Telangana State Seed and Organic Certification Authority (TSSOCA) has been presented with the India Seed Award as the best seed certification Authority in the country by the Agriculture Today Group. Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar presented the award from New Delhi through virtual conference on 21st November 2020. National Rainfed Area Authority (NRAA) Chief Executive Officer Ashok Dalwai and other officials were also present. TSSOCA Managing Director K Keshavulu received the award.
Telangana Government’s double bedroom housing project got yet another national recongintion with the Kollur project bagging the Housing and Urban Development Corporation Limited (HUDCO) award. The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) is taking up a huge project of constructing 15,660 double bedroom houses at Kollur at a cost of Rs.1,408 crore. The project bagged HUDCO award for Best Practices 2019-20 under Housing, Urban Poverty and Infrastructure theme.
The prestigious Skoch Gold award, was presented to Telangana State Police for contributing to outstanding, and timely support to vulnerable people such as daily wage, migrant workers and to many others during the devastating period of corona virus pandemic. Since Day 1 of the lockdown began, Telangana State Police have ensured that no child/ family in the state sleeps hungry. To achieve the same, and tackle the disaster in a humane way, the department brought together all the Nodal Police Officers, NGO's, Corporate bodies, Pharmaceutical companies, Retail agencies, banks and other organisations under one common group called the- 'Food Partners', so as to serve and assist every family in need.
T-Chits, Telangana’s Blockchain Project for administering Chit Funds in the State, has won National Conference on e-Governance 2020 (NCeG 2020) Gold Award under the ‘Excellence in Adopting Emerging Technologies’ category. Ms. Rama Devi Lanka, Director, Emerging Technologies received the Award from Union Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Sri Jitendra Singh during the 23rd edition of the Conference on 8th February, 2020 in Mumbai.
Telangana State awarded the Most Improved Big state in Governance for 2019 at India Today State of the States Conclave. Rajyasabha MP Sri K. Kesava Rao received the award on behalf of State from Hon'ble Union Minister Prakash Javdekar at India Today State of the States Conclave-2019 in New Delhi on 22nd November 2019.
Telangana adds another feather in its cap with the Swachh Survekshan Grameen Award-2019. Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilisers Sri D. Sadananda Gowda presented the Award to Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Minister Sri Errabelli Dayakar Rao in New Delhi on 19th November 2019.
Under the leadership of CM Sri K. Chandrashekar Rao, Telangana Government has taken up novel initiatives for improving sanitation conditions in the State. The Palle Pragathi (the 30-day Action Plan to solve the civic problems in the rural areas) programme carried out by the Government enabled the State to achieve remarkable results in sanitation and also helped in controlling the spread of diseases.
TSAT - a public television network under ITE&C Dept., Govt. of Telangana - has earned a rare honour. It was selected for the Digital Transformation in Education Award instituted by Governance Now. TSAT, CEO Sri Shailesh Reddy received the award on 6 November, 2019 in New Delhi. Over the past three years, TSAT network channels have become very popular among the unemployed youth, particularly those residing in remote areas and who cannot afford paying fees for coaching. The network expanded to new media platforms line Facebook, Twitter and YouTube apart from the traditional satellite media.
Telangana Government bagged National Tourism Award under ‘Most Innovative Use of IT and Social Media/Mobile App/Website’ category for its first-of-its-kind mobile app - ‘I Explore Telangana’. The App provides information on Telangana's tourist destinations, among other services. Vice President Sri M. Venkaiah Naidu presented the award at a ceremony in New Delhi on 27th September, 2019, in the presence of Union Minister of State for Tourism and Culture Sri Prahalad Singh Patel. Telangana Minister for Tourism & Culture Sri V. Srinivas Goud received the award while Prl. Secretary (Tourism & Culture) Sri C. Parthasarathi, Tourism Commissioner Smt. Sunita M Bhagwat and Telangana State Tourism Development Corporation MD Sri B. Manohar were present at the ceremony.
The Hyderabad police received SKOCH Gold award in Road safety and Smart traffic management in the country. The award was presented at SKOCH Awards 2019 event in New Delhi. M. Narsing Rao, Traffic Inspector received SKOCH Gold Award on behalf of the City Police Commissioner Anjani Kumar. Hyderabad police also received SKOCH silver awards for SHE Teams, Bharosa, CCTV Surveillance Project and in Dial 100 system.
Hyderabad bagged the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM) Swachhata Excellence Award. Hyderabad is the only Metro city with over one million population to get the Swachhata Excellence award. Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) Commissioner Sri M. Dana Kishore received the Swachhata Excellence Award from Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs Secretary Sri DS. Mishra at New Delhi on February 15, 2019.
