Awards - Focus Merit

August 12, 2020

Journalists Nitin Sethi and Shiv Sahay Singh awarded by Asian College of Journalism Award 2019. Nitin Sethi awarded for investigative journalism and K P Narayana Kumar Memorial Award 2019 for Social Impact Journalism is bestowed upon Journalist Shiv Sahay Singh.

August 11, 2020

IIT Kharagpur has conferred the ‘Gandhian Young Technological Innovation Awards 2020’ for developing a mechanism for generating electricity from wet clothes left under sunlight to dry.

August 1, 2020

The 66^th SKOCH 2020 award conferred to the Ministry of Tribal Affairs for its “Empowerment of Tribals through IT enabled Scholarship Schemes” project.

July 30, 2020

Aditya, India’s first solar-powered ferry has won the inaugural Gustave Trouve Award for Excellence in Electric Boats and Boating.
The ferry ‘Aditya’ was adjudged the world’s best electric boat in the category of ferries designed for paid passenger service.

July 30, 2020

National Awards for excellence in Earth System Science announced by MOES.
Life Time Excellence Award – Professor Ashok Sahni – for his contribution to the field of Geology, Vertebrate Paleontology and Biostratigraphy.
National Award for Ocean Science & technology – Dr. V. V. S. S. Sarma – Senior Principal Scientist, CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Vishakapatnam and Dr. M. Ravichandran, Director, National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research, Goa.
Dr. Sarma – for his contributions in understanding biogeochemistry of the Indian Ocean.
National Award for Atmospheric Science & technology – Dr. S. Suresh Babu
National award for Geoscience & technology – N. V. Chalapathi Rao, Department of Geology
National Award for Ocean Technology – Dr. M. A. Atmanand
Anna Mani award for woman scientist – Dr. Lidita D. S. Khandeparker
Young Researcher Awards – Dr. Indra Sekhar Sen & Dr. Arvind Singh Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), Ahmedabad

July 27, 2020

2020 FWA Footballer of the Year award conferred to Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson. The 30-year-old Henderson has played in 30 of Liverpool’s league matches so far.

July 25, 2020

Indian-origin nurse, Kala Narayanasamy along with four other nurses in Singapore has been awarded with the President’s Award for Nurses for serving on the frontline during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Each recipient was awarded a trophy, a certificate signed by President Halimah Yacob and SGD 10,000 (USD 7,228).

July 23, 2020

The first recipient of the inaugural (1st edition) Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity, awarded by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation to a 17 years old climate activist from Sweden namely Greta Tintin Eleonora Ernman.

July 22, 2020

Legendary animation director Arnab Chaudhuri has been named as the recipient of this year’s Legend of Animation award instituted by the Toonz Media Group (TMG).
The award will be posthumously conferred to Arnab at the Animation Masters Summit (AMS) 2020– Digital Edition over the Zoom platform.

July 19, 2020

Nelson Mandela Prize awarded to Greek and Guinean rights activists by the President of United Nations General Assembly, Tijjani Muhammad-Bande.
Marianna Vardinoyannis, of Greece, and Doctor Morissana Kouyaté, of Guinea will receive the 2020 Nelson Mandela Prize.
They will be awarded through the virtual ceremony on 20th July 2020.
The 2020 Nelson Mandela Prize, is awarded every five years and recognizes those who dedicate their lives to the service of humanity,

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