Tilu Rauteli Awards | 09 Aug 2021

On August 08, 2021, the Uttarakhand government honored women and adolescent girls of the state with the 'Tilu Rauteli Samman'.

The annual award is given to women for their exemplary performances in their field of work in Uttarakhand.
- It was started in 2006 under the name of Veerbala Tilu Rauteli.
Under this award the state government gives an amount of Rs. 31,000 and a citation.
- From 2022 the prize money for the award will be increased from Rs 31,000 to Rs 51,000.
The winners of the award from different fields are-
- Sports: Vandana Kataria (Haridwar), Ruchi Kalakoti (Bageshwar), Kanika Bhandari (Almora).
- Social Work: Anuradha Walia (Dehradun), Uma Joshi (Udham Singh Nagar), Deepika Bohra and Chipika Chufal (Pithoragarh), Renu Gadkoti (Champawat).
- COVID related work: Chandrakala Tiwari (Chamoli), Parvati Kirola (Nainital), Babita Punetha (Pithoragarh).
- Self employment: Mamta Mehta (Bageshwar), Anjra Rawat (Pauri), Bhavna Sharma (Almora).
- Education and women awareness: Dr. Rajkumar Bhandari Chauhan (Dehradun).
- Education, Research & Development: Dr. Kanchan Negi (Dehradun).
- Women's Health and Nutrition: Namita Gupta (Udham Singh Nagar).
- NGO: Binduvasini (Udham Singh Nagar).
- Mountaineering: Reena Rawat (Uttarkashi).
- Girl's Education: Rekha Joshi (Pithoragarh).
- Living in difficult conditions: पPoonam Doval (Tehri).
- Women Self Help Groups: Shyama Devi (Dehradun).