Kamal Kumari National Award

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| name = Kamal Kumari National Award

| image = File:kkaward logo.jpg

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| subheader = Civilian award for contributions to Art, Culture & Literature and Science & Technology

| awarded_for = Art, Culture & Literature,
Science & Technology

| sponsor = The Kamal Kumari Foundation

| firstawarded = 1991

| lastawarded = 2012

| reward = {{INR}} 200,000 in cash

| former name =

| holder_label = Most recent winner

| holder =

| award1_type = Total awarded

| award1_winner =

| award2_type = First winner

| award2_winner = Sobha Brahma

| award3_type = Last winner

| award3_winner = Dhiraj Bora
Aisharjya P. Konwar
Pushpa Bhuyan

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The Kamal Kumari National Award is an Indian Award given to individuals and groups in India for outstanding contribution to Art, Culture & Literature and Science & Technology. It was instituted by the Kamal Kumari Foundation in 1990 in memory of Kamal Kumari Barooah, the remarkable matriarch of the Khongiya Barooah family of Thengal, Assam.{{cite web|url=http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/details.asp?id=apr2009/at02|title=Kamal Kumari awards announced|last=Staff Reporter|date=19 April 2009|publisher=The Assam Tribune|accessdate=31 December 2009|archive-date=19 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219170058/http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/details.asp?id=apr2009%2Fat02|url-status=dead}} The foundation has till date a number of awardees. The first award was given to Sobha Brahma in 1991 in the category of Culture. The award carries a cash award of Rs. 200,000, a trophy and a citation.{{cite web|url=http://www.vedanti.com/News/Backup/Backup/Political%20News/2004/11-2004.doc|title=Kamal Kumari awards given away|date=30 November 2004|accessdate=31 December 2009}}

