Proud to be a Sikkimese: Sikkim Travel, Culture & Local Heritage

PALANPUR, GUJARAT – The Samanway Pratisthan , a Vadodara -based NGO, has concluded its four-day Changemakers Meet 2025 , a national program celebrating individuals who have made significant societal contributions. The event, which began on September 5, was supported by the India Foundation and Banas Dairy , Asia’s largest dairy farm. For three months, the Samanway Pratisthan conducted a nationwide search for "unsung heroes" for its first-ever meet under The Changemakers Network (TCN). The program's theme was "Be a Sarathi of Viksit Bharat 2047." From 27 states, 51 "Changemakers" were selected for their exceptional work in fields like health, education, and social service. Lomas Dhungel , a mathematics teacher from Government Senior Secondary School, Makha, Gangtok district , was specifically recognized for his socio-environmental project, "Hariyo Makha - Sikkim Against Pollution" that was started in 2015. The event was chaired by Shanka...

October 1, Singtam : A 2-day program on the "Swachhta Saarthi Samaroh 2022" was organised at IIT Delhi under the banner of the Office of the Principal Scientific Advisor (PSA) to the Govt of India.  Earlier in 2021, the office of the PSA under its "Wealth to Waste" mission launched the Swacchta Saarthi Fellowship to recognise students and individuals working on waste management. Thousands of applications from 27 states and 7 UTs were received by the Invest India group out of which only 379 fellows were selected. The Waste to Wealth Mission is one of the nine national missions of the Prime Minister's Science, Technology and Innovation Advisory Council (PM - STIAC).  Lomas Dhungel working as a Graduate Teacher at Govt Sr Sec School, Makha was one of the successful candidates who represented Sikkim. He was awarded the Swachhta Saarthi Fellowship Award 2021-22 for his socio-environmental project of Hariyo Makha which was started in 2015. At the end of the program, t...

07.06.22: A one-day program on the occasion of World Environment Day was organised at Unit 2 of Sun Pharma Laboratories, Ranipool. The program was graced by Dr Gopal Pradhan, Member Secretary, Sikkim Pollution Control Board who was also the chief guest of the program. The program started with the plantation of a sapling by the chief guest. Various environmental initiatives undertaken by Sun Pharma Sikkim were highlighted. The chief guest was presented with a Token of Gratitude.  He imparted awareness of various aspects of the environment to the staff of Sun Pharma.  The event also saw the presentation of Lomas Dhungel who is working as a teacher in Government Senior Secondary School, Makha. He was felicitated with a Token of Appreciation for his works on the Hariyo Makha project.

Lomas Dhungel, aged 35, Maths GT at Makha SSS is perhaps the youngest National Award for Teachers from Sikkim. He is inspirational, enthusiastic and has a desire to work towards the betterment of the society; and believe me, his work speaks. Meet the person whose unique mathematics classes and green mission initiative of Hariyo Makha is trending on social media. Many congratulations for this year’s National Award of Teacher from Sikkim. Ans: Thank you so much for your kind words   Tell us about your family. Also let us know about your education. Ans : I live with my father, mother and younger brother at Shantinagar, Singtam. I completed my class 8 from East Point School, Singtam, class 9 and 10 from Govt Sr Sec School, Singtam, and finally Class 11 and 12 from Sir Tashi Namgyal Senior Secondary School, Gangtok. I did my graduation from Siliguri College under NBU IN 2007. Thereafter, I completed my M.Sc. Maths from Madras University in 2015. I have also done a PG Diplom...

SINGTAM, March 16: A felicitation program was organized at the school premises of Adarsh Vidhya Mandir (AVM), Singbel, East Sikkim on March 14. Shital Pradhan , a teacher and a blogger was the Chief Guest of the day. The event also saw the presence of B.B. Chettri (Headmaster, Dipudara Primary School), Lomas Dhungel (Founder cum Developer, Hariyo Makha), Bhim Prasad Nepal (1971 Bangladesh war veteran), along with SMCs, SHGs, students and locals. The event was the celebration of the success story of Hariyo Makha initiative. Lomas Dhungel led Hariyo Makha initiative had shared his idea on upcycling plastics for book covers to Ajambari Self Help Group (Singbel) for a social experiment on cleanliness. For this purpose, a small Plastic Collection centre was established at Singbel in November last year.  More than 300 volunteers including the public, students and teachers from 11 government and 2 private schools from both East and South districts had collected and donated ...