10 August 2024, Hazaribagh: The president of Nav Bharat Jagriti Kendra (NBJK), Mr. Girija Nandan “Girija Satish” will be honored with prestigious Jamnalal Bajaj Award for the year 2024 in the category of Constructive Work. On behalf of the Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation, Mumbai, Dr. R. A. Mashelkar (Chairman, Council of Advisers) and Mr. Shekhar Bajaj (Chairman, Board of Trustees) have congratulated Mr. Girija Satish and informed that he has been selected for this award.
It’s noteworthy that in the year 1977, Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation was established in the memory of a renowned Indian industrialist late Jamnalal Bajaj Jee, who was also a close associate & like a son of Mahatma Gandhi and every year the Foundation felicitates the deserving individuals with three National Awards as for Constructive Work, for Application of Science & Technology for Rural Development and for Development & Welfare of Women-Children including an International Award for Promoting Gandhian Values Outside India.
These awards go to such men and women involved at the grassroots level who are committed to inclusive development working in line with Mahatma Gandhi’s constructive work program and who have taken a vow to selflessly serve the people, their community and nation, at large. Each award carries a Citation, a Trophy and a Cash Prize of Rs. 20,00,000. As the birth anniversary of late Jamnalal Bajaj Jee is November 4 and hence the Awards function will be organized around that time of the year in Mumbai.
It is a matter of pride for Jharkhand that Gandhian Karmayogi Mr. Girija Satish, who has been continuously engaged in inclusive constructive development work at the grassroots level for almost five decades through Nav Bharat Jagriti Kendra, has been selected for the Jamnalal Bajaj Award. Mr. Girija Satish is also the national president of Lok Samiti, a non-political mass organization founded by Loknayak Jayaprakash.
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