The two children who won the bravery awards this year are Anjali and Vishal. Courage, grit, determination and will power are few of the traits one would need to be called brave. Year after year the Government and other institutions like the Binani Industries Limited give awards for bravery. This award has been instituted to felicitate the brave acts of children below 16 years of age.
The jury comprising Sunil Sethy, vice chairman of Binani Industries, Padma Binani, chairperson of Ghanshyam Binani Foundation, Dr. D. S. Pasricha, former Deputy General of Police, Maharashtra State and a chairman of Ghanshyam Binani Bravery award committee, Nana Chudasama, an eminent jurist and a former Mayor and Sheriff of Mumbai.
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The deserving children both Male and Female category will be given a public recognition and awarded with a cash prize of Rs. 51,000/-, a Medal of valour, Certificate of recognition and a Citation each.
The Eligibility Criteria :
Nominations are invited from all over India.
Children should be below 16 years.
Act of the child should reflect Bravery against physical attack / violence or to save a human life risking his own life.
Nominations should be backed by some authenticity in the form of documents, appreciation or coverage of the incident in the media.
Nomination can also be proposed by others.
The act of bravery should be within the frame period of 1st Jan 2011 to 31st Dec 2011.
The decision of Award committee will be final.
The nominations should reach by 31st Jan 2012.
Nominations may be sent by individuals, social organisations, institutions, covering the details of the incident, date, time, location, name and contact address of the children involved with adequate supporting and mailed to The Binani group
Nominee
On December 18 last year, Sheetal Sadvi Saluja, a 10-year-old from Raipur and her mother were on their way to her grandparents house in Tatidandh. A man on a bike attacked them and snatched her mother's chain. Sheetal reacted almost instantly pulling back his bike and making him fall. Both mother and daughter beat him up. A few people gathered and the culprit was caught. He had been on the ‘Wanted' list in Nagpur and Raipur for 15 similar cases. Not only did Sheetal get back the chain but she had caught a most wanted criminal!
Quick thinking
Fourteen-year-old Anjali Avdesh Gautam hails from Nakulnar, a village in the district of Kuan Kond, Chhattisgarh. In the early hours of July 7, 2010 her village was attacked by Naxalites. A group of 12 armed Naxalites got into her house and began shooting. Two people in her house lost their lives. Anjali's brother was hit by a bullet was bleeding profusely. With a sole objective of saving her brother, she carried him on her shoulders running outside amidst the firing. She had heroically saved her brother's life. Anjali's survived the ruthlessness of Naxalites who attacked the village that night.
Small wonder
Vishal Naresh Kumar is nine years old and is from Jhajjar District, Haryana. He was in a bus returning from a temple when the tyres burst. The bus crashed into a seven feet deep valley and the lives of 17 passengers were in jeopardy. Vishal jumped off the bus seconds before the vehicle fell into the valley. Five passengers died in the accident and the remaining were left with severe injuries and little help. Vishal, though hurt, rushed to the nearby police station. On his way back, he stopped a van and asked them to take the injured to the nearby Alvar Hospital. At another hospital in Rajgarh he stayed with another wounded passenger for four hours. Despite losing his mother, he remained calm and composed throughout the ordeal
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