The names of the recipients of the 31^st Maharana Mewar Foundation awards, scheduled on 26^th February have been announced today.

The event, which is organized by the Maharana Mewar Charitable Foundation, will take place at the Manak Chowk of The City Palace. Shreeji Arvind Singh Mewar, the Maharaja of Udaipur, will present the awards to the selected recipients, while Rashtrakavi Balkavi Beraagi will preside over the award ceremony.

Colonel James Todd Honor, an international honor for providing services towards preserving Indian values will be presented to Dr. Andrew Topsfield this year. He will be honored for his work on research and writing on Indian paintings, especially of Rajasthan. His work has provided direction and guidance to many national and international scholars and researchers as well.

Harinder Baweja, of the news channel, Today Headlines had interviewed the commander of Lashkar-e-Tayeba; and showed the real side of the story, post the Mumbai 26/11 attacks. She will be the proud recipient of the national honor of Haldi Ghati.

Dr. Gulab Kothari, the Chief Editor of Rajasthan Patrika will also be honored with the same for his exceptional work in Hindi Journalism and for his contribution towards upholding Indian values.

Actor Rahul Bose will be awarded with the Hakim Khan Sur Honor for his contribution in his stand against displeasing customs like physical discrimination with the help of social welfare organizations. This National Honor is given to those who help in sustaining the pluralism of communal harmony, patriotism, national unity and integrity of our country.

The Maharana Udai Singh Honor this year will go to Dr. Parth Sarathi Roy, dDirector of Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) for his services rendered in the field of preservation and enhancement of the environment. He is being honored for his research in Flora and Fauna and climate along with the graphical representation of the same. He is the first one to use the Indian Satellite Sensing concept.

Dr. Prakash Amet and Dr. Mandakini Amet will be presented the Pannadhay Honor. People who go out of their way to do some noble work are presented with this honor. The couple left their comfortable urban life and settled in a remote forest place called Hemalkasa in Maharashtra to help Madiya Gond, a local tribe with education and development and to connect them to the main stream society.