Lok Sabha Question No. 5077 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-27
Subject: Dr. Ambedkar Foundation
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: PRATHAP SIMHA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5077 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.03.2018

## DR. AMBEDKAR FOUNDATION

## 5077. SHRI PRATHAP SIMHA:

## Will the Minister of SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the activities and programmes currently pursued by Dr: Ambedkar Foundation (DAF)
- b) the amount of financial  assistance  provided  under Dr. Ambedkar Medical Aid  Scheme during the last three years
- whether  DAF is  implementing Merit Award Scheme   for  students   belonging to SCs to promote and assist meritorious students belonging to the weaker section ad if so, the details thereof the said period, Scheme-wise; during
- (d) the name and number of Dr: Ambedkar Chairs instituted as on 31.12.2017;
- the present  status of Construction of Dr. Ambedkar National Memorial at Road; Delhi; and Alipur
- whether the office of DAF has been displaced out of 15 Janpath, Delhi, after the construction

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (SHRI VIJAY SAMPLA)

- (a): Details of the activities and programmesof Dr: Ambedkar Foundation (DAFJis at AnnexureI
- (b): Details of the financial assistance provided under the Dr. Ambedkar Medical Aid Scheme the last three years is at Annexure-II: during
- (c): Yes Madam. Details of the Merit Award Schemes for meritorious performance at Board examinations is at Annexure-III. Details of the financial assistance provided to students during last three years under the scheme is at Annexure-IV. 10th 12th
- (d): Details of the Ambedkar Chairs as on 31.12.2017 is at Annexure-V.
- (e): The construction of Dr. Ambedkar National Memorial at 26 Road, Delhi is in its final stage and it is likely to be inaugurated in April 2018. Alipur
- (f): The office of DAF was shifted during the construction of the Dr: Ambedkar International Centre (DAIC) to facilitate the smooth establishment of the Centre.

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## Dr\_Ambedkar Foundation

## ANNEXURE : [

| SNo.   | Name of the Scheme                                                                                                                 |
|--------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        | Setting up of Dr. Ambedkar International Centre at Janpath;, New Delhi,                                                            |
| 2      | up of Dr: Ambedkar National Memorial at 26, Alipur Road;, Delhi; Setting                                                           |
| 3      | Dr: Sections                                                                                                                       |
| 4      | Dr; Ambedkar International Award for Social Change                                                                                 |
| 5      | Dr. Ambedkar Chairs in Universities/Institutions for carrying out research on the thoughts and ideals of Babasaheb,                |
| 6      | Publication of the Collected Works of Babasaheb Dr. B, R. Ambedkar into Hindi and other regional languages                         |
|        | Dr; Examination belonging to Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes                                                                     |
| 8      | Organization of seminars, symposia, conferences, workshops, lectures, exhibitions ad fairs on the life and mission of Dr: Ambedkar |
| 9,     | Celebration of Birth Anniversary and Mahaparinirwan Diwas of Dr. Ambedkar on 14th April and 6 th December respectively every year: |
| 10.    | Publication of Samajik Nyay Sandesh; a monthly Magazine in Hindi                                                                   |
| 11     | Dr, Ambedkar Medical Aid Scheme                                                                                                    |
| 12,    | Dr: Ambedkar Samajik Samta Kendra Yojna                                                                                            |
| 13.    | Celebration of Birth Anniversaries of Great Saints                                                                                 |
| 14,    | Ambedkar National Merit Award Schemes for meritorious students of   Senior: Secondary Examination belonging to Scheduled Castes    |
| 15,    | Dr. Ambedkar National Relief to SC victims of Atrocities                                                                           |
| 16,    | Dr: Ambedkar Foundation National Essay Competition:                                                                                |
| 17 .   | Dr; Ambedkar Scheme for Social Integration through Inter-Caste Marriages                                                           |

## Dr, Ambedkar Foundation 15, Janpath; New Delhi

The Physical and Financial Achievement during the 03 years 201516 to 2017-18 under the Scheme for Dr. Ambedkar Medical Aid as under:

| S.No   | Financial year              |   No. proposals Sanctioned |   Amount released Rs I in lakh) |
|--------|-----------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|        | 2015-16                     |                         62 |                          144.09 |
| 2      | 2016-17                     |                        103 |                          193.92 |
| 3      | 2017-18 (till dt.19.03.2018 |                        193 |                          416.27 |

