Recipients who will be felicitated come from diverse fields, including sports, arts, social work, science, agriculture, education, security, handicrafts and defence.
This year, 30 individual awardees and nine institutional awardees have been selected, according to a press statement.
Winners include the all-woman crew of Indian Navy's sailing vessel Tarini which circumnavigated the globe, Justice Gita Mittal for the vulnerable witness project for survivors of sexual violence, Thinlas Chorol who founded the Ladakhi Women's Travel Company.
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