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AWARDS

DILIP VENGSARKAR SELECTED FOR C.K. NAYUDU LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR

2014

NOVEMBER 19, 2014

FORMER INDIA CAPTAIN DILIP VENGSARKAR HAS BEEN SELECTED FOR COL. CK

NAYUDU LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD AS PART OF BOARD OF CONTROL

FOR CRICKET IN INDIA‟S ANNUAL AWARDS. HE HAS BEEN CONFERRED WITH THIS

PRESTIGIOUS LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR HIS CONTRIBUTION TO INDIAN

CRICKET

NEHA GUPTA WINS INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S PEACE PRIZE

NOVEMBER 19, 2014

INDIAN AMERICAN NEHA GUPTA, 18 HAS BEEN AWARDED WITH THE

PRESTIGIOUS INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN‟S PEACE PRIZE 2014. NOBEL PEACE

LAUREATE DESMOND TUTU THE PATRON OF THE DUTCH CHILDREN‟S RIGHTS

ORGANIZATION PRESENTED HER WITH THE AWARD IN THE HAGUE,NETHERLANDS.

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SHE WAS AWARDED THIS AWARD FOR HER EXCEPTIONAL WORK TO RAISE MONEY FOR

UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN AROUND THE WORLD. HER WORK HAS HELPED ORPHANS

IN INDIA AND OTHER VULNERABLE CHILDREN.

SHE IS THE FIRST AMERICAN TO BE AWARDED WITH THIS PRIZE.

ABOUT NEHA GUPTA

NEHA IS A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, BORN IN NEW ZEALANDTO

INDIAN PARENTS

SHE WAS INSPIRED TO THE WORK FOR UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN DURING A VISIT

TO INDIA WITH HER GRANDPARENTS. AFTER THIS VISIT SHE FOUNDED EMPOWER

ORPHANS, AN ORGANIZATION DESIGNED TO SUPPORT ORPHANED AND ABANDONED

CHILDREN IN INDIA AND THE US.

THROUGH HER OWN ORGANIZATION, SHE HAS HELPED MORE THAN 25000

VULNERABLE CHILDREN BY RAISING OVER 1.3 MILLION US DOLLAR. SHE STARTED

WORKING FOR UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN OF THE WORLD AT THE AGE OF NINE.

THE LIST OF PROJECTS OF HER INCLUDES OPENING LIBRARIES, DEVELOPING PATHS

TO HEALTH CARE, AND PROMOTING EDUCATION.

SHE HAS ALSO WON NUMEROUS AWARDS INCLUDING THE 2011 WORLD OF CHILDREN

AWARD, THE PRESIDENT‟S VOLUNTEER SERVICE AWARD, THE CONGRESSIONAL

AWARD, AND ALSO THE NATIONAL PRUDENTIAL SPIRIT OF COMMUNITY AWARD.

ABOUT INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S PEACE PRIZE

THE INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN‟S PEACE PRIZE IS AWARDED ANNUALLY TO A CHILD

WHO HAS MADE A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO ADVOCATING CHILDREN‟S RIGHTS

AND IMPROVING THE SITUATION OF VULNERABLE CHILDREN SUCH AS ORPHANS, CHILD

LABOURERS AND CHILDREN WITH HIV/AIDS.

THE PRIZE IS AN INITIATIVE OF MARC DULLAERT, CHAIRMAN AND FOUNDER OF THE

AMSTERDAM-BASED CHILDREN‟S RIGHTS ORGANIZATION, KIDSRIGHTS.

THE FIRST CHILDREN‟S PEACE PRIZE WAS LAUNCHED IN NOVEMBER 2005 DURING THE

WORLD SUMMIT OF NOBEL PEACE LAUREATES IN ROME, AN ANNUAL MEETING OF

NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNERS AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS SUCH

AS UNICEF AND AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL.

SINCE THEN, THE PRIZE HAS BEEN PRESENTED EVERY YEAR BY A NOBEL PEACE

LAUREATE.

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IN 2006, OM PRAKASH GURJAR FROM INDIA WAS CONFERRED WITH THIS AWARD FOR

SETTING UP NETWORK OF CHILD FRIENDLY VILLAGES WHICH AIMS TO GIVE ALL

CHILDREN A BIRTH CERTIFICATE AS A WAY OF HELPING TO PROTECT THEM FROM

EXPLOITATION.

IN 2013, THE AWARD WAS CONFERRED ON MALALA YOUSUFZAI, WHO WENT ON TO WIN

THIS NOBEL PEACE PRIZE 2014.