The Telangana Irrigation department has bagged the prestigious ‘Central Board of Irrigation and Power’ award for the year 2018. The award was presented for implementation of the Mission Bhagiratha scheme in the state which was initiated for rejuvenating the rivers and protecting the water resources. The award was presented by Union Minister Sri Nitin Gadkari to Minor Irrigation CE Sri Shyamsundar on Friday in New Delhi.
K Chandrashekar Rao, Chief Minister of Telangana, has been chosen for the prestigious Economic Times Business Reformer of the year 2018. The CM’s visionary leadership in driving double-digit economic growth, anchored in a business and investment-friendly environment, and for executing a powerful and innovative solution to directly transfer cash support to farmers were recognised by the jury.
Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) bags an award in solid waste management. Sri Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Highways presented the Best Municipal Corporation in Solid Waste Management award to GHMC Commissioner Sri B. Janardhan Reddy at the Nava Bharath Infrastructure Conclave held in Mumbai on August 24, 2018.
The Municipal Administration & Urban Development Department has bagged 22 Skoch awards under various categories for its reforms, innovations and citizen-centric policies. The Commissioner and Director for Municipal Administration (CDMA) and the Mission for Elimination of Poverty in Municipal Areas (MEPMA) each have been selected for two awards. Siddipet municipality has bagged six awards while Sircilla got five. The Karimangar Municipal Corporation won three awards whereas Boduppal and Shadnagar municipalities received two each.
Telangana bags four Swachh Survekshan 2018 Awards with Hyderabad standing as the Best City in Solid Waste Management. Siddipet secured award for ‘Cleanest City in South zone’, Boduppal awarded ‘Best City in Citizens Feedback-South Zone’ and Peerzadiguda received award for ‘Best City in Innovation and Best Practices-South Zone’.
Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has bagged the Prime Minister’s Excellence Award for its programmes in implementation of the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana. The award was received by GHMC Commissioner Sri B. Janardhan Reddy from Prime Minister Sri Narendra Modi at New Delhi on the occasion of National Civil Services Day.
Telangana State was presented with the Leading Digital State of India Award at a conference held by CMR in association with HP Inc. and Coeus Age Consulting. It was received by Sri Jayesh Ranjan, Principal Secretary, ITE&C Department, Government of Telangana. Sixteen other path-breaking digital initiatives by the government also received awards under Gems of Digital Telangana head. To know more about the specific awards, click here.
The Health Department of the State government has received ‘CSI Nihilent e-Governance Awards-2017’ for adopting technology to extend health care services in State-run health institutions and various schemes in the State. The authorities succeeded in applying technology in KCR Kits scheme, Mother and Child Tracking System (MCTS), National Health Mission (NHM) payroll automation through Aadhaar, e-Hospitals and many more. Commissioner of Health and Family Welfare, Karuna Vakati and other senior health officials received the Computer Society of India’s (CSI) Nihilent e-Governance (CNeG) Award from Finance Minister of West Bengal, Amit Mitra and Deputy Speaker, Rajasthan in a function held recently in Kolkata.
Telangana State has been adjudged as the State with best urban infrastructure in the country. Novel initiatives like Mission Bhagiratha (Urban), Haritha Haaram and Double Bedroom Housing schemes in urban areas have received immense appreciation. Principal Secretary for Municipal Administration Sri Naveen Mittal and Telangana Bhavan Resident Commissioner Sri Arvind Kumar received the award on behalf of the State government.
Minister Sri KT Rama Rao was chosen for 'Leader of the Year' award for presenting the young State of Telangana in a new perspective to the world using Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2017 as a platform and increasing investments in Telangana State.
Telangana state received awards in two categories. The best performing large state award in the all important Economy category and the Cleanliness and Environment category at the annual India Today State of the States conclave 2017. Awards were received on behalf of the state by the Ministers Sri KT Rama Rao and Sri Jogu Ramana from the Union Minister Sri Nitin Gadkari in Delhi on November 16th, 2017.
Telangana state honoured with eight awards for promotion of tourism and cleanliness at the World Tourism Day celebrations of the Ministry of Tourism in New Delhi. The awards were announced for Telangana in the categories of heritage structures, cleanliness in tourist places and tourist guides. The state received awards for Cleanliness, Best Tourist Guide, Best Tourism Promotion, Publicity Material, Best Heritage City, Best Maintained and Disable Friendly Monument, Civic Management Tourist Destination in India, Best Stand alone Convention Centre and Best Medical Tourism Facility.
The KCR Kits project, which provides financial benefits for pregnant women and a kit containing essentials for infants, has been selected for SKOCH Order-of-Merit Award. The SKOCH Award has been presented at the 49th SKOCH summit in New Delhi.
