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Regd. No. 4866 NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND (Affiliated to World Blind Union) Karnataka State Branch Chief Patron of the NFB, Karnataka -His Excellency Governor of Karnataka "Sri. Hansaraj Bharadwaj" #36, 100 Feet Road, Veerabhadra Nagar, B.S.K. 3rd Stage,Bangalore-85 Ref. No. NFB/2011-12/ Date: 25.02.2011 To, All visually challenged individuals and Organizations of and far the blind in Karnataka Sub: Announcement of annual awards of Excellence and honour Dear Sir / Madam, National federation of the blind Karnataka state branch is pleased to announce its annual awards of excellence and honour for the 6th consecutive year. These awards are presented every year to deserving individuals and institutions for their outstanding performance and achievements in changing the traditional perception of the society towards the talent and ability of a blind person. The following awards of excellence and honour for the year 2010-11 are announced here in- 1. Visually impaired role model of the state (one male one female):- This award shall be given to such a male and female with visual disability who resides in Karnataka and has explored exemplary avenues of carrier and social dignity for their fellow blind individuals. 2. Felicitation of all those visually challenged scholars who reside in Karnataka and have been awarded degree of doctorate by any University. 3. Felicitation of meritorious students with visual disability: - all those visually challenged students shall be felicitated on the eve of the annual function of the federation who reside in Karnataka and have passed in any of the public exam of S.S.L.C, P.U.C, Degree or PG with 80% and above marks in 2010. 4. Award of best V.I. student of the state Junior grade:- The federation has received nominations of 14 students from seven special schools in the state. One best V.I. student of the junior grade shall be selected out of these 14 students on the basis of their academic and co-curricular performance of the last 3 years. 5. Acknowledgement of outstanding services of 5 Karnataka based institutions of and for the blind:- Under these award the services of such five institutions shall be acknowledge who have been working in Karnataka for a minimum of 10years and have made a remarkable difference in the life of visually challenged beneficiaries. General Rules of nomination for the awards The applications are invited from the deserving individuals and institutions for all above stated awards as per the below mentioned rules and instructions. 1. The eligible applicants are required to apply for any one of the above mentioned awards along with their resume and evidencing documents to support their claime for the concerned award. Special Note: The nominees for award of "Best V.I. Student of the State" are not required to re apply, as their applications and supporting documents have already been received by the federation. 2. Last date for receiving the applications for each award is 15th March 2011. 3. In case of individual awards the application must be accompanied by disability certificate issued by a competent authority. 4. The applications should be submitted to the office of the National Federation of the Blind Karnataka state Branch at the above mentioned address. 5. All the awards shall be presented to the selected nominees on the eve of the annual function of the federation on 29th March 2011 at Town Hall Bangalore. 6. Nature of awards and felicitation :- all the nominees for the award of meritorious student shall be awarded with a cash prize as follows : Passing out of :- SSLC Rs. 1000/- P.U.C Rs. 1250/- Degree Rs. 1500/- P.G. Rs. 2000/- The best V.I. student of the state (Junior) shall be awarded with cash prize of Rs. 5,000/- All other awardees shall be felicitated with suitable mementos of respect and dignity and a citation letter. 7. All organizations / Institutions, social workers, concerned government officials and individual friends are requested to circulate the content of this announcement as widely as possible. 8. Please feel free to contact the following for any clarification or query Office Manager : Mr. Hemanth 080- 26728845 President : Gautam Agarwal 9980444655 With regards, H.Nagaraj General Secretary. To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in