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Twenty one persons have been selected for Indira Priyadarshni Vrikshmitra (IPVM) Award for the year 2002 and 2003, for their exceptional contributions in the field of afforestation and waste lands development. The following is the list of the awardees which include government officials, voluntary agencies, cooperative organisations, educational institutes, corporate sectors and municipal corporations.
Names of the IPVM Awardees for 2002
Name of Awardee category
Shri Baban Prabhakar Sakhalikar Individual
Shri Muthina Sathi Raju Individual
Shri Santosh Kumar Bajpai Individual (Government Servant)
Shri Bajrangi Lal Yadav Individual (Government Servant)
BOSCO Gramin Vikas Kendra Voluntary Agency
Samast Mahajan Voluntary Agency
Jhanjharmata Tree Growers’ Cooperative Society Ltd., Sabarkantha Co-operative Organisation
Maharishi Shankar Rao Mohite Patil Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana Ltd. Co-operative Organisation
College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram Educational Institute
North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon, Maharashtra Educational Institute
The Anta Gas Power Project, NTPC, Baran, Rajasthan Corporate Sector
PIMPRI Chinchwad Municipal Corporation, Pune, Maharashtra Municipal Corporation
Names of the IPVM Awardees for 2003
Name of Awardee Category
Shri Komoruddin Ahmed Individual
Smt. Devaki Amma Individual
Shri B. Dhananjaya Rao Ballvada Individual (Government Servant)
Shri Avinash Maruti Pharande Individual
Shri Takalkar Vasant Genuji Individual (Government Servant)
CAFARD Voluntary Agency
NTPC Simadhri, Vishakhapatnam Corporate Sector
Rourkela Steel Plant Corporate Sector
Junagadh Forest Division, Junagadh Government Agency
An interaction session was held between media and the awardees today on the eve of award presentation. Speaking on the occasion, Secretary, Environment & Forests, Shri Pradipto Ghosh said the very fact that so many people have been successful in getting this prestigious award indicates that afforestation has become a mass movement in the country and not just a government programme. He emphasised on the need to popularise these activities so that more and more people take up this activities and increase the green belt in the country.
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