Ex-Vice President Venkaiah Naidu receives SIES award for public leadership: Venkaiah Naidu, a former vice president, has received the 25th Sri Chandrasekarendra Saraswathi National Eminence Award (SIES). During the celebration in Mumbai, Maharashtra’s King’s Circle’s Shanmukhananda auditorium, the award was given out. The awards are given in the fields of public leadership, community leadership, science and technology, and social thinkers who have made outstanding contributions in their respective fields. In 1932, M. V. Venkateshwaran founded the SIES in Mumbai.
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Other Awardees in various categories:
- Public Leadership: Arif Mohammed Khan Governor of Kerala
- Community Leadership: Ratan Tata, an eminent industrialist
- Science and Technology: Dr Marthanda Varma Sankaran Valianathan, renowned cardiologist and Padma Vibhushan awardee
- Science and Technology: Prof Ajay Kumar Sood, Scientific Advisor to the Government of India
- Spiritual Leadership: Vishakha Hari Harikatha artiste.
About Venkaiah Naidu:
Venkaiah Naidu served as India’s 13th vice president from August 11 of 2017 to August 11 of 2022. He served as the minister of housing, urban development, urban poverty alleviation, and information before joining Modi’s Cabinet. He was a prominent leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its National President from 2002 to 2004. From 1996 until 2002, he was the Minister of Rural Development in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government.
About Sri Chandrasekarendra Saraswathi National Eminence Award:
In 1998, SIES established the Sri Chandrasekarendra Saraswathi National Eminence Award in honour of the late seer of Kanchi. This award is given annually in the field of Public eminence, Community leadership, Science and Technology, Social thinkers and the International category. SIES was set up in 1932 by M. V. Venkateshwaran in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
