Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma was conferred the state’s highest civilian award ‘Assam Baibhav’ to eminent industrialist and Tata Trust Chairman Ratan Tata at a function held in Mumbai on Wednesday.
Tata was honored with the state’s highest civilian award by the Chief Minister of Assam at a function held in Coloba, Mumbai.
The award has been presented to Tata for his exceptional contribution in advancing cancer care in Assam. It consists of a citation, a medal and a cash amount. Five lakh.
Tata was supposed to give the award at a function on January 24, but could not attend it due to personal reasons.
Sarma said, “As an industrialist and philanthropist, he has made extraordinary contributions to advance cancer care in Assam.”
Governor Jagdish Mukhi had on January 24 honored 18 other eminent persons in different fields with two other civilian awards of the state – ‘Assam Sourav’ and ‘Assam Gaurav’.
Earlier, the Assam government gave the three highest civilian awards of the state to 18 distinguished individuals in different fields. But, Ratan Tata could not attend the official award ceremony held at Shrimant Sankardev Kalakshetra in Guwahati on January 24.
Earlier Ratan Tata was also honored with Padma Vibhushan in the year 2008 and Padma Bhushan in the year 2000.
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