The Anundoram Borooah Award Scheme is an initiative of Government of Assam, which rewards meritorious students of Assam. The award was instituted in the honour of Anundoram Borooah, the 1st Assamese ICS and the 1st Indian Deputy Commissioner. Eligible students are those who secured First Division in the HSLC, Assam High Madrassa and Senior Madrassa Examinations. The award is in the form of a certificate and a personal computer (PC or laptop) or a cheque. This scheme is popularly known in Assam as Anundoram Borooah Award (which is not to be confused with the literary award of the same name).
History:
Anundoram Borooah Award Scheme was first announced by Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi during the state budget session of 2005. The aim of this scheme was to enhance competition amongst the student and to help them to enrich their perception through up-to-date knowledge and information with the help of IT education. The Assam Electronics Development Corporation Ltd was given the charge of carrying out the scheme on behalf of the Planning & Development Department, Govt. of Assam.
Anundoram Borooah Award 2005:
The 1st programme of Anundoram Borooah Award was launched by Tarun Gogoi on 14th September, 2005. The central award distribution ceremony was held at the historic Judges Field in Guwahati. The District level award distribution events were held in all districts of Assam. A total of 12756 students were rewarded, out of which 12,649 received a PC each and others opted for a cash cheque.
The Tarun Gogoi led Congress Government of Assam is continuing to offer Anundoram Borooah Award since 2005. The configuration of the personal computer are being updated regularly. Earlier desktop computers were distributes, which are now replaced Linux powered laptops. Several educational software packages comes preloaded with the laptop.
Anundoram Borooah Award Scheme 2013
The central ceremony with rank holders will be held at Veterinary College Playground, Khanapara, Guwahati on November 14, 2013. After that, laptops will be distributed among other eligible students through respective district officials.
Invitation cards for the position holders of HSLC, High Madrassa, Sanskrit Praveshika and Senior Madrassa examination are sent through respective school/madrassa. For more information, you can call the offical helpline number: 031-2724221 (8 AM to 8PM only).
System configuration of the 2013 free laptop: Pentium 2020M 2.4 GHz processor, 500GB HDD, 8GB RAM, 14-inch LED display, webcam, Bluetooth, card reader etc. Operating system is Ubuntu Linux and Super X (Dual boot).
Image Credit: Govt. of Assam
Anundoram Borooah Award Scheme 2014
Anundoram Borooah Award Scheme 2016
Award distribution begins on January 29, 2017.
For more information, contact: 18003451100
nagaon t 25 t debo boli xonico hoina friend
nagaont ktia dbo sir..
my al dear friends , today 23 dec 1st div al students give hp leptv dila kamrup metro .so hunkala 2014 vitorota aumaku jurhat to1st and 2nd powa hokolok leptov aru natebook dibo plz sir ……………..gud nyt .
Gute bur district or date to koi diyok
Gud evng !!!! Sir , whn award will be distrubuted in tinsukia ???,plzzx infrm us???
tinsukia dist. laptop ketia dibo
Tinsukia 2 laptop diyok SIR
Tinsukia 2 joldi laptop diyok SIR
sir, most sincerely and respectfully i beg to convey you that i am being holder of 1st div at HSLC from DON BOSCO HIGH SCHOOL i am waiting since one year and i havn’t got any kind of info. for award of laptop as a sincere student i beg u to declare a date for our district TINSUKIA to hold a laptop for our hard working students of our district . we are waiting we are dissatisfied because we are working hard for 10 yrs . for a laptop .
please sir stop playing with our emotions we are not rich like you we cant buy from market we studied with a hope for getting a laptop …if this message goes to headquaters than plzz forward to our MR. GOGOI that dont play with students emotions and if you distribute laptop than give us a good and fine quality laptop which could last for some year .
name:- Sri Pradipto Gogoi
add.:-deamoolie t.e. p.o.:- doom dooma
Dist:- Tinsukia , ph.:-dont want to give in website
School;- Don Bosco High School
There is a big news for me that Laptop is given by the government ………. I’m too much happy. . ….. but when its will distributed in Tinsukia ?????
sir ………….Dhubri district. ot ktia dibo????????
Ki brnd r dise hp,lenvo
O hello age tu kamrup ot dedela amer nagaon kitaea deba kun kala dedeok aru keman dare koreba kutta tarun and prdut
Hlo sir, i m frm udalguri dist when their ll be laptop distributed
sir jorhat mah kab milega
Sir…may i know, when anandaram barooah award will be distributed in golaghat district?
Hmm…. Sir, barpata’t kytiya dibo
Aji tu ghy pale ami ktia pam…..K/A
sir! golaght dist.t ktia dbo lptop???
SIR, AGI KAMRUPT DELA NALBARIT KETIA DEBO…….?