LAL BAHADUR SHASTRI NATIONAL AWARD

Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award for Excellence in Public Administration:

• Instituted by: The Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award is an annual prestigious award instituted from Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management, Delhi.
  
  
• Origin: The award was started in 1999
  
  
• Cash prize: This consists of a cash award of 5,00,000 rupees plus a citation and a plaque.
  
  
• Criteria: It is awarded to a business leader, management practitioner, public administrator, educator or institution builder for his/her sustained individual contributions for achievements of high professional order and excellence.
  
  
• Award ceremony: This award is generally given by the President of India.
  
  

Fali Sam Nariman:

• Fali Sam Nariman is an Indian jurist. He was the senior advocate to the Supreme Court of India since 1971.
  
  
• Key positions held:
  • He has remained the President of the Bar Association of India since 1991.
    
    
  • He remained Additional Solicitor General of India for a term (1972-1975).
    
    
  • He was a nominated member of the Rajya Sabha for a term (1999–2005).
    
    
  
  
  
• Major awards received: Padma Bhushan (1991) and Padma Vibhushan (2007) and Gruber Prize for Justice (2002).