Renunciation and Service are the twin ideals of Bhartiya culture. Sacrifice (Tyag) and Service (Sewa) have been giving inner strength eternally to the nation from the time immemorial. Bhaorao Deoras Seva Nyas has identified itself with these ideals. These ideals mould the workers into selfless and humble individuals. There are many individuals as well as service institutions of commendable integrity, committed to selfless service, in our country. The Nyas awards and rewards two such selfless workers every year irrespective of their ideology and field of service.
(The honoured Sewavratees are served with a Shawl, Letter of honour, Shreephal, Memento and an humble amount of Rupees Two Lakh. This amount used to be Rs. One lakh but from this year it has been raised to Rs. Two Lakh.)
Details of the Sewa Awards conferring ceremonies are mentioned below:
1995-96 – 1st Sewa Samman
Date – 16 November, 1995
Venue – Swatantrata Bhawan Auditorium, Kashi Hindu University, Varanasi
Honoured Sewavrati – Padmabhushan Anna Saheb Hazare
For tendering wider services for the total development of Ralegaon-Siddhi village
– Dr. Nityanand Sharma
For Social awakening in hill areas and rehabilition of the victims of Earth Quake in 1991
Chair Person – Dr. Hari Prasad ji Gautam
Vice-Chancellor, Kashi Hindu University, Varanasi
Presence – Man. Surya Narain Rao ji, All India Sewa Pramukh, RSS
1996-97 – 2nd Sewa Samman
Date – 22 December, 1996
Venue – Nanak Chand College, Meerut, UP
Honoured Sewavrati – Sh. Talum Rukbo, A great saint of Donyi Polo Panth, Arunachal Pradesh (for Spiritual and National Awakening)
– Sh. Damodar Ganesh Bapat
Secretary, Bharatiya Kushtha Nivarak Sangh, Champa, MP
(For the Devotional Services for Leprosy patients)
Chair Person – Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee
1997-98 – 3rd Sewa Samman
Date – 10 March, 1998
Venue – Saraswati Shishu Mandir, Ghaziabad, UP
Honoured Sewavrati – Sh. Dwarko Sundarani, Bodhgaya
(For services in the field of Rural Development with the inspiration from Sant Vinoba Bhave)
– Sh. Purushottam Rao M., Krishi-Rishi,
(For propagating measures for successful Agricultre through Vaidik technique in Karnataka)
Presence – Hon. Prof. Rajendra Singh ji ‘Rajju Bhaiya’
(Sarsanghchalak, RSS)
1998-99 – 4th Sewa Samman
Date – 21 March, 1999
Venue – Madhav Auditorium, Lucknow.
Honoured Sewavrati – Man. Sh. Jagdeo Ram Uraov
Chairman, Akhil Bharatiya Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram
(For his Great Services towards the Tribal people)
– Hon. Sh. Jateendra Lal Thausen
(For Social Awakening and Education Services for Dimasa tribe)
Presence – Hon. Sh. K.C. Sudarshan, Sah Sarkaryvah, RSS
– Dr. Murali Manohar Joshi, HRD Minister, Govt. of India
Chair Person – Sh. Kalyan Singh ji, Chief Minister, UP
On this occasion, at the time of honouring of the guests, the then Chief Minister, Sh. Kalyan Singh ji announced to sanction an amount of Rs. 25 lacs from Chief Minister’s Discretionary Fund for the Corpus fund of the Nyas.
