President Shri Pranab Mukherjee here today conferred
the first ever Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony, 2012 on Sitar Maestro
Pandit Ravi Shankar at Rashtrapati Bhawan. Since Pandit Ravi Shankar
passed away on 11th December, 2012, the Award was presented to his wife,
Smt. Sukanya Shankar. The International Award carries a prize money of
Rs. 1 Crore (One Crore), shawl, plaque and a citation. The Prime
Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, Minister of Culture Smt. Chandresh Kumari
Katoch, dignitaries and the family members of Pt. Ravi Shankar were
present during the award ceremony.
The Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony has been instituted as a part of
the commemoration of the 150th Birth Anniversary of Gurudev Rabindranath
Tagore and an announcement to this effect was made by the then Finance
Minister in his Budget Speech on 28th February, 2011. It is an
International Award with prize money of Rs. 1 Crore for promoting values
of Cultural Harmony. The Jury constituted for the selection of Tagore
Award for the year 2012 under the Chairmanship of the Prime Minister of
India selected Pandit Ravi Shankar, the Indian Sitar Maestro, to be the
first recipient of the Tagore Award in recognition of his outstanding
contribution to Cultural Harmony and Universal Values. The award was
announced on 7th May 2012 during the closing ceremony of the
commemoration of the 150th Birth Anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore.
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