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The Election Commission of India celebrated the 12th edition of National Voters Day on January 25, 2022 in New Delhi. The theme for this year's event was 'Inclusive, Accessible & Participative Elections'. The list of National Award winners this year is included below: LIST OF AWARDEES S. NO. Award Category Sub-Category Name Designation State Subject 1. Best Electoral Practices Awards Best Performing State Award Thiru Satyabrata Sahoo, IAS CEO, Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu Election Management 2. Sh. Nitin Khade, IAS CEO, Assam Assam Election Management 3. General Category Award Smt. Mukta Arya, IAS DM & DEO, Howrah West Bengal Election Management 4. Shri Sumit Gupta, IAS DEO, North 24 Parganas West Bengal Voter Awareness 5. Ms. Varnali Deka, IAS DC & DEO Goalpara Assam Innovation Measures 6. Shri Nagendra Tripathi, IPS SP, Birbhum West Bengal Security Management 7. Thiru V. Vishnu, IAS, DEO & DC, Thirunelveli Tamil Nadu IT Initiatives 8. Dr. K. Senthil Raj,IAS, DEO & DC, Thoothukudi Tamil Nadu Voter Awareness 9. Ms. Keerthi Jalli, IAS DC &DEO, Cachar, Silchar Assam Voter Awareness 10. Ms. Mrunmai Joshi, IAS DEO & DC, Palakkad Kerala Election Management 11. Shri Kamanasish Sen,IPS SP, Baruipur, South 24 Parganas West Bengal Security Management 12. Ms. Niharika Bhatt, IPS SSP, Karaikal Puducherry Security Management 13. Special Category Award Sh. Pravin Kumar, IRS Director General of Income Tax Tamil Nadu & Puducherry Expenditure Monitoring 14. Shri Deepak Kr. Kedia, IPS Police NodalOfficer Assam Security Management 15. Sh. P.S. Sivasankaran, IRS, Nodal Officer of Income Tax for Tamil Nadu & Puducherry Puducherry&Tamil Nadu Expenditure Monitoring 16. Prof. Rajat Moona, Director, IIT Bhilai, Chairman TAG group IT initiatives 17. Thiru Pratik Tayal, IAS RO,Ambsamudram AC& Sub collector, Cheranmahadevi Tamil Nadu Election Management (Rationalization of Polling materials) 18. Shri Sushil Kumar, IAS SDM Rajsamand, RO Rajasthan Election Management 19. Thiru. B. Thillaivel, Deputy CEO, Puducherry Election Management 20. Sh. J.L. Gupta OSD (Election) to CEO Delhi Delhi Electoral Literacy Club 21. Ms. Jeeja Ghosh (Disability Right Activist) State Icon West Bengal Accessible Election 22. National Award for Govt. Department/Agency/PSU for enhancing Electoral Participation Govt. Department Shri Satyendra Prakash, IIS Pr. Director General, Bureau of Outreach & Communication, Ministry of I&B, Govt of India, New Delhi Govt. of India Voter awareness across all Poll Gone states 23. National Media Award Electronic Media (Radio) Sh. Manas Pratim Sarma, RNU Head AIR (RNU) Guwahati Assam Voter Awareness