Presents

Mahatma Award
2021 for Covid
Humanitarian Efforts

"We must never lose sight of each and every individual life"

António Guterres is the ninth Secretary-General of the United Nations,

Our world has reached an agonizing milestone and the loss of more than one million lives from the COVID pandemic, It’s a mind-numbing figure and pain has been multiplied by the savageness of this disease. Yet we must never lose sight of each and every individual life, we can overcome this challenge. As we remember so many lives lost, let us never forget that our future rests on

solidarity of the people united.

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In the wake of this crisis, we must not forget the critical role and humanitarian efforts of millions of individuals and organizations. 

The Mahatma Awards is to acknowledge and recognizes the organizations and individuals, who are working tirelessly and putting their humanitarian efforts to help the most impacted and to fight this pandemic with

Mahatma Award for Covid Humanitarian Efforts" 

Who can apply

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• Corporations

• Nonprofit Organizations

• Public Sector Enterprises

• Pharmaceutical Companies

• Hospitals & Medical Facilities

• Corporate Foundations

• Individuals

• Health Workers and Paramedics

• Institutions

90 Change makers from India received

the Mahatma Award in 2019 in two categories

Mahatma Award for CSR Excellence & Mahatma Awards for Social Good

Sir Ratan Naval Tata

​chairman

Tata Group

Vinita Singhania

Vice Chairman and Managing Director

JK Lakshmi Cement Ltd

Rajashree Birla

Chairperson

Aditya Birla Centre for Community Initiatives 

Upasana Kamineni Konidela

Vice Chairperson

Apollo Foundation

Sir Dr. Huz

(Huzaifa Khorakiwala) CEO

Wockhardt Foundation

Vijay Sethi

Head Corporate Social Responsibility at Hero MotoCorp 

Shallu Jindal
Chiarperson

JSPL Foundation

Jagannatha Kumar

Senior Executive Vice President, Chairman's Office, Reliance Industries

Mahatma Award 2021
for Social Good
For
Nonprofits
NGOs
Charities
Hospitals
Academic Institutions
Corporate Foundations
Trade Bodies
Individuals

Mahatma Award 2021
for CSR Excellence
For
Corporations
PSUs
Banks
SMEs

The Mahatma Award for Covid Humanitarian Efforts

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Award Review Process

A selection committee comprising members of the Mahatma Awards Panel will review the proposals and select the award recipients through an expedited review process. Award recipients will be notified no later than September 15, 2021.

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Application Process

Applications are submitted through the Mahatma Award Management System. Click the “Apply Now” button to submit an application and all applications must be completed online by selecting the “Apply Now” button. The application deadline is August 31, 2021.

India Contact

Ms. Mugdha Arora

Award Director

+91-9811016199

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United States Contact 

Mr. B. John

Award Associate

+1 (609) 223-5173

Acknowledgements

Mahatma Award is supported by Aditya Birla Group & Eternal Gandhi Initiative

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