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

Adar Poonawalla
  • 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”

Gitanjali Rao Kid Of The Year
  • 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.

Naseeruddin Shah conferred Aditya Vikram Birla Kalashikhar Puraskar

Naseeruddin Shah
  • 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

ANANDA
  • 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.

Scottish Author Douglas Stuart gets 2020 Booker Prize

Douglas Stuart
  • 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

Susanta Kar
  • 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.