Excelsior Correspondent
NEW DELHI, Sept 24: Pehchan, an NGO, is an initiative of a group of media professionals and was founded by D S Mendhiratta with the central objective of nurturing the girl child and empowering women through education.
Pehchan organised the 7th Rajiv Gandhi Excellence Awards evening at India Habitat Centre to honour the achievers from different sections of society. Pehchan strongly believe that the pen is mightier than the sword, and that a girl’s biggest armour against all the hardships is empowerment. And empowerment and education go hand in hand. With this goal in mind, Pehchan strives to provide a strong foundation in the form of education and support to girls and uneducated women.
Since our Late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was a sincere supporter of the girl child, these awards have been instituted in his name to honour and cherish his fond memory. It is his name that guides us each day at Pehchan. Through these Awards we wish to honour every year and reward the hard work and outstanding performance of the achievers in the society.
These awards, year after year, will identify and honour outstanding personalities who have created a niche for themselves in the society and inspire others to follow suit.
Chief guest in the ceremony was Kumari Selja, MP and former Union Minister. The Guests of honour were H E Elizabeth Paula Napeyok – Ambassador of Uganda, Major Dalbir Singh – National Secretary AICC and Patron – Pehchan, Khursheed Ahmed Saiyed – former Head AICC (Minority Department). The function was presided over by Davinder Mendhiratta – President Pehchan.
Pehchan honoured H S Paul of Daily Excelsior for his contribution in the field of advertising industry at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. The other awardees included : Hard Kaur, Manish Dhameja, Vivek Agarwal, Dr Priyanka Mehta Amity, Aarti Chopra, Nishi Singh, Khushbir Kaur, Major D P Singh, Aruna Oswal, Sangeeta Gupta Shalini Vig Wadhwa, Gaurang Kanth, Kumar Pushkar, Namrata Chandhiok, Sanjeev Jain, Archana Luthra, Amarjit Bakshi, Ashok Mittal, Raj S Dhanker, Kanhaya Lal and Aditya Narayan Chopra.
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