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PDUTEA

Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Telecom Excellence Award
NationwideUniversity / InstitutionIndividualCentralCentral Sector SchemeMinistry Of CommunicationNo start date
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What this is

The scheme aims to provide national recognition, financial incentives, and professional encouragement to Indian citizens and institutions contributing significantly to telecom development and its application in sectors such as agriculture, health, education, and commerce.

In detail

The "Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Telecom Excellence Award" scheme has been launched by the Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications, Government of India. The scheme aims to encourage innovation, excellence, and capacity building in the telecom sector while recognizing outstanding contributions made by individuals, organizations, and institutions across telecom innovations, skilling, services, manufacturing, and sectoral applications.

Who qualifies

  • The applicant should be an Indian citizen or an organization/institution registered in India.
  • The applicant should have made notable contributions in telecom sector during the last 3 years.
  • The applicant should contribute in telecom innovations, skilling, services, manufacturing, or telecom-based applications.
  • The applicant should demonstrate impact in sectors such as agriculture, health, education, or commerce.
  • The applicant should provide verifiable work done within India.
  • The applicant should not have received this award in the last 3 years.
  • The applicant should not be currently performing the work as part of regular government duty, unless after retirement.

What you get

Benefits

  • Cash award of ₹2,00,000 per awardee.
  • Shawl, Citation, and Plaque as recognition.
  • Reimbursement of airfare (economy class by the shortest route).
  • A lump sum amount of ₹7,500 for boarding, lodging, and incidental expenses.
  • National recognition for outstanding telecom contributions.

Mode of Disbursement

  • Cash award transferred to awardee; travel reimbursement on submission of bills.
  • Physical presentation of shawl, plaque, and citation.
  • Once annually.

Expected Time of Disbursement

  • During the official Award Presentation Ceremony (date decided by Department of Telecommunications).
  • One-time award; cannot be used as title or prefix/suffix.
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schemeNamePandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Telecom Excellence AwardmyScheme · 2026-09-02
schemeOpenDate...not published at source
schemeCloseDate...not published at source
nodalMinistryNameMinistry Of CommunicationmyScheme · 2026-09-02
dbtSchemeFalsemyScheme · 2026-09-02
achievement data...no source publishes this for any central scheme