Sonitpur selected for 'Saakshar Bharat Award'

Sonitpur district of Assam has been selected for the 'Saakshar Bharat Award' in recognition of its efforts in implementation of the SB programme, according to a National Literacy Mission Authority (NLMA) letter to the state government.
The award comprising a trophy and a certificate will be given by the President on the occasion of International Literacy Day in Delhi on September 8, Y S K Seshu Kumar, Joint secretary & Director General of NLMA, ministry of Human Resource Development department of School Education & Literacy said in his letter to Assam Principal Secretary of Education department P K Barthakur.
Munin Sarma, Chief Executive Officer of Sonitpur Zila Parishad told PTI that two districts have been selected for this award across the country and they are Sonitpur and Chhattisgarh.

Shivangini's thesis was on the Children's Home for Girls,
Rae Bareli, UP. The thesis was first presented at the zonal level to public in exhibition halls. Ten of the entries were then selected by the zonal jury for the next round after the author made an audio-visual presentation to the jury, general public and students in a public hall. The competition narrowed down to two entries for the final round. Once again, the author made a presentation to the jurors of the final along with other students and architects. The three winners were announced later the same day.
"I was thrilled when I heard my name and that of FOA, Manipal University being announced as the winner! This achievement has established the credentials of the Institute as Center of Academic Excellence for architectural education in India," said Shivangini. "The teachers and peer-students at FOA are the best one can have for learning architecture.

Encouragement to explore and expand your horizon, to step into realms of the extraordinary, is what FOA ensures," she added.

"It is a great achievement and a well-deserved one for Shivangini. Her efforts have always been praiseworthy and we are sure that she will scale many more heights in her career," said Prof.
Nishant H Manapure, Director of FOA. "It is a great moment that our student has been recognized as the best at the highest level of academics in the whole country; we are happy for her," he said.
This is the third big achievement for FOA this year. In June, Vinod Anthony Thomas and Vishnupriya Viswanathan brought laurels. Vinod had clinched the second prize in an all-India competition organized by the Railways to design toilets and Vishnu had bagged the first prize in the 18th Annual Berkeley Prize Essay Competition under the 'International Undergraduate Prize for Architectural Design Excellence' endorsed by the Department of Architecture, University of California, Berkeley, USA.