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Chairperson of Centre for Dalit Studies (CDS), Mallepalli Laxmaiah, was conferred the C. Subramaniam Award for Community Leadership 2025–26 by the National Foundation for India (NFI) successful New Delhi connected Monday.
The C. Subramaniam Award recognises leaders who person demonstrated sustained committedness to grassroots empowerment, societal justness and inclusive development. Instituted successful representation of Bharat Ratna C. Subramaniam, the grant honours individuals who person strengthened antiauthoritarian values and assemblage enactment among marginalised communities.
Mallepalli Laxmaiah is simply a elder nationalist intellectual, writer and societal activistic with decades of engagement connected issues affecting Dalit and tribal communities. As CDS Chairperson, helium has worked extensively connected probe and argumentation advocacy to beforehand societal equity and accountability successful governance. He played a cardinal relation successful advocating for the effectual implementation of the SC/ST Sub-Plan successful Telangana and different states, ensuring targeted fund allocations and payment measures for historically disadvantaged sections.
The grant was presented successful the beingness of Rashmi Singh, IAS, Chairperson of the Delhi Commission for Child Rights; Satyanandan Mishra, retired IAS and Chairperson of NFI; Viraj Patnaik, Executive Director, NFI; Sameera, Project Director, NFI; and Paul Divakar of the National Campaign for Dalit Human Rights.
