The Universal Solidarity Movement (USM) of Indore honoured Sister Baskalin of Maharashtra as the best principal and Avaya Tripati of West Bengal as the best teacher on Sept. 4.
The USM instituted the two awards in 2007 for fostering the memory of Sister Louise Josephine who had promoted value education for peace as an ambassador of USM. After her retirement from formal teaching in schools, she crisscrossed the country with great passion, to animate young students and teachers, especially in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Odisha.
