Lokmanya Tilak National Award

Lokmanya Tilak National Award
Awarded for	To honour people who have worked for the nation’s progress and development.
Location	Pune, Maharashtra
Country	India
Presented by	Tilak Smarak Mandir Trust
First award	1983
Website	Lokmanya Tilak Awards

The Lokmanya Tilak National Award is a national-level award instituted to honour works in the field of nation development and progress. It is named after Indian nationalist leader and freedom fighter Bal Gangadhar Tilak, popularly known as Lokmanya . The award is presented annually on 1st August by the Tilak Smarak Mandir Trust on the occasion of Lokmanya Tilak's death anniversary. Lokmanya Tilak was a prominent figure in India's freedom struggle during the early 20th century. ^{[1] [2]}

Award

The award constitutes a memento, citation and the amount of ₹100,000.

List of recipients

Year	Recipient	Ref.
1983	Shreedhar Mahadev Joshi
1984	Godavari Parulekar
1985	Indira Gandhi (posthumous)
1986	Shripad Amrit Dange
1987	Achyut Patwardhan
1988	Abdul Ghaffar Khan (posthumous)
1989	Sudha Joshi
1990	Madhu Limaye
1991	Madhukar Dattatraya Deoras
1992	Pandurang Shastri Athavale
1993	Shankar Dayal Sharma
1994	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
1995	T. N. Seshan
1996	Ramchandra Narayan Dandekar
1997	Manmohan Singh
1998	Rajagopala Chidambaram
1999	Vijay P. Bhatkar
2000	Rahul Bajaj
2001	M. S. Swaminathan
2002	Verghese Kurien
2003	Ramoji Rao
2004	N. R. Narayana Murthy
2005	Sam Pitroda
2006	G. Madhavan Nair
2007	A. Sivathanu Pillai
2008	Montek Singh Ahluwalia
2009	Pranab Mukherjee
2010	Sheila Dikshit	[3]
2011	Kota Harinarayana
2012	Vikas Amte and Prakash Amte
2013	E. Sreedharan	[4]
2014	Avinash Chander
2015	Subbiah Arunan
2016	Sharad Pawar
2017	Balkrishna
2018	K. Sivan
2019	Baba Kalyani	[5]
2020	Sonam Wangchuk
2021	Cyrus S. Poonawalla	[6]
2022	Tessy Thomas	[7]
2023	Narendra Modi	[8]
2024	Sudha Murty	[9]
2025	Nitin Gadkari	[10]

References

1. "What is Lokmanya Tilak Award to be conferred on PM Modi? Also awarded to Indira, Vajpayee, Manmohan". Hindustan Times. 1 August 2023. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
2. "Notable recipients of the Lokmanya Tilak National Award". Deccan Herald. 10 July 2023. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
3. "Lokmanya Tilak Award for Sheila Dixit". The Hindu. 23 July 2010. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
4. ""Metro Man" E Sreedharan chosen for Lokmanya Tilak award". The Economic Times. 29 July 2013. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
5. "Baba Kalyani to get Tilak award on August 1". India Today. 27 July 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
6. "Serum's Cyrus Poonawalla receives Lokmanya Tilak National Award 2021 for his work amid Covid-19". Business Standard. 13 August 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
7. "DRDO scientist Tessy Thomas to receive Tilak National Award Monday". The Print. 29 July 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
8. "Modi in Pune: PM Receives Prestigious Lokmanya Tilak Award, Flags Off 2 Metro Lines". News18. 1 August 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
9. "Sudha Murty of Infosys to be conferred with Lokmanya Tilak National Award". Indian Express. 16 July 2024. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
10. "Nitin Gadkari to receive Lokmanya National award". Hindustan Times. 24 July 2025. Retrieved 1 August 2025.