1999-00 – 5th Sewa Samman
Date – 17 February 2000
Venue – Madhav Auditorium, Lucknow
Honoured Sewavrati – Padma Vibhushan Sh. Nanaji Deshmukh
(For his remarkable deeds and social service in the field of Education and Rural Uplift)
– Padmashree Ishwar Bhai Patel
(For his remarkable services for untouchability eradication and welfare of the destitute through Ecological Sanitation Institute and Rural Sanitation School)
Presence – Hon. Prof. Rajendra Singh ‘Rajju Bhaiya’
Sarsanghchalak, RSS
Chief Guest – Sh. Ram Prakash Gupta, Chief Minister, UP
Chair Person – Sh. Nityanand Swami, Chairman Legislative Council, UP
Convenor – Sh. Vijay ji Agarwal, Kshetra Karyawah, UP Kshetra, RSS
2000-01 – 6th Sewa Samman
Date – 28 January 2001
Venue – Mehta Auditorium, Prayag Sangeet Samiti, Prayag, UP
Honoured Sewavrati – Sh. Radha Krishna Bajaj, Vardha
(For his matchless Contribution for the Devotion, Promotion and Protection of Cows)
– Sh. Chamu Krishna Shastri, Delhi.
(For his commendable Services done for the publicity, awareness and regeneration of God’s Voice – Sanskrit Language).
Within – Pujyapad Murari Bapu Maharaj
Chief Guest – Sh. Lalji Tandon, Minister of Nagar-Vikas, UP
Chair Person – Sh. Keshari Nath Tripathi, Speaker, Vidhan Sabha, UP
Convenor – Dr. Girish Chandra Tripathi
2001-02 – 7th Sewa Samman
Date – 24 March, 2002
Venue – Madhav Auditorium, Lucknow.
Honoured Sewavrati – Sh. Sachchidanand Bharti (Pauri Garhwal)
(For his Social services in the field of Environment and Overall Rural Development)
– Sh. Ramesh Raghunath Patange, Mumbai
(For all round Development of all the sections of the society through various service projects and notable contribution in creation of Literature for Harmony).
Chief Guest – Your Excellency Sh. Vishnukant Shastri, Governor, UP
Chair Person – Sh. Rajnath Singh, Ex. Minister, UP (Man. Shrikant Joshi
Akhil Bhartiya Prachar Pramukh, R.S.S.
Special Guest – Sh. Vedprakash Goel, Union Minister for Shipping
Convenor – Sh. Vijai ji Agarwal, Sanyukta Kshetra Karyawah, UP, RSS
2002-03 – 8th Sewa Samman
Date – 16 March, 2003
Venue – Madhav Sabhagar, Nirala Nagar, Lucknow.
Honoured Sewavrati – Poojya Shri 1008 Jagadguru Ramanandacharya
Swami Ram Bhadracharya ji Maharaj
(Vice-Chancellor, Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Viklang University, Chitrakoot, UP
(For his outstanding social services for the welfare of handicapped persons)
– Sh. Dattopant Thengri ji
(Sr. Pracharak of RSS and founder of Bhartiya Majdoor Sangh)
For his outstanding social services towards national cause.
Chief Guest – Poojya Swami Vasudevacharya ji Maharaj
Special Guest – Sh. Keshari Nath Tripathi, Speaker, Vidhansabha, UP
Convenor – Dr. Surya Kant
2003-04 – 9th Sewa Samman
Date – 28 March, 2004
Venue – Madhav Auditorium, Nirala Nagar, Lucknow.
Honoured Sewavrati – Niranjana Mukulbhai Kalarthi
(Sh. Sardar Kanya Vidyalaya, Swaraj Ashram, Bardoli, Surat, Gujarat)
For Rural Services and Tribal Education
– Vandaneeyaa Usha Tai Chati
(Pramukh Sanchalika, Rashtra Sevika Samiti. Devi Ahilya Mandir, Shantoli, Nagpur)
For having social vision and being the pioneer of Nationwide Ladies Composition
Chair Person – Man. Shrikant Joshi
Akhil Bhartiya Prachar Pramukh, R.S.S.
Special Guest – Dr. S.C. Rai, Mayor, Municipal Corporation Lucknow
Convenor – Dr. Sharad Renu
2004-05 – 10th Sewa Samman
Date – 29 March, 2005
Venue – Madhav Auditorium, Nirala Nagar, Lucknow.
