The Tagore Award is an award given in commemoration of the 150th birth anniversary of the Nobel laureate

Rabindranath Tagore Rabindranath Tagore (; bn, রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর; 7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941) was a Bengali polymath who worked as a poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer and painter. He resh ...

(1861–1941) for cultural harmony. Established in 2011 by

Government of India The Government of India (ISO: ; often abbreviated as GoI), known as the Union Government or Central Government but often simply as the Centre, is the national government of the Republic of India, a federal democracy located in South Asia, ...

, it is given for outstanding achievement in fostering harmony and universalism and values of cultural harmony especially in conflict or extreme situations through innovative systems/strategies and which have an enduring and transformational impact. The first award was given in 2012 to

Pandit Ravi Shankar Ravi Shankar (; born Robindro Shaunkor Chowdhury, sometimes spelled as Rabindra Shankar Chowdhury; 7 April 1920 – 11 December 2012) was an Indian sitarist and composer. A sitar virtuoso, he became the world's best-known export of North Ind ...

by the President of India

Pranab Mukherjee Dr. Pranab Mukherjee (11 December 193531 August 2020) was an Indian politician and statesman who served as the 13th president of India from 2012 until 2017. In a political career spanning five decades, Mukherjee was a senior leader in the India ...

. Ravi Shankar died before he could receive the award which was received by his wife Sukanya Shankar.Tagore award for Ravi Shankar
/ref> Music conductor

Zubin Mehta Zubin Mehta (born 29 April 1936) is an Indian conductor of Western classical music. He is music director emeritus of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO) and conductor emeritus of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Mehta's father was the fou ...

received the Tagore Award For Cultural Harmony for the year 2013 in recognition of his outstanding contribution to cultural harmony."Zubin Mehta to get Tagore Award"
''The Hindu''. 11 July 2013. On 6 September 2013, President of India

conferred the Tagore Award 2013 to Zubin Mehta at a ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi.

Recipients

Tagore Award for 2019 is given to Yohei Sasakawa, goodwill ambassador of World Health Organization.

References

Indian awards Memorials to Rabindranath Tagore 2011 establishments in India {{india-culture-stub