The President of India Shri Pranab Mukherjee has consented to confer the Jeevan Raksha Padak Series of Awards – 2015 on 50 persons. The Award categories are – Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak to 3 persons, Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak to 9 and Jeevan Raksha Padak to 38 persons; 09 awards are posthumous.
- Out 50 awards, 9 awards will presented as posthumous
- Jeevan Raksha Padak series of awards are given to recognize a person for meritorious act of human nature in saving the life of a person.
The decoration of the award consists of medal, certificate signed by the Home Minister and demand draft for lump sum monetary grant is presented to the awardee in due course by the respective State Government to which the awardee belongs.
Here is the list of Awardees
Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak | |
Winner | Place from winner belong |
Ullas Unnikrishnan (Posthumous) | Kerela |
Munna alias Ramdars Sisodiya (Posthumous) | Madhya Pradesh |
Ankit Kumar Mishra (Posthumous) | Uttar Pradesh |
Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak | |
Shivakumar R. | Karnataka |
Laldinpuia | Mizoram |
Shaitan Singh (Posthumous) | Rajasthan |
Jitendra Kumar Soni | Rajasthan |
Shourya Veer Singh (Posthumous) | Madhya Pradesh |
Riya Chaudhary (Posthumous) | Uttar Pradesh |
Monika alias Manisha (Posthumous) | Uttarakhand |
Gaurav Kumar Bharti (Posthumous) | Uttar Pradesh |
Ravindra Pal Singh (Posthumous) | Uttar Pradesh |
The Jeevan Raksha Padak confers upon 38 brave hearts for conspicuous courage under circumstances of very great danger to the life of the rescue.