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Index SKOCH AWARD THE BENCHMARK OF Excellence

Last Date 30th April 2018

For more information visit www.skoch.in | email [email protected] | Call +91-124-4777444 SKOCH Award – Benchmark of Excellence SKOCH Award, instituted in 2003, salutes people, projects and institutions that go the extra mile to make India a better nation. SKOCH Award – the highest independently instituted civilian honour – has been conferred; the mighty and the ordinary alike, have received this Award for their extraordinary achievements in contributing to the society. The Roll of Honour of the SKOCH Award over the years is a testimony to this. The SKOCH Award covers the best of efforts in the area of digital, financial and social inclusion. It encompasses the best of governance, inclusive growth, excellence in technology and applications, change management, corporate leadership, corporate governance, citizen services delivery, capacity building, empowerment and other such softer issues that get normally lost in the glamour and the glitz of industry sponsored or advertising focused jamborees. The SKOCH Award is distinctive for its approach of selection of awardees, which is based on nomination, Jury Evaluation presentation of shortlisted nominees, focus group discussions, interactions and peer evaluation. Additionally, the College of SKOCH Lifetime Achievers and the Collegium are regularly consulted for expert identification, inputs and qualification of a project, person or institution to be considered for the SKOCH Special Award. The SKOCH Award not only acknowledges exceptional achievers – organisations and individuals – but also spurs inspirational guidance and motivational leadership. 2 SKOCH Challenger Award It is the highest independent civilian honour Some of the past SKOCH Challenger awardees, include: given by SKOCH Group, since 2003. These are 1. Mr Venkaiah Naidu, Minister for Urban Devel- 7. Mr S Ramadorai, Vice Chairman, TCS non-competitive and conferred only for having opment 8. Mr Deepak Parekh, Chairman, HDFC made a definitive impact on inclusive growth 2. Dr Bibek Debroy, Chairman, EAC to the PM of India. These are based on primary research 9. Dr C Rangarajan, Chairman, EAC to the PM and recommendations by the Collegium of 3. Mr Baijayant J Panda, Member of Parliament 10. Dr Vijay L Kelkar, Chairman, Thirteenth Finance past SKOCH Challenger Awardees and the 4. Mr Nandan Nilekani, Chairman, UIDAI Commission Distinguished Fellows of SKOCH Development 5. Mr P Chidambaram, Minister of Home Affairs 11. Mr N K Singh, Member of Parliament Foundation. Only 2/3 Challenger Awards are 6. Mr Sam Pitroda, Advisor to Prime Minister 12. Prof Indira Rajaraman, Economist conferred.

SKOCH Special Award These are non-competitive and are based on Some of the past SKOCH Special Category awardees include: primary research in addition to recommendations 1. Mr Narendra Singh Tomar, Minister for Rural 7. Dr Aruna Sharma, Secretary IT, Ministry of made by the Jury and the collegium of past Development Electronics & IT SKOCH special awardees and Distinguished 2. Mr K T Rama Rao, Minister of IT, Telangana 8. Mr A P Hota, MD & CEO, NPCI Fellows, SKOCH Development Foundation . This also includes observing the contributions 3. Ms Mercy Kutty Amma, Minister of Cashews, 9. Mr Ashishkumar Chauhan, MD & CEO, BSE Ltd being made over a period of time and personal Kerala 10. Jan Dhan Yojana interactions at the senior most level. At times 4. Mr V K Sharma, Chairman, LIC 11. MUDRA Yojana the Jury may recommend a nominee contesting 5. Mr G Srinivasan, CMD, NIA 12. PMGSY for SKOCH Award to be elevated to the Special 6. Mr R S Sharma, Chairman, TRAI 13. National Stock Exchange (NSE Ltd) Award.Only 6/7 Special Awards are conferred.

