Subhashini Vasanth wins the Neerja Bhanot Award

Bengaluru-based activist Subhashini Vasanth on 13 January 2016 was honoured with Neerja Bhanot Award. She was presented the award for her endeavour to help people in distress  and for empowering widows of martyrs and their families across the country. Bollywood  actor Sonam Kapoor presented the award to Vasanth at a ceremony held in Chandigarh. 

ABOUT NEERJA BHANOT AWARD: 

The Neerja Bhanot Award is an award of recognition conferred once a year by the The  Neerja Bhanot Pan Am Trust in India.
• It is awarded to an Indian woman, subjected to social injustice, who faces the  situation with grit and determination and extends help to other women in similar  distress.
• The annual Neerja Bhanot Award was instituted in 1990 and named in honour of Senior  Flight Purser, Neerja Bhanot, who saved hundreds of lives while sacrificing her own, during a Pan Am Flight 73 hijack at Karachi Airport in September 1986.
• The award carries a cash prize of Rs 1.5 lakh, a citation and a trophy.