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
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The CM of Assam
Sir Aibar Moi 2016 HSLC 72 % paisu plz Laptop tu Dibo
Sir i secured 92% in hslc 2016 exam .so i deserve a laptop.
Sir/madam
i get 77.5% in the HSLC examination 2016……..plz gve us our deserving prize….
Plz give the laptop very soon i can’ t wait
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The cm of Assam
sir
Mae Ne hslc exam me 71.5% mila hair
so
kindly sir muje laptop dejia
sir, I passed the HSLC examination last year with the parentage of 80.05 .when will the leptops be distributed????
moi aiber h.s.l.c 2016 examot total 420 paisu 70% so moi pabo lage….kintu….
Sir,i have the hslc exam with 68.50 i deserve laptop should given to seba student thorpe who passed with 1st division as given every year. I prefer education with laptops .
Your sincerely
sir ,ketia ai award distribute Korebo. I have 73% in hslc exam
Sir,I have passed the hslc exam with 72.66 percentage. so u must give me the laptop as same as last years.plz sir giveu me the laptop.
oi frnds eibar assam ot poriborton ahil buli pahorili nki ha? ene ene iyat tetu fali lav nai laptop eneu napau..ami ye last asilu laptop pua (2015 hslc) tohotor babe beyai lagise dei!! ki koribi upai nai …
Sir,I have passed the hslc exam with 72.66 percentage . so u must give us the laptop in the rule from 2016 for every first division student.plz sir give us the laptop
sir i have passed with 87.1% so you must give the laptop to all who deservse it.
sir i have passed the hslc exam with 70.34 percetage . so u must give us the laptop for every first division student.plz sir give us the laptop.
Moi aibar hslc t 1st division (70.33)% paisu.. So moi leptop pamne sir..
sir.
plz inform me that are distribut leptop at this year.
This time BJP must give …. Better laptops than CONGRESS …… Otherwise ! Ap Ki bar there will be no BJP sarkar
Assam sorkare muk laptop dibo lagibo moy 72% paisu
Laptop mok dibo lagibo moi 75% paisu
Moi Hslc exam t first division paisu aru star paisu mok lapto dibo lagibo