Creation of new award was announced days after the central government renamed the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award as Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award.

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According to Minister of State for Information and Technology, Satej Patil, award will be given to institutions and companies for their outstanding performance in information technology sector on the occasion of birth anniversary of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi.

The award will be announced on August 20, 2021. It was decided to announce this award at a meeting of IT department on July 7.

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with several organisations like NASSCOM to finalise modalities of the award.

Companies or institutions which are having excel in the IT field with new ideas and innovations will be eligible for the award.

Award will be presented by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray.

Maharashtra IT Corporation Limited (MAHA-IT), a state government enterprise, has been appointed a nodal agency to propose the newly constituted award.