Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports09-January, 2008 13:40 IST
National Youth Awards for 2006-07 Announced to be Given Away at the Upcoming National Youth Festival in Chennai

The National Youth Awards for the year 2006-07 have been announced.  These awards are conferred on youth who have demonstrably excelled in different fields of  developmental activities and social service.  The Award to individual comprises a medal, a scroll and Rs 20,000/-.  The award of one Voluntary orgnisation comprises a trophy, a scroll and Rs. 1,00,000/-. The list of this year youth Awards is attached.

            The awards will be given away at the 13th National Youth Festival to be held at Chennai, Tamilnadu from 12-16th January, 2008.  The theme for the 13th National Youth Festival is “YOUTH FOR PROGRESS AND EXCELLENCE.”

            The National Youth Festival is a mega National Integration Camp.  About 4000 youth from all over India will participate in the Festival.  Each State/UT administration is expected to send a contingent of participants for competing in designated events and also participating in other activities.  Variety of cultural programmes (both competitive and non-competitive), Youth Convention, Suvichar and Exhibition etc. will be organized to show the talent and creative energy of our youth.

            The Festival will conclude on 16th January, 2008.  His excellency the Governor of Tamil Nadu will be the Chief Guest on this occasion and he will also give away Indira Gandhi National Service Scheme Awards.

            The National Youth Festival is held annually from 12th to 16th January in one of the States willing to host the Festival to commemorate the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekanand.  The 12th January, being the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekanand is also observed as National Youth Day. 

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NATIONAL YOUTH AWARDS 2006-07

TO BE PRESENTED ON 12.01.2008 IN THE

13TH NATIONAL YOUTH FESTIVAL AT CHENNAI

 

S.No.

Name of Individual                                  

Name of the State

  1.  

Smt. Kanday Sudarani                                

Andhra Pradesh

  1.  

Sh.Chakravarthi Bethala                           

Andhra Pradesh

  1.  

Sh. Henry David Teran                              

Assam

  1.  

Sri Rajib Das                                               

Assam

  1.  

Ms. Puja                                                     

Bihar

  1.  

Ms. Priya                                                    

Chandigarh

  1.  

Sh. Pritpal Singh                                        

Chandigarh

  1.  

Sh. Naveen Kumar Kotiya                         

Delhi

  1.  

Sh. Sanjay Rajta                                         

Himachal Pradesh

  1.  

Sh. Sanjeev Kumar Garg                           

Haryana

  1.  

Ms. Leela Wanti                                       

Haryana

  1.  

Ms. Mamta Rani                                         

Haryana

  1.  

Sh. Andanayya S. Hiremath                        

Karnataka

  1.  

Sh. V.S.Lokesh                                           

Karnataka

  1.  

Ms. Fousiya Yoonus                                   

Kerala

  1.  

Ms. Ambika. C                                           

Kerala

  1.  

Sh. Tonjam Gandhi Singh                          

Manipur

  1.  

Sh. Rajesh Kumar Mohanty                       

Orissa

  1.  

Sh. Jasdeep Singh Badhan                          

Punjab

  1.  

Ms. Anju Verma                                         

Rajasthan

  1.  

Sh. Bhupendra Singh                                  

Rajasthan

  1.  

Ms. Santosh Gupta                                      

Rajasthan

  1.  

Sh. Sitaram Khatik                                      

Rajasthan

  1.  

Sh. Indra Kumar Pradhan                           

Sikkim

  1.  

Ms. Anjali Chandrsekhar                            

Tamil Nadu

  1.  

Sh. P. Sivakumar                                         

Tamil Nadu

  1.  

Sh. V. Ramesh                                              

Tamil Nadu

  1.  

Sh. K. Jayakannan                                       

Tamil Nadu

  1.  

Sh. Subrata Biswas                                      

Tripura

  1.  

Sh. Hemant Kumar Yadav                           

Uttar Pradesh

  1.  

Ms. Swaraj Vidwan                                       

Uttarakhand

  1.  

Sh. Gurumale Singh                                     

Uttarakhand

  1.  

Sh. Sukanta Kumar Paul                              

West Bengal

  1.  

Ms. Poonam Srivastava                                

Madhya Pradesh

  1.  

Sh. Jay Prakash Suryawanshi                       

Madhya Pradesh

  1.  

Sh. Navin Ramchandra Lade                        

Maharashtra

  1.  

Sh. Pranab Pariat                                           

Meghalaya

  1.  

Sh. Puneet Pradhan ( Punnu)                         

Jammu & Kashmir

Voluntary Organisation

 

 

1.

National Integrated Forum of Artists and Activists      

Haryana

2.

Parents Association of Mentally Handicapped of Jamshedpur (PAMHJ)

 

(Jharkhand)

 

 

 


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