List of Awardees

File:Chintamani Nagesa Ramachandra Rao 03650.JPG|C. N. R. Rao

File:Mamoni Raisom Goswami (cropped).JPG|Mamoni Raisom Goswami

File:Prof RC Deka.jpg|Ramesh C. Deka

File:TPSingh.jpg|Tej P. Singh

File:Jahnu Baruah.JPG|Jahnu Barua

File:Adoorgopalakrishnanpic.jpg|Adoor Gopalakrishnan

File:Ramesh Mashelkar Apr09.jpg|Raghunath Anant Mashelkar

File:Prannoy Roy.jpg|Prannoy Roy

File:Jayant Vishnu Narlikar - Kolkata 2007-03-20 07324.jpg|Jayant Narlikar

File:Hemanta Mishra hugging a Nepali elephant.jpg|Hemanta Mishra

File:Nabaneeta Dev Sen.jpg|Nabaneeta Dev Sen

File:Ramakanta Rath Odia Author.jpg|Ramakanta Rath

File:Roddam narasimha.jpg|Roddam Narasimha

File:Parveen Sultana.jpg|Parveen Sultana

File:Amita Malik BITS 1983.jpg|Amita Malik

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Year !Awardee !From !Profession !Category !Ref
1991 \|Sobha Brahma \|Assam \|Bodo writer \|Art & Culture \|{{cite web\|url=http://www.e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=25..210409.apr09\|title=Syam Sharma selected for Kamal Kumari Award\|last=Hueiyen News Service \|date=20 April 2009\|publisher=e-pao.net\|accessdate=31 December 2009\|location=New Delhi}}
1992 \|C. N. R. Rao \|Karnataka \|Solid State chemist \|Science & Technology \|
1992 \|S. P. Thyagarajan \|Tamil Nadu \|Microbiologist \|Science & Technology \|
1992 \|Sankha Ghosh \|West Bengal \|Bengali poet \|Art & Culture \|
1993 \|Sarbeswar Bujarbarua \|Assam \|Plasma scientist \|Science & Technology \|
1993 \|Nilmani Phookan \|Assam \|Assamese poet \|Art & Culture \|
1994 \|Dilip Kumar Choudhury \|Assam \|Physicist \|Science & Technology \|
1994 \|Sisir Kumar Das \|West Bengal \|Bengali writer \|Art & Culture \|
1995 \|Indira Goswami \|Assam \|Assamese Writer \|Art & Culture \|
1995 \|T. S. R. Prasada Rao \|Andhra Pradesh \|Molecular catalysis \|Science & Technology \|
1996 \|Amita Malik \|New Delhi \|Media critic \|Art & Culture \|
1996 \|Lakshmidhar Satpathy \|Bhubaneswar \|Nuclear physicist \|Science & Technology \|
1997 \|Achyut Lahkar \|Assam \|Theatre personality \|Art & Culture \|
1997 \|Raghunath Anant Mashelkar \|Goa \|Former Director General, CSIR \|Science & Technology \|
1998 \|Nabakanta Barua \|Assam \|Assamese writer \|Art & Culture \|
1998 \|Vibha Dhawan \|New Delhi \|Biotechnologist \|Science & Technology \|
1999 \|Hiren Gohain \|Assam \|Social scientist \|Art & Culture \|
1999 \|Ashoke Sen \|Kolkata \|Theoretical physicist \|Science & Technology \|
2000 \|Bhabendra Nath Saikia \|Assam \|Assamese writer \|Art & Culture \|{{cite web\|url=http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/02sep22/national.htm#9\|title=Bhabendra Nath, Adoor win Kamal Kumari awards\|last=UNI\|date=21 September 2002\|publisher=Dailyexcelsior.com\|accessdate=31 December 2009\|location=Guwahati}}
2000 \|Jayant Narlikar \|Maharashtra \|Astrophysicist \|Science & Technology \|
2001 \|Adoor Gopalakrishnan \|Kerala \|Filmmaker \|Art & Culture \|
2001 \|Tej P. Singh \|New Delhi \|Biophysicist \|Science & Technology \|
2002 \|Samir Bhattacharya \|West Bengal \|Biotechnologist \|Science & Technology \|
2002 \|Maharaj Kumari Binodini Devi \|Manipur \|Manipuri writer \|Art & Culture \|
2003 \|Prannoy Roy \|West Bengal \|Psephologist \|Art & Culture \|
2003 \|Jitendra Nath Goswami \|Assam \|Astrophysicist \|Science & Technology \|
2003 \|Jahnu Baruah \|Assam \|Film Maker \|Art & Culture \|
2004 \|Dhrubajyoti Mukhopadhyay \|West Bengal \|Geologist \|Science & Technology \|{{cite web\|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-1014170351.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102083112/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-1014170351.html\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=2 November 2012\|title=Kamal Kumari National Awards Presented\|date=2 April 2006\|accessdate=31 December 2009\|location=Guwahati}}
2004 \|Nabaneeta Dev Sen \|West Bengal \|Writer and academic \|Art & Culture \|
2005 \|Joyanti Chutia \|Assam \|Physicist \|Science & Technology \|
2005 \|Kanaksen Deka \|Assam \|Assamese writer \|Art & Culture \|
2006 \|Dhirendra Nath Burhagohain \|Assam \|Civil Engineer \|Science & Technology \|
2006 \|Hemanta Mishra \|Nepal \|Writer \|Art & Culture \|
2007 \|Maqsood Siddiqi \|Kolkata \|Chief, Cancer Foundation of India Kolkata \|Science & Technology \|
2007 \|Aribam Syam Sharma \|Manipur \|Filmmaker \|Art & Culture \|
2008 \|Bhupendra Nath Goswami \|Pune \|Former Director Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology \|Science & Technology \|
2008 \|Ramakanta Rath \|Orissa \|Poet Former Chairman, Sahitya Akademi. \|Art & Culture \|
2009 \|Roddam Narasimha \|Karnataka \|Aerospace scientist Indian Institute of Science \|Science & Technology \|{{Cite web \|url=http://www.jncasr.ac.in/roddam/index.php?menu_id=2&user_id=12&page_id=560 \|title=Brief Profile \|date=2016 \|publisher=JNCASR}}
2009 \|Parveen Sultana \|Assam \|Classical singer \|Art & Culture \|{{Cite web \|url=http://www.culturopedia.net/Awards/awards_national.html \|title=National Awards\|date=2016\|publisher=Culturopedia}}
2010 \|Ramesh C. Deka \|Assam \|Otorhynolaryngologist All India Institute of Medical Sciences \|Science & Technology \|{{Cite web \|url=http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=oct1611/city04 \|title=Kamal Kumari awards declared \|date=16 October 2011 \|publisher=Assam Tribune \|access-date=25 December 2016 \|archive-date=23 September 2015 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923200224/http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=oct1611/city04 \|url-status=dead }}
2010 \|Amaresh Datta \|Assam \|Professor Guwahati University \|Art & Culture \|
2011 \|Shri Krishna Joshi \|Uttarakhand \|Physicist IIT Roorkee \|Art & Culture \|{{Cite web \|url=http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=nov2512/at05 \|title=Kamal Kumari awards presented \|date=25 November 2012 \|publisher=Assam Tribune \|access-date=25 December 2016 \|archive-date=25 December 2016 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161225145603/http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=nov2512/at05 \|url-status=dead }}
2011 \|Heisnam Kanhailal \|Manipur \|Theatre personality Founder-Director of Kalakshetra Manipur \|Art & Culture \|{{Cite web \|url=http://kalakshetramanipur.org/index.php/home/heisnam-kanhailal/ \|title=Heisnam Kanhailal \|date=2016 \|publisher=Kalakshetra Manipur}}
2012 \|Dhiraj Bora \|Gandhinagar \|Professor Institute for Plasma Research \|Science & Technology \|{{Cite web \|url=http://eastern-today.com/entries/blog/-kamal-kumari-national-awards-to-puspa-bhuyan \|title=Kamal Kumari National Awards to Puspa Bhuyan \|date=10 February 2016 \|publisher=The Eastern Today}}
2012 \|Aisharjya P. Konwar \|Assam \|Painter \|Art & Culture \|
2012 \|Pushpa Bhuyan \|Assam \|Dancer \|Art & Culture \|

