PM Modi to confer Subhas Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar 2022 to GIDM, professor Vinod Sharma
India Today
PM Modi will confer the Subhas Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar 2022 to Gujarat Institute of Disaster Management (GIDM) and professor Vinod Sharma of Sikkim State Disaster Management Authority for their excellent work in disaster management.
The Gujarat Institute of Disaster Management (GIDM) and Sikkim State Disaster Management Authority’s Vice Chairman Vinod Sharma have been selected for the Subhas Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar 2022 for their excellent work in disaster management.
According to an official statement by the Union Home Ministry, while the GIDM has been selected in the Institutional category, Sharma was named in the individual category.
They will be conferred the award, alongwith the awardees of 2019, 2020 and 2021, by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the investiture ceremony to be held on Sunday evening to commemorate the 125th birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.
The central government has instituted the annual award -- Subhas Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar -- to recognise and honour the invaluable contribution and selfless service rendered by individuals and organisations in India in the field of disaster management.
The award is announced every year on January 23, the birth anniversary of freedom fighter Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. It carries a cash prize of Rs 51 lakh and a certificate in the case of an institution and Rs 5 lakh and a certificate in the case of an individual.
"For the award this year, the nominations were solicited from July 1, 2021 onwards and 243 valid nominations were received from institutions and individuals," the statement said.
The GIDM was established in 2012 and since then it has been working to enhance the disaster risk reduction (DRR) capacity of Gujarat.
