ACHA AWARDS

Every other year the Association for Communal Harmony (ACHA) invites nominations for the following awards.

Every other year (starting in 2010) the Association for Communal Harmony (ACHA) invites nominations for the following awards.

1. ACHA PEACE STAR AWARD (formerly ACHA STAR AWARD) is given to individuals (and organizations) that have performed meritorious work in promotion of peace and communal harmony.

1. ACHA AWARD is meant for individuals (and organizations) that have performed substantial service to ACHA.

Directors and Officers of ACHA are not eligible for these awards.

Self-nominations are not acceptable.

ACHA Awards do not have any financial value. They have been set up to recognize some of the unsung peace and harmony heroes, and those who have performed substantial service to ACHA.

Nominees as well as the nominators may be from any part of the world, but preference is given to the nominees whose work is focused on South Asia and South Asians.

Each nomination must include the following information. Nominations must include ALL the details listed below. Incomplete nominations will not be accepted.

Current/valid email addresses for the nominator as well as the nominee are essential for any follow-up correspondence, which may be necessary with either or both.

1. ABOUT NOMINATOR

1. What are your name, email address and complete postal/mailing address?
2. Are you active in peace and harmony work? If yes, please tell us briefly about the peace and harmony work you have done and/or you are doing?
3. How long have you known the nominee?  What is the nature of your relationship with the nominee?
4. Any other relevant information about you.

ABOUT NOMINEE

1. What are the name, email address and complete postal/mailing address of your nominee?
2. The award for which you are nominating the nominee?
3. What about the nominee’s work makes you believe that the nominee deserves the award?
4. Brief description of the nominee's education, work and other achievements.
5. Any other relevant information about the nominee.

It is responsibility of the nominator to make sure that the nominee is willing to be recognized with the ACHA Award for which the nominee is being nominated.
Nominations should be sent by email to asiapeace@comcast.net before the closing date. Only those nominations, which are sent in response to ACHA announcement, are accepted.
After the ACHA Board has reviewed the nominations and selected the finalists, all the nominees and the nominators are informed by email.
When possible, Awards are presented to the successful candidates at a special ceremony. Otherwise the awards are sent to them by mail.