INDIA
Kantha Embroidery Artist training & empowering rural women in the art for over 5 decades
Decorated Sattriya Mask Maker from Majuli - preserving, promoting as well as innovating on Assam’s centuries-old ceremonial mask-making culture
Agricultural Scientist famous as the Millet Man of India - known for having revived 5 types of disappearing millets
87 years old Madhubani Papier Mache Artist - promoting the art globally for over the past 6 decades
Veteran Political Leader from Tripura - former President of Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (Posthumous)
Eminent Weaver from Dibrugarh - known for weaving Bhagavad Gita on silk in Sanskrit
Kalamkari Artist preserving the 400 years old Mata ni Pachedi craft
Celebrated Gujarati Bhajan Singer - popular for his Lok Dayras
Retired Army Doctor & 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War Veteran - treating underprivileged people in Jabalpur for the past 50 yrs