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Rajbhasha Gaurav Samman 2023-24 Award Ceremony

The Town Official Language Implementation Committee (TOLIC) honored Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) in Visakhapatnam with the ‘Rajbhasha Gaurav Samman’ for the year 2023-24. The event was hosted by NTPC and was presided over by Atul Bhatt, Chairman of TOLIC and CMD of RINL.

Award Categories and Winners

Category I

    • First Prize: HPCL-Visakha Refinery
    • Second Prize: NTPC Simhadri
    • Third Prize: Airport Authority of India

Category II

    • First Prize: GAIL
    • Second Prize: HPCL-Visakha Regional Office
    • Third Prize: SAIL – Branch Transport & Shipping Office
    • Consolation Prize: FCI-Regional Office

Category III

    • First Prize: MSTC
    • Second Prize: HPCL LPG
    • Third Prize: ECGC (Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India)

Key Highlights

  • Atul Bhatt commended TOLIC’s efforts and the progressive use of Hindi in Visakhapatnam. He also congratulated the local PSUs and TOLIC for winning the Regional Official Language Award for 2022-23.
  • Anirban Kumar Biswas, Deputy Director (Implementation), Ministry of Home Affairs, reviewed and appreciated the member organizations’ performance and elaborated on the government’s guidelines for Official Language implementation.
  • Dr. Rita Trivedi, Assistant Director, Hindi Teaching Scheme, highlighted the Hindi training facilities in Visakhapatnam and encouraged member offices to utilize them.

Additional Activities

  • The 8th issue of the ‘Visakha Dhara’ TOLIC Hindi Magazine was released by Atul Bhatt, Sanjay Kumar Sinha, Anirban Kumar Biswas, Dr. Rita Trivedi, G Gandhi, and Dr. Lalan Kumar.
  • The meeting was convened by Dr. Lalan Kumar, GM (Rajbhasha & Hospitality) RINL, and Dr. T Hymavathi, AGM (Rajbhasha) RINL, with a vote of thanks proposed by Smt. V Suguna, Sr. Manager (Rajbhasha) RINL.

Piyush Shukla

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