Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award

Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award 2015

Question: Recently who has been presented with the prestigious Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award for Excellence in Public Administration, Academics and Management-2015?
(a) Rajat Sharma
(b) Dr. Prannoy Roy
(c) Dr.Raghuram Rajan
(d) Pradeep Kumar Sinha
Ans (b)
Related facts:

  • On 28 March 2016 Dr. Prannoy Roy, co-founder and co-chairperson of NDTV, was presented with the prestigious Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award for Excellence in Public Administration, Academics and Management-2015.
  • He was awarded by the former Supreme Court Chief Justice V.N Khare.
  • This consists of a cash award of 500,000 rupees plus a citation and a plaque.
  • The award for the first time in 1999 was given to Pro. CK Prahla.
  • For the year 2014 the award was given to A. S. Pillai, for his contribution in developing BrahMos cruise missile.

Reference:
http://www.lbsim.ac.in/news-detail/124/125/36/