SPECIAL FEATURE
I Chubatangit Jamir receiving the award from (left to right) Major Ved Prakash, member AICC, Dr. Bhishma Narain Singh, Former Governor of Tamil Nadu & Assam, General (Retd) J. J. Singh, Former Chief of the Army Staff Former Governor of Arunachal Pradesh. (Photo Courtesy: Limasutsung Lemtur)
I. Chubatangit Jamir was honoured with Bharat Joyti Award, 2013 for his meritorious service and achievements in the field of Right to Information.
India International Friendship Society confers this award on few extraordinary men and women who have specialised in various fields like science and technology, education, industry, fine arts, politics and social work, in lieu of the yeoman service rendered excellence in their respective fields. The Society has thoroughly considered Chubatangit’s work and found it to be remarkable and inspirational, stated a press release issued by Ayangti Longkumer.
Chubatangit is a social activist and has been involved with RTI issues since 2006. Apart from other noteworthy works, he was the Investigator under Planning Commission, India for Nagaland Chapter (2012) on the study of Central Department Funds in the North East Region and its utilization, Gauhati High Court Petitionaer against Nagaland Education Department under SSA Scheme (Fund mismanagement) and Supreme Court Petitioner (PIL) against Nagaland Government for illegal appointment of Parliamentary Secretary by DAN and several other important issues through RTI Act.
At present, he is actively involved in issues involving RTI Act, 2005 and Consumer Act in the State of Nagaland against corruption. His mission is to serve the nation and its people by bringing about a change in the present system through a check in the level of corruption.
The past recipient of Bharat Joyti award includes Mother Teresa, former Vice President BD Jatti, cricketers like Sunil Gavaskar and Sayed Kirmani, and Olympic silver medalist in hockey Dhanraj Pillay, gold medalist shooter Abhinav Bindra among several others.
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