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AWARDS & HONOURS
Nobel PrizeThe Nobel Prize was establishedin the 1895 as per the will ofSwedish chemist Alfred Nobel; itwas first awarded in Physics,Chemistry, Physiology orMedicine, Literature, and Peacein 1901.
The Sveriges RiksbankPrize in Economic Sciences inMemory of Alfred Nobel wasinstituted by Sveriges Riksbankin 1968 and was first awarded in1969. Although technically nota Nobel Prize, itsannouncements andpresentations are made alongwith the other prizes, with theexception of the Peace Prizewhich is awarded in Oslo,Norway.
The Royal SwedishAcademy of Sciences awardsthe Nobel Prize in Physics, theNobel Prize in Chemistry, andthe Nobel Memorial Prize inEconomic Sciences. The NobelAssembly at KarolinskaInstitutet awards the NobelPrize in Physiology orMedicine. The SwedishAcademy grants the NobelPrize in Literature. The NobelPeace Prize is not awarded by aSwedish organisation but bythe Norwegian NobelCommittee.
The prize cannot beawarded posthumously, unlessthe winner of the prize haspassed away after the prize'sannouncement. Nor may a prizebe shared among more thanthree people.
Nobel Prize 2010Physics : Andre Geim andKonstantin Novoselov (University ofManchester, UK) received the noble
Literature: TheNobel Prize inLiterature for 2010is awarded to thePeruvian authorMario Vargas Llosa.His well knownworks includeConver-sación en la catedral (1969;Conversation in the Cathedral,1975), La guerra del fin del mundo(1981; The War of the End of theWorld, 1984) and La fiesta delchivo (2000; The Feast of the Goat,2001). He is also a noted journalistand essayist.Peace: NobelPeace Prize for 2010was awarded to LiuXiaobo for his longand non-violentstruggle forfundamental humanrights in China. Liuis sentenced to eleven years inprison.Economics: Peter A. Diamond(Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology, Cambridge, MA,
Andre Geim & Konstantin Novoselovprize "for groundbreaking experimentsregarding the two-dimensionalmaterial graphene".Chemistry: Richard F. Heck(University of Delaware, Newark, DE,USA), Ei-ichi Negishi (PurdueUniversity, West Lafayette, IN, USA)and Akira Suzuki (HokkaidoUniversity, Sapporo, Japan) share the2010 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for
developing new, more efficient waysof linking carbon atoms together tobuild the complex molecules that areimproving our everyday lives.Medicine: Robert G. Edwards(British Scientist) “TheFather of the TestTube Baby” wasawarded the 2010Nobel Prize inPhysiology orMedicine, for thedevelopment of invitro fertilization.
USA), Dale T. Mortensen(Northwestern University,Evanston, IL, USA) andChristopher A. Pissarides (LondonSchool of Economics and PoliticalScience, UK) received the 2010Noble Prize for their analysis ofmarkets with search frictions.
Akira Suzuki, Richard F. Heck & Ei-ichi Negishi
Robert G.Edwards
Mario Vargas Llosa
Liu Xiaobo
I NT ERNA T I ON A L
Peter A. Diamond, Dale T.Mortensen, Christopher A
India has its own share of NobelPrize winners over the decades inseveral fields.Rabindranath Tagore–NobelPrize for Literature (1913)Tagore was the first recipient of this
award from India.In the year 1913,Ra bi n dr a n a t hTagore was awar-ded the NobelPrize in Literaturefor his work"Gitanjali".He
was one of greatest poets of Indiaand the composer of nationalanthem of India.Sir Chandrasekhar VenkataRaman (C.V. Raman)–NobelPrize for Physics (1930)C V Raman was the first Asian
scientist to win theNobel Prize.he wasawarded the NobelPrize in Physics in1930 for his disco-very of “RAMANeffect ” . Ra m a neffect is useful in
the study of molecular energy leve-ls, structure development, and multicomponent qualitative analysis.Dr. Har Gobind Khorana – NobelPrize for Medicine and Physio-logy (1968)He was awarded the Nobel Prize in
Medicine in 1968for producing thefirst manmadegene in his labora-tory in the earlyseventies. His dis-covery won himthe Nobel Prize
sharing it with Marshall Nurembergand Robert Holley for interpretingthe genetic code and analyzing itsfunction in protein synthesis.
Indian Nobel Prize WinnersMother Teresa–Nobel Prize forpeace (1979)She was the recipient of the Nobel
Peace Prize in theyear 1979. Thiswas in recogni-tion for the pathbreaking effortsto help the poorand underprivile-ged people thro-
ugh the establishment of the Miss-ionaries of Charity, Calcutta,India.Dr. Subramanyan Chandra-sekhar – Nobel Prize for physics(1983)He was awarded the Nobel Prize in
1983 for Physics.He was recognizedfor his theoreticalstudies of thephysical processesof importance tothe structure andevolution of stars.
