Adilabad: Adilabad collector Rajarshi Shah and ITDA UTNOOR project officer Khushboo Gupta won the prestigious Skoch Award at the 100th Skoch Summit in Delhi on Saturday night for their groundbreaking project.
Collector Rajarshi Shah is recognized by the “Arogya patashala” project, an initiative to enhance health, hygiene habits, and the overall development of 35,000 students across government schools and junior high schools in Adirabad district.
Meanwhile, ITDA official Khushboo Gupta received two awards for his transformative project in the tribal areas of the Adirabad region: “Girijan Poshan Mitra” and “Girijan Canteen”. The Girijan Poshan Mitra project operates at the tribe’s Ashram School, addressing anemia among students by distributing Mahua Laddoo, building kitchen gardens and providing IFA tablets. The Girijan Cafeteria Project is headquartered in UTNOOR and offers a nutritional meal of Rs 5 to ensure food security in tribal communities.
The award is an award to recognize officials’ commitment to innovative governance and their efforts to bring sustainable change to their respective departments.