JNANPITH AWARD 2013 CONFERRED ON HINDI POET KEDARNATH SINGH

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

PRESIDENT PRANAB MUKHERJEE CONFERRED THE 49THJNANPITH AWARD (FOR YEAR

2013) TO EMINENT HINDI POET KEDARNATH SINGH FOR HIS OUTSTANDING

CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS INDIAN LITERATURE. HE WAS CONFERRED THIS AWARD AT A

FUNCTION HELD AT BALYOGI AUDITORIUM,PARLIAMENT LIBRARY BUILDING IN

NEW DELHI.

DARJEELING ZOO WINS INTERNATIONAL EARTH HEROES AWARD

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

THE DARJEELING ZOO WON AN AWARD AT THE INTERNATIONALEARTH

HEROES AWARDS. IT IS THE FIRST INDIAN ZOO TO HAVE RECEIVED THIS PRESTIGIOUS

HONOUR. APART FROM BEING THE ONLY SPECIALIZED ZOO IN INDIA, IT IS

INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED FOR ITS CONSERVATION BREEDING PROGRAMMES OF

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ENDANGERED ANIMALS OF EASTERN HIMALAYAS. THE ZOO IS ALSO WELL-KNOWN FOR

ITS EFFORTS IN EDUCATING, MOTIVATING AND INITIATING AWARENESS ABOUT THE

IMPORTANCE OF CONSERVATION OF HIMALAYAN ECO-SYSTEM.

GARHWAL RIFLES WINS CAMBRIAN PATROL

OCTOBER 29, 2014

A TEAM FROM THE INDIAN ARMY BEAT 140 OTHER PARTICIPANTS TO WIN THE GOLD

MEDAL IN THE CAMBRIAN PATROL THAT WAS HELD IN UK BETWEEN OCTOBER 17 TO 26.

THE INDIAN TEAM CONSISTED ON 8 GARHWAL RIFLES.

EARLIER, A TEAM FROM THE GORKHA RIFLES HAD WON A GOLD MEDAL IN 2010.

EXERCISE CAMBRIAN PATROL

THE EXERCISE IS AN ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL MILITARY PATROLLING EVENT THAT

TAKES PLACES AMIDST THE CAMBRIAN MOUNTAINS, WITH PARTICIPANTS FROM ACROSS

THE WORLD. IT WAS FIRST HELD MORE THAN 40 YEARS AGO BY WELSH TERRITORIAL

ARMY SOLDIERS.

RICHARD FLANAGAN WINS MAN BOOKER PRIZE

OCTOBER 16, 2014

THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2014 FOR FICTION WAS AWARDED TO AUSTRALIAN AUTHOR

RICHARD FLANAGAN, FOR HIS NOVEL THE NARROW ROAD TO THE DEEP NORTH.

.

MAN BOOKER PRIZE

THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE IS A LITERARY AWARD GIVEN TO THE BEST ORIGINAL NOVEL

IN ENGLISH, THAT HAS BEEN PUBLISHED IN THE UK. IT IS PRESENTED BY THE MAN

GROUP, WHICH IS A BRITISH ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT BUSINESS. THE

BOOKER PRIZE WAS FIRST AWARDED IN 1969. IT IS GENERALLY PRESENTED IN

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GUILDHALL, LONDON. THE AWARD IS OPEN TO ALL AUTHORS OF ENGLISH BOOKS,

REGARDLESS OF THEIR NATIONALITIES.

JEAN TIROLE WINS NOBEL PRIZE FOR ECONOMICS -2014

OCTOBER 15, 2014

THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR ECONOMICS WAS AWARDED TO JEAN TIROLE “FOR HIS

ANALYSIS OF MARKET POWER AND REGULATION”. HE WILL BE AWARDED PRIZE MONEY

OF 8 MN SWEDISH KRONA.

JEAN TIROLE IS THE SECOND FRENCHMAN TO HAVE BEEN AWARDED A NOBEL

PRIZE THIS YEAR.

NOBEL PEACE PRIZE 2014

MALALA AND SATYARTHI WILL BE AWARDED A MEDAL AND $1.4 MN AT AN SPECIAL

CEREMONY IN OSLO.

MALALA YOUSAFZAI

17 YEAR OLD MALALA YOUSAFZAI IS THE YOUNGEST NOBEL LAUREATE IN

THE HISTORY OF THE PRIZE. SHE IS ALSO THE THIRD NOBEL LAUREATE WHO WAS BORN

IN PAKISTAN.

