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Assam: Lovlina Borgohain, COVID-19 Warriors Among recipients honoured with Highest-Civilian Award

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Tokyo Olympics Medalist Lovlina Borgohain, COVID-19 Warriors, agri-entrepreneurs are among an array of personalities who have been conferred with the prestigious & highest civilian honour of Assam.

The awards were presented by the Governor Prof. Jagdish Mukhi during an investiture ceremony held at Srimanta Sankardev Kalakshetra in Guwahati.

Assam Baibhav, Assam Saurav and Assam Gaurav – have been presented to the recipients for recognizing their immense contribution into the fields of sports, academic, health, education, administration, entrepreneurship, among others.

Tokyo Olympics Medalist – Lovlina Borgohain, COVID-19 Warriors, agri-entrepreneurs are among an array of personalities who have been conferred with the prestigious & highest civilian honour of Assam.

The awards were presented by the Governor Prof. Jagdish Mukhi during an investiture ceremony held at Srimanta Sankardev Kalakshetra in Guwahati.

Assam Baibhav, Assam Saurav and Assam Gaurav – have been presented to the recipients for recognizing their immense contribution into the fields of sports, academic, health, education, administration, entrepreneurship, among others.

Meanwhile, the Industrialist Ratan Tata, who was named for the highest honour – Assam Baibhav; and distinguished management guru – Dipak Chand Jain (named for Assam Saurav-the second highest honour) couldn’t attend the event.

Taking to Twitter, the Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma asserted, “It’s a big day today. State’s highest civilian awards will be bestowed on individuals, mostly from grassroots & selected through a citizen-centric process, for their distinguished service to society. Hope the recognition inspires others to the cause of building a New Assam.”

Besides Lovlina and Jain, the distinguished educationist and scientist Kamalendu Deb Krori, bureaucrat Dr. S Lakshmanan and renowned artist Neel Pawan Baruah were conferred with the Assam Saurav awards.

The ‘Assam Baibhav’, ‘Assam Saurav and Assam Gaurav’ along with a citation & medal also included cash awards of – Rs 5 lakhs, Rs 4 lakhs and Rs 3 lakhs respectively.

Munindra Nath Ngatey, Dr. Basanta Hazarika, Akash Jyoti Gogoi, Manoj Basumatary, Khorsing Terang, Boby Hazarika, Hemoprabha Chutia, Namita Kalita, Barmita Momin, Dharanidhar Boro, Kaushik Boruah, Kalpana Boro, and Dr Asif Iqbal were among the Assam Gaurav awarde

However, the initial set of awards recognised various COVID-19 warriors, including – Dr. Lakshmanan and Ngatey, officials who played important roles in raising awareness about Covid-19 measures and mass immunisation. In Guwahati Medical College Hospital, Dr. Hazarika managed nearly 3,000 critical Covid-19 patients.

Other Covid-19 warriors honoured included Namita Kalita, an auxiliary nurse midwife (ANM) who has administered nearly 100,000 Covid-19 vaccine doses, and Barmita Momin, an accredited social health activist (ASHA) who ensured 100 percent Covid-19 vaccination in a village that had previously forced her to pay a fine as punishment for taking the vaccine.

In addition, Dr. Asif Iqbal has received the Assam Gaurav award, which is given to an effective Haematologist and Hematologic Oncologist who has successfully performed a number of Bone Marrow/Stem Cell transplant surgeries.

Kalpana Boro has also received an Assam Gaurav for her efforts in establishing connection with communities as an Anganwadi worker. She excelled at providing Supplementary Nutrition and regular growth monitoring to SAM (severe acute malnutrition) youngsters.

Kaushik Boruah was also bestowed the Assam Gaurav for exporting items such as Assam lemon, king chilli, lablab bean, betel leaf & nut, pointed gourd, ridge gourd, jackfruit, leteku, and others to nations such as the United Kingdom, Italy, Frankfurt, Saudi Arabia, Dubai, and Qatar. Meanwhile, Manoj Bausmatary, who established an eco-system for piggery, received the Assam Gaurav award.

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