The government's awards for exemplary public services by civil servants and excellence in implementing the flagship programs have been announced.
The Telangana government had instituted the Telangana Excellence Awards to recognize exemplary public services by civil servants working at different levels as well as excellence in implementing the flagship programs of the government by individuals, groups or organizations. Applications had been invited online in the General, Innovation and Flagship Schemes categories.
The state government, upon the recommendations of the selection committee, approved the names of 12 for the excellence awards as follows:
Innovation
Individual: A Sri Devasena, IAS, Collector and District Magistrate, Jangaon, for the project Training and Mass Demonstration of Martial Arts and Self-Defence Techniques by Girl Students of Government Schools
Group: Dr Jyoti Buddha Prakash, IAS, Collector and District Magistrate, Adilabad; and R V Karnan, IAS and Anurag Jayanthi, IAS, for the project STARS-30 in ITDA Utnoor
Organisation: T Chiranjeevulu, IAS, Metropolitan Commissioner, Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority, for the project Development Permission Management System (DPMS) in HMDA
General
Individual: Dr Yogita Rana, IAS, Collector and District Magistrate, Nizamabad, for the project Manavatha Sadan - Rehabilitation of HIV Infected Children
Group: A Murali, IAS, Collector and District Magistrate; and A Appaiah, Gopal Mulugu, Ravi Praveen Reddy Chityal, Aparna Eturunagaram and Vasudev Reddy, of Mahadevpur, Bhupalpally, for the project Building Confidence in Government Medical Institutions
Organization: Dr A Sharath, IAS, Collector and District Magistrate, Jagityal, for the project Paddy Procurement
Flagship Schemes
Mission Bhagiratha: Organisation - Venkatarama Reddy, IAS, Collector and Distrct Magistrate; and Department of RWS & S, Siddipet District
Mission Kakatiya: Organisation - Rajeev Gandhi Hanumanthu, IAS, Collector & District Magistrate; and Department of Irrigation, Bhadradri Kothagudem District
Kalyana Lakshmi / Shadi Mubarak: Group - Dr. Jyoti Buddha Prakash, IAS, Collector and District Magistrate; K Krishna Reddy, Joint Collector; Ch Suryanarayana, RDO; R Aravind Kumar, Superintendent; Adilabad
Haritha Haram: Individual - Surendra Mohan, IAS, Collector and District Magistrate, Suryapet
Mission Haritha Haram: Organisation - Prasthan J Patil, IAS, Collector and District Magistrate; and DRDA, Warangal Rural
Mission Arogya Lakshmi: Organisation - Gaurav Uppal, IAS, Collector and District Magistrate; and Department of Women, Child, Disabled and Senior Citizens, Nalgonda & Anganwadi
These awardees will be given a trophy and a citation each. A copy of this order is available on the internet and can be accessed at www.goir.telangana.gov.in