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CHHATRA VISHWAKARMA AWARDS

Jan. 22, 2019

The Vice President of India Venkaiah Naidu presented the 2nd Chhatra Vishwakarma Awards 2018 to students and their mentors.

About: 

  • Nomenclature: The Awards are named after the spirit of engineering and creation patronized by Lord Vishwakarma, the Hindu deity of construction practices in India. 

  • Objective: The Awards are aimed for motivating young individuals, inspiring leaders and institutions/ organizations to raise their performance in their specific domains. 

  • Bodies involved: The awards were organized by All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) in association with Engineering Council of India (ECI) and the Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE). 

  • Theme: The awards for 2018 were presented under the theme “Empowerment of Villages through Technologies”. 

  • Categories: Various institutions were under the categories viz. (i) Water & Irrigation; (ii) Sanitation & Solid Liquid Waste Management; (iii) Rural infrastructure; (iv) Tourism; (v) Agriculture & Food; (vi) Education, Skill initiative & Start-ups; (vii) Rural Craft & Livelihood; (viii) Any other Rural Appropriate Technologies. 

Source : PIB

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