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Press Release - 17th March 2004
XLRI's Medal for Industrial and Social Peace Sir XLRI Jamshedpur's Jehangir Ghandy Medal for Industrial and Social Peace for the year 2004 will be conferred on the Congregation of the Missionaries of Charity, Kolkata established by Mother Teresa. The Medal will be presented during the Forty Eighth Annual Convocation to be held on March 26, 2004 at the Institute. Sister Nirmala, M. C., Superior General of the Missionaries of Charity will receive it on behalf of the Congregation during the Ceremony. For the first time in its history and in a break from tradition, the Medal is being conferred on an Organisation. The Medal was instituted by XLRI Jamshedpur in 1966, and the Missionaries of Charity is its 37th recipient. "Through its noble work for the most needy and poor people, the Congregation of the Missionaries of Charity has brought peace, dignity and happiness to lakhs of people all over the world. Therefore, the Board of Governors [XLRI] felt that this year's Medal should be awarded to the Missionaries of Charity," said Father P. D. Thomas, Director, XLRI Jamshedpur, announcing the Medal on behalf of the Board of Governors. The Medal will be presented by Mr. B. Muthuraman, Chairman of the Board of Governors, XLRI and Managing Director, Tata Steel, in the presence of the Chief Guest and Convocation Speaker, Dr. J. J. Irani, Director, Tata Sons. The Missionaries of Charity was established in 1950 by Mother Teresa who came to the then Calcutta with the mission to labour for the upliftment of the downtrodden. The Congregation has grown from 12 sisters in India to over 3,000 in 517 missions in 100 countries worldwide - from Africa to the Republics of South America, the United States, Canada, Russia and of course, the country of origin, India - dedicated to alleviating the sufferings of the poorest of the poor. A feature of the work has been respect for the individual human being, for his or her dignity and innate values. The loneliest, the most wretched and the dying have received compassion, based on reverence for the person. In 1952, the Nirmal Hriday Home for the Dying was founded. The houses of charity include homes for the orphans, lepers, AIDS victims and refugees. Contributed by - |
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