TOYP Awards in August

Indunil Hewage

The Junior Chamber International (JCI) Sri Lanka will hold the Ten Outstanding Young Persons (TOYP) of Sri Lanka Award 2011 in August 2011.

JCI Sri Lanka National President Jiffrey Zulfer said the TOYP awards ceremony is being held for the 31st consecutive year since its inception in 1980, with a view to identifying the outstanding young talents in Sri Lanka while giving them due recognition for their significant achievements in respective fields.

Nominations are now open to exceptional young achievers between 18-40 years of age and those who wish to apply for the TOYP Awards needs to send in their nominations along with entry coupons published in daily and weekend newspapers from June 8 onwards.

Categories for nominations would be business, economic, entrepreneurial, political, legal, public administration, academic leadership accomplishments, contribution to arts, culture, literature, media, children, world peace, human rights, medical research, innovations and other areas. In addition JCI expects to record the highest ever entrants' participation for the TOYP Awards 2011 this year.

Completed nomination forms of interested candidates should be mailed to Project Chairman, TOYP 2011 Secretariat, 185/1, Dharmapala Mawatha, Colombo 7 on or before July 29. More information pertaining to the nominations can be obtained by visiting www.jcisl.org