The Foundation for Amity & National Solidarity,
Delhi has been selected for the National Communal Harmony Award for the
year 2012 by the Jury headed by the Vice-President of India.
Formed in 1984, the Foundation for Amity & National Solidarity
(FANS) is a Delhi based Trust which works for spreading amity and
communal harmony. It has organized numerous seminars, workshops,
symposiums, inter-religious meets, youth camps, sadbhavana sabhas and
rallies to promote social amity. The Foundation has instituted
'National Amity Award', which is given every year to an eminent
personality. A serial 'Yeh Gulistan Hamara' produced by the
Foundation on national integration was telecast on Doordarshan. It has
awarded numerous scholarships under its Amity Scholarship Scheme to
promote education amongst the economically backward students. It has
extensively contributed for promoting solidarity and communal harmony.
The National Communal Harmony Awards were instituted in 1996 by the
National Foundation for Communal Harmony (NFCH), an autonomous
organization set up by the Government of India, Ministry of Home
Affairs, for promoting communal harmony and national integration. The
ward has been instituted with a view to demonstrating due appreciation
and recognition of the efforts of individuals and organisations for
promotion of communal harmony and national integration in a sustained
manner over a sufficiently long period of time. In addition to a
citation, the award carries a cash prize of Rupees five lakh for the
Organisation.