SKOCH Award These are competitive awards, based on Some of the SKOCH Awardees include: extensive documentation based nomination. 1. Ms Vadhundhara Raje, Chief Minister, 13. Skill Development Mission Society These then go through a whetting process based 2. Mr , Chief Minister, 14. C-DAC on desk and secondary research followed by an 15. NPCI evaluation presentation to an eminent Jury. 3. Mr , Chief Minister, 16. Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India Top performers are identified based on the 4. Ms Anandiben, Chief Minister, 17. Ministry of Rural Development, Government of average score awarded by Jurors and Expert Vote 5. Mr Laxmikant Parsekar, Chief Minister, India and participation in National Exhibit (optional). 6. Dr Ajay Kumar, Addl Secretary, Ministry of 18. Department of IT, Andhra Pradesh Good performance at the Expert Vote adds a Electronics & IT 19. Department of Industries, Haryana weightage to the Jury score. Expert Vote from 7. Mr Rana Kapoor, MD & CEO, YES Bank across India becomes an important benchmark 20. Department of Health, 8. Mr Anthony de Sa, Chief Secretary, Madhya for Nominees’ evaluation and ranking for the 21. Home Department, Gujarat Pradesh SKOCH Award. Chief Ministers and political 22. Department of Health, 9. Mr Jayesh Ranjan, Secretary – IT, Telangana leadership are selected based on the cumulative 23. National Health Mission, Punjab 10. Department of Skill Development, Rajasthan ranking achieved by the state. Only the best 24. Department of Women & Child Development, performers nationally are conferred the SKOCH 11. EPFO, Government of India Madhya Pradesh Award. Typically, 30 awards are conferred. 12. Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India 25. State IT Mission, Kerala

SKOCH Order-of-Merit Award These are competitive awards that recognise all Post the Evaluation Presentation, all the This is not a mandatory option, however, without meritorious Nominees from across the country Nominees are invited to participate in a Popular the Popular Vote weightage, Nominees compete in a particular category. Nominees submit their Vote online with the objective of seeking only on their average Jury score. In the past, there documentation in a prescribed Nomination satisfactory performance inputs from their have been instances of Nominees winning if their format, which goes through a whetting process beneficiaries and other stakeholders. This is an average Jury score itself is high enough. based on desk and secondary research followed online process and involves use of Twitter. All top performers are conferred the SKOCH Order- by the an Evaluation Presentation to the Jury of SKOCH Order-of-Merit is decided based on the of-Merit Award. Typically, 150 Nominations are domain experts. average Jury score + Popular Vote weightage. conferred the SKOCH Order-of-Merit.

3 4 5 SKOCH Governance Report card as on September 2017

S T A T E

OF Governance

SKOCH’s annual scrutiny of the State of Governance in India, following which distinguished and eminent jurists make a selection for the SKOCH Governance Awards, has once again brought to the fore some interesting insights about the performance at Central, State and Local Government levels. The Awards show the who’s who—and illustrate the ones that have taken the lead or continue to hold their lead, in improving governance and efficiently delivering services, thereby having a lasting impact on boosting competitiveness and growth and generating employment opportunities.

6 SKOCH Governance Report card as on September 2017

TOP 10 States 2 Telangana 1 3 Rajasthan

Haryana 4 10 Andhra Pradesh 9 8 West Bengal 5 6 7 Punjab Madhya Pradesh Tamil Nadu

Period Wise Ranking of States- A Comparative

Rank Rank Rank Rank Rank Rank S/N State (April 2017 - (April 2014 - (April 2009 - S/N State (April 2017 - (April 2014 - (April 2009 - Dec 2017) March 2017) March 2014) Dec 2017) March 2017) March 2014) 1 Rajasthan 1 13 5 17 Kerala 17 10 - 2 Telangana 2 4 - 18 18 12 10 3 Maharashtra 3 1 1 19 Jharkhand 18 6 3 4 Haryana 4 11 6 20 Chandigarh 19 16 - 5 Punjab 5 13 14 21 Sikkim 20 22 - 6 Tamil Nadu 6 7 12 22 Bihar 21 27 14 7 Madhya Pradesh 7 3 2 23 Meghalaya 22 23 8 8 Uttar Pradesh 8 8 11 24 23 25 13 9 West Bengal 9 9 9 25 Andaman & Nicobar 24 - - 10 Andhra Pradesh 10 14 7 26 Puducherry 25 - - 11 Karnataka 11 5 11 27 26 20 - 12 Odisha 12 15 - 28 Dadra & Nagar Haveli - 27 - 13 Gujarat 13 2 4 29 Goa - 24 - 14 14 17 14 30 Jammu & Kashmir - 27 14 15 Delhi 15 18 - 31 Mizoram - 21 - 16 Arunachal Pradesh 16 26 - 32 - 19 -

