The Neerja Bhanot Award is an award of recognition conferred up to once a year by the Neerja Bhanot-Pan Am Trust in India to a woman of that country subjected to social injustice, who faces the situation with grit and determination and extends help to other women in similar distress. The annual Neerja Bhanot Award was instituted in 1990 and named in honour of Senior Flight Purser, Neerja Bhanot, who saved hundreds of lives while sacrificing her own, during the Pan Am Flight 73 hijack at Karachi Airport (Pakistan), in September 1986. It carries a cash prize of Rs 1.5 lakh, a citation and a trophy.
Recipients 1991 - Purnima Sadhana, Sadhna Pawar 1992 - Satya Rani Chadha, Amrita Ahuwalia 1993 - Shehnaz Shaikh 1994 - Bhanwari Devi 2001 – Yasoda Ekambaram 2002 - Alice Garg, Flavia Agnes 2003 – Shivani Gupta 2004 – Mangala Patil 2008 – Chanda Asani 2012 – Asha Manwani 2014 – Rashmi Anand 2015 – Subhashini Vasanth 2016 - Sindhutai Sapkal 2017 - Dr. Sarojini Agrawal 2019 - Shifiya Haneef (Kerala)
See also
List of awards honoring women
References
External links Courage Commitment Compassion – Neerja Bhanot – official website