A total of 30 officials and employees working in the public administration as well as teams and institutions have received the ‘Public Administration Award-2016’ for their contribution to different fields.Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina handed over the award in two categories, in national level and in the field level at Osmani Memorial Auditorium on Saturday in city.Thirteen civil servants received the award in national category while 17 officials got the award in the field level.Those who received the award at national level are: Rahima Khatun of BCS (admin) Academy in individual category in general field; Programme Director (group leader) Md Mostafizur Rahman of the Access to Information (a2i) Programme under the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), Deputy Secretary of the Public Administration Ministry Zahid Hossain Ponir, Assistant Director of BCS (admin) Academy GM Sarfaraj, Assistant Director of the Foreign Ministry Tanmoy Kumar Mazumdar and Assistant Programmer of Jessore district administration Md Motahar Hossain in group category in general field; the Governance Innovation Unit of the PMO in the institutional category in the general field; Upazila Agriculture Officer of Chowhali in Sirajganj Md Shahadat Hossain Siddiqui in individual category in technical field; Deputy Commissioner of Narayanganj Md Anisur Rahman (group leader), Additional Deputy Commissioner (education and ICT) of Narayanganj Begum Shahin Ara Begum and Assistant Commissioners Begum Joya Maria Perera and Begum Farhana Afsana Chowdhury in group category in technical field and the a2i Programme in institutional category in the technical field.