## BACKGROUND

- 1 Bharat Ratna Baba Saheb DrBRAmbedkar is respected all over the country for fighting for the welfare of poor and, downtrodden and weaker sections. He made significant contribution in Award   provided by the ' Maharaja of  Baroda was of'   considerable significance in the life and achievements of Baba Saheb. With & view to recognize merit and encourage and motivate students, it is proposed to provide & one-time cash award to the meritorious students of Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST)
- 2: The scheme would be known as "Dr. Ambedkar National Merit Award Scheme"
- 3 This scheme would be implemented by Dr; Ambedkar Foundation, set up under the aegis of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment in 1992,

## 4 OBJECTIVE

To recognizing; promoting and financially assisting meritorious students belonging to Scheduled Castes (SC) or Scheduled Tribe (ST)

## 5. ELIGIBILITY

- Students should to Scheduled Castes (SC) or Scheduled Tribe(ST) belong:
- (iii) The student should have appeared in ay of the recognized State/Central Board of Secondary Education and scored not less than" 50% marks in the aggregate in the Secondary School Examination (IOth Class). A list of 29 Boards/Council of the country is given at Annexure-Ic
- (ii) There shall be separate awards for SCs and STs

## 6.NO.OF AWARD

- 6.1 The Ambedkar National Merit Award will be given to three students scoring highest marks in the Class X level examination conducted by the Education none of the first three eligible students are girls, the girl student scoring the highest marks will a award. regular special get
- 6.2 Thus, there shall be four awards for each of the 26 Boards for SC i.e 104 awards and likewise another 104 awards for STs. In case more ,than one student scoring the same marks, the number of awards would be accordingly increased for covering all such eligible students:

## DR: AMBEDKAR NA TIONAL MERIT AWARDS FOR MERITORIOUS STUDENTS OF SECONDARY SCHOOL EXAMINATION BELONGING TO SCHEDULED CASTES & SCHEDULED TRIBES

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- 6.3 merit Award Rs.10,000/- each will be given to SCIST students securing next highest marks, after first; second and third position. This will be in addition to the awards indicated at para 2 above. The break up of these 250 awards is given in Annexure Ilb special

## 7. AMOUNT OF AWARD

The Award will be given aS one-time grant as per the following norms:

| 1   | Student securing highest marks                                                         |              |
|-----|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|
| II. | Student securing 2 nd highest marks_                                                   |              |
| III | Student securing 3 rd highest marks                                                    | Rs.40, 000/  |
| IV, | Gir] student securing highest marks (In case she is not_in the above three categories) | Rs.40, 000/- |
|     |                                                                                        | Total        |

This award amount will be payable over and above any other award; the student may receiving from other sources

## 8. FINANCIAL IMPLICATION

- 8.1 For 104 SC Students of 26 Boards

Rs. 49.4 lakh

8.2 For 104 ST students of 26 Boards

Rs49.4 Jakh

Total Rs. 98.8 lakh

- 8.3 Special Award 250 number Rs.10.000 = Rs. 25.0 lakh

- 8.4 Total estimated expenditure Rs 123.8 lakh

- 8,5 Total no. of students to be benefited SC 104 + 167 = 271

ST 104 + 83 = 187

Total 458 Nos.

## 9.MODE OF SELECTION

The Board/ Council conducting the examination shall send details of the students (name, address; percentage of mark; school last attended, nearest bank etc:) in the format given as Annexure-II to the Ambedkar Foundation within 15 days of announcement of the examination results, with copy to the . Secretary, Education Department State Government: The information should be duly authenticated by the Secretary of the Board/ Council. The State Government shall verify and forward the list to the Foundation within the next 15 days; provided that if details are not received from the State Government within the Scheduled time, action will be taken based on the details received from the Board/ Council

