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
m frm cachar distt.
plz read it n reply
a student got 56% mark in last year. but c don’t got her award i.e, Tablet pc. coz c was not infrmd by d institution to collect d award.
but when c knew it was too late, n d institution donot response hr.
Does c get her award, n what r d procedure???? plz reply.
(N.B they r poor, so they can’t come to Ghy to receive pc)
Oi sir golaghat t tablet dbo ne nidie
karbi anglong ot ketiya debo sir
sivsasgar ot hum bara debo bule hune su hosa ne kunu bai jana ne
I am waiting for award of 50%.
When it Wil distributed?
Dist:Barpeta (assam)
3rd cls tab nlage 5000 man money de pura party korim
Tab de hunkale besi party korim
Sir moi tablet puwa nai iam 50 parcent above plz give me
Sir,
I am Waiting for mini Leptop distributed in Darrang District
Sir amar 50%+ powa borok tablet/pc diyar katha monot ase ne nai
Darrang dist. Ktia dibo?
udalguri district kt 50% nk leptop katiya dibo sir plz tell me I am waiting for my leptop
sir chirang ot ketiya tab dibo
Teb svsagrt ktya dbo kune jna kuwa plz
Sir Barpeta Dist or 2014-15 or 50% Mini laptop ketiya diya hobo? please kobo lage.
Hello sir/friends. Kab humlogo ka.Hailakndi district main..50% above student ko..tablet milaga.2014 ka.please tell me.koi jnta hain.kiya.plz sir tell me..I from Hailakandi. REPLY PLEASE..ANY PERSON.
ITS A GOOD NEWS TO ALL THE 1ST DIVISION HOLDERS OF KAMRUP DIST.
It is the well Prosses by Assam Gvt. and I also received the awarew in 2013…
When and where the tab will given plz plz reply
jot diyo nidiyo tinsukiat dibi dei nidiake nethakibi dei