ITANAGAR, Sep 3: Padma Shri Satyanarayan Mundayoor was feted with the 25th Mahaveer Awards for the Lohit Youth Library Movement.  The award was given in the education category and was received by Dr. Ngilang Taley, President, Reading Promotion Endowment Trust for Arunachal (RPETA), Delhi for creating a corpus for supporting reading promotion activities.
Governor of Rajasthan Kalraj Mishra presented the 25th Mahaveer Awards on Saturday for eminent social service set up by the Bhagwan Mahaveer Foundation (BMF, Chennai), at Pali, Rajasthan. The award includes a citation and a cash award of Rs. 10 Lakhs, the biggest award given by any NGO in the country. 
Pramod Jain, Trustee, BMF, outlined that the unique contribution of the foundation since 1995 by conferring so far 84 awards to various individuals and organizations from 22 states and one Union Territory.
Justice G. S. Singhvi, one of the jury members of the selection committee lauded the Lohit Youth Library Movement for its contributions to promoting reading habits among the marginalized youth. A 3-min film titled ‘Mission Possible: The Joy of Reading’ was also screened at the event.

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