Chennai: A 19-year-old Chennai student named Khushi Arun Kumar, from Stella Maris College has won the 'Best Poster' prize in the 2020 'Together Against Corruption,' International Youth Contest for Social-Anti Corruption Advertising. The event was organised by the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation.
As per TV BRICS report, Kumar's poster was chosen from among thousands of entries from all over the world. She received her prize on Tuesday at an award ceremony held at Russian House, Chennai. The award was presented to Khushi by the Consul General of the Russian Federation in South India, Oleg Avdeev. Khushi. She received a laptop, medal and a congratulatory letter from the Ambassador of the Russian Federation in New Delhi, Nikolay Rishatovich Kudashev. The competition, which is an initiative of the Anti Corruption Working Group, convened by Russia within the framework of BRICS, is held every year. Last year, due to the coronavirus pandemic, the prizes were eventually sent to the respective winner's locations.
The aim of the competition is to attract young people to participate in corruption prevention, to develop and use social anti-corruption advertising to prevent corrupt practices, to form the practice of interaction between the society and bodies engaged in the anti-corruption efforts, in anti-corruption public education.
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