The “UANA Award for Academic Excellence” was instituted in Yr. 2007 for recognizing, rewarding, and encouraging academic excellence in Uttarakhand, as UANA believes that academic excellence now and in the years to come for students is critical to the future of our Uttarakhandi society.

The award is given every year to the highest scoring student in grade 12^th and 10^th of the Uttarakhand Board of Education examination from each of the thirteen (13) districts of Uttarakhand. The award constitutes a personalized certificate suitable for framing as well as a monetary reward of Rs. 5,000/- to each of the twenty-six (26) winners.

As a special case for the Year 2007 ONLY, UANA is also granting this award to the second highest scoring student in grade 12^th and 10^th of the Uttarakhand Board of Education examination from each of the 13 districts of Uttarakhand. These 2nd highest scoring students will be each awarded a certificate and a monetary award of Rs. 2,000/-.

UANA congratulates each and every one of the following 52-students for winning the year 2007 “UANA Award for Academic Excellence”:

Class-XII Highest Scoring Students from Each District of Uttarakhand

• Mr. Vivek Pandey (Govt. Inter College, Almora, Distt. Almora);

• Mr. Himanshu Upadhyay (Vivekanand Inter College, Distt. Bagesghwar);

• Mr. Sudhanshu Nautiyal (Govt. Inter College, Karanprayag, Distt. Chamoli);

• Mr. Bhuvan Chandra Joshi (Govt. Inter College, Champawat, Distt. Champawat);

• Mr. Amit Kumar (Public Inter College, Doiwala, Distt. Dehradun);

• Ms. Deepti (KV Inter College, Lashkar, Distt. Haridwar);

• Ms. Jyoti Kotal (HGSSVM Inter College, Kusumkhera, Distt. Nainital);

• Ms. Varsha Garg (Govt. Girls Inter College, Kotdwara, Distt. Pauri);

• Mr. Puran Sob (Govt. Inter College, Jhulaghat, Distt. Pithoragarh);

• Mr. Vipul Pratap Singh (Govt. Inter College, Tilak Nagar, Distt. Rudraprayag);

• Mr. Praveen Ranakoti (Govt. Inter College, Gaza, Distt. Tehri);

• Mr. Sudhansu Rawat (TRRRSVM Inter College, Kashipur, Distt. Udham Singh Nagar); and

• Mr. Desh Deepak Nautiyal (GGDSVM Inter College, Uttarkashi, Distt. Uttarkashi)

Class-XII 2^nd Highest Scoring Students from Each District of Uttarakhand

• Mr. Sumit Joshi (Govt. Inter College, Almora, Distt. Almora);
• Ms. Pooja Lohani (Vivekanand VM Inter College, Mankalsera, Distt. Bageshwar);
• Ms. Nayan Raturi (Govt. Girls Inter College, Gopeshwar, Distt. Chamoli);
• Mr. Shashank Dwivedi (Govt. Inter College, Sailanigoth, Distt. Champawat);
• Mr. Akshay Kumar (Public Inter College, Doiwala, Distt. Dehradun);
• Mr. Mohd. Alam (Govt. Inter College, Roorkee, Distt. Haridwar);
• Ms. Khyati Kandpal (HGSSVM Inter College, Kusumkhera, Distt. Nainital);
• Mr. Yogesh Lingwal (Govt. Inter College, Pauri, Distt. Pauri);
• Mr. Ravinder Singh Bhandari (Govt. Inter College, Pithoragarh, Distt. Pithoragarh);
• Mr. Ravinder Singh Negi (Govt. Inter College, Agastyamuni, Distt. Rudraprayag);
• Mr. Prashant Kumar Gangwar (SDS Govt. Inter College, Chamba, Distt. Tehri);
• Mr. Vibhu Yadav (TRRRSVM Inter College, Kashipur, Distt. Udham Singh Nagar); and
• Mr. Sandeep Rana (SVM ICS, Chinyalsaur, Distt. Uttarkashi)

 Class-X Highest Scoring Students from Each District of Uttarakhand

• Mr. Vikas Kr. Sharma (Vivekanand Inter College, Ranidhara Road, Distt. Almora);

• Mr. Prabhat Singh Negi (VMJS Govt. Inter College, Distt. Bagesghwar);

• Mr. Raghunath Singh (Govt. Inter College, Kandai Dasholi, Distt. Chamoli);

• Mr. Deepak Chandra Paliwal (Vivekanand HSVM, Lohaghat, Distt. Champawat);

• Mr. Anurag Mahendru (SVM Inter College, Babugarh, Vikar Nagar, Distt. Dehradun);

• Mr. Shubham Gupta (BSM Inter College, Roorkee, Distt. Haridwar);

• Mr. Shubham Agarwal (PGDDSVM HSS, Chhoi, Distt. Nainital);

• Ms. Kamini Panwar (SVM Inter College, Srikot Ganganali, Distt. Pauri);

• Mr. Amit Joshi (Dayanand Inter College, Pithoragarh, Distt. Pithoragarh);

• Ms. Manisha Sajwan (Govt. Inter College, Guptakashi, Distt. Rudraprayag);

• Mr. Meetesh Kumar (Govt. Inter College, Nakot, Distt. Tehri);

• Mr. Dheeraj Pathak (Bal Bharati HSS, Rudrapur, Distt. Udham Singh Nagar); and

• Mr. Akash Gupta (SVM HSS, Purola, Distt. Uttarkashi)

