Maharaja Ranjit Singh has been named as the “Greatest Leader of All Time” in a poll conducted by ‘BBC World Histories Magazine’. He was the 19th-century ruler of the Sikh Empire in India. Singh’s name was selected by Lockwood, who is an assistant professor of history at the University of Alabama, as a modernizing and uniting force, whose reign “marked a golden age for Punjab and north-west India”.
Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University Vice-Chancellor V Praveen Rao has honored with the 7th Dr MS Swaminathan Award. He has got the award for the period 2017-2019. He has been awarded for his contributions in the fields of agricultural research, teaching, extension and administration. Praveen Rao handled 13 research & 6 consultancy projects on micro-irrigation in India, Israel and South Africa.
President Ram Nath Kovind gave away the Nari Shakti Puraskar to 15 women in Rashtrapati Bhawan on the occasion of International Women’s Day. The National Award is given annually to individuals, groups, institutions in recognition of their exceptional work towards the cause of women empowerment, especially for vulnerable and marginalized women.
The 4th edition of TOISA (Times of India Sports Awards) awards appreciated the best Indian in 2019 sports in New Delhi, India. The event was sponsored by BHIM-UPI (Bharat Interface for Money- Unified Payments Interface). Rohit Sharma was named as the Cricketer of the year and PV Sindhu was declared as the Sportsperson of the year as she won gold at the World Championships in Basel, Switzerland.
The fourth edition of the Women Transforming India Awards 2019 will be managed on the occasion of International Women’s Day i.e. on 8 March 2020. The Women Entrepreneurship Platform of the NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India) will organise the Women Transforming India Awards 2019. The WTI recognizes the inspiring stories of women entrepreneurs who are breaking the glass ceiling.