Category: Awards

NGO ‘SEEDS’ gets the World No Tobacco Day Award 2020

June 4, 2020

• World Health Organization(WHO) has hosted the World No Tobacco Day Award 2020 to Socio-Economic and Educational Development Society(SEEDS), an Indian non-governmental organization(NGO), one among the 3 SouthEast Asian Region awardees, for its struggles to ban pan masala, gutkha, e-cigarettes and hookah in Bihar and Jharkhand.

Indian writer Kritika Pandey gets the regional award for Asia in 2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize

June 3, 2020

• Kritika Pandey, a writer from Ranchi, was on 2nd June declared as the regional winner for Asia in the 2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.
• The 29-year-old writer got for her story The Great Indian Tee and Snakes, which is about two young people trying to tell the idea of love in an era of hatred and prejudice.

Quarraisha Abdool Karim gets Christophe Merieux Prize

May 29, 2020

• South African HIV researcher, Quarraisha Abdool Karim has been conferred with Christophe Merieux Prize for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA), which she heads. Christophe Merieux Prize is one of France’s top science prizes.

Major Suman Gawani honored with UN Military Gender Advocate Award

May 27, 2020

• Indian Army officer Major Suman Gawani is going to be conferred the UN Military Gender Advocate of the Year 2019. She was placed in South Sudan under the United Nations Mission.

Rajiv Joshi gets NYIPLA Inventor of the year Award 2020

May 27, 2020

• Rajiv Joshi has received the prestigious NYIPLA “Inventor of the Year award” for the year 2020 for his contribution to developing the electronic industry and enhancing artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities.

Bengaluru doctor Hema Divakar wins “Global Asian award”

May 24, 2020

• Bengaluru-based medical doctor Hema Divakar was respected with the ‘Global Asian of the Year 2018-19’ award in Dubai recently for her yeomen services and contributions to the women’s healthcare ecosystem, in India, stated its organizer ‘Asia One’ magazine’s publisher on 19th May.

Vice Admiral Vinay Badhwar gets Alexander Dalrymple Award 2019

May 20, 2020

• Vice Admiral Vinay Badhwar, the National Hydrographer to the government of India, has been respected with the 2019 Alexander Dalrymple Award for his exceptional contribution to Indian hydrography and across the broader Indian Ocean region

V. Admiral G.M. Hiranandani Memorial Rolling Trophy 2020 declared

May 15, 2020

• Lieutenant Commander Akshay Kumar was honored with the Vice-Admiral G.M. Hiranandani Memorial Rolling Trophy for the year 2020. The award ceremony was organized at the Maritime Warfare Centre, Kochi, Kerala.

Anunta receives VMware 2020 Regional Partner of the Year Award

May 13, 2020

• Anunta declared that it has received the Regional Partner of the Year Award for the Services Excellence category, to help customers maximize the value received from their VMware investments.

Bengaluru Airport voted as the best regional airport in India & Central Asia

May 10, 2020

• The Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru has got this year’s SKYTRAX Award for Best Regional Airport in India and Central Asia.