The award promotes women empowerment at the community level by discovering & recognising those who have, against all odds, excelled and contributed significantly to the development process in India. The award is given in the field of: • Education & Literacy • Health • Micro Enterprise

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CII Woman Exemplar Award 2010
CII, under the aegis of its National Committee on Women Empowerment, has since 2005,
institutionalised an annual CII Woman Exemplar Award.
The award promotes women empowerment at the community level by discovering & recognising
those who have, against all odds, excelled and contributed significantly to the development process
in India. The award is given in the field of:
• Education & Literacy
• Health
• Micro Enterprise
The award is called EXEMPLAR because the talented awardees set an example to others, igniting the
spirit and the belief that others too can be empowered.
The nominees/awardees are grass-root community women workers.
CII would welcome such nominations for the Award.

2. CII Woman Exemplar Award 2010
General Terms & Conditions For Nominations
AREAS OF WORK
The contribution should be in the field of:
1. Education & Literacy 2. Health 3. Micro Enterprise
THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR THE AWARD
• The Award is intended for lowest grass- root • The nominee should be able to produce a
level under–privileged women, from either Recommendation Letter (format attached)
rural or urban slum areas, who have excelled from an authorised agency such as –
in various chosen fields. Government Departments including
Panchayat/ Municipality, Government Schools
• The nominee’s accomplishments should have
or Primary Health Centres, nationalised banks
spanned 5 years or more. Evaluation will be
or any recognised financial institutions.
done on the last 5 years work.
• The Awardee is expected to make further
• The nominee should be a self-motivated contributions to lives of the underprivileged.
woman exhibiting leadership skills.
• Women who have been already recognised
• NGOs can only be the Proposers and not the nationally or regionally are not eligible for this
Applicants. Award.
AWARD ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
• The nominees will be evaluated as per the • The preference will be given to women who
following criteria: have not had an opportunity to study, or have
– Key Achievements studied against all odds, or, without formal
education, have achieved a lot.
– Unique approach adopted to achieve
desired results • A woman who has done exemplary work at a
young age, 23 years onwards, would be given
– Beneficiaries Targeted preference.
– Upgrading Knowledge and empowering • Everything being equal, a woman who has a
others large impact or has worked in great depth will
– Vision and Leadership get priority.

3. AWARD PROCESS which is scheduled towards April-end every year
• Applications will be screened and short listed in New Delhi. The awardees from the previous year
candidates will be put through a process of are also invited to the award ceremony.
due diligence which includes interviews of the The Awardee must personally accept the award
short-listed candidates at their workplace at the CII National Conference and Annual Session.
• The short-listed candidates will be intimated CII will arrange for travel and stay for the awardee.
through the Proposer, prior to the due
diligence visit
• A maximum of five nominees in each category THE NOMINATION FORM
will be evaluated by a third party (neither CII
The nomination must have the contact details of
nor the sponsor company) and the appraisal
the nominee along with the summary of the
remarks given to the jury.
project in 1000-1500 words. The supporting
• The jury will decide on the three awardees documents should include:
from the short-listed finalists
• 2 passport size photographs of the Nominee
• 2 passport size photographs of the Proposer.
JURY FOR THE AWARD • Recommendation letter (Annexure A)
The Jury will comprise of eminent industry • The photographs of the nominee engaged in
members their activities if any
• News clipping/articles and other such items, if
any
AWARD Please note that any accompanying material will
The award comprises a Medallion, Citation and a not be returned.
Cash Award of Rs 1,00,000/- (Rupees One Lakh
Only) for each of the Awardees. The award money
is given in three installments. The nomination form and the proposer form are
appended below and the recommendation letter
PRESENTATION OF THE AWARD as Annexure A.
The CII Woman Exemplar Award is presented at
the CII National Conference and Annual Session,

4. CII-Woman Exemplar Award 2010
Sarbani Chakravarty
NOMINATION FORM
Development Initiatives
Confederation of Indian Industry
249-F, Sector 18, Udyog Vihar, Phase IV, Gurgaon - 122 015 (Haryana)
Tel: 0124-401 4536 (D) / 4014060-67; Fax: 0124-4309449 (D) / 4014057
Email: sarbani.chakravarty@cii.in
Section I: Personal details of the nominee (not exceeding one page)
Name : _______________________________________________________________________
Address : _______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
Telephone : _______________________________________________________________________
E-Mail (if any) : _______________________________________________________________________
Recipient of any Other Award : _______________________________________________________________________
Name of the Project : _______________________________________________________________________
Location of the Project : _______________________________________________________________________
Duration of the Project : _______________________________________________________________________
Section II: Details of the Project (Not exceeding two pages)
• Name of the Project • Who are providing resources?
• What prompted the woman to launch the project? • Who are the beneficiaries?
• When was it launched and where? • What are the benefits accrued?
• Who helped her to launch the project ? • How is the project monitored and evaluated?
• How is it being carried out? • Any recognition by Government or other agencies given
to this effort?
Section III: Information supporting the following award assessment criteria:
(Not exceeding ten pages)
– Key Achievements – Upgrading Knowledge and empowering others
– Unique approach adopted to achieve desired results – Vision and Leadership
– Beneficiaries Targeted
NOMINATION DEADLINE THE PROPOSER
Nomination form with all the information, must reach Special mention and recognition will be made of the
CII latest by end of 30th November 2009. The form Proposer of the Awardees at the award ceremony.
could also be sent by e-mail to
sarbani.chakravarty@cii.in or by post/courier to The Proposer will not be paid any travel, boarding &
Ms. Sarbani Chakravarty, Development Initiatives, The lodging cost for his/her travel to Delhi to attend the
Confederation of Indian Industry, 249-F, Sector-18, Award Ceremony, in case, his/her nominees is awarded.
Udyog Vihar, Phase-IV, Gurgaon-122015 (Haryana).

5. PROPOSER FORM
PROPOSER
Name : __________________________________________________________________________________
Affiliation : __________________________________________________________________________________
Address : __________________________________________________________________________________
Telephone : Office ______________________________________________________________________________
Resi _______________________________________________________________________________
Mobile _____________________________________________________________________________
Fax : __________________________________________________________________________________
E-Mail (if any) : __________________________________________________________________________________
Brief Profile of the
Proposer : __________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
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6. Annexure A
Sarbani Chakravarty
Development Initiatives
Confederation of Indian Industry
249-F, Sector 18, Udyog Vihar, Phase IV, Gurgaon - 122 015 (Haryana)
Tel: 0124-401 4536 (D) / 4014060-67; Fax: 0124-4309449 (D) / 4014057
Email: sarbani.chakravarty@cii.in
Dear Sir,
CII - Woman Exemplar Award 2010
Nominee Recommendation Letter
This is to confirm that Ms……………………………..a grass root level social
worker has been engaged with the project on…………………………since………..
I agree with the Terms and Conditions laid down by you and accordingly,
recommend Ms……………….. as a nominee for the Award proposed by
(Name)………………. ……… (Designation)…………………. (Organisation)
………………………………………………
(PS : The following paragraph need to be added if the proposer is an NGO)
I also confirm that the Proposer…………………………… is running a reputed
NGO called………………………. working in the area of ………………………
since …………………………
Yours faithfully,
(AUTHORISED SIGNATORY)
Name : ……………………………
Designation : …………………………….
Department : …………………………….
Agency : …………………………….
Address :…………………………….
………………………………
………………………………
Tel …………Fax………………
Mobile ……………………………..
Official Stamp : Dated
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