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Year

!Awardee

!From

!Profession

!Category

!Ref

1991

|Sobha Brahma

|Assam

|Bodo writer

|Art & Culture

|{{cite web|url=http://www.e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=25..210409.apr09|title=Syam Sharma selected for Kamal Kumari Award|last=Hueiyen News Service |date=20 April 2009|publisher=e-pao.net|accessdate=31 December 2009|location=New Delhi}}

1992

|C. N. R. Rao

|Karnataka

|Solid State chemist

|Science & Technology

1992

|S. P. Thyagarajan

|Tamil Nadu

|Microbiologist

|Science & Technology

1992

|Sankha Ghosh

|West Bengal

|Bengali poet

|Art & Culture

1993

|Sarbeswar Bujarbarua

|Assam

|Plasma scientist

|Science & Technology

1993

|Nilmani Phookan

|Assam

|Assamese poet

|Art & Culture

1994

|Dilip Kumar Choudhury

|Assam

|Physicist

|Science & Technology

1994

|Sisir Kumar Das

|West Bengal

|Bengali writer

|Art & Culture

1995

|Indira Goswami

|Assam

|Assamese Writer

|Art & Culture

1995

|T. S. R. Prasada Rao

|Andhra Pradesh

|Molecular catalysis

|Science & Technology

1996

|Amita Malik

|New Delhi

|Media critic

|Art & Culture

1996

|Lakshmidhar Satpathy

|Bhubaneswar

|Nuclear physicist

|Science & Technology

1997

|Achyut Lahkar

|Assam

|Theatre personality

|Art & Culture

1997

|Raghunath Anant Mashelkar

|Goa

|Former Director General, CSIR

|Science & Technology

1998

|Nabakanta Barua

|Assam

|Assamese writer

|Art & Culture

1998

|Vibha Dhawan

|New Delhi

|Biotechnologist

|Science & Technology

1999

|Hiren Gohain

|Assam

|Social scientist

|Art & Culture

1999

|Ashoke Sen

|Kolkata

|Theoretical physicist

|Science & Technology

2000

|Bhabendra Nath Saikia

|Assam

|Assamese writer

|Art & Culture

|{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/02sep22/national.htm#9|title=Bhabendra Nath, Adoor win Kamal Kumari awards|last=UNI|date=21 September 2002|publisher=Dailyexcelsior.com|accessdate=31 December 2009|location=Guwahati}}

