National Child Awards Presented to 36 Children for Outstanding Achievements
On the occasion
of Bal Divas, Smt. Renuka Chowdhury, Minister of State for Women and Child Development
presented the National Child Awards to 36 children for exceptional
achievements in a function at Pragati Maidan today. These Awards are given every year by the Ministry
of Women and Child Development to the children in the age group of 4 to 15 years
to recognize their exceptional achievements in the fields like art, culture, sports,
academics etc. The awards carry a medal,
certificate and a cash prize of Rs. 20,000/- for gold medal and Rs. 10,000/- for
silver medal. The gold medal at the national
level was awarded to Master Fenil Chetan Shah of Gujarat for winning several national
and international chess tournaments. Silver
medals were awarded to 35 children for their exceptional achievements at the State
level. These children include Budding scientist, mathematician,
painter, folk singer, classical dancer, international skates player and child
with exceptional photographic memory. The awardees also include four children with
physical disabilities.
National awards for child welfare were also presented to five
institutes and three individuals for their work in the area of child welfare.
These awards carry a cash prize of rupees three lakh and a certificate
to each institution and rupees one lakh and a certificate in the case of individual. The Minister also presented Rajiv Gandhi Manav Seva Award to Shri Ahanthem
Tolen Singh for child welfare, Smt. Shobhana Ranade, Maharashtra for child development and Smt. Maha Jabeen, Andhra Pradesh for child protection. Each
awardee was presented along with a silver plaque.
Congratulating the awardees, Smt. Renuka Chowdhury said the
development of children and women is very high priority of the Government. A number of initiatives are being planned and
significant increase is being made in the allocation for children related schemes
and programmes. She said that achievement
of the awardees shows that the country has a very bright future.
On the occasion chairperson of National Commission for Child
Rights, Smt. Shanta Sinha said that the Commission is setting up mechanism to
monitor the incident of child right violation and would soon start a campaign
at grass root level to create awareness about child rights.
Chairman, Parliamentary
Standing Committee on HRD, Shri Janardan Dwivedi also addressed the children on
the occasion.
Smt. Renuka Chowdhury,
Minister of State for Women and Child Development also inaugurated the pavilion
of the Ministry of Women and Child Development in Hall no. 16 at India International
Trade Fare. It has about 90 stalls of
Swayamsidha Women Self Help Groups from all States showcasing products
like decorative items, traditional and modern handicrafts and handloom articles,
etc. The Pavilion also has an interesting
display of schemes and programmes for women and children and provides counseling
also. Performances by State Cultural Troops,
which include traditional dances, music, magic & puppet shows are also big
attraction of the pavilion. Free children Film shows at Shakuntalam Theatre,
Pragati Maidan will also be organized on 16th and 17th November,
2007.
The details of awardees are as follows:
NATIONAL CHILD AWARDS FOR EXCEPTIONAL ACHIVEMENTS 2006
| S. |
Name |
Field |
State/ U.T. |
|
| GOLD MEDAL | | |
|
1. | Fenil Chetan Shah | Chess | Gujarat |
|
| SILVER MEDALS | | |
|
| I Ramya Krishna | Chess | Andhra Pradesh |
|
| Kotagiri Romi Sri Sai | Classical and folk dance | Andhra Pradesh |
|
| Advitiya Gupta | Academic, music, drawing and sports. | Andaman and Nicobar |
|
| Shareya Tyagi | Yoga | Bihar |
|
| Arushi Saksena | Drawing & painting | Chandigarh UT |
|
| Om Kumar Mongre | Art and Culture | Chhattisgarh |
|
| Akshat Chopra | Arts & Culture. | Delhi |
|
| Mohit Malik | Skating | Delhi |
|
| Siddhesh Sandeep Naik | Music, singing and acting. | Goa |
|
| Bharwad Haribhai Hukabhai | Folk singer | Gujarat |
|
| Sunaina Jaswal | Sports | Himachal Pradesh |
|
| Srividvatha Sridhar | Bharatnatyam | Haryana |
|
| Rupali Gupta | Computer Knowledge | Jammu & Kashmir |
|
| Shikha Sivaraman | Poetry, Painting and Drawing. | Kerala |
|
| Nivin V. Joseph | Academics | -do- |
|
| Nagarjun L. | Drawing, painting and chess | Karnataka |
|
| Pavan A.G. | Swimming | -do- |
|
| Samruddhi Sanjay Chaphale | Skating | Maharashtra |
| | Nandini Kapur | Dance, painting & stage show | -do- |
|
| Aayushi Jain | Academics, drawing, painting & dance | Madhya Pradesh |
|
| Soumyashant Nayak | Academics | Orissa |
|
| Rajat Kumar Mishra | Art and Tabla | -do- |
|
| Aanchal Bajwa | Academics, Sports & Co-curricular activities | Punjab |
|
| H. Nirmal Kumar | Yoga, Skating & other co-curricular activities | Pondicherry |
|
| Thamizhmozhi K.A. | Drawing, poetry and theatre. | -do- |
|
| Asmita Kala | Folk Dance | Rajasthan |
|
| Nikita Meel | Sports (Taekwondo) | -do- |
|
| Aayushi Pareek | Academics, art and culture | -do- |
|
| Nishikanta Malakar | Fine arts and painting | Tripura |
|
M | M. Lavinashree | Recitation of Thirukurals | Tamil Nadu |
|
| M. Mary Pradeepa | Sports & dance | -do- |
|
| S. Mariyayee | Academics and yoga | -do- |
|
| Ankit Srivastava | Classical music | Uttar Pradesh |
| | Kavya Gupta | Swimming | -do- |
| | Mamtaj Khatun | Academic | West Bengal |
National
Awards for Child Welfare, 2006
| S. no. |
Institutions |
S. no. |
Individuals |
|
1 | Helen Keller’s High School for
Deaf & Rehabilitation Centre, Cadappa, Andhra Pradesh | 1 | Shri Lama Thupten Phuntsok, Tawang,
Arunachal Pradesh |
|
2 | St. Mary’s Orphanage, Nongstoin,
Meghalaya | 2 | Swamy Nityananda, North
24-Parganas, West Bengal |
|
3 | Snehalaya, Sholapur, Maharashtra | 3 | Shri Ghuran Mahto,Saharsa,
Bihar |
|
4 | Manisha Mandir, Lucknow, Uttar
Pradesh | |
|
5 | Tamana, Delhi. | |
Rajiv Gandhi Manav Seva Award for service to children, 2007
| S. no. |
Institutions |
Category |
|
1 | Shri Ahanthem Tolen Singh | Child Welfare |
|
2 | Smt. Shobhana Ranade, Maharashtra | Child Development |
|
3 | Smt. Maha Jabeen, Andhra Pradesh | Child Protection |
NCJ/DT
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