Chandra Singh Gwal, Chief Commissioner Uttarakhand State Bharat Scouts and Guides who is also the president of Scouts Guides and Adult Training Review Committee National Headquarters, has been conferred with the Silver Elephant Award, the highest national award of Scouting and Guiding in the country, by President of India, Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday. This award is being given by Bharat Scouts and Guides National Headquarters, New Delhi.
The award has been conferred to Gwal for being instrumental in the promotion of Scouting and Guiding activities and in recognition of his distinguished services of exemplary nature to the movement in the State. Gwal said that the activities of Scouts and Guides must be taken to the remote and difficult areas of the State. This award was the recognition of the devoted work put in by all those associated with this movement in the State, he added.