The Union Minister of Social Justice &
Empowerment, Shri Mukul Wasnik, gave away prizes to the winners of ‘Dr. Ambedkar Foundation National Essay Competition (DAF-NEC) –
2011, in a ceremony held on the occasion of Birth Anniversary of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar on 14th April, 2012, in New Delhi. Secretary
(SJ&E), Shri K. M. Acharya,
Addl. Secretary (SJ&E) Shri Anoop
Kumar Srivastava,Vice-Chairman
(DAF), Shri. F. H. Jakkappanavar
and Members of DAF attended the ceremony.
Dr. Ambedkar
Foundation (DAF), an autonomous body working under the aegis of Ministry of
Social Justice & Empowerment, launched a New Scheme, viz. ‘Dr. Ambedkar Foundation National Essay Competition Scheme’ and
organized the first competition under the scheme during the month of December,
2011, with the collaboration of DAF funded Dr. Ambedkar
Chair at Aligarh Muslim University.
The aim of the DAF-NEC is to encourage
writing on social issues, among the Students of Schools / Colleges /
Universities / Institutions and arouse their interest in Dr. Ambedkar’s thoughts on fundamental social issues like
social justice, removal of untouchability, caste
based prejudices, removal of inequality and discrimination, social democracy,
national integration, communal harmony etc.
As per the Scheme, the prize money to the
winners of the competition is to be given as under:
For
the winner students of the recognized Colleges /Universities /Institutions
|
Language
|
1st
prize (Rs.)
|
IInd prize (Rs.)
|
IIIrd prize (Rs.)
|
|
Hindi
|
1,00,000/-
|
50,000/-
|
25,000/-
|
|
English
|
1,00,000/-
|
50,000/-
|
25,000/-
|
For the winner students of the recognized
Schools
|
Language
|
1st
prize (Rs.)
|
IInd prize (Rs.)
|
IIIrd prize (Rs.)
|
|
Hindi
|
25,000/-
|
15,000/-
|
10,000/-
|
|
English
|
25,000/-
|
15,000/-
|
10,000/-
|
The winners of the Dr. Ambedkar
Foundation National Essay Competition (DAF-NEC) – 2011 are as under:
Category:
Recognized Schools
|
|
Hindi
|
English
|
|
1st
Prize
(Rs.
25,000/-)
|
Chanchal Kawer Nathawat
Geeta Public Sr. Sec.School,
Jaipur, Rajasthan
|
Shubham Samariya
Lucknow Public School, Lucknow, UP
|
|
2nd
Prize
(Rs.
15,000/-)
|
Nidhi Srivastava
Satehwari Devi Memorial Inter College,
Dehradun, Uttarakhand
|
Bikramjit Laskar Tudu
Hirendra Leela Patranavis
School
Kolkata,
WB
|
|
3rd
Prize
(Rs.
10,000/-)
|
Suneel Kumar Yadav
Sudheshu Vidya Bharti
Inter College,
Kanpur,
UP
|
Qamar Patel
S.M.Shishu Niketan Hr. Sec. School, Jammu, J&K
|
Category:
Recognized University / College / Institution
|
|
Hindi
|
English
|
|
1st
Prize
(Rs.1,00,000/-)
|
Ayushi Gupta
Barkatullah University, Bhopal, MP
|
Ash
Mohammad
Vivekanand College of Law, Aligarh
|
|
2nd
Prize
(Rs.
50,000/-)
|
Pratibha Gautam
Sri
Lal Bahadur Shastri Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeeth, New Delhi-16
|
Satrughan
Central
University of Haryana, Narnaul, Haryana
|
|
3rd
Prize
(Rs.
25,000/-)
|
Amrita
Soni
Govt.
State Law College, Bhopal, MP
|
K.R.
Ramanan
University
of Madras, Chennai
|
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SKS