The founder of Ghanshyam Oli Child Welfare Society, Ajay Oli was honoured with the National Youth Award and medal by the Union Minister Anurag Thakur at the National Youth Award organised in Delhi. Total 22 people from various parts of India were felicitated by the union minister on Friday. This is the first time in the last 10 years when a citizen of Uttarakhand got this national award. Oli was awarded for his work against child labour and child begging and connecting thousands of children with education in the last seven years. Oli, who has claimed to have conducted 13,000 awareness campaigns in 109 cities, dedicated this award to the society and the youth who are constantly working for the society across the country.
