It is given to children with exceptional abilities and achievements.

The awards are given to children in the age group 5 – 18 years for their excellence in seven categories.

Bravery, Art & Culture, Environment, Innovation, Science & Technology, Social Service and Sports.

Each awardee is given a medal, certificate and a citation booklet.

President of India will confer the awards at a ceremonial function to be held at Vigyan Bhawan-22nd January.

19 children have been selected from all regions of the country for their exceptional achievements in 2024.

Aaditya Vijay Bramhane(posthumous),Anushka Pathak, Arijeet Banerjee, Armaan Ubhrani, Hetvi Kantibhai Khimsuriya...

Ishfaq Hamid, Md Hussain, Pendyala Laxmi Priya, Suhani Chauhan,Aryan Singh...

Avnish Tiwari, Garima, Jyotsna Aktar, Saiyam Mazumder, Aaditya Yadav...

Charvi A, Jesicca Neyi Saring,

Linthoi Chanambam, and R Surya Prasad.