NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION, INDIA Commission were made more vibrant with the mounting of such clippings under ‘NHRC in News’ on regular basis for the awareness and information of the visitors to the Commission as well as the in-house functionaries. Daily quotes as ‘Thought of the Day’ related to human values and rights were displayed at the reception of the Manav Adhikar Bhawan. F. NHRC's Short Film Awards 2.27 The Commission decided to continue with the fourth run of the Short Film Award Scheme– 2019. The award carries three prizes of Rupees one lakh, seventy five thousand and fifty thousand respectively with a certificate and a specially designed trophy. The aim of the NHRC Short Film Award Scheme is to encourage and acknowledge cinematic and creative efforts towards the promotion and protection of human rights. This is the fifth year of this competition, which received tremendous response with 88 entries from various parts of the country. A Jury headed by Dr. D.M. Mulay, Member, NHRC and comprising of NHRC’s Secretary General, Shri Jaideep Govind, Director General (Investigation), Shri Prabhat Singh, Registrar (Law), Shri Surajit Dey, Deputy Director (Media & Communication), Shri Jaimini Kumar Srivastava, two awarded filmmakers and Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) Alumni, Shri Arun Chadha and Ms. Reena Mohan short listed 12 films for consideration of awards. These were considered in a Full Commission meeting chaired by the Chairperson, Justice Shri H.L. Dattu wherein Members, Justice Shri P.C. Pant, Smt. Jyotika Kalra and Dr. D.M. Mulay, Secretary General, Shri Jaideep Govind, Director General (Investigation), Shri Prabhat Singh and Deputy Director (Media & Communication), Shri Jaimini Kumar Srivastava decided the three winners and the four films for certificate of special mention. The 3 best films for the awards were: Kumbhil Shiva: by Shri Vishal Kumbhar from Bhandup (West), Maharashtra; Transgender: by Shri Ernest Rosario P.B. from Chennai, Tamil Nadu; Gulp: by Shri Vijeendra Syam from Kerala. The three winners were invited to receive the award in New Delhi on Human Rights Day on 10th December, 2019. Besides this, the four films given the certificate of ‘Special Mention’ were: 1. To Let by Shri K. Jeyanchandra Hashmi; 2. ‘A Dying wish’ by Ms. Shubhra Dixit; ‘Nima’ by Shri. Yangchen Thapa; and ‘Do spit Here’ by Shri R. Ravi Prasath. The DVDs of the 7 films along with brochures were released on Human Rights Day function of the Commission. The films were also uploaded on the NHRC website with a YouTube link support for wider awareness of various aspects of human rights. G. Some other major activities 2.28 Exploring alternative communication platforms: The Commission, through its Media & Communication Wing, continued to explore alternative media platforms for building awareness about the importance of Promotion and Protection of Human Rights. As part of this endeavor, in the year 2019-20, it set out to collaborate with National Service Scheme (NSS), Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS), National Cadet Corps (NCC), Indian Red Cross to organize human rights workshop through their wide work network of youths and officers. Besides this, it was also decided to engage with the national broadcasters, All India Radio and Doordarshan for dissemination of information about human rights through their pan India networks. As part of this exercise Rs. 4.10 lakh were sanctioned and disbursed in the month of January, 2020 to the NSS to organize 10 awareness workshops through their Regional Directorate in Delhi on a pilot 14 ANNUAL REPORT 2019-20