P. C. Chandra Puraskaar is the annual national award from the P. C. Chandra Group.

P.C. Chandra Group introduced this award ceremony in 1993 as a tribute to their founding father, the late Purna Chandra Chandra. P. C. Chandra Puraskaar has always recognized people from various walks of life, who have achieved great heights in their respective fields like Shri. Manna De (1993) followed by Professor U R Rao (1994), Shri Sunil M Gavaskar (1995), Smt P.T. Usha (2004), Shri Mrinal Sen (2008), Gulzaar Saab (1997), Ustad Bismillah Khan Saheb (2002), Smt. Anju Bobby George (2007), Shri Sourav Ganguly (2011), Smt Hema Malini (2013), Pandit Hari Prasad Chaurasia (2014), Dr. K. Radhakrishnan(2015), Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand (2016), Noble Laureate Kailash Satyarthi Ji (2017), Dr. Devi Shetty (2019), Shri Kapil Dev (2021), Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, etc.

This year this award was conferred upon India’s most iconic sportsperson, MC Mary Kom. This was the 30^th edition of the Annual Award Ceremony.

Over the past 20 years, Chungneijang Mary Kom Hmangte, also known as MC Mary Kom, has been one of India’s top athletes. There is hardly any honor this boxing icon has not received, whether it is her six women’s world championship crowns or the bronze medal from the London 2012 Olympic Games. With a long list of firsts under her belt and a career full of firsts, Kom has been somewhat of a trailblazer throughout her career, inspiring many Indian women in a variety of sports.

Mary Kom received the felicitation in the presence of Chief Guest, legendary Billiards World Champion Geet Sethi, A.K. Chandra, Managing Director, P.C. Chandra Group, and Mr. Suvro Chandra, Joint Managing Director, P.C.ChandraJewellers at Science City Auditorium, Kolkata.

The award ‘P.C. Chandra Puraskaar’ carries an honorarium of Rs. 10 lakhs which is tax-exempt.

Priyanka Dutta