Tapoban, an NGO based in Pathsala, Assam, which focuses on supporting children with special needs and autism, has been honored with the prestigious Children’s Champion Award 2023 in the health and nutrition category. This award is presented by the Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights and acknowledges individuals and organizations that have made significant contributions to the welfare of children in various areas such as education, justice, health, nutrition, sports, and creative arts.
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In 2022, the Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights launched the Children’s Champion Award to honour people and organizations who have made significant contributions to children’s education, health, nutrition, justice, sports, and artistic expression. The award was open to nominations from all over India, and the Commission received over 1,100 submissions. On March 25, Kumud Kalita, the founder-president of Tapoban, was presented with the Children’s Champion Award in the health and nutrition category by Justice S. Muralidhar, Chief Justice of the Odisha High Court, in New Delhi. The award includes a certificate, a plaque, and a cash prize of ₹75,000.
Tapoban, which was set up in 2005 and is based in Pathsala, Assam, has won the Children’s Champion Award 2023 in the health and nutrition category for its consistent efforts to provide quality care to children with special needs. The NGO also runs a care home for 18 specially-abled and orphaned children and has helped more than 700 children so far. Kumud Kalita, the founder-president of Tapoban and a political science teacher at a junior college in Pathsala, received the award from Justice S. Muralidhar, Chief Justice of the Odisha High Court, in New Delhi. In the past, the NGO has also received the Chief Minister’s Best Community Action Award in 2011, while Mr. Kalita himself was awarded the State Teachers’ Award in 2021.
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