By Tricitynews Reporter
Chandigarh 08th
April:- In a fourth year
in a row, the Malti Gyan Peeth Puraskar were announced for 2017 by the Mohinder
Singh Syngle Education & Research Society of Sangrur here today at
PHD.
Recognized by the Punjab Government as State Award for
Government High and Senior Secondary School Teachers, each awardee receives Rs.
One Lakh in prize along with a Certificate of Excellence, a medal and a Robe of
Honour.
Fifteen teachers
were selected out of 75 for the Malti Gyan Peeth Puraskar 2017 who were shortlisted
through a stringent selection process with District level preliminary
screening, and short-listing by DPI, final selection of two written tests,
interview by subject experts and lastly by an eminent jury.
The winners include
Puneet Puri of Kartarpur and Preeti Batish of Bharat Nagar, Ludhiana; and
Navneet Kaur of Sensra, Amritsar for English. For mathematics the winners
were Leeza Arora of Model Town Patiala; Arun Garg of Ralli Mansa and
Gagandeep Kakkar of Tarn Taran, Jaswinder Singh of Shekhupura, Patiala for
Physics; Priyanka of Doda Muktsar and Rupinder Kaur of Gharuan, SAS Nagar for
Chemistry; Aakriti of Manoli, SAS Nagar for Biology, Anshul Jain of Jadot, SAS
Nagar and Balwinder Singh of Gurusar, Bathinda for Science; Harmeet Singh of
Bhakla Kalan, Jalandhar for Political Science; Dr. Amit Juneja of Fazilka, for
Economics; and Gurjit Singh of Ramgarh Jawandha, Sangrur, for Social
Science.
The Award is instituted by Mohinder Singh Syngle Education &
Research Society (Regd) New Delhi, in honor of its founder, 96
years old, Smt. Malti Mohinder Singh Syngle,
eminent educationist and social worker, to recognize excellence in
teaching the subjects of Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, English and Social
Science, besides promoting education of girl child.
Fifteen teachers
would receive the award from the President of India, Pranab Mukherjee at a
special ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi on 29th May,
which coincides with the 95th birthday of Malti Mohinder Singh Syngle.
The Award was
instituted in 2013 by Mohinder Singh Syngle Education & Research
Society, promoted by first generation industrialist, educationist and philanthropist, Manoj Singhal, chairman and
managing director of the MM Auto Industries Ltd., to and his mother, a renowned
educationist, Malti Mohinder Singh Syngle.
Last year,
President of India, gave away the awards.
Malti Gyan Peeth
Puraskar has been instituted to honour Smt. Malti Mohinder Singh
Syngle, who tirelessly worked for over four decades, educating the girl
child. She retired from Punjab Govt. Educational services as Principal, in
the year 1980. Even after retirement, she, in her 94th year now,
continues her efforts unabated for spread of education, especially
for under privileged students in the rural sector. She was one of the first
women in Punjab to achieve “Bachelor of Teaching” in the year 1951, having
done her post graduation in 1948. A high profile jury chaired by Manoj Singhal CMD of MM Auto group & President of the
Society; along with Tej K.
Magazine, Member Secretary Jury, Director Corporate, MM Auto Industries Ltd.
, conducted he final interview of the shortlisted candidates.
Jury included besides
the Chairman Manoj Singhal, former Election Commissioner of India B B
Tandon,
The Society runs B.Ed. Degree College and English
medium CBSE approved co-ed higher secondary school in 22 acre
campus in District Sangrur, Punjab, providing value based quality education to
rural youth, and has plans to extend the scope of the awards to national and
international levels.
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