The President of India, Mr Ram Nath Kovind awarded Jeevan Raksha Padak Awards 2017 to 44 people.
- These series of Awards include-
- Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak to 7 people
- Jeevan Raksha Padak to 24 people
- Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak to 13
- Jeevan Raksha Padak to 24 people.
- Seven awards are posthumous.
- Jeevan Raksha Padak series of awards are given to a person for the meritorious act of human nature in saving the life of a person.
- The award is given in the following three categories-
- Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak
- Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak
- Jeevan Raksha Padak.
- Persons of either sex in all walks of life are eligible for these awards and these awards can also be conferred posthumously.
- The Award includes a medal, a certificate signed by the Home Minister along with a lump sum monetary allowance.
- It is presented to the awardee by the respective State Government to which the awardee belongs.
List of the Awardees
Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak
- Shri F. Lalchhandama (Posthumous), Mizoram
- Shri Bablu Martin (Posthumous), Madhya Pradesh
- Shri K. Pugazendy (Posthumous), Puducherry
- Master Supreet Rathi (Posthumous), Delhi
- Shri Deepak Sahu (Posthumous), Madhya Pradesh
- Shri Satyavir (Posthumous), Delhi
- Shri Basant Verma (Posthumous), Madhya Pradesh
Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak
- Shri Sheikh Salim Gafur, Gujarat
- Shri Ravi Gorle, Andhra Pradesh
- Dr. Suneem Ahmad Khan, Jammu & Kashmir
- Shri B. Laltlanthanga, Mizoram
- Shri Lianhmingthanga, Mizoram
- Master Pankaj Mahanta, Odisha
- Shri Ameen Muhammed, Kerala
- Shri Bhanu Chandra Pandey, Maharashtra
- Smt. Reena Patel, Madhya Pradesh
- Shri Sujan Singh, Himachal Pradesh
- Shri Satyen Singh, Karnataka
- Shri Rajendra Tukaram Gurav, Maharashtra
- Master Zonuntluanga, Mizoram
Jeevan Raksha Padak
- Shri Hariom Singh Bais, Madhya Pradesh
- Shri Abin Chacko, Kerala
- Kum. Mamata Dalai, Odisha
- Master Abhay Das, Kerala
- Master Chirayu Gupta, Uttar Pradesh
- Shri Gaius James, Andaman and Nicobar
- Master Stephen Joseph, Kerala
- Master Hareesh K.H., Kerala
- Master Nishanth K.U., Karnataka
- Shri Pradeep Kumar, Delhi
- Shri Sachin Kumar, Uttar Pradesh
- Master John Lalditsak, Manipur
- Shri Pravin Kumar Mishra, Madhya Pradesh
- Shri Madan Mohan, Punjab
- Smt. Rajasree R. Nair, Kerala
- Shri Narender, Madhya Pradesh
- Master Tambe Pranay Rahul, Maharashtra
- Shri Sourabh Singh Rajput, Madhya Pradesh
- Shri Nimma Veera Venkata Ramana, Andhra Pradesh
- Kum. Yamini Sahu, Chhattisgarh
- Shri Prabhakar Gangadhar Sathe, Maharashtra
- Shri Surendra Sharma, Madhya Pradesh
- Shri Puran Mal Verma, West Bengal
- Master Zairemtluanga, Mizoram