2000

|Jayant Narlikar

|Maharashtra

|Astrophysicist

|Science & Technology

2001

|Adoor Gopalakrishnan

|Kerala

|Filmmaker

|Art & Culture

2001

|Tej P. Singh

|New Delhi

|Biophysicist

|Science & Technology

2002

|Samir Bhattacharya

|West Bengal

|Biotechnologist

|Science & Technology

2002

|Maharaj Kumari Binodini Devi

|Manipur

|Manipuri writer

|Art & Culture

2003

|Prannoy Roy

|West Bengal

|Psephologist

|Art & Culture

2003

|Jitendra Nath Goswami

|Assam

|Astrophysicist

|Science & Technology

2003

|Jahnu Baruah

|Assam

|Film Maker

|Art & Culture

2004

|Dhrubajyoti Mukhopadhyay

|West Bengal

|Geologist

|Science & Technology

|{{cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-1014170351.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102083112/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-1014170351.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 November 2012|title=Kamal Kumari National Awards Presented|date=2 April 2006|accessdate=31 December 2009|location=Guwahati}}

2004

|Nabaneeta Dev Sen

|West Bengal

|Writer and academic

|Art & Culture

2005

|Joyanti Chutia

|Assam

|Physicist

|Science & Technology

2005

|Kanaksen Deka

|Assam

|Assamese writer

|Art & Culture

2006

|Dhirendra Nath Burhagohain

|Assam

|Civil Engineer

|Science & Technology

2006

|Hemanta Mishra

|Nepal

|Writer

|Art & Culture

2007

|Maqsood Siddiqi

|Kolkata

|Chief, Cancer Foundation of India
Kolkata

|Science & Technology

2007

|Aribam Syam Sharma

|Manipur

|Filmmaker

|Art & Culture

2008

|Bhupendra Nath Goswami

|Pune

|Former Director
Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology

|Science & Technology

2008

|Ramakanta Rath

|Orissa

|Poet
Former Chairman, Sahitya Akademi.

|Art & Culture

2009

|Roddam Narasimha

|Karnataka

|Aerospace scientist
Indian Institute of Science

|Science & Technology

|{{Cite web |url=http://www.jncasr.ac.in/roddam/index.php?menu_id=2&user_id=12&page_id=560 |title=Brief Profile |date=2016 |publisher=JNCASR}}

2009

|Parveen Sultana

|Assam

|Classical singer

|Art & Culture

|{{Cite web |url=http://www.culturopedia.net/Awards/awards_national.html |title=National Awards|date=2016|publisher=Culturopedia}}

2010

|Ramesh C. Deka

|Assam

|Otorhynolaryngologist
All India Institute of Medical Sciences

|Science & Technology

|{{Cite web |url=http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=oct1611/city04 |title=Kamal Kumari awards declared |date=16 October 2011 |publisher=Assam Tribune |access-date=25 December 2016 |archive-date=23 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923200224/http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=oct1611/city04 |url-status=dead }}

2010

|Amaresh Datta

|Assam

|Professor
Guwahati University

|Art & Culture

2011

|Shri Krishna Joshi

|Uttarakhand

|Physicist
IIT Roorkee

|Art & Culture

|{{Cite web |url=http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=nov2512/at05 |title=Kamal Kumari awards presented |date=25 November 2012 |publisher=Assam Tribune |access-date=25 December 2016 |archive-date=25 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161225145603/http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=nov2512/at05 |url-status=dead }}

2011

|Heisnam Kanhailal

|Manipur

|Theatre personality
Founder-Director of Kalakshetra Manipur

|Art & Culture

|{{Cite web |url=http://kalakshetramanipur.org/index.php/home/heisnam-kanhailal/ |title=Heisnam Kanhailal |date=2016 |publisher=Kalakshetra Manipur}}

2012

|Dhiraj Bora

|Gandhinagar

|Professor
Institute for Plasma Research

|Science & Technology

|{{Cite web |url=http://eastern-today.com/entries/blog/-kamal-kumari-national-awards-to-puspa-bhuyan |title=Kamal Kumari National Awards to Puspa Bhuyan |date=10 February 2016 |publisher=The Eastern Today}}

2012

|Aisharjya P. Konwar

|Assam

|Painter

|Art & Culture

2012

|Pushpa Bhuyan

|Assam

|Dancer

|Art & Culture

References

[http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/details.asp?id=jun2909/at04 Kamal Kumari awards presented] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219170106/http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/details.asp?id=jun2909%2Fat04 |date=19 February 2012 }}

External links

[http://kkfindia.org/award.html Official Website]

Category:Civil awards and decorations of Assam

Category:Awards established in 1990

Category:Indian visual arts awards

Category:1990 establishments in Assam

Kamal Kumari National Award

List of Awardees

See also

References

External links