[CA] Independence Day Awards 2017 (Tamil Nadu)

#	Category	Winner
Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Award (Rs.5 lakh + 8 gm gold medal + a certificate)
01	Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Award	Prof. S. P. Thyagarajan
Kalpana Chawla Award (Rs. 5 lakh + gold coated medal worth Rs. 5000 + a certificate)
02	Kalpana Chawla Award	C. Preethi
CM Award to the best performing local bodies
03	Best Corporation	Tirunelveli (Rs. 35 lakh + certificate)
04	Best Municipalities	Sathiyamangalam (I Prize) (Rs. 15 lakh + certificate)
		Poonamalle (II Prize) (Rs. 10 lakh + certificate)
		Thirmangalam (III Prize) (Rs.5 lakh + certificate)
05	Best Town Panchayats	Ponnampatti (I Prize) (Rs. 10 lakh + certificate)
		Irugur (II Prize) (Rs. 5 lakh + certificate)
		Nambiyur (III Prize) (Rs. 3 lakh + certificate)
Chief Minister’s Best Practices Award (Rs. 200000 + certificate)
06	Improving quality delivery system & quality delivery system ensuring good governance	Mr. Satyagopal IAS (Commissioner of Revenue Department); for devising a unique technique watering technique for growing trees under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme
		Dr. K. Narayanaswamy (Head of the Department - Liver, Madras Medical College)
		Tamil Nadu Police Personnel Housing Department, Tamil Nadu Agriculture Department and Tamil Nadu Commercial Tax Department
Chief Minister’s State Youth Award (Rs. 50000 + certificate + one medal)
07	Women’s Category	U. Sripathi Thangam(Tirunelveli)
08	Men’s Category	A.G. Padmanaban (Coimbatore)
		J. Udayalingam (Virudhunagar)
Awards for Exemplary service for the welfare of the differently abled
09	Best Doctor	Dr. V. M. Sankaran, Opthalmic surgeon, Kancheepuram [Certificate + 10 gm gold medal]
10	Best Social Worker	V. P. Elayapari, founder of Cure Trust and Research Centre, Madurai [Certificate +1 0 gm gold medal]
11	Best Institution	MedIndia Charitable Trust, Chennai [Certificate + 10 gm gold medal]
12	Best Private employer who has provided maximum number of employment	ORBIT (Organisation for Rehabilitation of the Blind in Tiruchy) [Certificate+ 10 gm gold medal]
13	Best district central cooperative bank	Salem District Central Cooperative Bank [Certificate + 10 gm gold medal]
Awards for the services rendered towards the welfare of women
14	Best institution servicing women award	Nilgiris Adivasis Welfare Association, a network of Blwadis in tribal settlements [Certificate + Rs. 50000 + 10 gm gold plated medal]
15	Best Social worker (outstanding work done for women)	Krishnammal Jaganathan (Vinoba Institution) [Certificate + 10 gm gold plated medal]