'Recurve Archer from Sikkim and member of the Indian Army's Gurkha Rifles regiment - first Indian to win an individual Asian Games Silver medal

Gandhian father-daughter duo of Farmers from Odisha - enabling farmers across the country to take to sustainable organic farming

Gandhian father-daughter duo of Farmers from Odisha - enabling farmers across the country to take to sustainable organic farming (Posthumous)

'Senior Materials Scientist and Professor at IIT Madras - known for his pioneering contributions in nanochemistry-based water purification and arsenic removal

'Revered Ahomi Scholar and Historian from Assam - foremost name and authority on Ahomi history

One of India's oldest working Journalists from Mizoram - veteran peace and social activist

Veteran Hindi and Malayalam poet - popular as Kerala's Tulsidas - penned over 70 books in a career spanning 5 decades

'Only practitioner of the difficult to perform Nokkuvidhya Pavakalli - preserving the indigenous puppet theatre from dying out

Terracotta Artist - 21st generation of the family keeping alive the cultural legacy

Keralite who has devoted his life to spread the joy of reading across Arunachal, by establishing a series of libraries in its remotest parts - fondly referred to as Uncle Moosa