Kokrajhar (Assam), Dec 23: Eminent educational reformist, engineer turned prominent intellectual thinker of the country, Sonam Wangchuk was conferred the 20th Upendra Nath Brahma Soldier of Humanity Award 2023 at a gl programme held at Bodofa Cultural Complex, Chandamari in Kokrajhar on Saturday.
The Upendra Nath Brahma Trust (UNBT) announced the conferment of Upendra Nath Brahma Soldier of Humanity Award to Sonam Wangchuk, which is regarded as a prestigious award from the Bodo community in memory of Bodofa Upendra Nath Brahma, former president of All Bodo Students Union ( ABSU) to keep alive ideology and philosophy of the great personality.
Wangchuk, a well-known engineer turned educational reformist and on recognition of his dedicated services towards the welfare and upliftment of the educational arena amongst the citizens was conferred the award.
Sonam Wangchuk, whose remarkable life story inspired the blockbuster ‘3 Idiots’, was born on 1st Sept 1966 near Alchi in the Leh district of Ladakh,India. He completed his B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering from National Institute of Technology, Srinagar (then REC Srinagar) in 1987.
The Ladakh-based engineer is known for setting up his innovative school, the Students’ Educational and Cultural Movement of Ladakh (SECMOL), whose campus runs on solar energy and uses no fossil fuels for cooking, lighting, or heating.
The chief executive member of Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR), Pramod Boro, Assam cabinet minister Urkhao Gwra Brahma, Executive Editor of The Assam Tribune.& Chairman of Media Trust, Assam, Prasanta Jyoti Baruah, President of Bodo Sahitya Sabha,Dr Surath Narzary,ABSU president Dipen Boro attended the function.
Accepting the award, Wangchuk said that he was very happy with the award being conferred upon him from the Bodo community in the name of Bodofa Upendra Nath Brahma Soldier of Humanity Award. He said that the award presented to him will encourage him more to work for social upliftment and development amongst the citizens of the country.
CEM of Bodoland Territorial Region, Pramod Boro said that the Bodo community has been conferring the award every year those luminaries who have been rendering their dedicated services towards upliftment and development of the humanity across the country. He said that Bodofa Upendra Nath Brahma was an architecture of the Bodos and other downtrodden communities.
The UNBT makes an attempt to identify and give honour to the true sons and daughters of the country, who love their land from the bottom of their hearts and strive for the development of their society, based on the principle of human dignity and equality. UN Brahma upheld the essence of human dignity and equality as a core value in his endeavor to uplift the down-trodden people of the country.
The UNBT feels honoured to celebrate the success stories of people like him who have accomplished great tasks with hard labour, tenacity and moral integrity for the advancement of humanity.
