Category: Awards

Folk artist Gulabbai Sangamnerkar and Annasaheb Kirloskar to receive lifetime honor

June 25, 2020

• Maharashtra Culture Minister Amit Deshmukh declared that Vithabai Narayangaokar lifetime achievement award 2018-19 will be awarded to the senior tamasha (folk art) artist, Gulabbai Sangamnerkar and Sangeetacharya Annasaheb Kirloskar musical theatre lifetime achievement award will be presented to expert theatre actress-singer Madhuvanti Dandekar.

Himachal’s Panchayati raj dept gets first prize

June 25, 2020

• THE HIMACHAL Pradesh Panchayati raj department has got first prize under the e-Panchayat Puraskars-2020, to be presented by the Union Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur announced on 24th June.

Economist Amartya Sen gets 2020 German Trade Peace Prize

June 21, 2020

• Germany’s publishers and booksellers association—has declared on June 17 that Indian economist, philosopher, and Nobel (1998) laureate Amartya Sen is the winner of the 2020 Peace Prize of the German book trade.

A short film made in Odisha village gets award in COVID-19 International film festival

June 16, 2020

• Martyapura Re Jamaraj (‘Yamaraj on earth’), a short film released by a group from the Ankushpur village of Odisha’s Ganjam district has honored with a special jury award at the COVID-19 International Film Festival 2020.

Indian-American soil scientist Rattan Lal gets prestigious World Food Prize

June 14, 2020

• Renowned Indian-American soil scientist Rattan Lal was on 11th June entitled this year’s winner of USD 250,000 World Food Prize, with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo admiring his research in soil science, saying he is serving millions of small farmers around the world with his work on rising food production and recycling of nutrients.

Indian Musician Shobha Sekhar gets “the Medal of the Order of Australia”

June 12, 2020

• Indian Musician Shobha Sekhar, the founder of Kalakruthi a music organization in Australia gets the Medal of the Order of Australia(OAM) in the Queen’s Birthday 2020 for her contribution to Indian music and dance.

Indian Renjith Kumar respected with “NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal”

June 10, 2020

• Renjith Kumar, Engineer from Kerala and Indian Entrepreneur based in Virginia is respected with NASA’s highest form of recognition for a non-governmental individual “NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal” for his work to NASA through executive leadership, engineering contribution, technical excellence and customer satisfaction.

Russia’s Daniil Dubov gets chess Rapid Challenge in Armageddon

June 8, 2020

• In chess, the final of the Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge moved all the way to a tie-breaking Armageddon match from which Russian Daniil Dubov become the champion after beating Hikaru Nakamura of the United States.

Javed Akhtar to be only Indian to get prestigious Richard Dawkins Award

June 8, 2020

• Expert writer-lyricist Javed Akhtar said he is honored to be selected this year’s recipient of the Richard Dawkins Award as he has been a big fan of the world-renowned English evolutionary biologist in whose name the recognition is presented.

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw first woman entrepreneur from India attains EY World Entrepreneur of the Year 2020 Award

June 5, 2020

• Biocon Ltd declared that its Executive Chairperson Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw has been selected the EY World Entrepreneur of the Year 2020 (WEOY) at a virtual award ceremony held on 4th June her contribution in enhancing universal access to affordable life-saving medicine and converting the world in one of its kind virtual entrepreneurship award ceremony.