MUMBAI: On the occasion of Mother’s Day, Doordarshan will celebrate the unique bond between mother and daughter with the Prerna Awards, which is a yearly event organised by Doordharshan Sahyadri.

Prerna Awards is a platform where women who have carved their own identity in various spheres express their gratitude to their mothers for the role they have played in their lives. This year’s eminent mother daughter pairs that are featured on the award show reflect the theme of “Aaj ki Mazbooti – Kal Jhalkegi.” 

Some of them are award winning poet Balika Bitle and her mother Jagubai Bitle, leading fashion designer Shaina NC and her mother Munira Chudasama, Femina Miss India International 2014 Jhatlekha Malhotra and Brinda Malhotra, and the youngest Air India pilot Tanya Narula and her mother Sangeeta Narula, who also happens to be leading businesswoman in the real estate space.

This year the event has been designed in a way to extract a commitment from leaders of all sections of the society to support girl child education so that it paves the way for her all round success and progress in life. The event proposes to tie up with people from cross section of society and NGOs who work towards girl child progress. 

The awards will be telecast on Doordarshan on 10 May, 2015 at 9 pm.