He received this award jointly withWilfred Alfred Fowler for theircollaborative research work.Chandrasekhar’s is also known asthe nephew of another legendaryscientist and Nobel laureate, Sir C.V.Raman.Dr. Amartya Sen – Nobel Prizefor Economics (1998)Amartya Sen was honored with the
Nobel Prize in 1988for his work inWelfare economics.Sen is best knownfor his research onfamines, his workon women-- the
attention he has drawn to theirunequal status in the developingworld, and his calls for gender-specific aid programs.
V.S. Naipaul – Nobel Prize forLiterature (2001)He was awarded the Nobel Prize forLiterature in 2001. Naipaul was
recognized for hisextensive works inEnglish Literature.He is well knownnot only for his in-domitable comma-nd over the use ofthe English
Language but also for his vivid anddescriptive stories.Venkatraman Ramakrishnan–Nobel Prize for Chemistry(2009)Venkatraman Ramakrishnan was
awarded NobelPrize in Chemistryin 2009. He is astructural biologistwho received theNobel Prize for hisstudies in the
structure and function of theribosome.Sir Ronald Ross–Nobel Prize forPhysiology (1902)He was a Scottish physician whowas born in Almora in India in 1857.Though he finished his educationin England, Ross had also spent anumber of years in India while hewas making progress in his searchfor his discovery of the malarialparasite and its prevention. He wasawarded by Nobel prize in 1902 forhis work on malaria.Rudyard Kipling–Nobel Prize forLiterature (1907)He is regarded as an innovator inthe art of short stories. In 1907Rudyard Kipling won the NobelPrize in Literature for his originalimagination and ideas as a writer ofseveral literary works. He is bestknown for his book “The Junglebook”
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Magsaysay Award has beenconstituted by thePhilippines government inthe memory of RamonMagsaysay, the President ofthe country who died in anaircrash on 1957.
The Ramon MagsaysayAward is often consideredAsia's Nobel Prize. The prizewas established in April 1957by the trustees of theRockefeller Brothers Fund(RBF) based in New York Citywith the concurrence of thePhilippine government.
Every year the RamonMagsaysay Award Founda-tion gives away prizes toAsian individuals andorganizations for achievingexcellence in their respectivefields. The awards are givenin six categories:
The First Nobel PrizesOn the fifth anniversary of Alfred Nobel’s death, December 10, 1901, the first set of Nobel Prizes wereawarded.Chemistry : Jacobus H. van’t Hoff Physics : Wilhelm C. RöntgenPhysiology or Medicine: Emil A. von Behring Literature : Rene F. A. Sully PrudhommePeace : Jean H. Dunant and Frédéric Passy
Government Service Public Service Community Leadership Journalism, Literature
and Creative Communi-
Winners of Magsaysay Award 2010Tadatoshi Akiba, from JapanChristopher Bernido and Ma. Victoria Carpio-Bernido, from thePhilippinesHuo Daishan, from ChinaA.H.M. Noman Khan, from BangladeshPan Yue and Fu Qiping, from China
Magsaysay Awardcation
Arts Peace andInternational Understanding
Emergent Leadership
Booker Prize was instituted in 1969. It is the most prestigious award given toliterature by England. It is a literary prize awarded each year for the best originalfull-length novel, written in the English language, by a citizen of the Common-wealth of Nations, Ireland, or Zimbabwe. The award amount is 50,000 pound.Now this Award is known as Man Booker Prize for Fiction.
2008- Aravind Adiga for his debut novel 'The White Tiger'
2009 -Hilary Mantel for her work ‘Wolf Hall’
2010 Howard Jacobson for his work ‘The Finkler Question’
The Man Booker Prize for Fiction
Indian winners of 2008 and2009 Magsaysay Award
Mandakini and Prakash Amte won the 2008Magsaysay award in the category ofcommunity leadership.
Deep Joshy won the 2009 Magsaysayaward in the category of Public Service.
Organised and funded by the CommonwealthFoundation is a leading award for fiction thatwas first awarded in 1987.
The winner of the Best book receives $10,000and the winner of the Best first book receives$ 5,000.
2008 Winner Best Book : The Book of Negroes by Lawrence
Hill (Canada) Best First Book: A Golden Age by Tahima
Anam (Bangladesh).
Orange Prize for Fiction Orange prize for fiction is one of the
United Kingdom's most prestigiousliterary prizes, awarded annually forthe best original full length novel bya female author of anynationality, written in English andpublished in the UK in the precedingyear.
A longlist of nominees is announcedaround March each year, followed
The Man Booker InternationalPrize is a biennial internationalliterary award given to a livingauthor of any nationality forfiction published in English orgenerally available in Englishtranslation.
The award, sponsored by theMan Group and established in
The Man Booker International Prize2005 to complement the Man BookerPrize, rewards one writer’s overallachievement in literature and theirsignificant influence on writers andreaders worldwide.
