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: Shri Imrat Khan (NRI/PIO)
: Shri Anant Agarwal (NRI/PIO)
: Shri H.R. Shah (NRI/PIO)
: Late (Smt.) Suniti Solomon (Posthumous)
: Shri Asoke Kumar Bhattacharyya (Posthumous)
: Dr. Mapuskar (Posthumous)
: Smt. Anuradha Koirala (Foreigner)
JEEVAN RAKSHAK PADAK SERIES OF AWARDS
ARDS
Jeevan Raksha Padak series of awards are given for courage and promptitude under
circumstances of great danger to the life or bodily injury of the rescuer, displayed in
an act or a series of acts of humane nature, in saving the life of a person from drowning,
fire, rescue operations in mines, etc. There are three categories of Jeevan Raksha Padak
awards, viz., Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak, Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak and Jeevan
Raksha Padak. Recommendations for Jeevan Raksha Padak series of awards are
received from the State Governments/Union Territory Administrations and Ministries
/Departments of the Government of India. On the basis of the recommendations of
the Awards Committee, the President conferred the award of Sarvotttam Jeevan Raksha
Padak to 5 persons, Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak to 8 persons and Jeevan Raksha Padak
to 23 persons, for the year 2016.
Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak (5)
1. Ms. Roluahpuii (Posthumous), Mizoram
2. Shri Shishir Kumar Yadavannavr (Posthumous), Karnataka
3. Shri Vadmitra Choudhary, (Posthumous), Uttar Pradesh
4. Shri Rakesh Kumar CN (Posthumous), Karnataka
5. Shri Suresh NB (Posthumous), Kerala
Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak (8)
1. Shri Mrigesh Narayan Barua, Assam
2. Dr. C. Gopakumar (Posthumous), Kerala
3. Shri Govind Laxman Tupe, Maharashtra
4. Shri Churchill, Mizoram
5. Smt. Roluahpuii, Mizoram
6. Shri Bir Bajrangbali Pandey, West Bengal
7. Master Maurice Yengkhom, Manipur
8. Master Shivansh Singh (Posthumous), Uttar Pradesh