awardees will be
selected by a Jury Committee of eminent Parliamentarians, based on the various
performance parameters.
This is the only
Award to honour outstanding Indian Parliamentarians presented by the Civil
Society.
Lok Sabha Awards
1.
Topper in Debates (only original initiated debates)
2.
Topper in Private Members Bills
3.
Topper in Questions
4.
Topper for overall tally in debates, Private Members
Bills and Questions
5.
Topper in overall tally among the first time MPs
6.
Topper in overall tally among the women MPs
7.
Two MPs under Jury Committee’s discretion for the
Quality of debates and participation.
Rajya Sabha Awards
1.
Topper in overall tally among the Rajya Sabha MPs,
retired in 2017 (Jan to Dec)
2.
Topper in overall tally among women Rajya Sabha MPs
retired in 2017 (Jan to Dec)
Other Additional Parameters
Lok Sabha Members
In addition to being
topper, they should comply with the following conditions:
1. 70% attendance in the House
2. 70% attendance in the Committee Meetings (at least two
Committees)
3. 50% spend in the MPLAD (as recorded in the website)
4. Should be within the top 10 for overall tally (except for the
Women category and for nominees under Jury Committee discretion)
5. If a Member is eligible under
more than one category, he will be given only one Award with the mention of all
other categories.
6. If there is no eligible member under any
category, there will not be any nomination for this year under that
category.
Rajya
Sabha Members
1. Topper among the retirees, who have completed 6 years
and retired in 2017, for overall tally: (Debates
+ Private Members Bills + Questions). No other additional parameters.
Stages in the Selection Process
1. The performance data relating to the period from
the first session of 16th Lok Sabha till the end of Budget Session
2018 will be considered for the Award.
The data is provided by Lok Sabha Secretariat and PRS India.
2. Based on the performance
parameters, the Jury Committee will nominate the MPs for Award.
3. Nominees will be informed confidentially by the Awards Committee.
The nominees will be requested to accept the nomination before a specified
date. The Awards will be presented in
the presence of eminent citizens and Media at IIT Madras in May/June 2018.
4. If the nominated MP does not respond or does not accept, the next
qualifying MP will be nominated for the Award.
5. Announcement of
the Awardees will be made only after the nominees acknowledge and accept the
Award personally at Chennai.
Data sources:
For performance data: PRS India site
www.prsindia.org (A separate data sheet, excluding the associated matters,
received from PRS India, will be uploaded by us for reference)
For Committee Meetings:
For MPLADS
Jury Committee for Selection of Award Winners
(Sansad Maha Ratna Awardees of 15th Lok Sabha)
Shri Anandrao Adsul MP - Chairman
Shri Hansraj G Ahir , Hon'ble MOS (Home)
Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal, Hon MOS (Parliamentary Affairs
and Water Resources)
(The Jury Committee has the right to
modify/amend/relax any eligibility condition depending on the other
parameters. The decision of Jury Committee is final and binding.)
We will be posting updates on the website
www.sansadratna.in
For more details mail to sansadratna@gmail.com
Sansad Ratna Awards Committee 2018
Jury Committee Members: (Sansad Maha Ratna Awardees of 15th
Lok Sabha)
Shri Anandrao Adsul MP - Chairman
Shri Hansraj G Ahir , Hon'ble MOS (Home)
Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal, Hon MOS (Parliamentary Affairs
and Water Resources)
Patron:
Shri T S Krishna Murthy, Former Chief Election
Commissioner of India
Principal Office bearers
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President
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Prime Point Srinivasan
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Executive President
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Bhawanesh Deora
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Vice Presidents
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Venugopalan Mohan
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N V Kannan
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Nurullah
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Bhoopathy Narayanaswamy
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Convenor and Secretary
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Ramesh Sethuraman
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Secretary Coordination
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Prithvi GA
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Treasurer
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N Rajaji
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Committee Members:
15 Members representing the civil society from
different profession.
Sub Committee for analysis of Parliament data to select the awardees (Data will be placed before the Jury Committee)
Chairman:
Srinivasa Prabhu (Senior official at Lok Sabha
Secretariat)
Members:
Dr R Jagannathan (Former Vice Chancellor of Middle
East University UAE)
Dr Sudarshan Padmanabhan (Associate Professor IIT
Madras)
Deepa Seshadri (Chartered Accountant and Big Data
analyst)+
The above event was held at IIT Madras on 27th May 2017. Nine MPs were honoured with Sansad Ratna Awards 2017. Hon'ble Justice (Retd.) Shri P Sathasivam, The Governor of Kerala presented the Awards. Shri Arjun Ram meghwal, Hon'ble Union Minister of State (Finance & CA) presided over the event. Besides there were presentations and panel discussions on subjects of National significance with eminent policy makers and experts. The links for the photographs and the videos are given below.
