# Jamnalal Bajaj Award

Jamnalal Bajaj Award is an Indian award, for promoting Gandhian values, community service and social development. Established in 1978, by the Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation of Bajaj Group, it is given annually in four categories, and usually presented by the President, Vice president, Prime Minister of India or a leading figure. The foundation currently headed by Rahul Bajaj, was created in 1977, in the memory of group founder, philanthropist and a close associate of Mahatma Gandhi, Jamnalal Bajaj. The award ceremony takes place on his birth anniversary, 4 November.

## Awards

The award comprises a citation, a trophy and a cheque of Rs Ten lakh each. It is given in four categories, namely:
* Constructive Work, established in 1978.
* Application of Science and Technology for Rural development, established in 1978.
* Outstanding contribution for the Development and Welfare of Women and Children, established in 1980 in memory of Janaki Devi Bajaj.
* International Award for promoting Gandhian values outside India, which is given to an individual of foreign nationality, established in 1988 on the birth centenary of Jamnalal Bajaj.
To commemorate the birth centenary of Mr. Jamnalal Bajaj, the Foundation presented a special award to Dr. Nelson Mandela in 1990.

## List of awardees

| Year | Constructive Work | Science & Technology | Women & Child Welfare | International |
| 1978 | Jugatram Dave | Satish Chandra Das Gupta | | |
| 1979 | Sarla Devi & Murlidhar Devidas Amte (Baba Amte) | Jayant Shamrao Patil | | |
| 1980 | Gandhi Niketan Ashram | Anil Sadgopal | Jayashri Raiji & Kamalabai Hospet | |
| 1981 | Amalprava Das | A. M. M. Murugappa Chettiar | Ramadevi Choudhury | |
| 1982 | Gokulbhai Daulatram Bhatt | Prembhai | Taraben Mashruwala | |
| 1983 | Tagaduru Ramachandra Rao | Manibhai Desai | Pushpaben Mehta | |
| 1984 | Popatlal Ramchandra Shah | Mohan Narhari Parikh | Gaura Devi | |
| 1985 | T.S. Avinashilingam | Sanjit Roy | Anutai Wagh | |
| 1986 | Sunderlal Bahuguna | Vilas B. Salunke | Vasanti S. Roy | |
| 1987 | Natwar Thakkar | Sunit Dhanaji Bonde | Annapragada C. Krishna Rao | |
| 1988 | S. Jagannathan and Krishnammal Jagannathan | Ishwarbhai Patel | Malati Devi Choudhuri | Pierre Parodi |
| 1989 | K. Janardanan Pillai | T. G. K. Menon | Indirabai Halbe | Danilo Dolci |
| 1990 | Tirath Ram | S. A. Dabholkar | Ratan Shastri | A. T. Ariyaratne |
| 1991 | Dwarko Sundarani | S. Krishnamurthy Mirmira | Radha Bhatt | Charles Walker |
| 1992 | Thakurdas Bang | K. Vishwanathan | Shalini Moghe | Homer A. Jack |
| 1993 | Vichitra Narain Sharma | Dinkarrao G. Pawar | Kantaben and Harivilasben Shah | Johan Galtung |
| 1994 | L. N. Gopalaswami | V. S. Aggarwal | Shanti Devi | Gedong Bagus Oka |
| 1995 | Kashinath Trivedi | G. Muniratnam | Vimla Bahuguna | Kamala |
| 1996 | Manubhai Pancholi | S. S. Kalbag | Indumati Parikh | Adolfo De Obieta |
| 1997 | R. K. Patil | S. S. Katagihallimath | Vinoba Niketan | Young Seek Choue |
| 1998 | Acharya Ramamurti | Devendra Kumar | Rajammal P. Devadas | Kumari Jharna Dhara Chowdhury |
| 1999 | Narayan Desai | Ajoy Kumar Basu | Saraswathi Gora | Joseph Rotblat |
| 2000 | Somdutt Vedalankar | Bhaskar Save | Vidya Devi | Desmond Tutu |
| 2001 | Sisir Sanyal | Anil K. Rajvanshi | Rehmat Sultan Fazelbhoy | Satish Kumar |
| 2002 | Siddharaj Dhadda | Arunkumar Dave | Chitra Naik | George Willoughby |
| 2003 | Rabindra Nath Upadhyay | Vinayak Patil | Alice Garg | Dr. Mary E. King |
| 2004 | Radhakrishna Bajaj | Prabhakar Shankar Thakur | Sarojini Varadappan | Marie Thoeger |
| 2005 | P. Gopinathan Nair | Rajendra Singh | Arunaben Shankarprasad Desai | Daisaku Ikeda |
| 2006 | S.N. Subbarao | Anil Prakash Joshi | Rani Abhay Bang | Ismail Serageldin |
| 2007 | Yashpal M. Mittal | Anand Dinkar Karve | Ashoka Gupta | Michael Nagler |
| 2008 | Biswanath Pattnaik | Tushar Kanjilal | Phoolbasan Yadav | Louis Campana |
| 2009 | Lavanam | Ayyappa Masagi | Jaya Arunachalam | Charles Peter Dougherty |
| 2010 | Chunibhai Vaidya | Chewang Norphel | Shakuntaladevi Choudhary | Lia Diskin |
| 2011 | Ramesh Bhaiya and Vimla Bahan | Anupam Mishra | Shobhana Ranade | Agus Indra Udayana |
| 2012 | Jayant Mathkar | Kalyan Paul | Glenn D. Paige | Nighat Shafi |
| 2013 | G. V. Subba Rao | Snehlata Nath | Vidhya Das | Jean-Marie Muller |
| 2014 | Surendra Koulagi | Ram Kumar Singh | Chennupati Vidaya | Sulak Sivaraksa |
| 2015 | Man Singh Rawat | Perumal Vivekanandan | Anna Ferrer | Minoru Kasai |
| 2016 | Mohan Hirabai Hiralal | B. V. Nimbkar | Dr. N. Manga Devi | Rached Ghannouchi |
| 2017 | Shashi Tyagi | Jan Swasthya Sahyog | Praveen Nair | Ziad Medoukh |
| 2018 | Dhoom Singh Negi | Rupal Desai | Prasanna Bhandari | Clayborne Carson |
| 2019 | Bhawani Shanker Kusum | Mohammad Imran Khan Mewati | Shaheen Mistri | Sonia Deotto |
| 2020 | Cancelled due to corona outbreak |
| 2021 | Dharampal Saini | Lal Singh | Lucy Kurien | David H. Albert |
| 2022 | Nilesh Desai | Mansukhbhai Prajapati | Sophia Shaik | Ogarit Younan Walid Slaybi |
| 2023 | Regi George and Lalitha Regi | Ramalakshmi Datta | Sudha Varghese | Raha Naba Kumar |