Independence Day awards - Tamil Nadu
August 17 , 2021
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- Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin presented the Kalpana Chawla Award for Courage and Daring Enterprise to P. Shanmuga Priya, posthumously.
- The late Dr. Shanmuga Priya was a medical officer at the Annuppanadi Primary Health Centre in Madurai.
- The Chief Minister presented the Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam award to Dr. M. Lakshmanan, Professor of Eminence, Bharathidasan University.
- He also presented the first Thagaisal Thamizhar Award to veteran Communist leader and centenarian, N. Sankaraiah.
- K. Narayanasamy, Director, Government Corona Hospital, Guindy was conferred the Chief Minister’s Best Practices Award.
- Presidency College was also conferred the award for facilitating independent learning of differently abled students.
- The Avvaiyar Award was conferred on Santhi Duraisamy.
- Best Third Gender award was conferred on Grace Banu, Thoothukudi.
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