New Delhi: Nominations are invited for the 7th Bharatvanshi Gaurav Samman from eminent personalities and organizations of Indian Diaspora by Antar-Rashtriya Sahayog Nyas (Trust for International Co-operation). The Award carries Rs. one lakh in cash, a citation, a plaque and a shawl. The nominations along with detailed bio-data are to reach the Nyas Office at ‘Pravasi Bhawan’, 50-Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg, New Delhi – 110002 latest by 15th December, 2011. Our e-mail addresses are arspind@del2.vsnl. net.in & arspind@bol.net.in
The Antar-Rashtriya Sahayog Nyas was created with the objective of maintaining close contacts with the Indian Diaspora and to acknowledge and appreciate their achievements by publicly honouring at least one person every year to be selected for excellence for working for the Indian Diaspora.
The Nyas honoured Ranjith Ramnarain of South Africa in 2005, Satnarayan Maharaj of Trinidad & Tobago in the year 2006, Dr. Thomas Abraham of United States in January, 2008, Human Service Trust, Mauritius for outstanding work for the people of Indian origin in January, 2009, Shivnath Rai Bajaj of Thailand in 2010 and Dr. Ved Nanda of USA in May, 2011 at New Delhi for their contribution to the Diaspora.
The Selection Committee includes prominent members of the Indian Diaspora such as Sir Aneroodh Jagnauth, President of the Mauritius Republic, Mahendra Choudhry, former Prime Minister of Fiji, Basdeo Pandey, former Prime Minister of Trinidad & Tobago, Dr. Subramanian Swamy, President, Janata Party, Vijay Jolly, President, Delhi Study Group and former MLA, Subhash Chandra, Chairman & Managing Director Zee Telefilms Ltd. and Sanjay Gupta, Chief Editor, ‘Dainik Jagran’. J C Sharma, former Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs and President of the Nyas, Baleshwar Agrawal, Founder Chairman and Vijendra Mittal, Secretary of the Antar-Rashtriya Sahayog Nyas.