Kullu, September 24
President Droupadi Murmu conferred the National Service Scheme (NSS) Award 2020-21 upon Economics Lecturer and Manali NSS unit Programme Officer Dharam Chand at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in Delhi today.
A resident of Galang village at Pichlihar panchayat in Kullu, Dharam Chand had been a Programme Officer since 2003. He was also a member of the NSS Advisory Committee.
He had organised four state-level camps in Manali during 2020-21. He had carried out plantation drives and distributed 3,000 masks during Covid-19 pandemic. He said that the NSS had organised Covid awareness campaign in 10 gram panchayats.
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