Para-athlete Jeevanji Deepthi to obtain Governor’s Award for Excellence 

Deepthi Jeevanji.
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Para-athlete and Arjuna awardee Jeevanji Deepthi, environmental activist Dusharla Sathyanarayana, Arikapudi Raghu within the discipline of Divyanjan welfare, and P.B.Krishna Bharathi and M. Pandu Ranga Rao, collectively within the discipline of tradition, will obtain the Governor’s Award for Excellence this yr.

The awards might be offered by Governor Jishnu Dev Varma in the course of the 76th Republic Day celebrations on Sunday.

Names of the awardees had been introduced by jury chairman and retired bureaucrat M. Padmanabhaiah, and Principal Secretary M. Dana Kishore at Raj Bhavan on Monday.

The Governor’s Award for Excellence, an initiative to recognise excellent contributions within the fields of atmosphere safety, Divyangjan (individuals with incapacity) welfare, sports activities and video games, and tradition, are instituted for the primary time by Raj Bhavan.

The awards underneath the identical classes for organisations are: Dhruvansh NGO for atmosphere safety, L.V. Prasad Eye Institute (Divyangjan welfare), Aditya Mehta Basis (sports activities and video games), and Samskruti Basis (tradition). 5 of the full eight awards went to Hyderabad-based people and organisations.