 Class-X 2^nd Highest Scoring Students from Each District of Uttarakhand

• Mr. Nitesh Kr. Yadav (Govt. Inter College, Bangidhar, Salt, Distt. Almora);

• Mr. Mahesh Chandra Kandpal (Janta Inter College, Farsali, Distt. Bagesghwar);

• Mr. Saurav Parmar (Govt. Inter College, Nagnath Pokhri, Distt. Chamoli);

• Mr. Akshay Kr. Bhatt (Vivekanand HSVM, Lohaghat, Distt. Champawat);

• Mr. Himank Gupta (SVM Inter College, Babugarh, Vikar Nagar, Distt. Dehradun);

• Mr. Anupam Kashyap (KV Inter College, Lakshar, Distt. Haridwar);

• Ms. Sonu Bora (Govt. Girls inter College, Bhowali, Distt. Nainital);

• Mr. Arun Ghildiyal (Govt. Inter College, Srinagar, Distt. Pauri);

• Mr. Amit Verma (Dayasagar HSS, Pithoragarh, Distt. Pithoragarh);

• Mr. Peeyush Maithani (Govt. Inter College, Agastyamuni, Distt. Rudraprayag);

• Ms. Abhilasha Kathait (SVM HSS, New Tehri, Distt. Tehri);

• Mr. Mayank Tripathi (PPSVM HSS, Nanakmatta, Distt. Udham Singh Nagar); and

• Mr. Vivek Thapliyal (SVM HSS, Purola, Distt. Uttarkashi)

The award distribution ceremony was held as part of the PAHAR group’s “Rajat-Jayanti Samaroh” on Sunday the April 6^th, 2008 at Town Hall, Dehradun, Uttarakhand.

PAHAR RAJAT SAMMAN 2008 was awarded to eight creative personalities of the Uttarakhand - Yoganand, Ruskin Bond, Vidya Sagar Nautiyal, HD Bhatt 'Shailesh', Lalita Chandola Vaishnava, Jeet Singh Negi, Radha Krishna Kukreti and Paripurnanand Painyuli.

Project Dwarahat

 “UANA Project Dwarahat” was initiated in Yr. 2008 in collaboration with Dwarahat (Dist. Almora) Gram Sabha and G D P Ayurvedic University (New Jersey). This initiative will demonstrate a replicable community partnership model for the sustainable development towards better & improved livelihood of the rural population by providing modern technology to generate dairy products and biogas from locally available resources. This project will be spear headed by Dr. Ram Jeet Sharma who is part of UANA Advisory Board.
 

Dr. Ram Jeet Sharma is the Dean of College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology. Dr. Sharma started his professional journey in 1965 as a B.V.Sc. & A.H. student of the then College of Veterinary Medicine of this University and obtained the degree in 1969. Dr. Sharma obtained his Ph.D. degree in Animal Breeding in 1983. In recognition of his academic excellence he has been conferred upon Dr. Rajendra Prasad Award twice (1985 and 1987) on his Hindi Books. He has more than 30 research papers in national and international journals of repute, 05 books, 06 manuals, 06 booklets, 105 Hindi articles and 16 leaflet and folders to his credit besides conducting 43 training programmes. His dynamic personality became visible when he took over as Joint Director, Instructional Dairy (IDF) and Poultry (IPF) Farms in 2002 and brought revolutionary changes in these units.

UANA Welfare Fund

This program was initiated in year 2008 and will be operational in Jan 2009. Noble effort under this initiative is to collect funds to support Projects back home in Uttarakhand. UANA members voluntarily donate a small amount, as low as $20 every month, to UANA Welfare Fund. Initial milestone is to have 25 volunteer donors to generate $500 a month/ $6,000 a year, which definitely would boost our plans for the welfare projects back home.

This program is championed by UANA Member Ashish Panwar and has full hearted support by Uttarakhand Association of North America (UANA) officials/members.

Highlights of this program are:

Ø      UANA Members donate a minimum of $20 per month towards the welfare fund for Uttarakhand. To continue the monthly donations shall totally be at the will of the individuals. The individuals can also decide to make the donation for the whole year collectively instead of monthly. There is no limit on donation though – the more the better. An yearly statement will be sent to the donors at the end of the calendar year for the contributions made throughout the year.

Ø      UANA will maintain a separate account has been set-up for this project and the funds will be used exclusively for welfare projects in Uttarakhand.

Ø      A working committee of five (5) people has been set up that will have the oversight of the bank account and shall manage it with full transparency. The committee will actively be directed towards any project that it plans on working until its completion.  The working committee also acquires absolute authority to resolve any conflict of interest with any authority in regard to this unpretentious effort. In all instances, the working committee shall particularize all the details of any project that it plans on working and shall also come up with an appropriate plan of action. Final decision on all projects will also be taken by the working committee.

Ø      The members of the interim working committee include: Ms. Pushp Kumar (MA), Mr. Devesh Nautiyal (NJ), Mr. Manoj Kholia (MO), Ms. Ruchika Rawat (CA) and Mr. Ashish Panwar (NY).

Ø      Besides overseeing the funds and the projects, the working committee will also prepare a report at the end of the year, which will include the details of the accounts, the initiatives undertaken and how the money was spent. This report will be posted on the website for UANA.

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