Category: Awards

Serum Institute’s Adar Poonawalla selected as 1 of 6 “Asians Of The Year”

December 7, 2020

• Adar Poonawalla, the Chief Executive of the Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII), has been selected among six “The Straits Times Asians of the Year” for 2020, by Singapore’s leading daily, The Straits Times, for their work in combating the COVID-19 pandemic.

Gitanjali Rao to be the 1st-ever TIME’s “Kid Of The Year”

December 5, 2020

• The Indian-American young scientist and inventor, Gitanjali Rao, has been selected as the first-ever ‘Kid of the Year’ by the iconic TIME magazine.
• This is the first time that the TIME magazine has started the Kid of The Year” award.

Ranjitsinh Disale becomes 1st Indian to win the 2020 Global Teacher Prize

December 5, 2020

• Ranjitsinh Disale, a government teacher from Zilla Parishad Primary School, in Paritewadi village, Solapur district of Maharashtra, has got the 2020 Global Teacher Prize.
• He is the first Indian to obtain this award, which carries prize money of $1 million (Rs 7.4 crore).

Delhi Crime gets Best Drama Series at the International Emmy Awards

November 25, 2020

• The Netflix show, Delhi Crime has obtained the Best Drama Series award at the 48th International Emmy Awards 2020.
• Delhi Crime is the first web-series from India to win an International Emmy Award.

ISRO Chairman K Sivan gets Doctor of Science Honorary Doctorate

November 24, 2020

• Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala bestowed the Doctor of Science honorary doctorate upon ISRO Chairman K Sivan.
• The Visvesvaraya Technological University has awarded the doctorate to him.

Naseeruddin Shah conferred Aditya Vikram Birla Kalashikhar Puraskar

November 23, 2020

• Veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah has been conferred the 2020 Aditya Vikram Birla Kalashikhar Puraskar at the annual Sangit Kala Kendra Awards.
• Alongside, two emerging stars, in the firmament of theatrics – Neel Choudhary and Irawati Karnik were conferred the Aditya Vikram Birla Kalakiran Puraskars.

Department of Fisheries gives first Fisheries Awards

November 23, 2020

• Department of Fisheries gives Fisheries Sector Awards for the first time on the occasion of the ‘World Fisheries Day’, to recognize their accomplishments in the field and their participation in the growth of the sector.

North Police Station in Kohima gets ISO certification

November 21, 2020

• The North Police Station in Kohima was conferred with ISO 9001:2015 certification for Quality Management System.
• It is the first government agency of the state that has got such recognition.

Scottish Author Douglas Stuart gets 2020 Booker Prize

November 21, 2020

• Scottish writer Douglas Stuart has been honored with the 2020 Booker Prize for Fiction.
• He has been conferred for his debut novel, “Shuggie Bain”. The 44-year-old Stuart is only the second Scot to have won the prestigious literary prize.

Dr. Susanta Kar conferred with Prof. A N Bhaduri Memorial Lecture Award-2020

November 17, 2020

• Dr. Susanta Kar, Senior Scientist, Molecular Parasitology and Immunology, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research- Central Drug Research Institute (CSIR-CDRI) was honored with “Prof. A N Bhaduri Memorial Lecture Award 2020” by the Society of Biological Chemists (India), Bengaluru.