Pride of Telangana Awards to be given away on June 29

Pride of Telangana Awards to be given away on June 29
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Round Table India will present ‘Pride of Telangana,’ for the second year in a row. It is a unique initiative to honour the achievers and felicitate the emerging personalities in the state of Telangana.

Hyderabad: Round Table India will present 'Pride of Telangana,' for the second year in a row. It is a unique initiative to honour the achievers and felicitate the emerging personalities in the state of Telangana.

Round Table will identify and honor those unsung heroes who are instrumental in bringing about a silent revolution.They make our community and society rich through their stupendous contribution.

A panel of judges will be shortlisting the award applicants. The high-powered panel of judges comprises: Jayesh Ranjan, Principal Secretary, I&C and IT, Telangana; Prof Shantha Sinha, Founder, MV Foundation; Dr GV Rao, Director, AIG Hospitals; and Pinky Reddy, Director, GVK Group.

The advisory board members are: Rekha Lahoti, CEO, Kalakriti, and former chairperson, FICCI FLO; and, Yashwant Jhabakh, Founder & Chairman, Mahavir Group. The grand awards ceremony is slated for the June 29.

In the 2018 edition, The Pride of Telangana website was opened for nominations across 12 categories. The response was excellent.

Round Table India emphasises that education is a greatest enabler and helps individual to achieve their dreams. To fulfil this aspiration, it will contribute the entire proceeds from this event towards improving the infrastructure in the government schools and towards welfare of children from underprivileged sections.

As before, the categories for the 2019 Awards have been curated with great care and thought process. The 13 categories for which awards will be presented are: Sports, Special Award for Women, NGO, Retail, Film Artist, SME, Administrative Services, Food & Beverage, Medical, Start-ups, Arts & Culture, Education, Inner Wellness.

Each category will have two awards, one for the accomplisher, the 'Achiever Award' and the other for the most promising talent in the field, the 'Emerging Award.'

Individuals or organisations who achieved name and fame in their respective fields and are a role model to budding aspirants in the category will be eligible for the Achiever Awards. The Emerging Award is an attempt to identify and recognise the budding aspirants for their achievements and contribution in their respective fields. Decisions taken by the board of Jury members will be final.

The aspiring candidates, who satisfy the criteria in their respective categories, can apply for the award or recommend worthy candidates they know off. The nominations, should be filled online at www.prideoftelangana.com, or be mailed to [email protected] with appropriate supporting documents, on or before June 10.

The Round Table is internationally a friendship organization, founded in Norwich, England, by Louis Marchesi, then a Rotarian in 1927. From a small group of 8 members, today it has grown to over 43,000 members across 52 countries representing every corner of the world. Round Table came to India in 1957 with the formation of Madras Round Table No 1 on November 14, 1962, by John Barton. Over the past four decades, it has grown to become a 4,000-member strong association.

Round Table India (RTI) has around over 324 Tables located over 105 cities and towns, comprising businessmen, entrepreneurs, technocrats and professionals, men who can rise above personal concerns to seek and serve the larger needs of the community. Since 1997 RTI, under "Freedom through Education," has built over 6189 class rooms in 2588 School projects at an outlay of over 244.65 crores, impacting the education of over 6.8 million children.

Round Table India is a zero overheads organization. It means, every rupee of funds raised goes towards charitable goals. Their goal is to 'Build Schools for the Underprivileged.' The funds raised from this event will be used to build eleven classrooms, across three schools, at Shadnagar.

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