Karmaveer Chakra Award


The Karmaveer Chakra Award is the global civilian honours given by the international confederation of NGO in partnership with United Nations to the people across the globe for relentless courage. 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 of November to individuals and organisations in broad categories like activism, education, volunteering and healthcare. Some of the recipients are Joyanto Mukherjee, Deepika Narayan Bhardwaj, Devika Vaid, Harish Iyer, Jason Fernandes, Hariharan Iyer, Dr. Shruti Kapoor, Manju Latha Kalanidhi, Anurag Chauhan, Dr. Renu Agrawal, Binayak Dewan, Jyoti Dhawale, Kajol, Geeta Sankar, Sudha Menon
Verghese Kurien known as father of the white revolution of India, is the first recipient of Karmaveer lifetime achievement award.
Hierarchy of awards