Apeejay Surrendra Group announces the Winners of the ‘Apeejay India Volunteer Awards 2011’

And the Awards goes...

Volunteer of the Year:

RAM SUNDHER - Read about his work

Youth Volunteer of the Year:

VAISHNAVI SRINIVASAN - Read about her work

Volunteer involving NGO of the Year:

NISHTHA - Read about their Volunteering Engagement
OPERATION SMILE -Read about their Volunteering Engagement

Employee Volunteering Program of the Year:

MJUNCTION - Read about their Employee Volunteer Program
HSBC INDIA - Read about their Employee Volunteer Program

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Welcome to Apeejay India Volunteer Awards, the first-of-its-kind premier national recognition in India focused on celebrating, rewarding and promoting Volunteering and Volunteer engaging organizations.

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A preview of the Awards Trophy and what it means
	What it means and its creator: Rhythm ushers life in a groove of its own, uniquely carved for each individual and her/his movement that s/he executes. The trophies are designed to articulate the beat of life which turns our achievements into musical ensembles. The metallic twist and turns encapsulate the basic cadence and rhythmic pace of our work that we do in volition to keep the periodic balance of our share of the opposites. The good and the bad, the rich and the poor, the privileged and the deprived… etc. Material would be bronze/golden on wooden base. The Trophy has been created by Sculptor Bimal Kundu. Bimal Kundu graduated from Government College of Art and Craft, Kolkata in painting and sculpture and stood 1st class 1st in sculpture in1981. Lalit Kala Akademi's National Award winner Bimal is also a recipient of Gaganendranath Memorial Medal, Birla Academy Award, A F A Award, H. C. Ghosh Award, Navonmeska Award and Rajaram Scholarship from Govt. of Karnataka.
He has participated in many group shows including CIMA Gallery, Chitrakoot, Akriti Art Gallery, Akar Prakar, Sanskriti Art Gallery, Vadehra Art Gallery, Art Today in New Delhi, Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai, Gallery Sumukha, Bengaluru. He also participated art camps in India, China, Thailand, Bhutan, Bangladesh. His eight feet high 'Bird', made of aluminium, welcomes thousands of visitors everyday at Kolkata airport. Other landmark creations of this sculptor are 14 feet high 'Birpurush' and 10 feet high 'Kolkata' (medium-concrete) stand majestically at Nicco Park and V I P Road in Kolkata respectively. His works are part of many public and private collections in India and abroad such as National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, Birla Academy, Venkatappa Art Gallery, Karnataka. Member of the Society of Contemporary Artists since 1989, he lives and works in Kolkata.