29th October 2017 The founder and Chairperson of Ashrayani Foundation Monika Gunjan Arya was awared Jharkhand Youth Excellence Award for the year 2017. She has been creating awareness among the various stakeholders of the society about ‘infanticide’ and ‘abandonment & exposure’ through the drive PaaLoNaa. Urban Development Minister of Jharkahnd Chandreshwar Prasad Singh awarded the award to Monika Gunjan Arya which was received by Projesh Kumar Das, a memebr of team PaaLoNaa as she could not be present at the event due to personal engagemenets.