Dear Uttam,
Congratulation for getting the Silver Phoenix Award.
I have a request to you. If possible please write in details (how to
apply/when/criteria/selection process etc etc etc ) about all the Awards you
have received till now, so that others may also apply for those Awars if
suitable.
Thanks
Buljit Buragohain
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On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 4:18 AM IST Wahid Saleh - Indiawijzer wrote:
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>
>Silver Phoenix award to Uttam Teron of Parijat Academy
>
> Indian Institute of Planning and Management (IIPM) is a business
>school headquartered in New Delhi, with 18 branches across India. 'Speak up,
>be heard and bring a change!' is the motto of SACK ("Students Against
>Corruption and Kickbacks), an initiative started by IIPM which aims at
>rooting out corruption.
>
> Corruption in India now has a vice-like grip. Long ago, Karl
>Kraus, Austrian writer, journalist and critic said "Corruption is worse than
>prostitution. The latter might endanger the morals of an individual, while
>the former invariably endangers the morals of the entire nation." There
>couldn't be a better or more fitting definition of India's corruption than
>what he said.
>
> This year, Amaze, one of IIPM's flagship events had a special
>programme organised on 15th December 2011 in New Delhi. IIPM felicitated a
>number of guests on the occasion. They included Vivek Dutt, CBI official;
>Prashant Bhushan, social activist; Shailesh Gandhi, Central Information
>Commissioner for RTI; Ajit Singh, president of the NGO Gudiya (which works
>against sexual exploitation of women and trafficking); Uttam Teron, activist
>who started Parijat Academy, a school for poor children; and Shyama Prasad
>Mukherjee, a noted doctor in Ranchi who charges his patients only Rs 5. They
>received the Silver Phoenix awards and citations in recognition of their
>good work and commitment for social causes.
>
> Uttam Teron of Pamohi, Guwahati was invited to interact with the
>students and give his views on how education helps to eradicate corruption.
>While receiving the award he talked about his work in the field of
>education. He said that he started with four kids in a cowshed and now his
>school Parijat Academy has 500 formal students. "Corruption cannot be
>eradicated overnight but that does not mean we should silently observe the
>malpractices. I am trying to create an example to government schools that
>even with limited resources, one can deliver and make a difference in the
>poor people's lives," he said.
>
> In September 2010 Uttam made it to India Today's list of India's
>35 youth icons for contributing in different ways towards the uplift of the
>society. In December 2010 he was awarded the Young Entrepreneur Award 2010
>by Asian Institute of Management and Sciences, Guwahati. Uttam was
>recognised as one of the 24 Real Heros of India by IBN/CNN in a special
>award ceremony held on 17 August 2011 in Mumbai.
>
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