PANDIT DEENDAYAL UPADHYAY TELECOM SKILL EXCELLENCE AWARDS
- December 20, 2020
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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Subject: Current Events
Context: Communications Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad presented Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Telecom Skill Excellence Awards including cash award of Rs 50,000 and Rs 30,000 respectively, to both awardees.
Concept:
- Department of Telecommunications (DoT) launched Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Telecom Skill Excellence Awards scheme in 2017.
- Objective is to reward the successful telecom skilled people for their special contributions in the areas of Telecom Skilling, Telecom Services, Telecom Manufacturing, deploying Telecom Applications in different fields such as agriculture, commerce, health, education etc.
- The award was named after Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay to commemorate his birth centenary.