## DISBURSEMENT

10. Foundation and the Award amount shall be sent to the student awardees directly in the form of an Account Payee Bank Draft by registered under intimation to the Board/ Council and encouraged to the amount in fixed deposit and avail the interest accrued thereon, provided that there will be :no bar for   utilizing  the amount for   meeting   personal educational health related expenditure: post keep
11. Student awardees securing first, second, third and the girl student securing highest mark in each of the 29 boards/councils may either be invited to the Dr: Ambedkar Foundation; New Delhi for & felicitation each year or Foundation may send the awards to the student awardees through the respective District Magistratel Deputy Commissioners aS per the convenience. In case the Foundation invites the students, the awardee and one escort will be actual  fare by sleeper class train/bus from their place of study or  from: their hometown (both ways). A sum of Rs.2.08 lakh (@ Rs.10OO/- (for awardee and escort on an average) will be spent for the purpose. paid
12. The schere will have a total financial implication of Rs.125.88 lakhs per annum. It will benefit 458 students all over the country directly and will be of considerable indirect benefit to the students belonging to weaker sections by recognition of merit and academic excellence. In case any doubt is raised on the scheme, it shall be referred to the Dr: Ambedkar Foundation and decision of the Foundation will be final

## BOARDI COUNCIL

A list 0f 29 Boards/Council of the country is given at Annexure-I

## LIST OF BOARDSICOUNCIL

- 1 Andhra Pradesh Board of Secondary Education, A. R
3. Bihar School Education Board, Bihar
- 2, Board of Secondary Education, Assam
4. Goa Board of Sec. and Higher Secondary Education;, Goa
6. Haryana Board of Education, Haryana
5. Gujarat Secondary Education Board, Gujarat
- 7.HR Board of School Education; Himachal Pradesh
- 9.Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board, Kamnataka
8. JeK State Board of School Education; Jammu & Kashmir
10. Kerala Board of Public Examinations, Kerala
12. Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary, Maharashtra
11. Madhya Pradesh Board of Secondary Education, MR
13. Manipur Board of Secondary Education; Manipur
15. Mizoram Board of Schoo] Education, Mizoram
- 14 Meghalaya Board of School Education; Meghalaya
16. Nagaland Board of School Education; Nagaland
- 18, Punjab School Education Board, Punjab
- 17 . Orissa Board of Secondary Education, Orissa
- 19.Rajasthan Board of Secondary Education, Rajasthan
- 21, Tripura Board of Secondary Education, Tripura
20. Tamil Nadu Board of Secondary Education; Tamil Nadu
- 22, UP Board of High School& Intermediate Education, UP.
24. Jharkhand Academic Council, Jharkhand
23. West Bengal Board of Secondary Education
- 25 , Chhattisgarh School Education; Chhattisgarh
26. Uttarakhand Secondary Education; Uttarakhand
27. Central Board of Secondary Education
28. Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations
29. National Open Schoo]

## ANNEXURE-IA

## No. of Special Awards

| SNo.                | StatesfUTs            | For SCs   | For STs   |
|---------------------|-----------------------|-----------|-----------|
|                     | Andhra Pradesh        | 13        | 4         |
| 2                   | Arunachal Pradesh     | 1         | 1         |
| 3                   | Assam                 | 2         | 3         |
| 4                   | Bihar                 | 12        | 1         |
| 5                   | Goa                   | 1         |           |
| 6                   | Gujarat               | 3         | 6         |
|                     | Haryana               | 3         |           |
| 8                   | Himachal Pradesh      | 1         |           |
| 9                   | Karnataka             | 8         |           |
| 10                  |                       | 3         | 1         |
| 11                  | Kerala Madhya Pradesh | 9         |           |
| 12                  | Maharashtra           | 10        | 9         |
| 13:                 | Manipur               |           | 2         |
|                     | Meghalaya             | 1         | 3         |
| 15                  | Mizoram               | 1         | 2         |
| 16                  | Nagaland              |           | 2         |
| 17 Orissa           |                       | 6         |           |
| 18                  | Punjab                |           |           |
|                     | Rajasthan             | 8         | 5         |
| 20 Sikkim           |                       | 1         | 1         |
| 21                  | Tamil Nadu            | 11        | 1         |
| 22                  | Tripura               | 1         | 2         |
| Uttar Pradesh       |                       | 32        |           |
| 23 24.              | West Bengal           | 18        |           |
|                     | Jharkhand             | 3         |           |
| 26,                 | Chhattisgarh          | 2         |           |
|                     | Uttarakhand           | 2         |           |
| 27 28               | J & K                 | 1         |           |
|                     | UTs                   |           |           |
| 1 Andaman & Nicobar |                       |           |           |
| 2                   | Chandigarh            |           |           |
| 3                   | Dadra & Nagar Haveli  |           |           |
| 4                   | Daman & Diu           |           |           |
| 5                   | Delhi                 |           |           |
| 6                   | Lakshadeep            |           |           |
| 7                   | Pondicherry           |           |           |