2005 - Ismail Kadare (Albanian)
2007 - Chinua Achebe (Nigerian)
2009 - Alice Munro (Canadian)Alice Munro
Commonwealth Writers’ Prize2009 Winner Best Book: Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa
Lahiri (India). Best First Book: A case of Exploding Mangoes
by Muhammed Haneef (Pakistan).2010 Winner Best Book: Solo by Rana Dasgupta (India/UK) Best First Book: Siddon Rock by Glenda Guest
(Australia)
by a shortlist in June; within daysthe winner is announced.
The winner of the prize receives$30,000
2008 winner Rose Tremain - 'The Road Home'.2009 winner Marilynne Robinson - ‘Home’2010 winner Barbara Kingsolver - ‘The Lacuna’
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OSCAR Awards
Best Motion picture ....................................................................................... The Hurt Locker
Actor ............................................................................................. Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart
Actress ................................................................................ Sandra Bullock – The Blind Side
Supporting Actor ....................................................... Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds
Supporting Actress ................. Mo'Nique – Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
Director ........................................................................... Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker
Cinematography ..................................................................................... Mauro Fiore - Avatar
Original Score ..................................................................................... Michael Giacchino - Up
Film Editing .................................................. Chris Innis and Bob Murawski - The Hurt Locker
Sound Mixing ....................................... Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett - The Hurt Locker
Original Song ......... Ryan Bingham and T-Bone Burnett - "The Weary Kind" from Crazy Heart”
82nd Oscar Award Winners
The Academy Award (informallyknown as the Oscar) is an accoladeby the American Academy ofMotion Picture Arts and Sciences
(AMPAS) to recognize excellenceof professionals in the filmindustry, including directors,actors, and writers.
Miss WorldThe Miss World pageant is theoldest surviving major interna-tional beauty pageant. It wascreated in the United Kingdom byEric Morley in 1951.
Motto : “Beauty with purpose” Kiki Hakansson of Sweden,
Miss World 1951 reigned forthe longest period in MissWorld history: 475 days (almost 16 months)from the time she was crowned on 29 July, 1951in London, UK
Miss Russia Ksenya Sukhinova was crownedMiss World 2008 in Johannesberg, SouthAfrica. Indian Parvathy Omanakuttan wasdeclared the first runner up.
Miss World 2009 -Kaiane Aldorino (Gibralter)
Miss World 2010 - Alexandria Mills
Miss UniverseMiss Universe is an annual international beautycontest run by the Miss Universe Organization.Motto : “Beauty with brain” Miss Universe 2009 -
Stefania Fernandez (MissVenezuela)
Miss Universe 2010 -Ximena Navarrete (MissMexico)
Miss EarthMiss Earth is an annual interna-tional beauty pageant promotingenvironmental awareness.Motto : “Beauties for a Cause”Miss Earth 2010India’s Nicole Faria has beencrowned as Miss Earth 2010 inNha Trang, Vietnam.
U.S. publisher, Joseph Pulitzer instituted Pulitzer Prize in 1970. Pulitzer prize is conferred annually in the United States for
accomplishment in journalism, literature and music. Jumpha Lahiri is the first Indian woman to
get Pulitzer Prize. She won 2000 pulitzer forher book Interpreter of Maladies.
2007 - "The Road" by Cormae Mc earth wonthe pulitzer prize for fiction.
2008 - "The Brief Wondrous Life of OscarWao" by Junot Diaz won the Pulitzer prize forfiction.
2009 - "Olive Kitteridge" by Elizabeth Stroutwon the Pulitzer prize for fiction. NewYork
Right Livelihood Award
As a tribute to the idealsespoused by Gandhi, theGovernment of Indialaunched the InternationalGandhi Peace Prize in 1995 onthe occasion of the 125thbirth anniversary of MahatmaGandhi.
This is an annual awardgiven to individuals andinstitutions for theircontributions towards social,economic and politicaltransformation through non-
The renowned music maestros ofAssam Bhupen Hazarika wasselected for the prestigiousInternational Gandhi Peace Prize2008, for his outstandingcontribution in the field of musicin both state and national levels.
Times received five Pulitzerprizes for Internationalreporting, Criticism, Breakingnews reporting, Investigativereporting and FeaturePhotography.
2010 - "Tinkers" by PaulHarding won the Pulitzerprize for fiction. TheWashington Post won fourPulitzer prizes forInternational reporting,Feature writing, Commentaryand Criticism.
Pulitzer Prize
The Right Livelihood Award,established in 1980 by JakobVon Uexkull, is an award thatis presented annually usuallyon December 9 to honourthose "working on practicaland exemplary solutions tothe most urgent challengesfacing the world today".
The winners of 2008 areKrishnammal and
Sankaralingam Jagannathan(India), Amy Goodman(American journalist), AshaHagi (Somalia), MonikaHauser (GermanGynacologist).
