The Awards
CID Gallantry Awards is an initiative by SONY Entertainment Television to encourage and felicitate acts of bravery in the society. The Award is aimed at bringing to fore the unsung heroes - common people who have committed acts of bravery in real life. CID Gallantry Awards also gives the consumers an additional outlet to connect with their favourite show - CID.
CID Gallantry Awards is an initiative by SONY Entertainment Television to encourage and felicitate acts of bravery in the society. The Award is aimed at bringing to fore the unsung heroes - common people who have committed acts of bravery in real life. CID Gallantry Awards also gives the consumers an additional outlet to connect with their favourite show - CID.
The Awards will be given in 2 categories –
Physical Bravery (performing a self-less act of bravery at great personal risk to save life, or property of someone else) & Social Bravery (for efforts against social evils like drug abuse, dowry, child labour, illiteracy, environmental pollution, etc).
Physical Bravery (performing a self-less act of bravery at great personal risk to save life, or property of someone else) & Social Bravery (for efforts against social evils like drug abuse, dowry, child labour, illiteracy, environmental pollution, etc).
Within these categories the awards will be further divided into 2 age brackets – people below 15yrs of age & those above 15yrs. In each category, 2 awards will be given (1st & 2nd Prize). Thus there will be 8 Awards in total which will be awarded.
How to Enter (Entries Open from 15th Aug – 10th Oct)All Indian citizens (except the employees of MSM and the sponsors of Awards) can send an entry for the Awards in any of the following 3 ways:
- By Post - CID Gallantry Awards, Multi Screen Media Private Limited, PO Box No. 17680, Malad Post Office, Malad Link Road, Malad West, Mumbai – 400 064.
- Online – by uploading their written entry or Video on cid.setindia.com
- By calling from your landline/mobile phone on IVR number of MSM 5052525 (BSNL users
- 1255525)
What will the Award Winners Get
The winner of both Categories in each Age Group shall be given a cash prize of Rupees one lakh only (Rs. 1,00,000/-) and the runner up shall be given a cash prize of Rupees fifty thousand only (Rs. 50,000/-) MSM shall, in its sole discretion, select and appoint a jury of judges to screen the entries and select the winners for Awards. The Jury’s decision shall be final and no claims, questions, queries whatsoever shall be entertained by MSM.
Last year Sh. Vijay Saluja from Dwarka, Delhi got Silver award in CID
As an IIT Delhi graduate, Vijay Saluja joined the New Delhi Municipal Council in the hope of improving the overall living conditions for the people of New Delhi. Unfortunately this dream changed course when he was surrounded by the rampant corruption around him.Instead of going with the flow, Saluja decided to swim against the corruption in the system, which resulted in a hostile work environment, financial instability, mental and physical stress and even death threats.
Saluja filed a civil petition in Delhi High Court citing his superiors' abuses of power, including massive squandering of public funds, and the damages to Saluja's career. The findings led to the restoration of Saluja’s 20 years of lost seniority, made him Chief Engineer of the department, and earned his adversaries contempt notices for dragging their feet.
Vijay Saluja has been sustained through the years by his devotion to the common good. "Callous waste of public funds, when abject poverty abounds, literally appalls me" says the Chief Engineer.