The Karmaveer Chakra Award is the global civilian honours given by the international confederation of NGO (iCONGO) in partnership with

United Nations The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and international security, security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be ...

to the people across the globe for relentless courage. The award is tribute to

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam (; 15 October 193127 July 2015) was an Indian aerospace scientist and statesman who served as the 11th President of India from 2002 to 2007. He was born and raised in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu and studied phy ...

, 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. Notable recipients include

Deepika Narayan Bhardwaj Deepika Narayan Bhardwaj is an Indian journalist, documentary film-maker and men's rights activist. Bhardwaj rose to prominence after producing the documentary ''Martyrs of Marriage'', which covered abuses of criminal section 498A (Anti-dowry la ...

Devika Vaid Devika Vaid is an Indian model and beauty queen. She was crowned Miss India Earth at Glamanand Supermodel India in the year 2018 and represented India at Miss Earth 2018 pageant held in Manila, Philippines. Education and career Vaid studied Bac ...

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, Rohith Vakrala, 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, including six F ...

, Sudha Menon

Verghese Kurien Verghese Kurien (26 November 1921 - 9 September 2012), known as the "Father of the White Revolution" in India, was a social entrepreneur whose "billion-litre idea", Operation Flood, made dairy farming India's largest self-sustaining industry an ...

, known as father of the white revolution of India, is the first recipient of Karmaveer lifetime achievement award. 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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