National Anubhav Awards

Source: PIB

Context: The National Anubhav Awards 2025 will be held on 18 August 2025 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, marking the 10th anniversary of the awards.

About National Anubhav Awards:

• What is it? The National Anubhav Awards are annual honours recognizing outstanding memoirs by retiring or recently retired Central Government employees, highlighting their experiences and contributions to

• The National Anubhav Awards are annual honours recognizing outstanding memoirs by retiring or recently retired Central Government employees, highlighting their experiences and contributions to

• Awarded by:

• Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare (DoPPW), Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Government of India.

• Launched in:

• 2015, as envisioned by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi. Part of the Anubhav Portal initiative to document institutional memory through personal narratives.

• 2015, as envisioned by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi.

• Part of the Anubhav Portal initiative to document institutional memory through personal narratives.

• Preserve institutional memory for better governance. Encourage knowledge-sharing and replication of good practices. Recognize valuable feedback, innovation, and service excellence.

• Preserve institutional memory for better governance.

• Encourage knowledge-sharing and replication of good practices.

• Recognize valuable feedback, innovation, and service excellence.

• Eligibility:

• Central Government employees, employees of Central Public Sector Undertakings (CPSUs), and Public Sector Banks. Must be retiring within 8 months or retired within the last 3 years. Write-ups must be published on the Anubhav Portal between 1 April 2024 and 31 March 2025.

• Central Government employees, employees of Central Public Sector Undertakings (CPSUs), and Public Sector Banks.

• Must be retiring within 8 months or retired within the last 3 years.

• Write-ups must be published on the Anubhav Portal between 1 April 2024 and 31 March 2025.

• Features

• Categories covered: Accounts, administration, governance reforms, IT, research, procedural simplification, public dealing, valor, feedback, and more. Awards structure: 5 Best Write-ups + 10 Jury Certificates for other exceptional submissions. Diversity: One-third of awardees in 2025 are women. Recognition expansion: Includes employees from PSBs and CPSUs since 2024. Assessment: Objective marking system introduced for transparency. Capacity building: “Anubhav Awardees’ Speak” webinar series for sharing experiences with soon-to-retire employees.

• Categories covered: Accounts, administration, governance reforms, IT, research, procedural simplification, public dealing, valor, feedback, and more.

• Awards structure: 5 Best Write-ups + 10 Jury Certificates for other exceptional submissions.

• Diversity: One-third of awardees in 2025 are women.

• Recognition expansion: Includes employees from PSBs and CPSUs since 2024.

• Assessment: Objective marking system introduced for transparency.

• Capacity building: “Anubhav Awardees’ Speak” webinar series for sharing experiences with soon-to-retire employees.