Mr KT Rama Rao, Hon’ble Minister of IT, Government of Telangana has been honoured with the ‘SKOCH IT Minister of the Year Award’. He has been conferred this Award during a ceremony which took place during 49th SKOCH Summit on 9th September 2017 at New Delhi.
TASK (Telangana Academy for Skill and Knowledge) has been awarded the prestigious SKOCH Platinum Award for revamping Skilling Initiatives for Youth in Telangana State. A unique skill development initiative from IT,E&C Department which aims at improving the quality of graduates coming out of colleges are gaining recognition throughout the country.
State Civil Supplies Department has received two National SKOCH Awards this year for introducing the latest technology based Command Control Centre and Financial Management System, Online Procurement Management System (FMS-OPMS) wings. The Telangana Civil Supplies Corporation stood first in the country by adopting Information Technology for its various programmes. Command Control Centre in Civil Supplies is one-of-its-kind established in the country. The Financial Management System was developed to ease the daily transactions which can be viewed online by concerned staff and officers.
Telangana State Board of Intermediate Education (TSBIE) has been selected for SKOCH Award for providing online services and also another award for bringing reforms in conducting the Intermediate examinations. The award was presented to the Board Secretary Dr. Ashok in New Delhi.
The ‘Online citizen services of the Telangana Government’s Commissioner and Director of Municipal Administration has been awarded the Order of Merit in SKOCH Award under smart governance category. T. K. Sreedevi, Commissioner, and Director of Municipal Administration received the award at a function held in New Delhi, in September 2017.
Greater Warangal Municipal Corporation (GWMC), which has won the ‘Order of Merit’ award-2017 by Skoch, has also bagged the ‘Skoch Gold’ award for being voted as the best city among the 123 cities that were selected for different category Skoch awards. Mayor Nannapuneni Narender received the award at Constitution Club of India in New Delhi. It may be noted here that the Gurgaon-based Skoch Group, an independent assessor of States, has been giving away awards to encourage top-performing government bodies and organizations working to eliminate open defecation, enhancing sanitation and public health. The Warangal city has recently won the Best Heritage City award and ‘Unnat Bharat Abhiyan’ award too.
Hon'be Chief Minister Sri K. Chandrashekar Rao is selected for the Agriculture Leadership Award - 2017 by the Indian Council of Food and Agriculture (ICFA). The award is in recognition of his path-breaking initiatives in irrigation and agriculture sectors, the selection committee said. The Committee quoted that the interventions of the State Govt was “creating far-reaching impact on the rural sector” and had touched the lives of millions of farmers. The prestigious award was presented by Prof. Dr. K. S. Solanki, Governor of Haryana to Minister for Agriculture Sri Pocharam Srinivas Reddy at the 10th Global Agriculture Leadership Summit in New Delhi.
Telangana has bagged five prestigious national awards in the implementation of Mahathama Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) works for the year 2016-17. Warangal District - effective implementation of the programme, Manoharabad (Nizamabad District) Sarpanch - individual award for providing highest employment days. Mr. Abdul Sattar - post office award for clearing all payments on time, Deen Dayal Gramin Kaushal Yojana (DDU KKY) Award for the State and Geo-MGNREGS Award for best utilisation of ‘Bhuvan’ software for Panchayat Raj Dept.
Telangana Police received five awards at Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) Homeland Security Conference held in New Delhi on 25 May, 2017. Smart passport verification process, cyber forensics lab initiative, smart innovative policing won laurels at the Conference while Hyderabad Police Commissioner and Suryapet SP were presented with special jury awards.
Telangana Police’s Hawk Eye mobile app has been selected for National e-Governance Gold Award for 2016-17 under the category of Innovative Use of Mobile Phone Technology in e-Governance. The Award is instituted by Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances and Department of Electronics and Information Technology, GoI. Commissioner, Hyderabad Police received the Award from Union Minister of State, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology Sri PP Chowdary at the National Conference on e-Governance held on January 9 & 10, 2017 at Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. Hawk Eye App was the only eGov initiative from a Police Department out of all the 20 Awardees selected under 12 categories.
Telangana secured Best Performing State Award at the All India Police Duty Meet held in Mysore from December 19-23, 2016. Telangana Police also won awards under ‘Scientific Aids to Investigation’, ‘Forensic Sciences’, ‘Computer Awareness’, ‘Lifting and Packing of Exhibits’, ‘Police Dog Investigation’ and ‘Best State in India for empowering Police with Information Technology’ categories.
Mr GT Venkateshwar Rao, Commissioner, ESD, received CSI Nihilent e-Governance Award of Excellence 2016 for state of Telangana at Coimbatore on 24 January, 2017.
