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OIL Shikshya Ratna Puraskar 2014 Awarded

Dec 20, 2014   14:24 IST 
Duliajan, Assam, India

Resident Chief Executive (RCE), Oil India Limited, Shri Varunoday Sharma, awarded OIL Shikshya Ratna Puraskar 2014 to six teachers in the presence of Shri S N Singh, Executive Director, Exploration & Development, OIL, Shri Pranjit Deka, GM, Public Relations OIL, Shri D K Das, Head, Public Relations and other senior officials of OIL on 20th of December 2014 at Duliajan Club Auditorium, Duliajan, Assam.

 

As a part of its CSR activities, Oil India Limited introduced this initiative “OIL Shikshya Ratna Puraskar” last year for recognizing the all-round contribution of the teaching fraternity from provincialized schools and colleges. This year OIL Shiksha Ratna Puraskar were awarded to the 6 (six) teachers selected from across the state of Assam. The awards consisted of cash incentive of Rupees One Lakh and a citation to each awardee presented on the occasion.

 

Extending his greetings to the awardees, Shri Varunoday Sharma, RCE, OIL cited the role of teachers in nation building, their passion to nurture knowledge and to generate the spirit of inquisitiveness among the students. He added that through such CSR initiatives Oil India aims to inspire the teaching fraternity from this region to aspire for even greater accomplishments as they play a dynamic role in empowering the youth. He congratulated the awardees on their achievement and deserving recognition.

 

Shri S N Singh, ED (E&D) in his speech congratulated the six recipients of the award and extolled their commendable contribution towards imparting quality education to the children. He stated the objective behind initiating the Award i.e. to inspire the teaching fraternity and acknowledge their exemplary contribution in nation building.

 

The five teachers whom the OIL Shikshya Ratna award 2014 was conferred were Shri Partha Sarathi Dutta, Makum Railway H.S, Tinsukia, Shri Ganesh Sinha, D.B.T.R Phookan H.S School, Silchar, Shri Sibendra Kumar Sarma Patacharkuchi Vidyapith H.S School, Smt. Maya Handique, Adarsha Primary School, North Lakhimpur, Dr. Palash Moni Saikia, Darrang College, Tezpur and Dr. Atikuddin Ahmed, D.H.S.K. College, Dibrugarh.

 

It may be noted that the names as recipients of OIL Shikshya Ratna Puraskar 2014 were announced through press advertisement on Teachers’ Day, 5th September, 2014. Earlier the teachers had submitted their self-nomination for the award against a press advertisement released by OIL. IL&FS Education was entrusted with the task of scrutinizing the entries and conducting the selection process through a Jury comprising of distinguished members from education fraternity with representatives from Dibrugarh and Guwahati universities.

 

The award ceremony was followed by a Teachers’ Workshop conducted by resource persons of IL&FS Education. Around 200 teachers from OIL’s operational areas actively participated in the workshop. 


 
 
Recepients of Award with the dignitaries
Recepients of Award with the dignitaries
Shri V Sharma, RCE, OIL delivering the keynote address
Shri V Sharma, RCE, OIL delivering the keynote address
Dignitaries on dais

Dignitaries on dais
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