New Delhi: Twenty four children from across the country will receive the National Bravery Awards for 2011. The awards will be given away on January 23 2011 and the winner's names were announced on Wednesday by the Indian Council for Child Welfare, which oversees the initiative that recognizes deeds of bravery by Generation Next.

The most-coveted Bharat Award will be conferred posthumously on 15-year-old Kapil Negi, who helped his classmates cross a flooded stream. His parents, Anita and Virender Negi, will receive an amount of Rs 50,000. Till last year, the recipient used to get Rs.15,000 in this category.

The Bapu Gaidhani Award will be given to Uma Shankar, who is a Class 10 student from Sarvodaya Vidyalaya, New Police Lines, Kingsway Camp, Delhi. He showed his bravery by rescuing people caught in a bus mishap and providing them with medical aid. He will receive Rs.24,000, a quantum jump compared to last year's prize money of Rs.10,000 in this category.

The elated 14-year- old expressed the desire to become an ideal citizen and to serve the country. On the professional front, Shankar aspires to be an engineer. Shankar further said he would ask his father to invest the prize amount so that he can use it for higher education later.

Asked how he would feel on Monday, when he receives the award, pat came the reply: He said that the joy he felt by serving those who were caught in the bus accident was much more than what he would feel when he receive this award. He wants to continue serving the people and the country.

Adithya Gopal from Arunachal Pradesh and Anjali Singh Gautam from Chhattisgarh will also receive the Bapu Gaidhani Award posthumously. Om Prakash Yadav from Uttar Pradesh and Mittal Patadiya from Gujarat will receive the Geeta Chopra and Sanjay Chopra Awards, which include a cash prize of Rs.40,000 each respectively. The amount given to awardees till last year was Rs.10,000 in the category.