President of India to present Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony on Feb.18

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New Delhi : The President of India will present the Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony to Rajkumar Singhajit Singh, Chhayanaut (a cultural organisation of Bangladesh), and Ram Sutar Vanji for the years 2014, 2015 & 2016 respectively on February 18, 2019, at Pravasi Bhartiya Kendra, New Delhi.

Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony was instituted by the Government of India in 2012 recognizing the contributions made by Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore to humanity at large with his works and ideas, as part of the commemoration of his 150^th Birth Anniversary in 2012, for promoting values of Cultural Harmony.

It is awarded annually and carries an amount of Rs 1 crore (convertible to foreign currency), a citation in a Scroll, a Plaque as well as an exquisite traditional handicraft / handloom item.  The award may be divided between two persons / institutions who are considered by the Jury to be equally deserving of recognition in a given year, according to a PIB release.

The First Tagore Award – 2012 was conferred on Pt. Ravi Shankar,  the Indian Sitar Maestro, and the Second Award – 2013 was conferred on Maestro Zubin Mehta, conductor of western and eastern classical music.