On the occasion of Women’s Day, a women felicitation ceremony was organized in memory of Late Praveena Pandey at the International Center of Media Excellence (ICOM). The program was organised under the aegis of Think and Support Foundation, Gwalior.
The Chief Guest of the program was Kiran Bhadauria, Director of Greenwood Public School while noted social activist and senior journalist Dr Keshav Pandey presided.
During the ceremony girls and women who brought glory to the city in various fields including education, health, social service, sports, journalism, engineering, fashion, art, music and dance were honored with Praveena Pandey Nari Shakti Samman.
Addressing the gathering, Chief Guest Bhadauria said that gods and goddesses reside in such families and societies where women are respected. Respect of the society increases only by respect of women. She added that it is important for everyone to respect women and always inspire them to move forward.
Bhupendra Kant conducted the program and Anil Kant expressed the vote of thanks.
The program was attended by Anilkant, Smriti Singh, Shailendri Thakur, Dr. Aditya Bhadauria, Harsh Bansal, Chitra Kushwaha, Radhe Kushwaha, Rajesh Kushwaha, Sukanya Sharma, Vijay Pandey, Rajendra Mudgal, Pramod Pachauri, Avinash Bhatnagar and Manish Maurya among others.
Those who were honoured include Gunjan Srivastava in the field of Medicine, Sunita Pandey in Girls Education, Meenakshi Mathur in Fashion, Rupali Thakur in Journalism, Anjali Batra in Social Service, Anjana Jha in Kathak Dance, Varsha Sharma in Yoga, Hema Rajangaonkar in Cricket, Asha Kumar in Arm-wrestling, Bharti Batham in Handball, Chandrani Kotia in Athletics, Payal Shekhawat in Football , Barkha Namdev in Yoga, Apurna God in Hockey, Ashrika Jatin Shah in Taekwondo, Siddhi Suri Rubaru, Miss Junior India, Yogita Chilwan in Karate and Manya Jain in Education.
