The Karmaveer Chakra Award is a global civilian honor bestowed to individuals worldwide for their unwavering bravery by the International Confederation of Non governmental Organizations (iCONGO) in collaboration with the

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Karmaveer Chakra, the national medallion for proactive voluntary action to Be the Change, was established in 2008–09 by the Indian Confederation of NGOs (iCONGO) in collaboration with the UN. The award is tribute to A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, 11th President of India, who had offered to be the ambassador for the awards and international volunteering olympiad.

Awards

The award is presented annually in mid-November to individuals and organizations across various categories, including activism, education, volunteering, and healthcare and other categories Notable recipients include

Anupam Mittal Anupam Mittal (born 23 December 1971) is an Indian entrepreneur, business executive and angel investor. He is the founder and CEO of People Group and Shaadi.com. Apart from starting Shaadi.com, an Indian online wedding service, he has also bee ...

Deepika Narayan Bhardwaj Deepika Narayan Bhardwaj is an Indian journalist, documentary film-maker and men's rights movement, men's rights activist. Bhardwaj rose to prominence after producing the documentary ''Martyrs of Marriage'', which covered abuses of Indian Penal C ...

, Devika Vaid,

Harish Iyer Harish Iyer, also known as "Aham", ''hiyer'' and "Harrish Iyer" (born 16 April 1979) is an Indian equal rights activist. Iyer engages in advocacy for a number of causes, including promoting the rights of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transge ...

, Jason Fernandes,

Shruti Kapoor Shruti Kapoor (born 25 September) is an Indian economist, women's rights activist, and social entrepreneur. She is the founder of Sayfty, an initiative that aims to educate and empower young women and girls against all forms of violence. E ...

, Manju Latha Kalanidhi, Anurag Chauhan, Jyoti Dhawale,

Kajol Kajol Devgan (née Mukherjee) (; born 5 August 1974), known mononymously as Kajol, is an Indian actress. Described in the media as one of the most successful actresses of Hindi cinema, she is the recipient of numerous accolades, such as six ...

, Sudha Menon An award was given to Narayanappa, a farmer who advocates for ecological farming.

Raghavendar Askani Raghavendar Askani is an Indian anti-corruption and social activist. He is the founder and general secretary of the Youth Parliament Program and co-founder and director of the Swatantrata Center, an Indian liberal public policy think tank. He ha ...

Liberal political activist awardeed

Verghese Kurien Verghese Kurien (26 November 1921 – 9 September 2012) was an Indian dairy engineer and social entrepreneur. He led initiatives that contributed to the extensive increase in milk production in India termed as the White Revolution. Kurien gra ...

, known as father of the white revolution of India, is the first recipient of Karmaveer lifetime achievement award..Tanuj Samaddar, an artist and youth change maker was also awarded the Karmaveer Chakra. Hierarchy of awards *Karmaveer Chakra GOLD - Nominations may be proposed and chosen by council of fellows strictly. Self-nominations or nominations by fellows and citizens are not accepted. *Karmaveer Chakra SILVER - Nominations may be proposed by fellows only and will be chosen at the discretion of the council of fellows. Self-nominations or nominations by citizens are not accepted. *Karmaveer Chakra BRONZE - Nominations may be proposed by all fellows and citizens of the world. Self-nominations are also welcome. Nominations will be accepted at the discretion of the council of fellows. *Karmaveer Puraskar. *Karmaveer Jyoti.

References

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