Felicitation Session of ‘Maati Samman’ – Union Minister Shri Hardeep Singh Puri, Union Minister Shri Shiv Pratap Shukla, IGNCA President Shri Ram Bahadur Rai, Celebrated Actress & Ex MP Smt. Shabana Azmi, Urban Secretary Shri Durga Shankar Mishra (IAS), Maati core team member Shri GP Singh and Dr. Ashoka Jahnavi Prasad

Shri Vikas Swarup, IFS (Secretary-West to Govt. of India, Ministry of External Affairs) receiving the Maati Samman 2019 by the hands of Shri Rajnath Singh (Hon’ble Defence Minister of India)

Shri Tigmanshu Dhulia (Film Writer, Director, Producer & Actor) receiving the Maati Samman 2019 by the hands of Shri Rajnath Singh (Hon’ble Defence Minister of India)

Shri Prabal Pratap Singh (Group Head, News 18 Hindi Cluster) receiving the Maati Samman 2019 by the hands of Shri Rajnath Singh (Hon’ble Defence Minister of India)

Dr. Ranjana Kumari (Social Activist & Director, Centre for Social Research) receiving the Maati Samman 2019 by the hands of Shri Rajnath Singh (Hon’ble Defence Minister of India)

Live Musical Performance by ‘Budh se Kabir Tak’ Band

Lighting the Inaugural Lamp by Shri Paritosh Tripathi (TV Actor and Comedian) alongwith IDEAC’s Chairman Shri Gajanand Prasad (IRSS Retd), Shri Vinod Mall (IPS), Shri Dharmendra Prakash (IFoS), Shri Rajeev K Tiwari (IFoS) and Shri Asif Azmi (Maati Convener)

Group Picture of the Hindi-Urdu-Awadhi-Bhojpuri Poetry Session, presided by Ambassador Akhilesh Mishra (IFS) and attend by esteemed poets Shri Dilip Pandey (MLA, Delhi), Shri Shakeel Azmi (Famous Film Lyricist), Shri Jamuna Prasad Upadhyay (Bhojpuri), Shri Ashok Tatambari (Awadhi), Dr. Rakesh Pandey (Hindi), Shri Rajeev Reyaz Pratapgarhi (Urdu), Smt. Taruna Mishra (Hindi) and Shri Prakhar Malviya Kanha (Urdu)