Drishti Punjab, an organisation of Canada, run by people who are attached to their roots in Punjab, has emerged as a ray of hope for the intelligent and needy students studying in Government schools of Punjab. It distributed Rs50,000 cash rewards each to 12 outstanding students on Wednesday. The awards were given to Government school students who are economically weak and have scored meritorious position in the merit list of Punjab School Education Board (PSEB). This was the fourth felicitation ceremony of Drishti Punjab.
The awardees are Sachindeep Kaur from Government High School Bhagwangarh (Bathinda), Mohit Kumar from Government Senior Secondary School Diwankhera (Fazilka), Satish Kumar from Government Senior Secondary School Datarpur (Hoshiarpur), Harpreet Kaur from Government Senior Secondary School Bagpur Sataur (Hoshiarpur), Harminder Kaur from Dr Ala Singh Kalkat Memorial Government Girls Senior Secondary School Urmur Tanda, Randeep Kaur from Government Senior Seocndary School Dhipali (Bathinda), Vishali from Government High School Dadauli (Rupnagar), Bahwan Sharma from Government Girls High School Nurpur Bedi (Rupnagar), Jaspreet Kaur from Government Senior Secondary School Chuangra (SBS Nagar), Gursewak Singh from Government Senior Secondary School Burj Dhilwan (Mansa), Chandni from Government Girls Senior Secondary School (Rupnagar) and Navpreet Kaur from Government Senior Secondary School Jarsi Kalota (Hoshiarpur).
Those present at the event included Rajya Sabha MP Avinash Rai Khanna, Punjab government media advisor Vineet Joshi, chancellor Sri Sai University SK Punj, amongst others.