Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding for the year 2009

Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding for the year 2009

The Indian Council for the Cultural Relations (ICCR) is the Secretariat for the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding since this award was instituted in the year 1965. The A ward shall be given for outstanding contribution to the promotion of international understanding, goodwill and friendship among peoples of the world.

The Award carries an amount of Rs. one crore, in cash (convertible in the desired foreign currency) and a Citation.

Competence to submit proposal for the Award shall be enjoyed by: People from public life, university professors, advocates, social workers, human rights activists, literary figures and media persons

The Code of Procedure and the previous recipients of the Award can be seen/down loaded from ICCR’s website; www.iccrindia.net

Letters proposing nominations for the 2009 on a CONFIDENTIAL basis, along with bio-profile, may be sent to Secretary to Jury at the following address, latest by 30th September 2010

Director General, Secretary to the Jury, Jawaharlal Nehru Awards Secretariat, ICCR, Azad Bhavan, I P Estate, New Delhi-110 002

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