Bangalore, April 28: Sitaram Jindal Foundation has invited nominations till May 16, 2012 for S R Jindal Prize 2012. The S R Jindal Prize 2012 will be announced for 7 categories in 2012 with awardees in each category to receive Rs 1 Crore. The award has been instituted last year to accolade exceptional service of current significance rendered by individuals or organisations for the welfare of Indian citizens in the country.
Sitaram Jindal Foundation also announced the constitution of a Screening Committee comprising of eminent persons of high integrity. The primary duty of the Screening Committee would be to scrutinize the applications received for S R Jindal Prize, 2012 before placing them before the Jury. Mrs. Jaiwanti Sheokand, Chairperson of the Screening Committee is a retired IAS officer, formerly Special Secretary to Environment Dept., Govt. of Haryana. Shri S.C. Jain, the Secretary of the Prize Secretariat is the Member Secretary of the Screening Committee. Shri S.C.Jain is a retired IAS officer and former Director, Rural Development, Govt of Haryana.
The Foundation has honoured 27 outstanding personalities, including APJ Abdul Kalam, N Santosh Hegde and Anna Hazare, by bestowing S R Jindal Prizes 2011 at a glittering Ceremony held in February this year. Those honoured included Individuals and Institutions who are beacons of selfless service to the society with prize money of Rs. 7.30 Crores.
The S R Jindal Prizes 2012 will be bestowed for the following seven categories: a) Agriculture, Rural Development & Poverty Alleviation; b) Healthcare – including drugless healing and Naturecare; c) Education – with emphasis on moral upliftment; d) Science, Technology and Environment; e) Peace, Social Harmony and Social Development; f) Crusade against Corruption; and g) Exemplary Service to mankind in any field.
The Foundation is also in the process of finalizing the jury for S R Jindal Prizes 2012 which will be comprising of eminent persons of extremely integrity headed by a retired Chief Justice, which will be announced shortly.
Patron of Sitaram Jindal Foundation & CMD of Jindal Aluminum, Dr. Sitaram Jindal's vision is “The most practical and meaningful way to give back to society, I feel, is to bring hope to the poor and downtrodden in distress. It is imperative that the society acknowledges the contribution of selfless workers working silently and honours them with the amount of respect they deserve, so that others are inspired to take the cause ahead. It is with this objective in view that the Foundation decided to institute the “S R Jindal Prize”.
Dr. Sitaram Jindal has set aside Rs. 125 Crores last year to form a corpus of funds for creating a perpetual Prize, to honour the deserving, year after year. Such perpetual financial stability of Prize Schemes is uncommon except in rare cases like the Nobel Prize.
The selection of the awardees shall be done through a stringent 3 tier process, consisting of appraisal, screening and final selection by the Jury. The nominations will be adjudicated by the Jury through a process independent of the working of the Foundation. The Prize Scheme had attracted close to 2000 nominations in the first year of its launch in 2011. Nominations received last year are also eligible for the prizes this year. Details of all nominations received are available at the prize website. For nominations sent in last year the nominator or nominee may only send in additional information in respect of such nomination quoting their nomination number.
Established in the year 1969, the Sitaram Jindal Foundation is an apolitical, non-religious and charitable trust in the field of education, health and social service. The foundation, besides extending financial support to other charitable institutions, has also directly set up several educational institutions and hospitals. The Foundation also assists the poor and deserving students through scholarships.
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