The SAARC Youth Award is awarded to outstanding individuals from the SAARC region. The award is notable due to the recognition it gives to the Award winner in the SAARC region. The award is based on specific themes which apply to each year.
The award recognises and promotes the commitment and talent of the youth who give back to the world at large through various initiatives such as Inventions, Protection of the Environment and Disaster relief. The recipients who receive this award are ones who have dedicated their lives to their individual causes to improve situations in their own countries as well as paving a path for the SAARC region to follow. The Committee for the SAARC Youth Award selects the best candidate based on his/her merits and their decision is final.
Previous Winners:
1997: Outstanding Social Service in Community Welfare - Mr. Md. Sukur Salek (Bangladesh)
1998: New Inventions and Discoveries - Dr. Najmul Hasnain Shah (Pakistan)
2001: Creative Photography: South Asian Diversity - Mr. Mushfiqul Alam (Bangladesh)
2002: Outstanding contribution to protect the Environment - Dr. Masil Khan (Pakistan)
2003: Invention in the Field of Traditional Medicine - Mr. Hassan Sher (Pakistan)
2004: Outstanding contribution to raising awareness for TB and/or HIV/AIDS - Mr. Ajij Prasad Poudyal (Nepal)
2006: Promotion of Tourism in South Asia - Mr. Syed Zafar Abbas Naqvi (Pakistan)
2008: From Himalayan glaciers to verdant plains to coral reefs – protecting the Environment in South Asia - Ms. Uswatta Liyanage Deepani Jayantha (Sri Lanka)
2009: Outstanding contribution to humanitarian works in the aftermath of Natural Disasters - Dr. Ravikant Singh (India)
2010: Outstanding contribution for the Protection of Environment and mitigation of Climate Change - Ms. Anoka Primrose Abeyrathne (Sri Lanka)
Membership
Current members (alphabetically)
Afghanistan----2005 newly joined
Bangladesh
Bhutan
India
Maldives
Nepal
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
Others
South Africa has participated in meetings.
Secretaries General
Abul Ahsan January 16, 1987 to 15 October 1989
Kant Kisore Bhargava October 17, 1989 to December 31, 1991
Ibrahim Hussain Zaki January 1, 1992 to December 31, 1993
Yadav Kant Silwal January 1, 1994 to December 31, 1995
Naeem U. Hasan January 1, 1996 to December 31, 1998
Nihal Rodrigo January 1, 1999 to January 10, 2002
Q.A.M.A. Rahim January 11, 2002 to February 28, 2005
Chenkyab Dorji March 1, 2005 to February 29, 2008
Sheel Kant Sharma March 1, 2008 to February 28, 2011
F. Dhiyana Saeed March 1, 2011 to present
SAARC summits
No Date Country Host Host leader
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1st 7–8 December 1985 Bangladesh Dhaka Ataur
Rahman Khan
2nd 16–17 November 1986 India Bangalore Rajiv
Gandhi
3rd 2–4 November 1987 Nepal Kathmandu Marich
Man Singh
4th 29–31 December 1988 Pakistan Islamabad Benazir
Bhutto
5th 21–23 November 1990 Maldives Malé Maumoon
Abdul Gayom
6th 21 December 1991 Sri Lank Colombo Dingiri
Banda
7th 10-11 April 1993 Banglades Dhaka Sheikh Hasina
8th 2–4 May 1995 India New Delhi P. V.
Narasima Rao
9th 12–14 May 1997 Maldives Malé Maumoon
Abdul Gayoom
10th 29–31 July 1998 Sri Lanka Colombo Sirimavo
Bandaranaike
11th 4–6 January 2002 Nepal Kathmandu Sher
Bahadur
12th 2–6 January 2004 Pakistan Islamabad Zafarullah
Khan Jamali
13th 12–13 November 2005 Bangladesh Dhaka Khaleda Zia
14th 3–4 April 2007 India Delhi Manmohan
Singh
15th 1–3 August 2008 Sri Lanka Colombo Ratnasiri
16th 28–29 April 2010 Bhutan Thimphu Jigme
Thinley
17th 10-11 November 2011 Maldives Addu Mohamed
Nasheed
18th 2013 [10] Nepal Kathmandu Baburam
Bhattarai
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