New Delhi, Nov 12 Minister of State for Defence Sanjay Seth launched the revamped portal dedicated to gallantry awardees, featuring an enhanced, citizen-centric user interface and offering improved accessibility.
The portal is a dedicated digital initiative to honour the courage and supreme sacrifices of the gallantry awardees and preserve their legacy for future generations.
Seth launched the revamped Gallantry Awards Portal at an event held in New Delhi, the defence ministry said.
The redeveloped portal features an enhanced, citizen-centric user interface and user experience, with intuitive navigation, responsive design and improved accessibility.
“The key features include dedicated sections on events, memorials and museums, Warpedia, awardees, Gallantrypedia (articles), media and an interactive tribute section enabling citizens to explore the nation’s military history and pay homage to its bravehearts,” the ministry said in a statement.
The Gallantry Awards Portal also hosts Veer Gatha as a dedicated digital space, with a page for every edition that brings its introduction, topics, timeline, evaluation criteria, rewards, resources, results, felicitation ceremony, media gallery and student activities together in one place.
Through this, Veer Gatha connects students directly with the stories of the gallantry awardees. Students learn about the courage and sacrifice of these heroes and express what they learn through their own entries, it said.
“The programme has grown from about eight lakh students and 4,788 schools in the first edition to over 1.92 crore students and 1.9 lakh schools in the fifth. It includes 28,005 students from 91 CBSE-affiliated schools across 18 countries,” the ministry said.
The initiative aims to create a comprehensive and authentic digital repository of information on gallantry awards, awardees, wars and military operations since Independence, while promoting patriotism and raising awareness about the rich military heritage, particularly among the youth.
Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh and other senior officials of the ministry were present on the occasion.
(PTI News)
