Inspired from the life and work of the Iron Man of India, the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Memorial Foundation Awards (National Award, Nobel Award, Gaurav Saaman Award, Peace and Unity award is an initiative by Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Memorial Foundation officially identifying and honoring those who are/have fought against great odds to ensure that they are able to drive long-term change in the country in various fields including education, agriculture, healthcare, holistic healing, woman empowerment, literature, arts, culture, music, rural welfare, sports, science, research, minority welfare as well as human rights and social activism.
Why Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Award?
A community of young social go-getters and stout Sardarian, the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Awards is an annual award committed to support and honor outstanding individuals and social enterprises that find solutions to the most challenging issues of current times while echoing the principle of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
With more than twenty notable award categories to choose from, SVP Awards aims to honor the most sustainable, accomplished, responsible social initiatives as well as efforts within the private, non-governmental, public and development sector.
The initiatives range from philanthropy to sustainability, development, reforms, transformations, shared values and corporate social responsibility to social impact – shining a light on the often-hidden feats of a compassionate and empathetic service by individuals as well as organizations to the nation and its citizen.
अयं निजः परो वेति गणना लघुचेतसाम्। उदारचरितानां तु वसुधैव कुटुम्बकम्॥ यह मेरा है, वह पराया है, ऐसे छोटें विचार के व्यक्ति करते हैं। उच्च चरित्र वाले लोग समस्त संसार को ही परिवार मानते हैं॥
This is mine, that is his, say the small minded, The wise believe that the entire world is a family.