Sikkim State Disaster Management Autority, in Institutional Category and Lieutenant Colonel Seeta Ashok Shelke, in individual Category, selected for the Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar 2026

• Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar (SCBAPP) is India's highest annual recognition for excellence in disaster management, instituted by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).
• For 2026, the awardees are Sikkim State Disaster Management Authority (SSDMA) — Institutional category — and Lt Col Seeta Ashok Shelke (Madras Engineer Group, Indian Army) — Individual category.
• Announced on 23 January (Parakram Diwas), Netaji's birth anniversary — links disaster governance to nationalist symbolism.