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
Respected Sir, I am from the place where our present Education Minister belong….I am from Sonari…….Sir today i have heard that this time the laptops will not be distributed because of some financial problems of the assam government……Sir all students are egarly waiting to know that when will the laptops distributed……Thank you..
sir …i am from bihata chariali…..when will b our lap top distributed….me 62
Sir , when will be the Anundoram Borooah Award Scheme ARBAS 2015( laptop), distributed in the district of Kokrajhar ?
sir ,m from hailakandi ,assam ,when wil b our award given for the year 2015 who hav secured hslc mark more than 60%.
Sir, I am from Barpeta . Which day distibuation our lap top?
Sir
im from pathsala when will b our pc distributed.me 67%.
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I am from kokrajhar aibar laptop dibone moi 69% paiso.
Amader laptop katia Dino half
sir, when ur government will gv award, who secure 50% n 60% in hslc in the year of 2015??
sir when will b our laptops distributed…plzz reply fast
give us our award
When will give our prize??????? Please do it fast sir…
sir when will be hslc 1st div holders awarded laptops..emailme sir
Sir,in which month the laptop will be given to hslc 2015 passed students with 60% marks??pls alert me via msg to 8822742794 this number..thanks
sir,I secured 64.83%….when will the laptop be given….plz inform me sir..thank you
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Dear sir,
In which month HSLC 2015 Laptop Will be Distributed.
Plz inform..sir
Sir ai bar laptop kun maho t dibo
Sir,
I secure 86 percent. When The laptop will distribute?please inform me