NAGPUR: Rebelling against the people propagating that Vidarbha is a region lacking talent, SARATHI (Small Industries, Artists, Rural Artisans, Talents and Handicraft Institutions) will felicitate illustrious persons from different fields in the region.
SARATHI has being doing the same for the past 19 years and presents awards in three categories — sports, arts & Culture and industry & commerce.
Apart from the above mentioned the organization also gives out a ‘special achievement’ award for having done commendable job in any filed.
During the 20th ceremony of SARATHI scroll of honour, scheduled to be held at Kusumtai Wankhede Hall on Friday, at 6pm, eight people will be felicitated.
Student of Somalwar High School Shweta Gole will be honoured as upcoming chess player. Mohammed Vali will be felicitated as promising lawn tennis player.
In the field of arts & culture category, Rajesh Joshi will be honoured for his maiden attempt to start aero-modelling in Vidarbha. Vijay Dayal will be felicitated for achieving excellence in the field of music. Dayal has been actively involved in making of many ad films and has also contributed to the making of movies like Agnipath, Dirty Picture and many others.
Pradeep Khandelwal will be honoured for his promising entrepreneur in the industry & commerce category. He has a business of piping engineering. Sanjay Agrawal, a noted steel trader, will also be felicitated.
Kunda Vijaykar will be awarded the special achievement award for her contributions to the field of education.