## DrAmbedkar National Merit Award Scheme for meritorious students o

## Senior Secondar SchooL Examination belonging to Scheduled Caste

## 1BACKGRQUND

- 1.1 Bharat Ratna country for fighting for the cause of poor, downtrodden and the weaker sections  Having come from a family belonging to weaker section, Baba Saheb, by dint of his hard work rose to a high position and made significant contribution in the process of Nation building: Baba Saheb availed higher education both in the country and abroad. Award provided to him by the Maharaja of Baroda was of critical significance in the life and achievements of Baba Saheb. With a view to recognize merit and encourage and motivate students, it is proposed to provide a one time cash ward to the meritorious students, belonging to Scheduled Castes(SC):
- 1.2: The Scheme would be known as "Dr. Ambedkar National Merit Award Scheme for Senior Secondary Examination
- 1.3. This scheme would be implemented by Dr; Ambedkar Foundation, set up under the aegis of the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment in 1992,

## 2.OBJECTIVE

- 21 Recognizing, promoting and meritorious students belonging to Scheduled Castes.

## 3ELIGIBILITY

- 3.2 The students should have appeared in any of the recognized State/Central Board of Secondary Education Examination; Council for the Indian School Certificate Examination and National Institute of Open  Schooling. and scored not less than 50% marks in the aggregate in the Senior Secondary Certificate Examination. A list of 29 Boards/Council of the country is given at Annexure-IC
- 3.1 Students should belong to Scheduled Castes (SC)

## 4NQ\_QF AWARD

- 4.1 The Dr. Ambedkar National Merit Award will be given to three students scoring highest marks in the regular Class XIL level examination conducted by the Senior Secondary Board/Council in 4 streams such as Science (with Maths) , Science (with Biology IMaths & Biology) and Commerce Arts,

- 4.2 Thus,, there shall be 12 awards for of the 29 Boards (including 3 all India Boards) In the case of more than' one student getting the same marks; the number of awards would be suitably increased for covering all such eligible students. each
- 5.1 The Award will be given as one time grant as per the following norms -
- 5.2 This award will be given over and above any other Award the student may receive from other sources

| S.     |                                     | Science        | Science            | Arts         | Commerce     |
|--------|-------------------------------------|----------------|--------------------|--------------|--------------|
| No:'   |                                     | Medical stream | Non-medical stream | Arts         | Commerce     |
|        | Student securing highest marks      | Rs. 60,0007 -  | Rs; 60,000/-       | Rs. 60,0001- | Rs. 80,0007- |
|        | Student gecuring nd 2 highest marks | Rs. 50,000/-   | Rs. 50,0007-       | Rs. 50,000/- | Rs. 50,000/- |
|        | Student securing 3 highest marks    | 40,€           | Rs. 40,000/-       | Rs. 40,000/- | Rs. 40,000/- |
| Total: | Rs 1,50,000/-                       | Rs4,50,000k-   |                    |              |              |

## 6 SPECIAL MERIT AWARDS FOR GIRL STUDENTS

- 6 After first three positions of merit; the next three girl students securing the highest marks in each stream would be given a special Award @ This  is in addition to the other encourage students\_ girl
- 8.1\_ The Board/ Council conducting the examination shall send details of the students (name, address,  percentage of mark; school last attended, nearest bank etc ) in the format given to the Ambedkar Foundation within 15 days of announcement of the examination results, with copy to the Secretary, Education Department of the concerned State Government: The information should be duly authenticated by the Secretary of the Board/ Council The State Government shall verify and forward the list to the Foundation within the next 15 days, provided that if details are not received from the State Government within the Scheduled time, action will be taken based on the details received from the Boardl Council:

| 7.1 For 348 SC Students of 29 Boards                                                                          | Rs. 174.00 lakh   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|
| 7.2 For 348 SC girls students & 20,000/-each of 29 Boards                                                     |                   |
| Total 7.3 In the case of same marks secured by students 5% of total exp. is kept for meeting such expenditure | Rs, 11.18 lakh    |
| 7.4 Total estimated expenditure                                                                               |                   |
|                                                                                                               | Rs. 255.78 lakh   |
| 7.5 Total no. of SC students to be benefited Merit Award                                                      | 348               |
| Special merit Award for girl student                                                                          | 348               |
| Total                                                                                                         | 696               |

