ACHA AWARDS

(Updated June 23, 2008)

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

 

• ACHA PEACE STARAWARD is given to individuals and organizations, which have performed meritorious work in promotion of peace and communal harmony.

 

• ACHA AWARD is meant for individuals and organizations which have performed significant 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 significant service to ACHA.

 

Nominees as well as the nominators may be from any part of the world, but preference is given to those who are South Asians and 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.

 

• Name, mailing address and email address of the nominator
• Name, mailing address and email address of the nominee
• The award for which the person is being nominated
• The reasons why the nominee deserves the award
• Brief description of the nominee's education, work and other achievements.
• Any other relevant information

 

It is responsibility of the nominator to make sure that the nominee is willing to be recognized with the ACHA Award for which (s)he is being nominated.

 

Nominations must be sent by email to asiapeace@comcast.net before the date announced each year.

 

After 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.