The 16 DMs who have been awarded The Indian Express Excellence in Governance Awards. The EIG Award winners are: Tukaram Mundhe (Navi Mumbai), Kartikeya Misra (East Godavari), Astik Kumar Pandey (Akola), Ayyaj Tamboli (Bijapur), Sandeep Nanduri (Tirunelveli), Dr. A Sharath (Jagtial), Ashish Saxena (Jhabua), Dr. Madhavi Khode Chaware (Nagpur), Rakesh Kanwar (Kullu), Vivek Yadav (Vizianagaram), CR Kharsan (Valsad), Dr. Prashant Bholanath Narnaware (Osmanabad), Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary (Udhampur), Dr. S. Lakhmanan (Cachar), Raj Kr. Yadav (South Sikkim) (Express Photo by Abhinav Saha)