President Pranab Mukherjee presented 2015 Nari Shakti awards

On 8th March 2016, President Pranab Mukherjee presented Nari Shakti Puraskar for the year 2015 to 15 women, 5 organisations, one state and panchayat. 
•    The awards are annually given by the Union Ministry of Women & Child Development to institutions and individuals who have made exceptional contribution towards empowerment of women specially belonging to vulnerable and marginalised sections of society. 
•    It carries cash award of two lakh rupees and a certificate for institutions and one lakh rupees and a certificate for individuals.
•    Haryana was awarded as a state for demonstrating improvement with work in improving Child Sex Ratio (CSR) and Sex Ratio at Birth (SRB) during 2015. 
•    Anganwadipuram Gram Panchayat, Mallapuram of Kerala was awarded for their work towards women empowerment. 
•    Other awardees are :
•    Lucky Kurien, Maharashtra 
•    Dr. Saurabh Suman, Bihar
•    Basanti Devi, Uttarakhand 
•    Suparna Baksi Ganguly, Karnataka 
•    Meena Sharma, Rajasthan 
•    Preeti Patkar, Maharashtra 
•    Uttara Padwar, Madhya Pradesh 
•    Polumati Vijaya Nirmala, Andhra Pradesh 
•    Vasu Primalni, Delhi 
•    Sujata Sahu, Haryana 
•    Jyoti Mhapsekar, Maharashtra 
•    Sumita Ghosh, Delhi 
•    Anjali Sharma, Delhi 
•    Krishna Yadav, Delhi 
•    Shakuntala Majumdar, Maharashtra 
•    Organisations who were awarded are Gudiya Shyam Sevi Sansthan, Varanasi, Jagori, Delhi,Kanaklata Women Urban Cooperative Bank (Institution), Assam,Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council (Institution), Delhi, Breakthrough Trust