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RAIPUR: Arun Kumar Rathod, a BALCO employee, has been conferred with national award of photography at New Delhi. This award is acclaimed the seventh prestigious award of India.He received this prestigious award from Union tribal development minister Jual Oram, minister of state Sudarshan Bhagat, Jaswant Singh and Suman Bhai Bhamour. Rathod received the national-level photo contest award on tribal traditions and photographs of the Baigas and their heritage. Union minister of tribal affairs Jual Oram gave away the award to him for the best photography of Baiga tribals of Chhattisgarh Arun Rathod was the only photographer from the state who received this prestigious award. In this category, 15 photographers of the country have been rewarded..