The National Awards Committee has stated the nominations for the President’s National Award for Special Achievement will be closed on September 22.
The president confers the award to individuals whose exceptional skills and performance are a source of national pride and those who have made substantial contributions to national progress. Interested parties and individuals can submit nomination forms for the award through the designated portal at the President’s Office’s website.
The awards feature five categories this year. The first category is dedicated to individuals who have attained significant higher education and training achievements. The second category is dedicated to individuals who have excelled at or achieved the highest rank in an international competition or exhibition. The third category is dedicated to innovative and enterprising individuals who have presented practical resolutions or outstanding solutions by conducting academic research on critical national challenges. The fourth category would see awards conferred on talented youth who were remarkably creative and innovative in their field of expertise and were acknowledged to have had a positive effect on national progress.
Meanwhile, the new fifth category coincides with the 50th-anniversary celebrations of tourism in the Maldives. President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih introduced the new category to recognise the outstanding, creative, and innovative contributions of tourism sector stakeholders and staff towards developing the industry and the nation over the past five years.