As you are aware, the Sardar Patel National Unity Award is the highest civilian award in the field of promoting unity and integrity of India. Instituted by the Government of India, the award will be announced on the occasion of the National Unity Day i.e. 31 October.
The award aims to recognize the outstanding and inspiring efforts made by citizens/institutions in promoting national unity and integrity. All citizens of India without distinction of religion, race, caste, gender, place or birth, age or occupation and any institution/organization are eligible for the award.
The nominations/recommendations for the Sardar Patel National Unity Award will be received only online on the password protected centralized portal through Rashtriya Puraskar portal http://awards.gov.in. The nominations/recommendations should include all relevant details as per the format provided on the portal.
The dates for online nominations/recommendations for the Sardar Patel National Unity Award, 2025 are from 1st June, 2025 to 31 July, 2025. For online recommendations, each recommending authority should use the previous year's login ID and Password. If the login ID and Password is not available for any reason then it can be sent through the official email ID to sopub@nic.in to get Login ID and Password through email.
All the Higher Education Institutions (HEls) are requested to widely disseminate the information among the stakeholders and nominate the suitable candidates for the award.
