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AWARDS AND HONOURS - June 2019

Jun 2019

Sep 26, 2021

Bangladeshi Fairooz Faizah Beether Gets 2021 Changemaker Award

Fairooz Faizah Beether of Bangladesh has been chosen for the 2021 Changemaker Award for her work promoting good health and well-being by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The award celebrates an individual who has inspired change using personal experience or from a position of leadership.
Fairooz Faizah is co-founder of Moner School which is an anonymous online platform active in the field of mental health. It works with youth to educate them about the importance of mental health care through training, workshops, and a 24/7 online mental health first aid service in Bangladesh.
The Changemaker Award is part of the Goalkeepers Global Goals award instituted by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to accelerate progress towards attaining the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the UN.

Sep 25, 2021

President Ram Nath Kovind Confers National Service Scheme Awards

President Ram Nath Kovind virtually confered National Service Scheme (NSS) Awards for the year 2019-20.
Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Thakur, Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports Nisith Pramanik also attended the event.
Every year the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Department of Youth Affairs confers the National Service Scheme Award to recognise and reward outstanding contributions towards voluntary community service made by the Universities/Colleges, (+2) Councils, Senior Secondary, NSS Units/ Programme Officers and NSS volunteers, with a view to further promote NSS in the country.

Sep 24, 2021

Government e Marketplace (GeM) Bags Prestigious CIPS Award

London-based Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS) has adjudged India's state-run e-commerce portal, Government e Marketplace (GeM), as the winner of the CIPS Excellence in Procurement Awards 2021 in the 'Best Use of Digital Technology' outshining contenders like Jaguar Land Rover, Royal Dutch Shell and Vendigital.
GeM was also shortlisted as a finalist in two additional categories—Public Procurement Project of the Year' and 'Best Initiative to Build a Diverse Supply Base'. The award was received on behalf of GeM by Rohit Vadhwana, first secretary, High Commission of India, in the UK.
The CIPS Awards are one of the leading recognitions around procurement globally. CIPS is a global not-for-profit organisation and professional body dedicated to promoting good practices in procurement and supply management, with a community across 150 countries.

Sep 23, 2021

S. V. Saraswati Wins National Florence Nightingale Award for 2020

The National Florence Nightingale Award, the highest national distinction a nurse can achieve, was conferred upon Brig SV Saraswati, deputy director-General of Military Nursing Service (MNS) for 2020.
President Ram Nath Kovind conferred the award in a virtual ceremony on Saraswati for her contribution as a nurse administrator.
Brig Saraswati is from the Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh and was commissioned into the MNS in December 1983. She has served in the MNS for more than three and half decades, especially in perioperative nursing.

Sep 22, 2021

PM Hasina Receives SDG Progress Award

The UN-sponsored Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) conferred Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina with "SDG Progress Award" for Bangladesh's steady course in responding to the universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure peace and prosperity for all.
Led by prominent economist and development strategist Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs, SDSN was set up in 2012 under the auspices of the UN Secretary General.

CBSE Teachers Award 2021

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) felicitated 22 teachers and principals at the CBSE Teachers Award 2021. The awards were felicitated by Minister of State for Education Annapurna Devito to 22 awardees who are primary, secondary, and senior secondary level teachers.
The Central Board of Secondary Education instituted the "CBSE Honour for Excellence in Teaching and School Leadership" under the aegis of MoE in the year 2000 to give public recognition to the meritorious services of outstanding teachers of schools affiliated to it. Each award consists of a merit certificate, a shawl and a cash prize of Rs. 50,000.

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