Honoured Sewavrati – Sh. M. Piyongtemjan Jamir
(Rashtra Bhasha Hindi Shikshan Sansthan, Dimapur, Nagaland)
For the promotion of Rashtra Bhasha Hindi
– Sh. Govind Vasudeo ‘Nana Labhe’, Nagpur, Maharashtra
(Pioneer, Project to Reform Hand Writing).
Chief Guest – Man. Babu Lal Gaur, Chief Minister, MP
Chair Person – Man. Rajnath Singh, Ex. Chief Minister, UP
Guidance – Man. Suresh (Bhaiya) ji Joshi, Sah Sarkaryavah, RSS
Convenor – Sh. Prabhat Kumar Awasthi
2005-06 – 11th Sewa Samman
Date – 19 March, 2006
Venue – Madhav Auditorium, Nirala Nagar, Lucknow
Honoured Sewavrati – Sh. Vikram Bahadur Jamatiya
(Founder President of Uttar-Purva Bharat Janjati Dharm-Sanskriti Suraksha Manch, Agartala, Tripura)
– Sh. Vishnu Kumar Rampur Anantarajaiya
(Patron, Sewa Bharti, Madhya Kshetra, Bhopal, MP)
Chief Guest – Dr. S.C. Rai, Ex. Mayor Lucknow
Chair Person – Sh. Kalraj Mishra, MP, Rajya Sabha
Guidance – Ma. Madan Das ji, Sah-Sarkaryavah, RSS
Convenor – Dr. Surya Kant
2006-07 – 12th Sewa Samman
Date – 14 January, 2007
Venue – Auditorium, Nagar Nigam, Varanasi, UP
Honoured Sewavrati – Poojya Swami Vishuddhanand Saraswati ji
(President, Divya Jeevan Sangh, Shivanand Ashram Village & Post office Gumargunda, Distt.-Dantevara, Chhatishgarh)
– Ma. Sh. Ashok Bhagat ji
(Vikas Bharti Vishunpur, Gumla, Jharkhand)
Chief Guest – Ma. Rajnath Singh, National President, BJP
Chair Person – Dr. Rajendra Prasad Agarwal
Special Guest – Ma. Kaushlendra Singh, Mayor, Varanasi
Guidance – Ma. Suresh ji Soni, Sah-Sarkaryavah, RSS
Convenor – Sh. Deenanath Barnwal
2007-08 – 13th Sewa Samman
Date – 02 March, 2008
Venue – Madhav Auditorium, Nirala Nagar, Lucknow
Honoured Sewavrati – Dr. Harishchandra Aatreya
(National Clinic, Dhampur, Bijnor, UP)
– Dr. Narayanan V.
(Swami Vivekanand Mision, Agli, Palkat, Kerala)
Chief Guest – Poojya Swami Hansdas ji Maharaj, Haridwar
Chair Person – Ma. Hari Nath Tilahari
Chief Speaker – Ma. Balasaheb Apte, National Vice President, BJP
Guidance – Ma. Suresh ji Soni, Sah Sarkaryavah, RSS
Convenor – Dr. S.K. Dwivedi
2008-09 – 14th Sewa Samman
Date – 01 March, 2009
Venue – Madhav Auditorium, Nirala Nagar, Lucknow
Honoured Sewavrati – Dr. Brij Mohan Bharadwaj, Founder, Maan Madhuri Brij Varis Sewa Sadan, Apna Ghar, Bajhera, Bharatpur, Rajasthan
– Shraddheya Yogendra ji, Patron, Sanskar Bharti, Delhi
Chief Guest – Poojya Swami Vasudevanand Saraswati ji Maharaj, Prayag
Chief Speaker – Ma. Rangahari ji, Ex. Akhil Bhartiya Baudhik Pramukh, RSS
Convenor – Dr. V.D. Joshi
2009-10 – 15th Sewa Samman
Date – 01 February, 2010
Venue – Lala Jagdish Prasad Saraswati Vidya Mandir, Jaansath Road,
Mujaffarnagar, UP
