ILC-I Awards 2015
About International Longevity Centre-India (ILC-I)-
The International Longevity Centre-India (ILC-I) is a voluntary
organization working for the elderly since 2003 in the fields of Training,
Policy, Advocacy, Research, Documentation and Field projects. It is registered
under Section 25 of the Indian Companies Act, 1956 (and the current section
applicable is Section 8 of the Indian Companies Act, 2013).
ILC-I is one of the seventeen members of the Global Alliance of the
International Longevity Centres and as such it enjoys Special Consultative
Status with UNESCO.
ILC-I is also the Satellite Centre of the United Nations’ International
Institute on Ageing, Malta, for the SAARC region.
ILC-I was founded by the late Dr. S. D. Gokhale , the well-known social scientist
of international repute in 2003.
The President of ILC-I today is the eminent and world-renowned scientist
, and the winner of the Padma Vibhushan (2014), Dr. R. A. Mashelkar.
Dr. Arun Nigavekar, the former Chairperson of the University Grants
Commission is its Vice President.
Mr. Jayant Umranikar, the former Director-General of Police is the
Chairman of ILC-I.
About the late Dr. S. D. Gokhale:
The late Dr. S. D. Gokhale was an Advisor on social issues to
the Govt. of India, the UN, WHO and other national and international
organisations. He was the editor of the prestigious newspaper set up by
Lokmanya Tilak, “Kesari”. Dr. Gokhale was also an acknowledged gerontologist and
has written many books, articles, papers on social issues including ageing at
national and international levels.
He was the President
of the International Federation on Ageing (IFA), an international voluntary
organization for a period of ten years having been its president for two terms
of five years each.
He has been the
recipient of several awards, both national and international, including the Sasakawa
Health Prize awarded by World Health Organization (WHO) at Geneva on May 25,
2006 for outstanding work done in the field of leprosy; The
Vayoshreshtha Samman Award for Outstanding Work in the field of
ageing by the Govt. of India in 2005 ;The G.D. Birla International
Award for Humanitarian Service in 2002; International Gandhi Award Was
Conferred On Him By Gandhi Memorial Leprosy Foundation for the year 1997-98, to
name just a few.
Before he passed away in 2013, he had instituted an Award for journalists
with a view to propagating the issues of the elderly through the media to
ensure maximum levels of awareness and advocacy on it in society.
The ILC-I Awards:
ILC-I distributes its Annual Awards on 17th November
every year- the Anjani Mashelkar Inclusive Innovation Award; the late B. G.
Deshmukh Awards for ‘Promoting Excellence in Qualitative Ageing’ & the
‘Jeevan Gaurav Puraskar’ ; the late Dr. S. D. Gokhale Award for “Promoting
Qualitative Journalism in Ageing”.
The Dr. S. D. Gokhale Award for ‘Promoting Qualitative Journalism in
Ageing’:
· Every year, ILC-I gives an award to a
journalist who has brought
out qualitative articles or features on ageing covering comprehensively all the
related issues of the senior citizens like – physical and mental health,
financial security, elder abuse, protection of life and property of the
elderly, the legal aspects, planning for retirement, intergenerational
solidarity, age-friendly societies, the national and international plans and
policies on ageing, caregiving of the elderly, products and services for the
elderly including innovational ones ,feminization of ageing, rights of the
older persons, society’s responsibilities, building elder-friendly
infrastructure etc.
· The award is for journalists from either the
Marathi or English media.
· For selection, the criteria are- choice
of subjects; outreach in terms of readership; they should cover varied aspects
of ageing; frequency of the articles/features; the potential impact of the
articles with a view to enabling a qualitative change at least in terms of
awareness; the outreach of the medium in which the article appears.
· The Award carries a cash prize of Rs. 5000/-
and a citation.
· A jury of eminent experts will select the
winner.
· Last date for applications: 15th September
2015
Those who qualify under the above criteria may send in their applications
in soft and hard copies of their documented published articles with relevant
details, bio-data , marking the application as ‘Dr. S. D. Gokhale Award’, to
:
The Executive Director,
International Longevity Centre-India (ILC-I)
CASP Bhavan,
Pashan- Baner Link Road,
Pashan,
Pune-411021
(Maharashtra)
