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| Kamal Kumari National Award |
The award was instituted by the Kamal Kumari Foundation in 1990 in memory of Kamal Kumari Barooah, the matriach of the Khongiya Barooah Family.
The first award was given to Sobha Brahma in 1991 in category of Culture.
The award carries a cash prize of 2 lakh INR, a trophy and a citation.
| Year | Awardee | From | Profession | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Sobha Brahma | Assam | Bodo writer | Art & Culture |
| 1992 | C. N. R. Rao | Karnataka | Solid State chemist | Science & Tech. |
| 1992 | S. P. Thyagarajan | Tamil Nadu | Microbiologist | Science & Tech. |
| 1992 | Sankha Ghosh | West Bengal | Bengali poet | Art & Culture |
| 1993 | Sarbeswar Buzarbaruah | Assam | Plasma scientist | Science & Tech. |
| 1993 | Nilmani Phookan | Assam | Assamese poet | Art & Culture |
| 1994 | Dilip Kumar Choudhury | Assam | Physicist | Science & Tech. |
| 1994 | Sisir Kumar Das | West Bengal | Bengali writer | Art & Culture |
| 1995 | Indira Goswami | Assam | Assamese Writer | Art & Culture |
| 1995 | T. S. R. Prasada Rao | Andhra Pradesh | Molecular catalysis | Science & Tech. |
| 1996 | Amita Malik | New Delhi | Media critic | Art & Culture |
| 1996 | Lakshmidhar Satpathy | Bhubaneswar | Nuclear physicist | Science & Tech. |
| 1997 | Achyut Lahkar | Assam | Theatre personality | Art & Culture |
| 1997 | Raghunath Anant Mashelkar | Goa | Former Director General, CSIR | Science & Tech. |
| 1998 | Nabakanta Barua | Assam | Assamese writer | Art & Culture |
| 1998 | Vibha Dhawan | New Dehli | Biotechnologist | Science & Tech. |
| 1999 | Hiren Gohain | Assam | Social scientist | Art & Culture |
| 1999 | Ashoke Sen | Kolkata | Theoretical physicist | Science & Tech. |
| 2000 | Bhabendra Nath Saikia | Assam | Assamese writer | Art & Culture |
| 2000 | Jayant Narlikar | Maharashtra | Astrophysicist | Science & Tech. |
| 2001 | Adoor Gopalakrishnan | Kerala | Filmmaker | Art & Culture |
| 2001 | Tej P. Singh | New Dehli | Biophysicist | Science & Tech. |
| 2002 | Samir Bhattacharya | West Bengal | Biotechnologist | Science & Tech. |
| 2002 | Maharaj Kumari Binodini Devi | Manipur | Manipuri writer | Art & Culture |
| 2003 | Prannoy Roy | West Bengal | Psephologist | Art & Culture |
| 2003 | Jitendra Nath Goswami | Assam | Astrophysicist | Science & Tech. |
| 2003 | Jahnu Baruah | Assam | Film Maker | Art & Culture |
| 2004 | Dhrubajyoti Mukhopadhyay | West Bengal | Geologist | Science & Tech. |
| 2004 | Nabaneeta Dev Sen | West Bengal | Writer and academic | Art & Culture |
| 2005 | Joyanti Chutia | Assam | Physicist | Science & Tech. |
| 2005 | Kanaksen Deka | Assam | Assamese writer | Art & Culture |
| 2006 | Dhirendra Nath Burhagohain | Assam | Civil Engineer | Science & Tech. |
| 2006 | Hemanta Mishra | Nepal | Writer | Art & Culture |
| 2007 | Maqsood Siddiqi | Kolkata | Chief, Cancer Foundation of India | Science & Tech. |
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| 2007 | Aribam Syam Sharma | Manipur | Filmmaker | Art & Culture |
| 2008 | Bhupendra Nath Goswami | Pune | Former Director, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology | Science & Tech. |
| 2008 | Ramakanta Rath | Orissa | Poet | Art & Culture |
| 2009 | Roddam Narasimha | Karnataka | Aerospace scientist | Science & Tech. |
| 2009 | Parveen Sultana | Assam | Classical singer | Art & Culture |
| 2010 | Ramesh C. Deka | Assam | Otorhynolaryngologist | Science & Tech. |
| 2010 | Amaresh Dutta | Assam | Professor, Guwahati University | Art & Culture |
| 2011 | Shri Krishna Joshi | Uttarakhand | Physicist, IIT Roorkee | Art & Culture |
| 2011 | Heisnam Kanhailal | Manipur | Theatre personality, Founder-Director of Kalakshetra Manipur | Art & Culture |
| 2016 | Dhiraj Bora | Gandhinagar | Professor, Institute for Plasma Research | Science & Tech. |
| 2016 | Aisharjya P. Konwar | Assam | Painter | Art & Culture |
| 2016 | Pushpa Bhuyan | Assam | Dancer | Art & Culture |