Honoured Sewavrati – Sh. Ashish Gautam, President, Divya Prem Sewa Mision, Haridwar
– Sh. Ramkui ji, President, Jailiengraung Heraka Association North East India
Chief Speaker – Ma. Shri K.C. Sudarshanji, Ex-Sarsanghchalak, RSS
Chair Person – Dr. Ramesh Pokhariyal ‘Nishank’, Chief Minister, Uttarakhand
Convenor – Sh. Bhudev Singh
2010-11 – 16th Sewa Samman
Date – 05 March, 2011
Venue – Smt. Brahma Devi Saraswati Balika Vidya Mandir, Hapur, UP
Honoured Sewavrati – Dr. Milind Kasbekar,
(National President, ‘Saksham’, Nagpur, Maharashtra)
– Sushri Rekha Dave, Joint Secretary, Vivekanand Kendra
Kanyakumari
Chief Guest – Param Poojya Sant Sh. Vijay Kaushal ji Maharaj
Chair Person – Dr. Bajrang Lal Gupta, Kshetra Sanghchalak, RSS, North
Special Guest – Sh. Nishikant Dubey, MP – Jharkhand
Sh. Rajendra Agarwal, MP, Meerut
Convenor – Sh. Keshav Kumar Sharma, Principal, Saraswati Vidya Mandir,
Noida.
2011-12 – 17th Sewa Samman
Date – 25 March, 2012
Venue – Madhav Auditorium, Nirala Nagar, Lucknow
Honoured Sewavrati – Sh. Suresh Kumar Sangal, President, Vardan Sewa Sansthan, Ghaziabad)
– Sh. Rinomo Sungo, President
Meghalaya Shiksha Samiti, Vidya Bharti, Shilong, Meghalaya
Chief Guest – Ma. Rajnath Singh, Ex. Chief Minister, UP
Chair Speaker – Ma. Dr. Krishna Gopal ji, Sah Sarkaryawah, RSS
Welcome-President – Dr. Dinesh Sharma, Ex-Mayor, Lucknow
Convenor – Dr. Vijay Kumar Karn
2013-14 – 18th Sewa Samman
Date – 20 March, 2013
Venue – Saraswati Shishu Mandir Complex, Nehru Nagar, Ghaziabad, UP
Honoured Sewavrati – Sh. Rabi Ram Brahma,
(President, Purvottar Janjati Shiksha Samiti, Vidya Bharti, Assam)
– Ma. Lamanvang Paljor,
Education & Social Work men Sewa Karya, Kargil, Leh Laddakh
Chair Person – Air Marshal Dr. Ramesh Chandra Bajpayee
Chief Guest – Mahamandaleswar Swami Kailashanand Brahmachari
Peethadhishwar Shri Shidha Teerth Kali Mandir, Haridwar
Chief Speaker – Ma. Dattatreya Hosbole, Sah Sarkaryawah, RSS
Convenor – Tejpal Sethi
2013-14 – 19th Sewa Samman
Date – 16 February, 2014
Venue – Swami Vivekanand Saraswati Vidya Mandir, Sahibabad, Ghaziabad, UP
Honoured Sewavrati – Dr. D.V.B S Keshavrao (Vishakhapattnam)
- Ma. Daangmei lundpuijai Kaabui (Manipur)
Chief Speaker – Dr. Krishnagopal ji, Sah Sarkaryawah, RSS
Chief Guest – Pujya Shankaracharya Swami Raj Rajeshwarashram ji Maharaj, Kankhal, Haridwar
Convenor – Sh. Jainpal Jain
2014-15 – 20th Sewa Samman
Date – 28 February, 2015
Venue – Madhav Auditorium, Nirala Nagar, Lucknow, UP
Honoured Sewavrati – Sh. Deenanath Batra, President, Shiksha Sanskriti Utthan Nyas, New Delhi
- Sh. Vinayak Lohani, Founder, Family Education Society, Kolkata
Chief Guest – Ma. Ramnaik ji, Governor, UP