## 9 DISBURSEMENT

- 9.1 The proposal received from the recognized Boardl Council shall be processed in the Foundation and the Award amount shall be sent to the student awardees directly in the form of an Account Payee Bank Draft by registered post under intimation to the Board/ Council and the educational institution last attended. The student awardees will be encouraged to keep the amount in fixed deposit and avail the interest accrued thereon; provided that there will be no bar for utilizing the amount for meeting personal educational health related expenditure:
- Student awardees securing first; second, third and the girl student securing highest mark in each of the 29 boardslcouncils may either be invited to the Dr, Ambedkar Foundation, New Delhi  for a felicitation each year Or Foundation may send the awards to the student awardees through the respective District Magistratel Deputy Commissioners as per the convenience. In case the Foundation invites the students\_ the awardee and actual fare by sleeper class trainlbus from their place of study or from their hometown (both ways) A sum of Rs.20.88 lakh (@ Rs.3000/- (for awardee and escort on an average) will be spent for the purpose. paid
- 9.3\_ The scheme will have a total financial implication of Rs.276.66 lakhs per annum It will benefit 696 students all over the country directly and will be of considerable indirect benefit to the students belonging to Scheduled Castes by recognition of merit and academic excellence. In case any doubt is raised on the scheme, it shall be referred to the Dr. Ambedkar Foundation and decision of the Foundation will be final:

## 10 Boardl Council

A list of 29 Boards/Council of the country is given at Annexure-I,

## Dr\_Ambedkar Foundation

## Details of\_Dr\_Ambedkar Chairs

|     |                                                                                                              | Thrust Area of the Chair                             | Year of Inception   |
|-----|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|     | Dr. Ambedkar Chair at Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh                                                     | Legal Studies                                        | 1993                |
| 2   | Dr. Ambedkar Chair at Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University of Social Sciences (BRAUSS); Mhow (MP;)                  | Education, Development & Social Change               | 1993                |
| 3   | Dr: Ambedkar Chair at Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Guntur (AP)                            | Social Policy & Social Action                        | 1993                |
|     | Dr; Ambedkar Chair at National Institute of Social Work and Social Sciences (NISWASS) , Bhubaneswar (Odisha) | Social Work                                          | 1994                |
| 5   | Dr. Ambedkar Chair at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) ;, New Delhi                                         | Sociology                                            | 7995                |
| 6   | Dr; Ambedkar Chair at Madras University, Chennai                                                             | Economics                                            |                     |
|     | Dr. Ambedkar Chair at University of Calcutta, Kolkata (West Bengal)                                          | Anthropology                                         | 1995                |
| 8   | Dr, Ambedkar Chair at Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Nagpur; (Maharashtra)                  | Dalit Movement and History                           | 1995                |
| 9   |                                                                                                              | Ambedkarism and Social Change                        | 2002                |
| 10, | Dr, Ambedkar Chair at Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA) ; New Delhi                           | Social Justice                                       | 2004                |
| 11, | Dr: Ambedkar Chair at Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda; Vadodara                                      | Marginalised section of the Society                  | 2016                |
| 12  | Dr: Ambedkar Chair at Indira Gandhi National Tribal University (IGNTU) , Amarkantak; (M,P:) Pradesh          | Adivasi Studies & Ambedkar                           | 2016                |
| 13  | Dr. Ambedkar Chair at Dr, Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya, Sagar (M.P:)                                       | Social Inclusion and Social Justice                  | 2016                |
| 14  | Dr, Ambedkar Chair at SNDT Women's University, Mumbai:                                                       | Interdisciplinary Studies & Thoughts of Dr; Ambedkar | 2016                |
| 15, | Dr; Ambedkar Chair at Central University of Himachal                                                         | A Research on and Cultural Nationality History       | 2016                |
| 16. | Dr Ambedkar Chair at Andhra University,                                                                      | Rural Costal Economy and Ambedkar                    | 2016                |
| 17, | Dr: Ambedkar Chair at Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar (T.N:)                                           | Dr, Ambedkar: Human Rights and Indian Diaspora       | 2016                |
| 18, | Dr: Ambedkar Chair at Tezpur Univeisity, Assam                                                               | Ideas of Dr; BR. Ambedkar                            | 2016                |
| 19, | Dr: Ambedkar Chair at University 0f Rajasthan, Jaipur                                                        | Constitutional Studies and Ambedkar                  | 2016                |
| 20, | Dr: Ambedkar Chair at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh)                                     | Nationalism and national Integration                 | 2016                |
| 21  | Dr. Ambedkar Chair at Patna University, Patna (Bihar}                                                        | Centre-State Relations                               | 2016                |

