lucknow sportsman munawar anzar who is an international level judo referee singer anoop jalota educationist jagdish gandhi and writer devi prasad pandey are among 18 persons to be honoured with the yash bharti samman according to sources in the state culture department uttar pradesh other doyens who would be awarded include abhishek yadav for special commando training singer vansh gopal yadav of mahoba bojpuri birha singer heera lal yadav boxer dharmendra singh three wrestlers bhagat singh lal bachan yadav and vijay pal yadav writer maata prasad tripathi sarod player pandit vikas maharaj social worker ramesh bhaiyya lyricist sameer singer rekha bhardwaj classical vocalists pandit rajan and sajan mishra poet bekal utsahi olympic hockey player ashok kumar chess shweta priyadarshi rowing rajesh kumar yadav and paramvir chakra yogendra singh yadav yash bharti samman is one of the highest state level awards conferred for excellence in literature fine arts folk music classical music and sports the award is a samajwadi party initiative with a cash prize of rs 11 lakh to the recipient with the condition that the person shortlisted belongs to uttar pradesh and has brought laurels to the state