AMP National Awards for Social Excellence - 2023
An AMP initiative to honour NGOs & Changemakers!
 

Association of Muslim Professionals (AMP) has been working for more than a decade and a half in the areas of Education, Employment and Economic empowerment. It’s crowdfunding site IndiaZakat.com has emerged as a leading platform for succour to  the needy. From a humble beginning in 2007, Alhamdulillah, AMP has grown exponentially, and is present today in more than 200 cities of India and as many as 16 Countries globally.

In the past few years, more than 5000 NGOs have connected with AMP through its NGO Connect project and collaborated on various projects like National Talent Search (NTS)- Competition for School & College students’, ACE Hybrid Learning Centres for IIT-JEE & NEET exams, Mega Job Fairs & Job Drives, Employability Training Programmes (ETP), in many cities across the Country. There have been collaborations on many non-AMP projects too successfully. The two day AMP North India NGO Conference, held on 3^rd and 4^th March, 23   at Lucknow was a grand success. More than 300+ NGOs and 100+ noted social workers from all over the country shared their experiences and deliberated on various burning social and economic issues.

AMP instituted it’s AMP National Awards for Social Excellence in 2021 looking at the commendable work of NGOs and committed individuals during the Covid pandemic. Since then, these awards are given annually to the selected NGO’s & Individual Changemakers, spread across the Country, for appreciating their outstanding contributions to Social Development and Nation Building.

These awards are given at the National and State Level in the following 5 categories;

1. Education
2. Employment/Livelihoods Assistance
3. Humanitarian Assistance
4. Minority & Human Rights Issues
5. Others

For registrations: (Registration is closed Now!)
https://tinyurl.com/AMPNationalNGOAwards

Last year, we received nominations from more than 2000+ NGOs out of which close to 380 were shortlisted for the various main and sub category awards. 110+ individuals were also awarded with the Changemaker Awards. The Awards presentation ceremony was graced by honorable guests like  Er. Syed Sadatullah Husaini, President, Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH), Dr. Farah Usmani, International Health & Development Expert and Founder - Rising Beyond The Ceiling and AMP President Mr. Aamir Edresy. The Award ceremony was moderated by AMP Core team member & Head ,NGO Connect Mr. Farooque Siddiqui.
 

The 3rd edition of  National Awards for Social Excellence 2023  will be announced on Tue, 15th August 2023 . NGO’s working across the Country in any of the above 5 domains mentioned above can be nominated. The applications will be evaluated on the following parameters;

1. How many lives the NGO has been able to transform / change by its project/s.
2. Whether the project/s is one-off / short term or long term kind (like any permanent Education / Scholarship Guidance /Skill Development centres).
3. Whether NGOs is registered with concerned Govt Department/agency.
4. Any recognition by Government / Govt.Departments like Minority Commission etc.
5. Any running project with Government or any Corporate (under CSR funding).
6. Humanitarian Relief work (Covid /Cyclone /Floods etc.).
7. Extraordinary Individuals /Changemakers will also be considered for “Speacial Jury Awards”.

The last date for awards registrations will be Saturday, 31st July 2023.
E-Certificate will be provided to all verified/shortlisted NGOs.

Note: For any queries, please write to ngoconnect@ampindia.org and in the Subject, mention – NGO Awards

For registrations:
https://tinyurl.com/AMPNationalNGOAwards