pune lyricistpoet javedakhtar and author chetanbhagat will be among the six prominent figures who will receive the bharatasmita awards instituted by the citybased mit group of institutions this year sam pitroda advisor to the prime minister on telecom and it will receive the lifetime achievement award devi singh director of the indian institute of management lucknow ashok tanwar who represents the sirsa parliamentary constituency in haryana and devi prasad shetty founderchairman of the narayana hrudayalaya group of hospitals in bangalore are the other three recipients of the award the award carries a cash prize of rs 125 lakh a memento and an inscribed copperplate citation announcing the awards for 2013 bharat asmita convener rahul karad said this is the ninth year of the awards which aim at recognising the contribution of prominent figures from the field of teaching peoples representation public awareness and science and technology the awards will be presented at a ceremony on february 3 at the mit campus in kothrud karad said akhtar and bhagat will receive the bharat asmita jana jagaran shreshta award for creating public awareness through their respective professions devi singh will receive the acharya shreshta award while shetty will receive the tantra vidnyan shreshta award a committee comprising noted personalities like scientist raghunath mashelkar computer expert vijay bhatkar industrialist ritu nanda film director shyam benegal scientist yash pal and mit founderhead vishwanath karad selected this years awardees from nominations that were received from all over the country