The 2009 Right LivelihoodAwards go to four recipients:Catherine Hamlin (Australia),René Ngongo (DemocraticRepublic of the Congo),
David Suzuki (Canada) andAlyn Ware (New Zealand)
The 2010 Right LivelihoodAwards go to four recipients:
Nnimmo Bassey (Nigeria),Bishop Erwin Kräutler(Brazil), ShrikrishnaUpadhyay and theorganisation SAPPROS(Nepal), The organisation ForHuman Rights-Israel (Israel)
violence and other Gandhianmethods.
The award carries 10 millionin cash, convertible to any
International Gandhi Peace Prizecurrency in the world.
Ist recipient of this award isJulius Nyerere - 1st Presidentof Tanzania.
Bhupen Hazarika received Gandhi Peace Prize
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Jawaharlal Nehru Award forInternational understandingwas instituted in 1965 by theGovernment of India.
Jawaharlal Nehru Award forInternational understanding ispresented "for their outstandingcontribution to the promotion ofinternational understanding,
Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International understanding
Indira Gandhi prize for peace, Disarmament and Development is theprestigious award accorded annually by India to individuals ororganisations in recognition of creative efforts towards promotinginternational peace, development and a new international economicorder, ensuring that scientific discoveries are used for the larger goodof humanity, and enlarging the scope of freedom.
The prize carries a cash award of Rs. 25 lakh Indian rupees. 2008 recipient - Dr. Mohamed Mostafa - El -Baradei 2009 recipient - Sheikh Hasina (Bangladesh Prime Minister)
This prize of US $100,000 is awardedonce every two yearsfor exceptionalcontributions andleadership in the fieldof tolerancepromotion.
The prize was madepossible by the generous donation of the Indian artist, writer anddiplomat Madanjeet, who is also Goodwill Ambassador of
Indira Gandhi Prize for peace, Disarmament and Development
UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Prize
goodwill and friendship amongpeoples of the world". Theaward carries Rs. 25 lakh incash.
2006: Lula da- Silva (BrazilianPresident)
2007: Dr. Olafur RagnarGrimsson (President of Republicof Iceland)
UNESCO. From 1996 onwards the prize
has been awarded every twoyears on 16 November theannual International Day forTolerance.
2009 recipients: FrancoisHoutart (Belgium) and AbdulSattar Edhi (Pakistan) shared2009 UNESCO-MadanjeetSingh Prize.
UN Human Rights Award were instituted byUnited Nations in 1966.
They are intended to honour and commendpeople and organisations which have madean outstanding contribution to the promotionand protection of the human rights.
UN Human Rights Award They were first awarded in 1968, and they
have been given out at five-year intervalssince then.
The award is given on 10 December, the UNHuman Rights Day.
2008 Awardee - Benazir Bhutto (assassinatedformer prime Minister of Pakistan).
Golden Lion is the highestprize given to a film at theVenice Film Festival.
The prize was introduced in1949 by the organizingCommittee and is nowregarded as one of the filmindustry's most distinguishedprizes.
Golden lion
World Food Prize The World Food Prize is an international award
recognizing the achievements of individuals whohave advanced human development byimproving the quality, quantity or availability offood in the world.
The prize is awardedannually on or near October16, United Nations WorldFood Day.
2009 Winner Gebisa Ejeta (Ethiopia). He
was honoured for his workon drought and weed -resistant varieties ofsorghum
Templeton Prize Templeton prize for progress towards Research
or discoveries about spiritual realities is givenout annually by the Templeton Foundation.
It was established in 1972. The inaugural winnerof the prize in 1973 was Mother Teresa.
2009 recipient Bernard d Espagnat (French
Physiest and Philosopher ofscience)
2010 recipient Francisco J.Ayala (an
American evolutionarygeneticist and molecularbiologist)
Abel Prize Abel Prize is an international prize presented
annually by the King of Norway to one or moreoutstanding mathematicians.
The prize is named after NorweigianMathematician Niels Henrik Abel (1802-1829).
2009 recipient Mikhail Leonidovich Gromov; Russian-French
Mathematician for his revolutionarycontributions to geometry.
2010 recipient John Torrence Tate (United States) “for his
vast and lasting impact on the theory ofnumbers.”
The Kalinga Prize The Kalinga Prize for the popularisation of
science was established by the UNESCO in1951.
It is an annual international award of onethousand pound sterling, based on a grant toUNESCO from Mr. Biju Patnaik, of the state ofOrissa, India, founder president of the KalingaFoundation Trust.
The prize is awarded in Oct-Nov in Paris, Francein odd years and in New Delhi in even years.
2005 recipient : Jelir Bertoletti - Brazil. 2006-2008 - No awards were given due to
change of UNESCO rules. 2009 recipients - Professor Trinh Xuan Thuan
(United States) and Professor Yash Pal (India)
In 1970, a second GoldenLion was introduced this isan honorary award for thepeople who have made animportant contribution tocinema.
