Stree Shakti Puraskar

Stree Shakti Puraskar
Awarded by Government of India
Type	Civilian
Category	Women's activism (individual)
Instituted	1991
Cash award	₹ 300,000

Stree Shakti Puraskar (Women Power Award) is a series of India's national honours conferred on individual women for their exceptional achievement. The award is given in six categories, by the Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India. It recognises the spirit of courage of a woman in difficult circumstances, who has established this spirit of courage in her personal or professional life. The award also recognises the pioneering contribution of an individual in empowering women and raising women's issues.

Instituted in 1991, the award is conferred by the President on the occasion of International Women's Day, 8 March every year at New Delhi. The award carries a cash prize of rupees three lakh (Rs. 300,000) and a citation.

For the year 2012, the award was posthumously bestowed on the 2012 Delhi gang rape victim Nirbhaya.

The award is named after eminent women in Indian history, and is given in the following categories:

To recognise exemplary achievement in individual women, the Government of India in 1991 instituted the Stree Shakti Puraskar.

Manasi Pradhan, Dr. M. Venkaiah, Bina Sheth Lashkari, T. Radha, K. Prashanti, Dr. Vartika Nanda, Dr. Seema Sakhare.

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