Category: Awards

David Attenborough wins Indira Gandhi Peace Prize 2019

September 9, 2020

• Veteran British broadcaster and natural historian, David Attenborough has been awarded the prestigious Indira Gandhi Peace Prize for 2019 by the Indira Gandhi Memorial Trust.

AIMA Chanakya National Management Games 2020 won by NTPC

September 4, 2020

• The All India Management Association (AIMA) Chanakya (Business Simulation Game) National Management Games (NMG) 2020 won by the team of NTPC Limited (Chennai).

CII-GBC ‘National Energy Leader’ award: Hyderabad International Airport

September 1, 2020

• At the 21st National Awards for ‘Excellence in Energy Management’, the GMR led Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (Hyderabad International Airport) awarded with the ‘National Energy Leader’ and ‘Excellent Energy Efficient Unit’ awards.

For the 2nd consecutive year Punjab University wins prestigious Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Trophy

August 31, 2020

• The second consecutive year in a row that Panjab University has won the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy for the year 2019.

Neelakantha Bhanu Prakash: Named ‘World’s Fastest Human Calculator’ title

August 26, 2020

• Twenty-Year old Neelakantha Bhanu Prakash Jonnalagadda of Hyderabad has bagged the first ever Gold Medal for India in Mental Calculations (MC) World Cup (MCWC) held on August 15, 2020 by Mind Sports Olympiad (MSO). He has created a new All Time Record and has beaten the records of Math Maestros like Shakuntala Devi and Scott Flansburg.

Wabag wins 2020 Global Water Award

August 25, 2020

• Water technology major Va Tech Wabag bagged the 2020 Global Water Award for its 45 million litres a day Tertiary Treatment Reverse Osmosis (TTRO) plant at Koyambedu in Chennai. The plant bagged the distinction award under the ‘Wastewater project of the year’ category.

Anand Mahindra, Shantanu Narayen to Receive 2020 Leadership Awards from USISPF

August 22, 2020

• US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) announced that Mahindra Group Chairman, Anand Mahindra and Adobe Chairman & Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Shantanu Narayen will receive the 2020 Leadership Awards for their exemplary vision and effort towards the promotion of US-India Bilateral Ties.

Indore Adjudged as Cleanest City of India for 4th Successive Year in Swachh Survekshan 2020

August 20, 2020

• Indore city of Madhya Pradesh has been ranked as the cleanest city of India for the fourth consecutive year under the Swachh Survekshan 2020, announced on 20 August by the Union Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoUHA), Hardeep Singh Puri.

Soumya Swaminathan honored with Tamil Nadu CM’s special award

August 19, 2020

• Soumya Swaminathan ,Chief Scientist of World Health Organisation(WHO) has received Tamil Nadu Chief Minister’s(CM’s) special award on the 74th Independence Day celebration at Fort St George, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, in recognition for her advisory role in combating the COVID-19 pandemic in the state ,while the Chief Minister’s Best Practices award was bagged by the Department of Treasuries.

Rohit Sharma, Vinesh Phogat, Manika Batra, Mariappan Thangavelu recommended for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award

August 18, 2020

• The National Sports Awards Committee has recommended the names of cricketer Rohit Sharma, table tennis champion Manika Batra, Paralympian Mariappan Thangavelu and wrestler Vinesh Phogat for the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award.