2009 Winners Lebanon - Samuel Maoz
(Israel)
Honarary Award - JohnLasseter, Brad Bird, PeteDocter, Andrew Stanton, andLee Unkrich
2010 Winners Somewhere - Sofia Coppola
(United States) Honarary Award - John Woo
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Grammy Awards
Stockholm Water Prize First presented in 1991 The Stockholm water prize is the world's most
prestigious prize for the outstandingachievement in water related activities.
The prize amount is 150,000 USD The stockholm water prize is announced in
March in connection with the UN World WaterDay.
2009 Winner Bindeshwar Pathak, the founder of the Sulabh
Sanitation movement and inventor of a toiletsystem credited with improving sanitation allover India.
The Grammy Awards arepresented annually by theNational Academy of RecordingArts and Sciences of the UnitedStates for outstandingachievements in the musicindustry.
The awards were established in1958.
52nd Grammy Awards A.R.Rahman bagged two Grammi
Awards for his number “Jai Ho”and outstanding track for the filmSlumdog Millionaire.
Record of the Year : "UseSomebody" by rock band Kingsof Leon.
Album of the Year : "Fearless" byTaylor Swift (the youngest to winthe award at the age of 20)
Best Pop Vocal Album : The E.N.D., Black Eyed Peas
Song of the Year : 'Single Ladies'by Thaddis Harrel, BeyonceKnowles, Terius Nash andChristopher Stewart.
Best Female Pop VocalPerformance : "Halo" by Beyonce
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance :"Make it Mine" by Jason Mraz
Blue Planet Prize Blue Planet Prize is an international environmental award
sponsored by the Asahi Glass Foundation. Two Blue planet prizes are awarded to individuals or
organisations each year that make outstandingachievements in scientific research and its application, andin so doing help to solve global environmental problems.
2009 Winners Lord Nicholas Stern (UK) & Dr. Claude Lorius (France)2010 Winners Dr.Robert Watson (UK), Prof. Hirofumi Uzawa (Japan) &
Dr.James Hansen (U.S.A.)
2010 Winner
Dr. Rita Colwell (Professor from the Universityof Maryland and Johns Hopkins University’sBloomberg school of PublicHealth in the Unitedstates).
Dr Colwel’s pioneeringresearch on the preventionof waterborne infectiousdiseases has helped toprotect the health and livesof millions.
Kluge Prize The John W Kluge Prize in the
Human Sciences is awarded forlifetime achievement in thehumanistic and social sciences tocelebrate the importance of theintellectual Art for the publicinterest.
This award is instituted by the USLibrary of Congress.
2008 recipients - Romila Thapar(Indian historian) and Peter Brown(Irish historian).
A.R.Rahman
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Bharat Ratna Highest civilian award given in India is Bharat
Ratna. The award is given for exceptional work for the
advancement of art, literature and science, andin recognition of public service of the highestorder.
The first three receipients of Bharat Ratna wereDr. S. Radha Krishnan, C. Rajagopalachari andDr. C.V. Raman in 1954.
The person who received the highest civilianaward of India (Bharat Ratna) and Nishan EPakistan of Pakistan is Morarji Desai.
Latha Mangeshkar and Bismillakhan were the
recipients of Bharat Ratna in 2001. The 2002 Bharat Ratna announced in 2008
was given to Pandit Bimsen Joshi The first recipient of Bharat Ratna is C.
Rajagopalachari in1954.
First foreigner toreceive Bharat Ratna isKhan Abdul GhafferGhan in 1987, laterNelson Mandela(1990) was given theaward.
Padma Vibhushan It was established on Janury
2, 1954. It is the second highest
civilian award. This award isgiven for exceptional anddistinguished service in anyfield including servicerendered by governmentservants.
Dr. Satyendra Nath Bose, Dr.Zakir Hussain, Bala SahebGangadhar Ker, Jigmi Dorje
Padma Bhushan The Padma Bhushan award is an Indian civilian decoration estab-
lished on 2 January 1954.It stands third in the hier-archy of civilian awards, af-ter the Bharat Ratna andthe Padma Vibhushan.
It is awarded to recog-nize distinguished serviceof a high order to the na-tion, in any field.
Wangchuk, Nandlal Bosewere the first receipients ofPadma Vibhushan.
Six were honoured withPadma Vibhushan 2010Ebrahim Alkazi, UmayalpuramK.Sivaraman, MS Zohra Segal,Dr. Yaga Venugopal Reddy, Dr.Venkataram Ramakrishnan,Dr.Prathap Chandra Reddy.
Padma Shri 201081 were chosen for PadmaShri. MS Rekha, ResulPukutty, Saif Ali Khan,D.R.Karthikeyan, MS SainaNehwal, Vijender Singh,Virender Sehwag etc.
Padma Bhushan 201043 were chosen for Padma Bhushan.‘Illaiyaraaja, Aamir Khan, Allah RakhaRahman, Ms Mallika Sarabhai, UstadSultan Khan, Fareed Zakaria, Prof.SatyaVrat Shastri, Dr. Panniyampilly Krishnawarrier, Prof.Abhijit Sen, Capt.C.P.Krishnan Nair etc.
