Proving his mettle Himadrish Suwan, a Ranchi boy, not only brought laurels to the city but made the State proud by clinching the Young Achievers’ Award of the UN for information activism in the area of media and information.
Himadrish is the youngest winner to get this international distinction from theUN at an age of 17. On the occasion of the World Teachers’ Day he received the award given by the United Nations, the International Association for World Peace, affiliated to United Nations-ECOSOC, UNICEF, UNESCO, UNICED, DPI and The Confederation of Indian Universities (The National Platform of all Universities of India) at the India International Centre.
Hails form Madhukam Ranchi, Himadrish is son of a business man Anurag Chiranjeev and his mother is homemaker mother; uncle Sandeep Kumar is HOD at ISM. He is a first year Political Science (H) student of Delhi University. "I am also a regular columnist for various registered magazines of Government of India including lawyers Update, Just IN Print, Youth KI Awaaz , Indian Exponent, The Global Times and as a registered author at the Indian Exponent," he said.
“I am writing since when I was in class 12 and received several International and National recognition. I have raised several issues of public importance, public need and I am the youngest person to receive this international distinction from United Nations at a tender age”, added Himadris.
I also got the ‘Global Award for Excellence 2013’ in the filed of Social Work and Youth Empowerment. The award was given on the occasion of International Mother Earth Day Celebration held on 22 April 2013, by The Global Open University Nagaland (TGOU), Women International Network (WIN), Indira Gandhi Technological and Medical Sciences University (IGTAMSU), Indian Institute of Ecology and Environment (IIEE), NCCSD and Environment Tomorrow, he said.
I am also well acquainted as an RTI activist, since from my school days I have filed more than 100 RTI’s and received the outstanding performance acknowledgment from the Right to Information Institute of India (RTII) on the occasion of International RTI Day 2013, he said.
With the help of my RTI’s, 16 coaches of Ranchi-New Delhi Rajdhani Experess (Bokaro Route) got changed; earlier it was an ICF coaches which is actually not meant for Rajdhani Express but with the help of RTI it could be possible change to lHB Coaches which is actually meant for Rajdhani’s, he said.
“My dream to make India a ‘Knowledge Superpower’ by 2020 as I believe if you have knowledge you are the most powerful person in the world else you are the weakest person in the world”, added Himadrish.