Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony

October 30 , 2018 2543 days 1492 0

Union Government (Ministry of Culture) has announced winners of Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony for the years 2014, 2015 and 2016.
The awardees were selected by the award jury headed by Prime Minister which included
- Chief Justice of India Justice (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi,
- Former Chief Election Commissioner N Gopalaswami and
- National Vice President of BJP Vinay Sahasrabuddhe.
The Awardees are,

2014	Rajkumar Singhajit Singh	He is doyen of Manipuri dance. He is also teacher, performer and choreographer
2015	Chhayanaut	It is a cultural organization of Bangladesh established in 1961. It has played leading role in promoting Tagore’s works in Bengali culture, music and literature all across the world.
2016	Ram Vanji Sutar	He is a renowned sculptor. His first notable work was the 45 feet Chambal monument at the Gandhi Sagar Dam in Madhya Pradesh. He is also the recipient of Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri awards.

Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony

It is an annual award instituted by Government of India in 2011 as part of commemoration of 150th Birth Anniversary of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore.

It was conferred for the first time on Indian Sitar Maestro Pt. Ravi Shankar in 2012 and second time on Shri Zubin Mehta in 2013.

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