[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]

[CA] TN Government's Independence Day Awards - 2016

Tamil Nadu Government’s Independence Day Awards 2016

#	Category	Winner
Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Award (Rs. 5 lakh + 8 gm gold medal + a certificate)
01	Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Award	Dr. P. Shanmugam, Principal Scientist, Central Leather Research Institute, Chennai
Kalpana Chawla Award (Rs. 5 lakh + gold coated medal worth Rs. 5000 + a certificate)
02	Kalpana Chawla Award	Ms. Jayanthi (Namakkal Dt)
CM award to the best performing urban local bodies
03	Best Corporation	Dindigul (Rs. 25 lakh + certificate)
04	Best Municipalities	Pattukottai (I Prize) (Rs. 15 lakh + certificate)
		Perambalur (II Prize) (Rs. 10 lakh + certificate)
		Ramanathapuram (III Prize) (Rs. 5 lakh + certificate)
05	Best Town Panchayats	Velur Town Panchayat (I Prize) (Rs. 10 lakh + certificate)
		Chinna Salem Town Panchayat (II Prize) (Rs. 5 lakh + certificate)
		Periyanaickenpalayam Town Panchayat (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	(i) Dr. N. Subbaiyan IAS (the then Dt Collector of Thanjavur) (ii) Mr. Mylvahanan IPS (Superintendent of Police, Thanjavur) [For Mahamaham 2016 Arrangements]
		Solid waste Management in Rural Areas – “Thooimai Kavalar” (i) Minister of Municipal Administration - Mr. S. P. Velumani (ii) Principal Secretary to Government Rural Development & Panchayat Raj Dept - Mr. Hansraj Verma, IAS (iii) Director of Rural Development - Mr. Baskaran IAS
		Online patta transfer (i) Minister for Revenue - Mr. R. B. Udhayakumar (ii) Secretary to Government, Revenue Department - Dr. B. Chandramohan IAS (iii) Commissioner of Survey & Settlement - Ms. R. Vasuki IAS

Chief Minister’s State Youth Award (Rs. 50000 + certificate + one medal)
07	Women’s Category	Ms. K. Masha Nazeem
		Ms. M. Aparna
08	Men’s Category	Mr. P. Ruban Santhosh
		Mr. M. C. Saravana Kumar
		Mr. J. Mohammad Rafeek
Awards for Exemplary service for the welfare of the differently abled
09	Best Doctor	Dr. D. Rajakannan, Chennai [Certificate + 10 gm gold medal]
10	Best Social Worker	Mr. M.P. Mohammad Rafi, Chennai [Certificate + 10 gm gold medal]
11	Best Institution	Little Flower Higher Secondary School for the hearing impaired, Chennai [Certificate + 10 gm gold medal]
12	Best private employer who has provided maximum number of employment	Annai J.K.K. Sampooraniammal Trust, Namakkal [Certificate + 10 gm gold medal]
13	Best district central cooperative bank	Salem District Central Cooperative Bank, Salem [Certificate + 10 gm gold medal] In 2015 too, the same Cooperative bank got this award
Awards for the services rendered towards the welfare of women
14	Best institution servicing women award	Kalaiselvi Karunalaya Social Welfare Society, Mogappair West, Chennai-37 [Certificate + Rs. 50000 + 10 gm gold plated medal]
15	Best social worker (outstanding work done for women)	Mr. V. Muralidharan, Founder and Managing Trustee, Sevalaya, Thirunindravur, Tiruvallur District [Certificate + 10 gm gold plated medal]

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