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OF Governance Governance & Development Municipal Governance S. No State Rank S. No State Rank 1 Rajasthan 1 1 Maharashtra 1 Star States 2 Telangana 2 2 Tamil Nadu 2 Rajasthan: Transforming from ‘Registan’ to ‘Digital-stan’ 3 West Bengal 3 3 Andhra Pradesh 3 Telangana: At forefront in creating Digital Infrastructure 4 Delhi 4 Maharashtra: Taking e-Governance to the Grassroots 4 Uttar Pradesh 4 5 Gujarat 5 Haryana: New technologies make Haryana 5 Kerala 5 Star in e-Governance 6 Chhattisgarh 6 Punjab: Gives a big push to e-Governance at district level 6 Gujarat 6 7 Madhya Pradesh 7 Tamil Nadu: Municipalities lead good governance 7 Punjab 6 initiatives in Tamil Nadu 8 Karnataka 8 8 Arunachal Pradesh 7 Madhya Pradesh: Good Governance powers Madhya 9 Telangana 9 Pradesh growth, development 9 Jharkhand 7 10 Chandigarh 10 Performer States 11 Punjab 11 eGovernance Andhra Pradesh: Pioneering initiatives in Municipal 12 Bihar 12 Governance S. No State Rank 13 Haryana 13 Arunachal Pradesh: Increasing use of new technology in Governance 1 Rajasthan 1 14 Jharkhand 13 Chhattisgarh: Giving a Push to Urban Sanitation, 2 Telangana 2 15 Assam 14 Sustainability 3 Haryana 3 16 Tripura 14 Delhi: Municipal Governance 4 Madhya Pradesh 4 Gujarat: Continues Focus on Governance, Municipalities Karnataka: Pushes for e-Governance in Municipalities, 5 Arunachal Pradesh 5 Transport 6 West Bengal 5 Kerala: e-Governance making service delivery better in 7 Karnataka 6 Kerala Odisha: Making education more inclusive through 8 Kerala 7 technology 9 Uttar Pradesh 8 Uttar Pradesh: Innovative steps in Transport, Health sector 10 Himachal Pradesh 9 West Bengal: West Bengal’s focus on e-Governance 11 Punjab 10 Catching up States 12 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 11 Andaman & Nicobar Islands: e-Governance in Education 13 Andhra Pradesh 11 Assam: Ground Level Initiative in Education 14 Maharashtra 11 Bihar: Commendable steps by Municipalities in Bihar 15 Meghalaya 11 Chandigarh: Chandigarh’s focus on making city cleaner Himachal Pradesh: New Initiatives in Education, Skills 16 Sikkim 11 Jharkhand: Commendable work at District Administration 17 Tamil Nadu 11 Meghalaya: Commendable efforts in Financial Reforms Puducherry: Cost effective Health Solution Sikkim: Sikkim’s focus on education, Organic Farming Tripura: A trailblazer in Sanitation

