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The Jammu and Kashmir authorities has awarded 56 individuals, including Adil Hussain Shah, who mislaid his beingness portion trying to prevention tourists during the Pahalgam panic onslaught successful April 2025, officials said connected Sunday (January 25, 2026).
The recipients travel from assorted backgrounds and person been honoured for their important contributions successful antithetic fields, arsenic stated successful an bid issued by M. Raju, Commissioner Secretary of the General Administrative Department.
Mr. Shah, a nonmigratory of Hapatnar colony successful Pahalgam, bravely confronted Pakistani terrorists during an onslaught connected tourists successful Baisaran Valley connected April 22, resulting successful his death on with 25 tourists.
He was posthumously awarded for his bravery, which includes a currency prize of ₹1 lakh and a citation. Additionally, Police Sub-Inspector Nikhil Kumar from Gangyal Police Station was recognised successful this class and volition person a currency reward of ₹51,000 on with a citation.
Among the 12 media unit awarded are the PTI Srinagar Bureau Chief, Inayat Jehangir, and PTI video journalist, Jammu Somil Abrol. Other awardees successful this class see Avtar Krishan Bhat, Vivek Suri, Sunil Ji Bhat, Dinesh Manhotra, Bilal Ahmad Bhat, Razia Noor, Ishfaq Gowhar Zargar, Syed Khalid Hussain, Sarosh Kafeel, and Neeta Sharma.
Former IAS serviceman Mohammad Shafi Pandit was awarded the beingness accomplishment grant posthumously. Recipients recognised for Meritorious Public Service see Chief Conservator of Forests, Jammu, V S Senthil Kumar; Managing Director of J-K Medical Supplies Corporation, Tariq Ganai; Additional Secretary to the Government successful the General Administration Department, Rohit Sharma; Superintending Engineer of the Public Works (R-B) Department, Pooja Wazir; and Dr (Prof) Majid Jahangir, Principal of Government Medical College, Baramulla.
Those awarded for achievements successful the tract of lit see Yashpaul Nirmal (Dogri litterateur), Choudhary Hassan Parwaz (Gojri), Parwaiz Manoos (Pahari), Fayaz Dilbar (Poet, posthumously), Kewal Krishan Sharma (writer/poet) and Rattan Lal Sharma (writer, translator).
In the class of outstanding sports persons, awards were fixed to cricketers Aquib Nabi Dar and Brijesh Sharma, Rakesh Singh (judo), Vishal Khajuria (judo), Saleem Kumar (wushu), Ravees Ahmad (athlete), Sudipti Khanna (gymnastics), Mohammad Iqbal (athlete) and Aiyza Naz Chib (skating).
The performing arts class recognised Tanya Dev Gupta (singer), Anil Tickoo (actor), Ayash Arif (actor/irdector), Abdul Hamid Bhat (Rabab artist), Raman Singh Slathia (Dogri people singer), Sunil Sharma (singer/music director), Ajay Kumar Sharma (theatre), Sudesh K. Verma (producer/director), and Neeraj Verma (tabla artist).
The grant for excellence successful arts and crafts was fixed to Sajjad Husain Bhat (Sozni artisan), Bhushan Kesar (artist/art educator), Mohammad Shafi Bhat (Kani artisan), Razia Mushtaq (artisan) and Ishfar Ali (senior trade instructor, Paper Pulp).
The awards for societal reforms and empowerment went to Arhan Bagati, Founder of KYARI (Kashmir’s Yumberzal Applied Research Institute); Mehjabeen Nabi, President/Founder of the Care Foundation and Charitable Trust successful Srinagar; and Saadat Nasir Wani Sogami, Chairman of Team Red NGO, Kashmir.
In the class of Outstanding Industrial Entrepreneurship, the awardees are Mohammad Niyaz-ul-Kabir (GR8 Sports), Sheikh Yameen (Heaventure Adventures Private Limited) and Sunil Singh (Walnut Grower, Kishtwar Gold Walnut Farm).
