JSPL Foundation Launches Rashtriya Swayamsiddh Samman
che, October 28, 2015 (Newswire.com) - DashrathManjhi, also known as "Mountain Man", was a poor labourer in a village near Gaya in Bihar, who carved a path through a hillock using only a hammer and chisel after 22 years of work. Today, Dashrath is not amongst us, but his story lives on.
This is just one famous example of sheer courage and determination. However, there are scores of DashrathManjhi’s in India who have made a mark for themselves in their villages and mofussil towns. And their stories are yet untold.
It is people like these that JSPL Foundation -- which spearheads the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives of Jindal Steel and Power Limited (JSPL) – wants to highlight and recognize through a unique national initiative titled RashtriyaSwayamsiddhSamman that it has instituted from this year onwards.
The RashtriyaSwayamsiddhSamman will felicitate people from the grassroots level for their exemplary Courage, Commitment and Confidence that has enabled them to overcome adversities and create a unique identity of their own, making them a source of inspiration for many in India.
They would become Ambassadors of Change who will pan out in other parts of the country to work for the upliftment of the underprivileged and through their experience and hardships guide others to achieve their dreams.
Says Ms Shallu Jindal, President, JSPL Foundation, “The objective of holding the RashtriyaSwayamsiddhSamman is to recognize and nurture talent at the grassroots level. Our effort is to bring out stories that have yet been untold.
Stories of Courage, Determination and a Will to bring about a change in the society! RashtriyaSwayamsiddhSamman is an effort to salute such people and provide them with a national platform, so that others too can take inspiration from them. By taking the SwayamsiddhSamman national, JSPL Foundation thus strives to form a human chain.”
The awards ceremony will take place on January 14, 2016 at Kamani Auditorium in New Delhi. Application form can be downloaded or filled online at jsplfoundation.co.in/swayamsiddh
Enumerating about the process, Mr. Pooran Chandra Pandey, Executive Director, United Nations Global Compact Network India (UNGCN), says, “The process undertaken to recognise and honour grassroots leaders in identified areas will be a 360 degree, robust, multi-layered and impartial one that will potentially eliminate any form of favour towards anyone through a well-structured evaluation mechanism by 4 regional and one national jury.
JSPL Foundation has held such similar SwayamsiddhSamman awards previously in the states of Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Jharkhand in March, May and July, 2015 respectively, states where JSPL has a significant presence.
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