8 SKOCH Governance Report card as on September 2017

Finance & Treasuries Transport District Administration

S. No State Rank S. No State Rank S. No State Rank

1 Haryana 1 1 Uttar Pradesh 1 1 Punjab 1

2 Odisha 2 2 Karnataka 2 2 Uttar Pradesh 2

3 Kerala 3 3 Madhya Pradesh 3 3 Maharashtra 3

4 Meghalaya 3 4 Maharashtra 4 4 Haryana 4

5 Haryana 5 5 Jharkhand 5 Health 6 Punjab 6 6 Gujarat 6 S. No State Rank 7 Madhya Pradesh 7 1 Rajasthan 1 Education 8 Arunachal Pradesh 8 2 Telangana 2 S. No State Rank 9 Assam 8 3 Uttar Pradesh 3 1 Odisha 1 10 Chhattisgarh 8 4 Punjab 4 2 Telangana 2 11 Rajasthan 8 5 Haryana 5 3 Sikkim 3 12 Telangana 8 6 Puducherry 6 4 West Bengal 3 Women & Child Development 5 Uttar Pradesh 4 Agriculture & Rural Development 6 Andhra Pradesh 5 S. No State Rank S. No State Rank 7 Haryana 6 1 Madhya Pradesh 1 1 Haryana 1 8 Himachal Pradesh 6 2 Chhattisgarh 2 2 Maharashtra 2 9 Gujarat 7 3 Rajasthan 3 3 Punjab 3 10 Maharashtra 7 4 Telangana 4 4 Rajasthan 3 11 Rajasthan 7 5 West Bengal 3

Labour Social Justice & Security S. No State Rank S. No State Rank

1 Andhra Pradesh 1 1 West Bengal 1

2 Himachal Pradesh 2 2 Arunachal Pradesh 2

3 Haryana 3

4 Odisha 3

5 Rajasthan 3

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Municipalities

2 Award 3 4 3 1 2

Order-of-Merit

2 Administration 2 1 1 1 1

District District

1 Award 1 1

2 Order-of-Merit 2 1 1

Education & Skill & Education

1 Award

2 Order-of-Merit

Health

Award

4 Order-of-Merit 2

Transport

Award

Order-of-Merit

1 Development 3 1

& Governance Award

12 Order-of-Merit 4 1 1 6 1

e-Governance

1 Award 1 5

Order-of-Merit

5 Treasuries

Finance & & Finance Award

Order-of-Merit

2 Securities 1 1

Social Justice & & Justice Social

1 Award

2 Order-of-Merit

Agri & RD & Agri

1 Award

Order-of-Merit

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Women & Child Child & Women

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10 Award 34

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10 Order-of-Merit 26 Order-of-Merit

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District District

District District

10 Award

2 Award 3 2 1 1 1

21 Order-of-Merit

1 Order-of-Merit 1 4 1 1 6 1

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Education & Skill & Education Education & Skill & Education

Award

1 Award 1 1 4 8 1

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Award

1 Award 2 4 7

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Award

1 Award 1 3 1

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1 Award 1 2 2 7 1

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Order-of-Merit

Order-of-Merit

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Finance & & Finance

Finance & & Finance Award

1 Award 1

Order-of-Merit

Order-of-Merit

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Social Justice & & Justice Social

Social Justice & & Justice Social Award

1 Award 1

Order-of-Merit

1 Order-of-Merit 1 1 6 1

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16 2015 Ranking 10 13 19 23 22 20 16 23 3 9 6 4 1 5 - 7 8 2 - -

H Go H OC K S eptember 2017 eptember S on as card eport R ernance v Who Can Nominate?

Central Government Municipality State Government City / District Administration Local Body State Owned Enterprises / Undertakings

• SKOCH Award celebrates excellence of governance delivery by domain departments. This includes having sufficient familiarity, capacity and knowledge about the functionality of their systems, processes and outcomes. • Only end-user departments and domain ministries may apply including State undertakings. • Competitive Nominations from System Integrators or Contractors (including Government System Integrators or solution providers) are not accepted. • For e-Governance category, System Integrators are requested to encourage their client-departments to apply for the Awards. System Integrator, which has the highest number of its user departments awarded, will qualify for the SKOCH Special Award.

