The President of India, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil presented the Hindi Sevi Samman Yojna Awards for the years 2008 and 2009 at a function in the Ashoka Hall of Rashtrapati Bhavan on June 20, 2012. 28 awards were presented at the function, which was also attended by the Minister of Human Resource Development, Shri Kapil Sibal and the Union Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Smt. D. Purandeswari.
