Aditya Dhwaj Joshi Memorial Award goes to Sharma and Onta

Kathmandu, Feb 18: The Aditya Dhwaj Joshi Memorial Award is to be conferred on Dilip Sharma, Sub Editor of the RSS International News Section, and photojournalist Pradeep Raj Onta this year.

The Award presented annually by the Nepal National Employees' Organisation, RSS branch on the occasion of the anniversary of Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS), the National News Agency.

Organisation Chairperson Prem Prasad Upadhyay said that it has been decided to present the Award to Sharma and Onta this year on the occasion of RSS's 65th anniversary.

The Award instituted in honour of former RSS Administrator Joshi, carries a purse of Rs 7,500 per person and it is given to two employees each year.

The RSS began its news service from the house of former administrator Joshi, a resident of New Road, Kathmandu, on the 7th of Falgun, 2018 BS. The Organisation established the award in 2066 BS to his memory.

Previously, Raju Shakya and Phiruram Chaudhary (2067), Dhruba Bhakta Shrestha and Balbahadur Bishwakarma (2068), Madan Gautam and Shambhu Prasad Yadav (2069), Ramesh Mishra and Pabitra Gurung (2070), Krishna Prasad Sharma and Bholanath Paudel (2071), Rambhagat Budhathoki and Mangal Bahadur Jalahari (2072), as well as Nhuchheraj Bajracharya and Sagur Singh Rana (2073) have been awarded this prize.

Similarly, other recipients of this Award are Jagat Krishna Shrestha and Rajani Bajracharya (2074), Tirtha Prasad Bhattarai and Ramlal Shrestha (2075), Bishnu Prasad Lamichhane and Hari Banstola (2076), Deep Raj Sanyal and Rajesh Kumar Shrestha (2077), Madhusudan Aryal and Bishnu Bahadur Thapa (2078), Uttam Silwal and Reshma Shakya (2079), Ram Bahadur Thapa and Rajinan Sah (2080) and Manoj Karki and Ratna Krishna Shrestha (2081).(RSS)