Honored personalities are flag bearers of excellent work: Governor Patel

Governor Mangubhai Patel said that the honored talents are the flag bearers of excellent work. Their excellent work gives the society the confidence and vision to face challenges. Future generations follow their path and make the society dynamic and vibrant. He said that honoring the talents of the society is indeed an important task towards making the society proud, building a healthy society and a strong nation. It is the responsibility of the society from both moral and social perspectives to guide the future talents. Governor Patel was addressing the Madhya Pradesh Ratna Award ceremony organized by Press Club Bhopal at Ravindra Bhawan. Shankaracharya Swami Vasudevanand ji was also present in the program. At the beginning of the program, the guests inaugurated the program by garlanding the picture of Maa Saraswati and lighting a lamp. The guests were welcomed by presenting a Tulsi plant. Governor Patel was felicitated by the President of Press Club Madhya Pradesh, Naveen Anand Joshi by presenting a coconut and a memento.

Governor Patel said that we all can see that under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the world has acknowledged our democratic institutions, economic strength, scientific skills, culture and diversity, but in our efforts to build a strong nation, we still face challenges from terrorism and disruptive forces. Along with economic empowerment of women and high standards, it is also necessary to further expand efforts for justice and development opportunities for the deprived sections of the society. He has expected that for inclusive development, the honored special talents should guide the efforts to include the communities of comparatively deprived and backward areas in the mainstream of the society by holding their hands. He wished that the function will be successful in increasing positivity in the society and inspiring the society, especially the youth, for excellent work.

Governor Patel said that he is very happy with the participation of media in social concerns, he is overwhelmed by the work of such talents. He has got the opportunity to honor such talents. He considers himself fortunate. He praised the participation of media in social concerns. Referring to the visit of the Chief Minister of the state to Europe and in the context of information about large amount of foreign investment coming in the state, he said that the sharing of intellectual and ideological views regarding the development of Madhya Pradesh by scholars and thinkers from across the country during the program was an initiative to help further increase the pace of efforts for the progress and prosperity of the state.

During the program, Governor Patel presented Madhya Pradesh Ratna Awards to retired Vice Admiral Vimal Verma, Padma dance guru Dr. Puru Dadhich, famous TV anchor Sumit Awasthi, textile industry entrepreneur Gautam Kothari, film and drama actor Sharad Saxena, educationist Dr. S.P. Gautam, Everest winner mountaineer Smt. Jyoti Ratre, theater artist senior actor Rajiv Verma and famous literary writer Dr. Ramesh Nirmal. The Governor presented Madhya Pradesh Pratibha Award to Major Aniket Chaturvedi of Indian Army, Chief of Maharishi University Brahmachari Girish Verma, Bureau Chief A.N.I. News agency Mr. Sandeep Kumar Singh, social worker educationist Mr. Jai Narayan Chouksey, Executive Vice Chairman AISECT Group Mr. Siddharth Chaturvedi, industrialist Rohit Govind Somani, social worker educationist Dr. Davish Jain, Senior Correspondent Daily Newspaper, Magazine Mr. Deepesh Awasthi, young talented writer Divyansh Vyas and Ms. Megha Dixit were felicitated. Vote of thanks was given by Vice President of Press Club Mr. Rajendra Sharma.