The Delhi-based Human Welfare Foundation and P. M. Foundation, Kerala jointly held an award ceremony, and awarded 449 Muslim meritorious students and three state toppers of Board Exams namely Miss. Anupam Neha, Miss. Khushboo Kumari and Rahul Kumar on December 19 at Sri Krishna Memorial Hall, North Gandhi Maidan, Patna. The selected students, who had passed the 2010 Board Exams with 67 per cent or more marks, were conferred with certificates, mementos and cash prizes. The three state toppers were felicitated with cash prizes, certificates and shield also. The 449 best meritorious Muslim students were selected from among one thousand applicants who had scored first division marks in the Bihar Board examinations held in 2010. On this occasion, chief guest of the programme, Justice of Patna High Court, Hon’ble Justice Nayyer Hassan appreciated the efforts of HWF and P.M. Foundation for organising such a programme in Bihar to encourage meritorious students and appealed to the community leaders to come ahead for uplift of the community.
Prof. K. A. Siddique Hassan, General Secretary of HWF, said that last year after the success of Award for academic excellence held in Lucknow, U.P. they had been trying to benefit large numbers of meritorious Muslim students from more states. He further said that this year we organised awards for academic excellence apart from U.P. also and these states are West Bengal, Assam and Bihar.
Hassan appealed both appeared students of Bihar Board exams and appearing students to do well in the upcoming examinations and career and develop the nation and generate opportunity and fight against poverty and illiteracy and serve the weaker sections of the people. This year HWF awarded 1643 meritorious Muslim students of four states – in U.P. 394 students; in West Bengal, 500; in Assam, 300; and in Bihar, 449.