## LIST OF BOARDSICOUNCIL

- 1 Andhra Pradesh Board of Intermediate Education, AP. Vidya Bhawan; Nampally Hyderababd-500 001\_
- 2 Assam Higher Secondary Education Council; Assam Bamunimaidan; Guwahati-781 021,
- 3 Bihar Intermediate Education Council, Bihar Budh Marg; Patna- 800 001.
- 4 Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education, Goa M-2O, Nehru Nagar; A-210, Betim Cross, Alto Betim, Goa-403 521.
- Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board, Gujarat Sector-10-B, Gandhi Nagar-382 043.
- 6 Haryana Board of Education, Haryana Hansi Road, Bhiwani-125 021.
- HP. Board of School Education, Himachal Pradesh Gyana Lok Parisar, Civil Lines, Dharamshala-176 216, Distt: Kangra
- 8 J & K State Board of school Education, Jammu & Kashmir Rerhari Colony , Jammu-180 005(Nov. to April) Lalmandi, Srinagar-190 005(May-Oct )
- Karnataka Board of Pre-University Education Technical Education Building, Palace Road, Banglore-580 001\_
- 10 Kerala Board of Public Examination, Kerala Pareeksha Bhawan, Poojappura, Thiruvannanthapuram-895 012.
- 11\_ Pradesh Board of Secondary Education; M.P , Bhopal: Madhya
- 12 Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary, Maharashtra Shivaji Nagar, Pune-411 010.
- 13 Manipur Council of Higher Secondary Education DM College Campus, Imphal-795 001.
- 14\_ Meghalaya Board of School Education, Meghalaya West Garo Hills, Tura, Meghalaya-794 102.
15. Mizoram Board of School Education; Mizoram Chaltlang,Post Box 7, Aizawl-796 012.

ANNEXURE-IC

- 16 Nagaland Board of School Education, Nagaland Post Box; 98, Kohima- 767 001.
- 17 Orissa Council of Higher Secondary Education C-2, Pragnyapith, Samantapur; Bhubaneshwar-751 013.
- 18 Punjab School Education Board; Punjab Vidya Bhawan; SAS Nagar; Phase-8, Mohali-160 059.
- 19 Rajasthan Board of Secondary Education, Rajasthan, Ajmer- 305 001\_
20. Tamilnadu Board of Higher Secondary Education; Tanil Nadu DPI Compound, College Road, Chennai- 600 006.
- 21: Tripura Board of Secondary Education; Tripura Nehru Complex(Gurkha Basti) P.O. Kunjaban, Agartala, Tripura West-799 006.
- 22 U.P: Board of High School & Intermediate Education, U.P Allahabad- 211.001\_
- 23 West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education Vidya Sagar Bhawan; 9/2, D. JBlock, Sector-II; Salt Lake, Kolkata- 700 091\_
- 24; Jharkhand Intermediate Education Council Rameshwaram Road, Barayatu Road, Ranchiz 834 009.
- 25 Chhatisgarh Madhyamik Shiksha Mandal Pension Bada, Raipur- 492 001.
- 26 Uttaranchal Shiksha Evam Pariksha Parishad Ram Nagar, Nainital- 263 001

## ALL INDIA BQARDS

- 27 Central Board of Secondary Education 2, Community Centre, Shiksha Kendra, Preet Vihar; Delhi-110092.
- 28 Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations 47-48, Pragati House, Nehru Place, New Delhi-110019.
- 29 National Institute of Open Schooling A-38, Kailash Colony, New Delhi-110048.