Aide et Action International's Initiative for Livelihood Education and Development (iLEAD) announces iLEAD Awards 2012. It is an opportunity for trainees, trainers, executives and centres to be recognised at the national level for their excellence and commitment in changing the world through education.

The awards confer a platform to one and all associated with iLEAD to acknowledge each ones work and commitment. Through a stringent search and selection process, the Awards committee has identified exemplary livelihood interventions from across the country that has served as role models for others in the sector. It is a step in raising awareness on entrepreneurship, skill development and most importantly innovation. 

Nominations were invited in categories ranging from best center on all accounts to centre found successful in empowering women, best revenue generation model, and best entrepreneurship model, centre acting as an agent of change for local community and providing benefits to youth with disability. Individual specific nominations included best business model developed by the trainee, best placement record in terms of salary gained, best alumni, best faculty, best center manager and the best executive award.  There have been many unseen forces which silently worked to give this programme the height and depth it has gained. Thus special category awards recognise the selfless service of those who are behind this. The evaluation of the nominations will be done on the basis of effective and sustainable mobilisation, management of resources and innovative models. 

iLEAD, today, has an international reach and this is made possible because of our partners who believed in our mission, and supported us in every steps. The donor specific awards recognise iLEAD centres for setting benchmark for others while meeting donor requirements.