Padma Shri Padma Shri is an award given
by the Government of Indiagenerally to Indian citizens torecognize their distinguishedcontribution in variousspheres of activity includingthe Arts, Education, Industry,Literature, Science, Sports,Medicine, Social Service andpublic life.
It stands fourth in thehierarchy of civilian awardsafter the Bharat Ratna, thePadma Vibhushan and thePadma Bhushan.
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Gallantry Awards Param Vir Chakra: The
highest decoration for valourawarded for the mostconspicious bravery or somedaring or pre-eminent act ofvalour or self-sacrifice in thepresence of the enemy,whether on land, at sea or inthe air.
Maha Vir Chakra:Second Highest decorationfor valour.
Vir Chakra: Third in theorder of award given for the
act of gallantry.
Ashok Chakra: It is the
highest award for gallantryduring peacetime.
Maj. laishRam Jyotin Singh,AMC (Posthumous) wasawarded Ashok Chakra.
Capt.Davinder Singh Jass, Para(SF) (Posthumous) wasawarded Kirthi Chakra.
Two Bar Shaurya Chakra and
Seventeen Shaurya Chakras were also awarded. Two Bar to Sena Medal and Eighty Sena Medals were also
awarded.
Gallantry Award Winners 2010
Maj. laishRam Jyotin Singh &Capt.Davinder Singh Jass
Jnanpith The Jnanpith Award,
instituted on May 22, 1961 isgiven for the best creativeliterary writing by any Indiancitizen in any of thelanguages included in theVIII Schedule of theconstitution.
First recipient, in 1965, wasthe Malayalam writer G.Sankara Kurup.
2007 recipient - Malayalamlitterateur Mr.O.N.V.Kurup
2008 recipient - Mr.AkhlaqKhan Shahryar (Urdu Poet)
Dada Saheb Phalke Award
Arjuna AwardThis award is given tosportsperson who has displayedoutstanding performanceconsistently for the previousthree years in both national and
international level withexcellence for the year for whichthe award is recommended. TheAwardee is given a cash awardof Rs. 500,000.
It was instituted in 1969. Dada Saheb Phalke is
awarded for outstandingcontribution to Cinema.
The award is named afterDhundiraj Govind Phalke, thefather of Indian Cinema.
He made India's first featurefilm "Raja Harishchandra" in1913.
The award comprises of acash prize of Rupees Onemillion.
The award was first given toDevika Rani in 1969.
2008 : V. K. Murthy (Cinema-tographer, Karnataka)
2009 : D. Ramanaidu (Pro-ducer, Andhra Pradesh)
Arjuna Award 2010Krishna Punia (athletics), Joseph Abraham (athletics), DineshKumar (boxing), Parimarjan Negi (chess), Jhulan Goswami(cricket), Deepak Mondal (football), Sunil Chettri (football),Rajiv Tomar (wrestling), Sandeep Singh (hockey), Jasjit Kaur(hockey), Jajseer Singh (paralympics), Dinesh (kabaddi), KapilDev (volleyball), Rehan Poncha (swimming), Sanjeev Rajput(shooting).
Dronacharya Award The Dronacharya Award
was instituted in 1985. The Award is given to
Coaches who havesuccessfully trainedsportspersons or teams andenabled them to acheveoutstanding results ininternational competitions.
The awardee is given astatuette of Guru Drona-charaya, a scroll of honourand a cash prize of Rs. 5lakhs.
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award The Scheme was launched in
the year 1991-92 for honouringthe outstanding sportspersonin a year for his/her achieve-ment in sports.
The award is given in the formof a cash award of Rs 7.50 lakh,scroll of honour and a plague.
2010 recipient : Saina Nehwal(Badminton)
Dronacharya Award 2010A K Kutty (athletics), SubhashAggarwal (billiards & snooker),L Ibomcha Singh (boxing), AjayKumar Bansal (hockey) andCaptain Chandrup (wrestling) arethe coaches chosen for theDronacharya Awards for 2010. Ofthem, Kutty and Chandrup gotthe award for their lifetimecontribution in coaching.
Shanti SwaroopBhatnagar Award
Shanti Swaroop BhatnagarAwards are given to youngscientists in India. Thisaward carries a cash of 5 lakh.
This award is given byCouncil for Scientific andIndustrial Research. ShantiSwaroop Bhatnagar is thefirst director of CSIR.
Bhatnagar Award is known asthe 'Nobel Prize of India.'
Nine Scientists were chosenfor the prestigious ShantiSwarup Bhatnagar Prize 2010.
The list of awardees includes.They are Sanjeev Galande,Shubha Tole, Swapan K Pati,Sandeep Verma, G KAnanthasuresh, SanghamitraBandyopadhyay, MitaliMukerji, Umesh VasudeoWaghmare and KalobaranMaiti.
