Bharat Lok Shiksha Parishad
Success story Ekal Student “Pinki Karmakar” ran For India
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n Ekal Student “Pinki Karmakar” ran for India with London Olympic Torch in Nottingham Square on 28th June 2012 at 12.00 Noon (London Time). Seventeen Year old Pinki Karmakar is the student of class Xth in Barbarauah Tea State High School, District Dibrugarh, Assam. Pinki started her journey from Ekal Vidyalaya in Barburuah Tea Village Dibrugarh, Assam. Unicef had selected Pinky as the only representative from India under the organisation’s Sports for Development programme being implemented in Borborooah, Lahowal and Panitola tea estates in Dibrugarh district since 2009. Pinky is actively involved in the programme. She is also associated with programmes that create awareness about child marriage, adult literacy and alcoholism. Pinky said she loved her experience in London. She was taught a dance and some games. She was also taught how to judge senior sportspersons.
Pinky Karmakar from the tea community of Assam made her community and country proud when she travelled to England to participate in the Olympic Torch Relay in June 2012.
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Pinki Karmakar was honoured in the public function of inauguration of Ekal Mahila Varg in Dibrugarh on 1st July 2012.
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