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.
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).
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 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.
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.