nagpur cricket legend vvs laxman will be the chief guest of the gh raisonisjan achievers awards function to be held on november 24 the annual awards programme will be jointly organized by the sports journalists association of nagpur sjan and raisoni group at the nagpur press club convention centre opposite institute of science civil lines at 11 amchairman of raisoni group sunil raisoni will preside over the function former indian cricketerturned commentator laxman is known for his many matchwinning and matchsaving innings for team india during his 16year long career he performed outstandingly against the best team of his time australia and his knock of 281 against them at the eden gardens kolkata in 2001 is often considered as the greatest ever test innings on the indian soil in 2011 laxman was awarded the padma shri award indias fourth highest civilian award he has played 134 tests and 88 odis in a career spanning more than a decadesjan and raisoni group confers total seven awards every year including senior and junior sportsperson in mens and womens categories sports organizer best school and best college sjan secretary sandeep dabhekar informed that the list of the awardees will be announced soon selection committee meeting will be held this week to finalize all the awardeesbaidyanath ayurved bhavan bank of maharashtra deven dasture family centre point school and mahatma gandhi high school are also helping the sjan to make the event a grand success