New Delhi: Dr. Dominic Emmanuel SVD has been selected for the National Communal Harmony Award for the year 2008. The Jury, headed by the Vice-President of India, selected Dr. Dominic Emmanuel SVD, Delhi in the individual category.

Dr. Dominic Emmanuel SVD, aged 57 years, has been working for communal harmony for the past two decades. Having a Ph. D. on 'Communication as Dialogue: Its Progressive Recognition in Modern Christian, Academic and Broadcast Discourses’, Dr. Emmanuel has been in the service of inter-religious dialogue. He has been actively involved in resolving conflicts/ differences between different communities. His literary works include 14 books on subjects covering value education for school children and communal harmony. He has been contributing articles in national dailies for the promotion of communal harmony and national integration. He has worked as Radio Journalist on the themes of communal harmony. He also participated in sadbhavna yatras in the aftermath of Gujarat riots 2002. He is also one of the founding members of Parliament of Religions (Sarvadharam Sadbhav).

The National Communal Harmony Awards were instituted in 1996 by the National Foundation for Communal Harmony (NFCH), an autonomous organisation set up by Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs, for promoting communal harmony and national integration. The award has been instituted with a view to demonstrating due appreciation and recognition of the efforts of individuals and organisations/institutions 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 award of Rs. 5 lakh and Rs.2 lakh for the organisation and individual categories, respectively.
 

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