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• Pawan Arora, senior IAS officer from Rajasthan and Commissioner of Rajasthan Housing Board, was honoured with the prestigious 'Visionary Leader' award by the Times Group's World HRD Congress and the 'Global CSR Excellence and Leadership' award by prestigious World Sustainability Organization in Mumbai.

Key Points:

=> On behalf of Rajasthan Housing Divisional Commissioner Pawan Arora, Additional Chief Engineer Amit Agarwal, Deputy Housing Commissioner JS Bugalia and Dr. Dilip Sharma received the award.

=> It is noteworthy that under the leadership of Housing Board Commissioner Pawan Arora, Rajasthan Housing Board has become a case study for management gurus across the country.

=> Many states of the country are preparing to adopt this model. In the last four years under the leadership of Housing Commissioner Pawan Arora, the board has received a total of 12 awards.

=> These include prestigious awards like World Book of Records in Home Sales, Skoch Award-2021, Award of Excellence, Honor by National Real Estate Development Council, National Housing Award, IBC and 'Star of Governance-Gold Award'.