Raja-Lakshmi Award | |
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శ్రీ రాజా లక్ష్మీ ఫౌండేషన్ | |
Awarded for | Contributions to Fine Arts, Music, Science, Journalism, Medicine, Social Service |
Sponsored by | Sri Raja-Lakshmi Foundation |
Reward(s) | ₹1,00,000 (one lakh rupees) |
First awarded | 1979 |
Last awarded | 2009 |
Highlights | |
Total awarded | 31 |
First winner | Sri Sri |
Last winner | Sunita Narain |
The Sri Raja-Lakshmi Foundation (Telugu: శ్రీ రాజా లక్ష్మీ ఫౌండేషన్) is an Indian charitable trust that promotes arts, sciences, literature, medicine, journalism, humanities and other intellectual pursuits and to honour distinguished persons in these fields. Established in 1979 in Madras by Late P. V. Ramaniah Raja, a businessman, the foundation instituted the 'Raja-Lakshmi Award'.
Erstwhile the Raja–Lakshmi Award carried a prize amount of ₹1,00,000, a citation and a plaque. The awardees also received the Dr. K. V. Rao and Dr. Jyoti Rao Award of US$2000, in association with the Telugu Fine Arts Society, New Jersey, USA. The Foundation has also instituted the 'Ratna Rao Memorial Prize' which is awarded annually to the best student in M.Sc. Chemistry at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras.