By Rishabh Mookherjee
New Delhi [India], December 13 (ANI): High Range Rural Development Society (HRDS) INDIA hosted the Veer Savarkar International Impact Awards 2025 on the NDMC Convention Centre in New Delhi on December 10, bringing collectively nationwide leaders, worldwide delegates and distinguished achievers to recognise people whose work displays the braveness, reformist spirit and nation-building imaginative and prescient of Swatantryaveer Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. The ceremony was attended by the Honourable Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, Manoj Sinha, because the chief dignitary.
Prominent dignitaries current included Swami Atma Nambi Ji, President of HRDS INDIA; S Krishna Kumar, former Union Minister and Chairman of HRDS INDIA; KG Venugopal, Vice President of HRDS INDIA; and Aji Krishnan, Founder Secretary of HRDS INDIA.
Addressing the gathering, Manoj Sinha congratulated the awardees and mirrored on Veer Savarkar’s enduring legacy as a revolutionary and visionary patriot. He additionally highlighted collaborative efforts with HRDS INDIA, saying that within the first part, 1,500 trendy houses are being constructed in Jammu and Kashmir. He mentioned the initiative goals to supply social safety and dignity to households whereas strengthening self-reliance and justice.
In his welcome tackle, Swami Atma Nambi Ji outlined the organisation’s mission and famous that the presence of the Lieutenant Governor underscored the platform’s nationwide relevance and HRDS INDIA’s dedication to social improvement and the empowerment of marginalised communities. S. Krishna Kumar traced HRDS INDIA’s journey from a grassroots initiative to a nationwide motion for tribal welfare, noting plans to ship a million houses for tribal communities underneath its increasing programmes.
The ceremony featured an audio-visual tribute to Veer Savarkar and a classical Nritham efficiency by Vaishnavi P.J., including a cultural dimension to the night.
The 2025 awards have been conferred on eight people for contributions throughout governance, social reform, humanitarian service, tradition and innovation. The awardees included city coverage skilled Karuna Gopal; UAE-based philanthropist Bu Abdullah; religious chief Acharya KR Manoj; Swiss social employee Dr Diana Suter; US-based group chief Kamy Netram; Ireland-based educator Priyanka Singh; acclaimed Malayalam music composer M Jayachandran; and Japanese industrial chief Mitsuaki Nishihara.
Founded in 1995, High Range Rural Development Society, HRDS INDIA, works throughout a number of states on initiatives spanning tribal housing, rural improvement, ladies’s empowerment, healthcare, schooling and environmental conservation. The occasion concluded with Sudarsanam: Bharatam, a documentary dance-drama carried out by ladies rehabilitated via the Sudarsanam De-Radicalisation Programme, symbolising transformation and purposeful social service. (ANI)