Chair Person – Dr. Dinesh Sharma, Mayor, Lucknow
Convenor – Sh. Jitendra Agarwal, CA
2015-16 – 21st Sewa Samman
Date – 21 March, 2016
Venue – Hindi Bhawan, Lohia Nagar, Ghaziabad, UP
Honoured Sewavrati – Ms. Draupadi Ghimire, Project Director, Sikkim Viklang Sahayata Samiti, Gangtok
Sh. Swarn Singh Virk, Founder, Baba AAya Singh Riyadki College, Tugalwala, Gurdaspur, Punjab
Chief Speaker – Dr. Krishnagopal ji, Sah Sarkaryawah, RSS
Chief Guest – General V.K. Singh, Union Minister, Govt. of India
Chair Person – Dr. Mahesh Sharma, Union Minister, Govt. of India
Convenor – Sh. Rahul Singh
2016-17 – 22nd Sewa Samman
Date – 28 March, 2017
Venue – Madhav Auditorium, Nirala Nagar, Lucknow, UP
Honoured Sewavrati – Sh. M.A. Balsubramanyam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Sh. B. Lal Thlemgaliyaana, Aizawl, Mizoram
Chief Speaker – Dr. Krishnagopal ji, Sah Sarkaryawah, RSS
Chief Guest – Prof. Kaptaan Singh Solanki, Governor, Haryana
Chair Person – Sh. Ram Naik, Governor, UP
Convenor – Sh. Jaikrishna Sinha, Advocate, High Court, Lucknow
2017-18 – 23rd Sewa Samman
Date – 25 March, 2018
Venue – NDMC Convention Centre, Parliament Street, New Delhi
Honoured Sewavrati – Sh. Suresh Kumar, President, Human Rights Security Room, Welfare Association, Una, HP
Dr. Yogendra Malik, Advisor, Chief Minister, Haryana
For the Specific works in Services, Cleanliness and Beti Bachao
Chief Speaker – Dr. Krishnagopal ji, Sah Sarkaryawah, RSS
Chief Guest – Aacharya Devvrat
Convenor – Sh. Ram Awtar Kila, CA
2018-19 – 24th Sewa Samman
Date – 28 March, 2019
Venue – Madhav Auditorium, Nirala Nagar, Lucknow, UP
Honoured Sewavrati – Sh. Bishwanaath Pradhan, Kandhmaal, Odisha
Sh. Purushottam Pandurang Kamat, Bardesh, Goa
Chief Guest – Sh. Ram Naik, Governor, UP
Welcome-President – Sh Ramniwas Jain
Swagat Mantri – Sh. Jitendra Agarwal, CA
Convenor – Sh. Rahul Singh, Jt. Secretary
2019-21 – 25th & 26th Sewa Samman
The program for 25th Sewa Samman was scheduled in March 2020 but because of Corona Pandamic, it had to be postponed at the last moment.
Therefore, the 25th and 26th Sewa Samman Program was held jointly in Feb 2021.
Date – 28 Feb., 2021
Venue – Shri Satya Sai International Centre, Pragati Vihar, JLN Stadium, New Delhi
Honoured Sewavrati – Devi Maa (Sansini Chaitanyanandmayee), Port Blair, Andaman Nicobar (2019-20)
Sh. V.P. Manikandan, Madurai, Tamil Nadu (2019-20)
Sh. Shri Krishna Sharma, Kishtwar, J&K (2020-21)
Smt. Chitra Shah, Puducherry (2020-21)
Chief Speaker – Ma. Suhasrao ji Hiremath, Akhil Bhartiya Karyakarini Sadasya, RSS
Swagat Mantri – Sh. Manoj Patawari
Convenor – Sh. Ramesh Agrawal, Sewa Bharti President, Delhi