Saraswathi Samman The award has been instituted by the K.K. Birla
Foundatin. It is given to outstanding author for his literary work
in any Indian Language mentioned in the eighthschedule of the constitution and published duringthe last 10 years.
The award carries a cash prize of Rs. 5 lakh. 2008 Awardee: Lekshmi Nandan Bora (Assamese
Novelist) for his novel Kavyakalpa. 2009 Awardee: Surjit Paatar (Punjab) was awarded
Saraswathi Samman for his poetry collections LafzanDi Dargan.
Dhyan Chand Award Dhyan Chand Award for lifetime
achievements in sports and games institutedin the year 2002 is given to honour thosesports persons who have contributed tosports by their performance and continue tocontribute to promotion of sports even aftertheir retirement from active sporting career.
The award carries a cash of Rs. five lakh.Three awards are given every year.
2010 recipient : Satish Pillai (Athletics),Kuldeep Singh (wrestling), Anith Chanu(weight lifting)
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Dhanvantari Award This Award is given annually since 1973 for outstanding
contribution in the field of Medical Science. 2008 Awardee: Dr. P.S. Krishnamurthy (Hyderabad), Homeopathic
Physician.
Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration
Kalidas Samman Kalidas Samman is a
prestigious award presentedannually in the state ofMadhya Pradesh in India.
It was first awarded in 1980. The award is presented for
outstanding achievement inMusic, Dance, Painting &Theatre.
The award carries a cashprize of 2 lakh rupees.
2008 recipient : Prof C.V.Chandrasekhar (BharataNatyam)
2009 recipient : PanditChhannulal Mishra (ClassicalSinger)
Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Pravasi Bharatiya Samman is constituted by the Ministry of
Overseas Indian Affairs in conjunction with the Pravasi BharatiyaDivas to honour exceptional and meritorious contribution in theirchosen field/profession. The award is given by the President of India.
2009 Awardee: Soman Baby, Associate Editor, Gulf Daily News;Deepak Obhrai, Member of Parliament and Parliamentery Secretaryof foreign affairs, Canada; P.N.C Menon and 10 others.
Indira Gandhi Award forNational Integration is theprestigious award accordedby the Indian NationalCongress.
This award is given annually
to distinguished persons/institutions for promotingnational integration andunderstanding.
The Award carries an amountof Rs. 1.51 lakh in cash and a
citation. The Award is given on 31st
October. 2009: Balraj Puri 2010: A. R. Rahman and
Ramakrishna Mission Ashram
57th National Film Awards Best Feature Film: Kutty Srank Best Director: Samir Chanda
(Delhi 6) Best Actor: Amitabh Bachchan
(Paa) Best Actress: Anannya
Chatterjee (Abahoman)
Rajiv GandhiNationalSadbhavana Award This award is given to
persons for outstandingcontributions to peace andcommunal harmony.
The award carries a citationand a cash award of Rs. 5lakh.
2010 Recipient: MaulanaWahiduddinKhan for hiscontributiontowards thepromotion ofcommunalharmonypeace andgoodwill.
Best Popular Film: 3 Idiots(Hindi)
Best Supporting Actor: FarooqSheikh ( Lahore)
Best Supporting Actress:Arundhati Nag (Paa)
Best Child Artist: Kishore & SriRam (Pasanga)
Best Playback Singer: RupamIslam (Male) & NilanjanaSarkar (Female)
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Mathrubhumi Literary Award
The award has been instituted by theAsan Memorial Association.
The award comprises Rs. 25000 incash, a citation and a plaque.
Ist Recipient - Pala Narayanan Nair(1991)
2009 Recipient - M.L.Paloor 2010 Recipient - A.Ayyappan
Vallathol Award Vallathol Award is
instituted by theVallathol SahithyaSamithi.
The award carries apurse of Rs.1,11,111 andcitation.
Ist Recipient - PalaNarayanan Nair (1991)
2009 Recipient - KavalamNarayana Panicker
2010 Recipient - Vishnu-narayanan Namboothiri
Vayalar Award The Vayalar Award is given for the best literary work
in Malayalam. The award was instituted in 1977 bythe Vayalar Ramavarma Memorial Trust in memory ofthe poet and lyricist Vayalar Ramavarma (1928-1975).
A sum of Rs.25,000/-, a silver plate and certificateconstitutes the award.
It is presented each year on October 27, the deathanniversary of Vayalar.
Ist Recipient - Lalithambika Andarjenam 2009 Recipient - Thomas Mathew - Marar
Lavanyabhavathinte Yukthi Silpam 2010 Recipient - Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri -
Charulatha
Odakkuzhal Award The Odakkuzhal Award, given by Guruvayoorappan Trust, was
founded by G. Sankara Kurup to commemorate the Jnanapith Awardhe had won.
