A massive rush was witnessed at the venue for the prestigious TNR Shining Star Awards in Solan on Saturday (July 6, 2024) with students starting to queue up for registration since early morning.
The event is being organised to honour the meritorious Class 10 and Class 12 students who have scored 85 per cent or higher marks in their recent board examination.
Chief Parliamentary Secretary Sanjay Awasthy, who is the Congress MLA from Arki constituency in Solan district, is the Chief Guest. The venue is Art and Culture Auditorium at Kotho in Solan town. The awards ceremony is from 10 am to 2 pm, but eligible students had to report at the venue for registration at 9 am.
The TNR Shining Star Awards elicited a massive response in Nahan (covering Sirmaur district) on Thursday (July 4, 2024), with nearly 400 students honoured. An equal number of students are expected in Solan too.
The Newz Radar, the trusted and only English digital news network based in Himachal Pradesh, has already organised the TNR Shining Star Awards in Kangra, Chamba, Kullu, Mandi, Bilaspur, Una, Hamirpur and Nahan. The awards were instituted in 2023 to celebrate the extraordinary academic achievements of super brains, among them several from ordinary backgrounds.
The aim behind organising the Shining Star Awards is to connect with bright young minds and foster a constructive society, says Sunil Chadha, Executive Editor at The Newz Radar. He avers that it’s a must to honour students, their parents and teachers who have worked hard for years to achieve such academic milestones.
At the awards function in Una on June 26 (2024), Himachal Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Mukesh Agnihotri had lauded Team Newz Radar for its innovative social initiative Shining Star Awards.
As the Chief Guest, Mukesh Agnihotri had praised TNR Political Editor S Gopal Puri and Executive Editor Sunil Chadha, emphasising their remarkable accomplishments in journalism at a young age and their efforts to drive social change through the Shining Star Awards.
