Raksha Rajya Mantri Sanjay Seth on Thursday launched the revamped Gallantry Awards portal (https://gallantryawards.gov.in), a digital initiative aimed at honouring the courage and supreme sacrifices of gallantry award recipients and preserving their legacy for future generations.
The redesigned portal features an enhanced, citizen-centric user interface and experience, with intuitive navigation, a responsive design and improved accessibility. Its key sections include Events, Memorials and Museums, Warpedia, Awardees, Gallantrypedia (Articles), Media and an interactive Tribute Section, enabling citizens to explore the country’s military history and pay homage to its bravehearts.
The portal also features a dedicated digital space for the Veer Gatha programme, with a separate page for each edition. These pages bring together information on the programme’s introduction, themes, timelines, evaluation criteria, rewards, resources, results, felicitation ceremonies, media galleries and student activities.
The initiative seeks to connect students with the stories of gallantry award recipients, helping them learn about the courage and sacrifices of India’s military personnel and express their understanding through their own entries.
The programme has expanded significantly since its launch, growing from around eight lakh students and 4,788 schools in its first edition to more than 1.92 crore students and 1.9 lakh schools in its fifth edition. It also includes 28,005 students from 91 CBSE-affiliated schools across 18 countries.
The revamped portal aims to establish a comprehensive and authentic digital repository of information on gallantry awards, award recipients, wars and military operations since Independence. It also seeks to promote patriotism and increase awareness of India’s military heritage, particularly among young people.
Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh and other senior officials of the Ministry of Defence were present at the launch.
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