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

Sikkim Express GANGTOK, September 5: Eight government teachers working at various government schools were today conferred with State Awards on an occasion of State Level Teachers’ Day observed at Chintan Bhawan here today. Chief Minister Pawan Chamling handed away the certificates, citation and a cash award of Rs 15,000 to the state winners. The teachers conferred with the state awards are Ashok Kumar Roka, Anuka Chettri, KT Bhutia, AB Subba, AK Rizal, Phuti Bhutia, Yangila Chingappa and Drupada Sharma. Commendation certificates were also presented to Passang G Sherpa, TB Subba, Mriduiala Subba, RupMala Yonzon, Palden Lepcha, Pema Tshering Lepcha, NC Chakraborty, LC Gurung, Devika Lepcha, Kanarian Lepcha, Hari Prasad, Dilip Kumar Gurung, PL Sharma and AD Gosh. Several schools were also felic...

GANGTOK, May 17: The celebration of 33rd statehood of Sikkim brought with it a double treat to Sikkim Express, with two of its journalists Ms Sarikah Atreya and Nirmal Mangar acknowledged as ‘best upcoming journalist’ by the State Government. The two journalists were awarded with a citation and cash award of Rs 25,000 each from the hands of the Chief Minister Pawan Chamling at Chintan Bhawan along with seven other individuals for their contributions and excellence in different fields. Ms Sarikah Atreya, the Associate Editor of Sikkim Express, is also the Sikkim correspondent to The Hindu Business Line. A former correspondent of The Statesman and an Executive Member of Ecotourism and Conservation Society of Sikkim (ECOSS), Ms Atreya has her journalistic expertise in environmental concerns of the Eastern Himalayas, Sikkim and North Bengal in particular, Nathula trade, Sikkim and the Eastern Himalayan region’s social and political concerns etc. She has also produced, scripted...