Categories

Agriculture Higher Education

Animal Husbandry Literacy Rate

Fish Farming Medical Education

Crop Insurance Mid-day Meal

Diversification Reforms

Farmers Welfare School Education

Fertilisers SMART Education

Food Processing & Safety Technical Education

Green Revolution e-Governance

Ground Water Rejuvenation Artificial Intelligence

Horticulture Automation

Irrigation Cloud & Mobility

Krishi Sinchai Yojana CM Helpline

MSP Support CSC

Procurement Cyber Security

Production Dashboards

Reforms Direct Benefit Transfer

Soil Health Digital India

Dairy Digital Payments

Education e-Attendance

Education Administration e-Office

Gross Enrollment Ratio e-Procurement

12 Apply Online | www.skoch.in Categories

e-Transactions Public Distribution System

e-Tendering Reforms

Excise & Customs Roads & Highways

G2B SC/ ST/ OBC/ Minority Welfare

G2C Social Welfare

G2G Supply Chain Management

GIS Tourism & Culture

Internet of Things (IoT) Water Conservation

Mobility Widow Pensions

Public Grievance Redressal Women Development

Reforms Health

State Data Centre Civil Hospital

State Data Hubs District Hospital

SWAN Family Welfare

Technology General Hospital

Village Level Connectivity Human Resources

Finance, Economy & Reforms Immunisation Programme

Ease of Doing Business IMR

Employment Generation Nutrition

Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) Medical Facilities

GST MMR

Investments Modernisation

Local Body Revenue Reforms

Reforms Primary Healthcare

Tax Administration Tertiary Care

Governance Industry

Drinking Water Infrastructure

Empowerment & Protection for Women Investments

Environment & Sustainability MSME

Forestry & Wild Life Public Private Partnership (PPP)

Infrastructure Reforms

Integrated Child Development Municipalities

Livelihoods AMRUT

Old Age Security Drinking Water

Apply Online | www.skoch.in 13 Categories

Emergency Services Solar

Environment Thermal

Housing Wind

Lighting Rural Development

Local Revenue Generation Awas Yojana (Housing)

Parking Solutions Gram Sadak Yojana (Roads)

Property Tax Reforms

Public Private Partnership (PPP) Rural Livelihoods

Reforms Shyama Prasad Mukherjee RURBAN Mission

Sanitation Skill Development

Skywalks & Foot Overbridge Industry Partnerships

Slum Rehabilitation Innovation

Smart City Kaushal Vikas Yojana

Solid Waste Management Reforms

Swachh Bharat Skills & Employment

Urban Water Supply - Revenue Water Training & Capacity Building

Waste Water Transport

Police & Safety BRTS

Border Area Development Fare & Ticketing

Disaster Management Freight & Logistics

Infrastructure Infrastructure

Modernisation Metro

Public Safety & Security Multi Modal Integration

Reforms Non Motorised Transport

Power Reforms

Billing & Metering Transport Corporations

Hydel Urban Transport

Reforms Others

Smart Grid

Part I (Please enclose a separate sheet)

1. Has the nomination won a SKOCH Award in the past? If Yes, a. Please provide details about incremental progress since last SKOCH Award. b. Explain why it is to be considered for SKOCH Award again? 2. If the Nomination were to win SKOCH Award, what should the citation read like to justify the Award? It should essentially explain, what difference has been made that makes this an outstanding nomination. (Max 100 Words) 3. Who are the Champions of this Nomination / initiative / achievement?

14 Apply Online | www.skoch.in Part II

Introductory Information

Project Name: ...... Organisation: ...... Award Category Applied for: ...... Address: ...... City: ...... Postcode: ...... State: ...... Country: ...... Telephone: ...... Website: ...... Email: ...... Twitter Handle of Organisation: ...... Alt Email: ......

Details of the Respondent

Name: ...... Job Title: ...... Telephone: ...... Mobile: ...... Email: ...... Whats App no.: ...... Twitter Handle: ...... Address: ...... City: ...... PIN: ...... State: ...... Country: ......

Part III

Questionnaire (please enclose separate sheet, Minimum 200 words to Maximum 500 words per answer)

1. Brief overview of the nomination. 2. Date since when the project has been operational. 3. Challenges faced before deployment/implementation. 4. Process followed for deployment/implementation. 5. Describe the innovative aspects of your project/activity. 6. Describe the solution implemented. Please describe the governance practices involved. 7. Details of coverage of the targeted population. 8. Comparison of the pre-deployment with post-deployment scenario. 9. Benefits of the solution implemented. 10. Potential for replicability arising from the success of your project/activity. 11. In case you are selected for certificate of merit/award, who in your organisation will receive it? (Typically our awards are received by the head of the organisation.) ...... Name Designation Signature Apply Online | www.skoch.in 15 Skoch Award 2018 methodology is as follows: 1. There is no Fee for applying for the SKOCH Award. 2. Selected Nominations will be called for Evaluation Presentation to the Panel of Expert Jury at New Delhi at their cost. 3. For each Nomination selected, only one person is allowed to be present / participate in the Evaluation Presentation. It is recommended that the best person for the job is nominated. 4. In case, more people wish to accompany the Presenter—limited to two persons only—a Participation Fee of INR 2,000/- (plus GST) per person, will be applicable.

