The Yashadamini Puraskar is awarded by the Government of Goa state in (India). It is an annual award conferred by the Directorate of Women & Child Development of the Government of Goa. The award was established in 2001.
Description The award aims to encourage women in different fields. It is awarded to the women who have made a mark in various fields, such as sports, education, art and culture, social work, cooperative movement, women empowerment, teaching and other professions, etc.
The prize consists of a cash award of Rupees Ten Thousand and a silver salver.
List of awardees Following are some of the awardees of the Yashadamini Puraskar: + Year Awardee 2001 Norma Alvares 2002 Phyllis Faria 2002 Meena Kakodkar 2002 Sanyogita Rane2003 Auda Viegas 2004 Sudha Amonkar 2004 Dr. Lalana Bakhale 2004 Precila Dias 2004 Dr. Judith D'Costa 2004 Amita Nayak Salatry 2004 Celsa Antao 2004 Shalini Gaude 2004 Leena Pednekar 2006 Angela Naik 2006 Dr. Nishtha Desai 2006 Jyoti Kunkolienkar 2009 Vimal Dinanath Dabholkar 2009 Anita Kundatkar 2009 Monica Lobo Dourado 2009 Claudia Vaz 2009 Manisha Naik 2009 Amol Krishna Morajkar 2009 Nelly Rodrigues 2009 Jayanti Naik2010 Steffi Cardozo2011 Krishni Walke2011 Seema Pednekar2011 Aparnadevi Rane Sardesai2011 Priyanka Rane2011 Roopa Kerkar2011 Gulab Vernekar2011 Ashwini Zambaulikar2011 Sachika Almeida2011 Pushpal Dhaimodkar2012 Shubhalaxmi Mandrekar2012 Malini Chari2012 Deeplaxmi Kumar Avati2012 Sumedha Kamat Dessai2012 Meghana Kurundwadkar2012 Vijaya Sheldekar2012 Suhasini Prabhugaonkar2013 Ana Pinto2013 Mangala More2013Shilpa Jagganath Bhosle
References
External links Announcement for award in 2015 Directorate of Women and Child Development