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![Shri Moolchand Lodha](https://static.mygov.in/static/s3fs-public/mygov_167871236982937911.jpg)
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Veteran Social Worker from Dungarpur - working in rural and tribal areas of Rajasthan for over 5 decades
![Smt Rani Machaiah](https://static.mygov.in/static/s3fs-public/mygov_167877541182937911.jpg)
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Acclaimed Ummathat Folk Dancer from Kodagu - popularising Kodava culture through dance
![Shri Ajay Kumar Mandavi](https://static.mygov.in/static/s3fs-public/mygov_167877547382937911.jpg)
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Tribal Wood Carving Artist from Kanker - actively rehabilitating misguided youth in LWE-affected areas through livelihood
![Dr. Prabhakar Bhanudas Mande](https://static.mygov.in/static/s3fs-public/mygov_167870640082937911.jpg)
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Eminent Marathi Folklore Author with 50 books to his credit over a 6 decade long career
![Shri Gajanan Jagannath Mane](https://static.mygov.in/static/s3fs-public/mygov_167877565682937911.jpg)
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Ex-Serviceman Social Worker from Thane - working for the rehabilitation of Leprosy affected people for decades
![Shri Antaryami Mishra](https://static.mygov.in/static/s3fs-public/mygov_167877571482937911.jpg)
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Eminent Odia Litterateur from Dhenkanal - portraying Odia language's history & culture
![Shri Nadoja Pindipapanahalli Munivenkatappa](https://static.mygov.in/static/s3fs-public/mygov_167870648782937911.jpg)
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Veteran Thamate Player from Chikkaballapur - promoting the percussion folk instrument from Old Mysore region through over 1,000 performances
![Prof. (Dr.) Mahendra Pal](https://static.mygov.in/static/s3fs-public/mygov_167870655882937911.jpg)
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Pioneer of Veterinary Mycology in India - known for his 5-decade long research on the role of fungi in various diseases affecting animals
![Shri Uma Shankar Pandey](https://static.mygov.in/static/s3fs-public/mygov_167877606682937911.jpg)
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Water Conservationist from Banda - who devised the concept of Jakhni model village to fight water scarcity and make villages water surplus
![Shri Ramesh Parmar & Smt Shanti Parmar](https://static.mygov.in/static/s3fs-public/mygov_1680601941122933461.jpg)
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Craftsperson Duo from Jhabua making Adivasi Dolls from recycled cloth - trained several other women in the same
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