Methodology for SKOCH Order-of-Merit 1. Based on the presentation an independent Jury of domain experts will rank the Nominees. 2. Highest-ranking Nominees will be shortlisted and invited to seek Popular Vote from their beneficiaries and stakeholders. This voting is online and involves use of Twitter. Participation in Popular Vote is recommended. 3. Based on the Jury score and the Popular Vote SKOCH Order-of-Merit will be decided and declared in advance. 4. Merit Listed nominations will be invited to receive the SKOCH Order-of-Merit in New Delhi on 23rd June 2018 (the date may change).

Methodology for SKOCH Award 1. SKOCH Order-of-Merit winners qualify to run for the SKOCH Award – the highest Award in the competitive categories. 2. SKOCH Order-of-Merit winners will be entitled to contest for Expert Votes during the 52nd SKOCH Summit on the theme of “State of Governance”. 400 National and international Delegates and Domain Experts are expected to participate and Vote. 3. SKOCH Award is decided on SKOCH Order-of-Merit score + Expert Vote score. 4. This is not a mandatory option, however, without the Expert Vote weightage, Nominees will be competing only on their SKOCH Order-of-Merit score. In the past, there have been instances of Nominees winning if their SKOCH Order-of-Merit score itself was high enough to not need the Expert Vote weightage. 5. Participation in Expert Vote process and Exhibition comes alongwith attractive mainline media PR & Publicity opportunities. 6. All scores are confidential. 7. As per SKOCH Award protocol, in-person participation of the Nominee is mandatory on 23rd June 2018 at New Delhi. 8. SKOCH Award as well as SKOCH Order-of-Merit are neither announced nor conferred in absentia. If the Awardee is not present, the Award is withdrawn. In all cases, the name of the recipient has to be informed well in advance. 9. No Delegate Fee is charged from the Awardee.

Terms & Conditions • Submitted nominations cannot be withdrawn for want of Organisation approval / sanction, retracting submitted information, submitting th • Nomination must reach by 17:00 hrs, IST on 30 April 2018 additional information or any other related cause. Organisation approval • Early Bird Benefit: Nominations received by 15th April 2018 will get 5 sanction should be acquired before-hand. additional point. • SKOCH has the approval of checking the authenticity of the provided • Each submission must include: A completed Nomination Form / Project information by contacting the organization’s head, senior manager, Information as per the enclosed format. IT staff, consultants, suppliers or business partners. The provided • Both hard and electronic copies (submitted via website) are needed. The information and context may or may not be revealed to these parties, hard copies should be duly signed and stamped. depending on the situation. • States from large number of nominations received may be considered for • Skoch would retain the right to ask for additional information or conducting of evaluation roundtable at state level. clarification from the nominee. Co-operation from the nominee would be highly appreciated. Send entries to [email protected] or in a CD at: • Since Peer Evaluation is integral to the SKOCH Award, maximum of 5 Skoch Consultancy Services Pvt. Ltd. per cent weightage of total score obtained by each nomination in Peer A-222, Sushant Lok – 1, Gurgaon - 122001 Review is added to the Jury score. All Jury ratings are done on an absolute Haryana, India basis with a cap of 10 Points that can be scored by any Nomination. Tel: +91-124-4777444 • Top performing Nomination that can contribute to best practices will be • One implementing agency can nominate more than one project / nomination. conferred SKOCH Order-of-Merit Award in June 2018. Amongst SKOCH • The Awards Committee can also at its discretion nominate projects or people Order-of-Merit recipients the Nomination with highest national ranking that it feels are deserving and should be under the consideration set. would be conferred SKOCH Award in June 2018. • Skoch Consultancy Services and its group companies reserve the right to reproduce submitted materials. These reproductions may be edited to suit For Ethics Policy please visit the format. http://www.skoch.in/18/ethics-policy.html

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