Ist Recipient - Vennikulam Gopalakurup (1968) 2008 Recipient - K.G..Sankara pillai 2009 Recipient - Sreekumaran Thampi
J.C.Daniel Award The Government of Kerala
instituted the J. C. DanielAward as a part of the KeralaState Film Awards, to honourlifetime achievements inMalayalam cinema.
From 1998, the Kerala StateChalachitra Academy, anautonomous body under theDepartment of CulturalAffairs, Government ofKerala hosts the award.
Ist Recipient -T.E.Vasudevan (1992)
2009 Recipient-K.S.Sethu-madhavan
Mathrubhumi Literary Award is instituted by theMathrubhumi Printing and Publishing CompanyLimited.
The award comprises Rs. 2 lakh in cash, a citation anda plaque.
Ist Awardee - Thikkodian (2000) 2009 Awardee - V.V.Ayyappan (Kovilan) 2010 Awardee - Vishnu Narayanan Namboothiri
Asan SmarakaKavitha Puraskaram
Ezhuthachan Award Named after father of Malayalam literature and
medieval poet Thunchath Ezhuthachan, theaward carries Rs.1 lakh, citation and a statuette.
This award is announced every year on IstNovember.
Ist Recipient - Sooranad Kunjanpillai 2009 Recipient - Sugathakumari 2010 Recipient - M.Leelavathi
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Kerala State Film Awards
Kerala Sahitya Academy forMalayalam literature is anautonomous bodyestablished to promoteMalayalam language andliterary.
It is situated in Thrissur,Kerala in India.
The academy was inaugu-rated on October 15, 1956,by Chithira ThirunalBalarama Varma, the formerking of Travancore.
The academy is headed byMalayalam novelist P.Valsala as its president, andwriter Purushan Kadalundyis its secretary.
Vishnu Narayanan Namboodiri and Punathil Kunjabdulla will get thisyear's academy fellowships.
Ettumanoor Somadasan, Erumeli Parameswaran Pillai, G. BalakrishnanNair and P.V.K. Panayal won awards for overall contribution.
The winners are... Novel: Benyamin (Aadujeevitham) Short-story: K.R. Meera (Ave Maria) Poetry: N. K. Desam (Mudra) Biography/autobiography: T.J.S. George (Ghoshayatra) Travelogue: Raveendran (Ente Keralam) Translation: K. Sachithanandan (Padinjaran Kavithakal) Drama: K. M. Raghavan Nambyar (Swathanthryam thanne jeevitham) Literary criticism: K.S. Ravikumar (Aakhyanathinte Adarukal) Scholarly literature: Vijaya Kumar Menon (Sthalam Kalam Kala) Children's literature: A. Vijayan (Muyalchevi) Humour: Marshal (Ronald Reaganum Balan Mashum)
Winners of Kerala Sahithya Academy Award 2010
Swetha Menon Mammooty Manoj K Jayan Padmapriya
Best Film ............................................... Paleri Manikyam Oru Pathirakolopathakathinte Kadha
Actor ........................................... Mammooty - Pazhassi Raja, Paleri Manikyam, Kutty Srank
Actress ........................................................................... Swetha Menon – Paleri Manikyam
Supporting Actor ....................................................................... Manoj K Jayan– Pazhasiraja
Supporting Actress ......................................................................... Padmapriya – Pazhasiraja
Director ............................................................................................. Hariharan – Pazhasiraja
Music ............................................................................ Mohan sithara - Soofi Paranja Katha
Singer (Male) ....................................................................................... Yesudas - madya venal
Singer (Female) .................................................................................... Sreya goshal - banaras
Child Artist ......................................................................................... Niveditha - Bhramaram
Award Winners 2009
Kerala Sahithya Academy Award
Padma Prabha Award The award is instituted by
Padmaprabha Memorial Trust inmemory of M K Padma Prabha Gowder,known for his contribution fordevelopment of Wayanad district.
It carries a cash prize of Rs 55,000, aruby studded plaque and citation.
1st Awardee - Puthoor Unnikrishnan(1997)
2009 - Sachidanandan 2008 - UA Khader
Swathi Award Swathi Puraskaram is one of those coveted awards
instituted by the Government of Kerala to honor anartiste of national eminence.
The award carries a cash prize ofrupees one lakh, citation and a medal.
First Awardee - ShamankudiSreenivasa Iyer (1997)
2009 - Parassala B.Ponnammal 2008 - Dr. R.K. Sreekantan
The award instituted by theKerala State Sports Councilcarries a purse of Rs. 1 lakh, aplaque and a certificate.
First Awardee - ShamankudiSreenivasa Iyer (1997)
2008 - M.Renjith (Triple Jump) 2007 - K.M.Binu & Jincy Philip
Muttathu Varkey Award It is the highest award given for
Malayalam Literature. It was constituted by Muttathu Varkey's
fans, friends, and relatives. The award comprises Rs. 33,333 in cash. First recipient - OV Vijayan (1992) 2010 - P.Valsala 2009 - N.S. Madhavan
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G.V.Raja Award