Telangana State has won CNBC-TV18's India Business Leader Award (IBLA) under the ‘Promising State of the Year’ category. Hon'ble Minister for Industries, IT and MA&UD Sri K.T. Rama Rao received the Award from Union Minister for Finance Sri Arun Jaitley in New Delhi on 30 August, 2016.
Telangana Police got ‘Certificate of Recognition’ for its VeriFast software application that revolutionised police verification process in issuance of Passports. DGP, Telangana Police Sri Anurag Sharma received the Award from External Affairs Minister Smt. Sushma Swaraj in New Delhi on 24 June, 2016.
IT Minister Sri KT Rama Rao selected for Skoch Challenger Award in Start-up India category. The Minister received the Award, for State’s path-breaking initiative T-Hub, from Union Urban Development Minister Sri M. Venkaiah Naidu on 18 March, 2016.
IT E&C Department Secretary Sri Jayesh Ranjan and Finance Department Special Chief Secretary Sri K Pradeep Chandra were selected for the Skoch Challenger Award under Social Inclusion category for their efforts in promoting entrepreneurship among Dalits through Industries Department. Sri Jayesh Ranjan received the award from Union Urban Development Minister Sri M. Venkaiah Naidu.
Telangana State Skill Development Mission (TSSDM) won ASSOCHAM’s ‘Best State in Skill Development’ Award. Sri K Madhukar Babu Executive Director EGMM received the Award from Union Minister of State Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (Independent Charge) Sri Rajiv Pratap Rudy on 15 March, 2016 in New Delhi.
Telangana State won two Awards at the 19th Express Technology Sabha Awards held at Kochi, Kerala on 20 February, 2016 under ‘Innovative Use of Technology in Delivery of Citizen Centric initiatives’ category. Body-worn Camera initiative of Police Department and eVahan Bima initiative of Transport Department has got laurels to the State. A V Ranganath, IPS, DCP Traffic, Hyderabad and Sandeep Kumar Sultania, IAS, Transport Commissioner, Hyderabad have received the awards on behalf of Police and Transport Departments respectively.
Telangana Academy for Skill and Knowledge (TASK) won Public Relations Council of India's Chanakya Academic Excellence of the Year 2016 Award. TASK CEO Mr. Sujiv Nair received the Award from West Bengal's Minister for Child & Women Development Dr. Sashi Panja on 23 January, 2016 in Kolkata.
Telangana won CNBC TV18’s ‘Promising State of The Year’ Award at the 11th India Business Leader Awards (IBLA) - 2015.
Minister KT Rama Rao received the Audi-Ritz Inspirational Icon of the Year Award (Politics) for 2015 in Bengaluru on 13 December, 2015.
The Telangana State Public Service Commission (TSPSC) won ‘Skoch Order-of-Merit Award-2015’ for successfully adopting, implementing IT initiatives and holding online exams in a transparent and foolproof manner. TSPSC Chairman Sri G. Chakrapani, Secretary Smt. Parvathi Subramanian, Technical Advisor Sri Nishant Dongari were part of the delegation that received the Award on 10 December in New Delhi.
Telangana State IT Department has won ‘Skoch Smart Technology Award 2015’ for two of its initiatives - Digital Telangana and MeeSeva 2.0. Sri GT Venkateshwar Rao, Commissioner, Electronic Service Delivery (ESD) and Kum. Radha Sindhiya, OSD, IT E&C Department received the Awards on 10 December in New Delhi.
IT & Panchayat Raj Minister Sri KT Rama Rao received the India Today State of States 2015 Special Jury Award for Inclusive Development from Union Home Minister Sri Rajnath Singh in New Delhi on November 06, 2015. Telangana won the Award in Best Infrastructure category last year.
IT and Panchayat Raj Minister Sri KT Rama Rao received HUDCO’s special award for Telangana Drinking Water Supply Project from Union Minister for Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Sri Venkaiah Naidu in New Delhi on April 27, 2015.
CNN IBN "Indian of the year 2014" Popular Choice Award was awarded to Honourable Chief Minister Sri. K. Chandrashekar Rao. The award was received by MP Sri K. Keshava Rao on behalf of the Chief Minister at New Delhi (17-03-2015).
Telangana was chosen for the State with Best Infrastructure Award at the India Today Conclave on 31 October, 2014. Telangana IT Minister K T Rama Rao received the Award representing the State.
Telangana won ‘Skoch Renaissance Award 2014’ in ICT category. Union Minister of Urban Development and Housing Sri Venkaiah Naidu presented the Award on 21 November, 2014 in New Delhi.
Telangana was awarded 'outstanding performer in promotion of renewable energy' at the first Renewable Energy Global Investment and Expo Re-INVEST, held in New Delhi on the 15 February, 2015. Telangana Energy Minister Sri G. Jagadish Reddy received the award from Prime Minister Sri Narendra Modi.
