Fifteen selected for Uttarakhand Gaurav Samman 2026

Fifteen people have been selected for the Uttarakhand Gaurav Samman 2026. The awards are scheduled to be presented at the statehood day programme at Parade Ground in Dehradun on 9 November. The selected recipients are the late Major General Bhuvan Chandra Khanduri (posthumously), Dr Jeevan Singh Tityal, Manmohan Bhardwaj, Himani Shivpuri, Hema Negi Karasi, Dr Girish Ranjan Tiwari, Anita Thapliyal Sharma, Kashmir Singh, Suresh Bhai, Reshma Shah, Ekta Bisht, Vandana Kataria, Ankita Dhayani, Nikita Chand and Kapil Pokhriyal.

Notable Points

• Vandana Katariya: Vandana Katariya became the first Indian woman to score a hat-trick in Olympic hockey at Tokyo 2020. At her 2025 international retirement, she had played 320 matches and scored 158 goals for India, and held the record for the most appearances in Indian women’s hockey.