Dr Shantha receives Avvaiar Award from J.Jayalalithaa
Posted on: 08/Mar/2013 5:16:45 PM
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Friday presented the Avvaiar Award to Dr V.Shantha, Chairperson, Cancer Insitute, Adyar at a simple function held at the Secretariat.
The award carries Rs one lakh, 8 gram gold medal and certificate. On receiving the award Dr Shantha thanked the Chief Minister.
The award has been instituted to encourage women in social reforms, women`s development, communal harmony, arts, science, culture, journalism, administration among other fields.
In an official statement released on Thursday, Ms Jayalalithaa recalled her government’s various pro-women initiatives including cradle-baby scheme to prevent female infanticide, marriage assistance scheme, mixer-grinders and fans provided free of cost to women and providing free sanitary napkins.
“Let us take a pledge that women should face the challenges boldly, convert failures as stepping stones towards success and create a new chapter,” she said while recalling the verses of popular Tamil poet, Subramania Bharathy who had sought gender equality.