MALALA FOUGHT FOR THE RIGHTS OF GIRL CHILDREN IN SWAT VALLEY, PAKISTAN TO

ATTEND SCHOOL. SHE WAS SHOT BY GUNMEN THERE, AND LATER MOVED TO

BIRMINGHAM, UK. SINCE THEN, SHE HAS PUBLISHED HER AUTOBIOGRAPHY,

ADDRESSED THE UNGA, BEEN NAMED ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE‟S MOST INFLUENTIAL

PEOPLE IN 2013, AND AWARDED THE EU‟S SAKHAROV PRIZE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS.

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KAILASH SATYARTHI

SATYARTHI IS THE EIGHTH NOBEL LAUREATE TO HAVE BEEN BORN

IN INDIA. HE IS AN ADHERENT OF GANDHIAN PHILOSOPHY. HE HAS UPHELDMAHATMA

GANDHI‟S PRACTICE OF ENGAGING AND CONDUCTING PEACEFUL PROTESTS. HE HAS

FOCUSED HIS AGITATIONS AGAINST THE EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN FOR FINANCIAL

GAIN. HE IS THE FOUNDER OF THE BACHPAN BACHAO ANDOLAN (SAVE THE

CHILDHOOD MOVEMENT). THROUGH HIS NGO, HE CAMPAIGNS FOR PROTECTION OF

CHILD RIGHTS AND TO ABOLISH ILLEGAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING.

NOBEL PRIZE LITERATURE 2014

OCTOBER 11, 2014

THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE FOR 2014 HAS BEEN AWARDED TO THE FRENCH

AUTHOR, PATRICK MODIANO, “FOR THE ART OF MEMORY WITH WHICH HE HAS EVOKED

THE MOST UNGRASPABLE HUMAN DESTINIES AND UNCOVERED THE LIFE-WORLD OF THE

OCCUPATION

CHEMISTRY NOBEL PRIZE 2014

OCTOBER 10, 2014

THE ROYAL SWEDISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES HAS ANNOUNCED THAT

THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR CHEMISTRY FOR THE YEAR 2014 IS BEING AWARDED TO ERIC

BETZIG, STEFAN W. HELL AND WILLIAM E. MOERNER “FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF

SUPER-RESOLVED FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY”. FOR YEARS, IT WAS ASSUMED THAT

THE RESOLUTION THAT COULD BE ACHIEVED BY OPTICAL MICROSCOPY WAS LIMITED TO

HALF THE WAVELENGTH OF LIGHT.

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ABOUT ERIC BETZIG

ERIC BETZIG IS AN AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO BORN IN 1960 IN USA. HE IS A GROUP

LEADER AT THE JANELIA RESEARCH CAMPUS AT THE HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL

INSTITUTE IN USA

ABOUT STEFAN W. HELL

STEFAN W. HELL IS A GERMAN CITIZEN WHO WAS BORN IN ROMANIA IN 1962. HE IS

DIRECTOR AT THE MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY IN

GÖTTINGEN, AND DIVISION HEAD AT THE GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER IN

HEIDELBERG, GERMANY.

WILLIAM E. MOERNER

WILLIAM E. MOERNER IS AN AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO WAS BORN IN USA IN 1953. HE

IS THE HARRY S. MOSHER PROFESSOR IN CHEMISTRY AND PROFESSOR OF APPLIED

PHYSICS AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY IN USA.

NOBEL PRIZE FOR PHYSICS 2014

ISAMU AKASAKI

ISAMU AKASAKI IS A JAPANESE CITIZEN. HE WAS BORN 1929 IN CHIRAN, JAPAN AND

EDUCATED IN JAPAN. HE IS CURRENTLY A PROFESSOR AT MEIJO UNIVERSITY, NAGOYA,

AND DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR AT NAGOYA UNIVERSITY, JAPAN.

HIROSHI AMANO

HIROSHI AMANO IS A JAPANESE CITIZEN. HE WAS BORN IN 1960 IN HAMAMATSU,

JAPAN AND EDUCATED IN JAPAN. HE IS A PROFESSOR AT NAGOYA UNIVERSITY IN

JAPAN.

SHUJI NAKAMURA

SHUJI NAKAMURA IS AN AMERICAN CITIZEN. HE WAS BORN IN 1954 IN IKATA, JAPAN

AND EDUCATED IN JAPAN. HE IS CURRENTLY A PROFESSOR AT UNIVERSITY OF

CALIFORNIA IN USA.

DISCOVERY OF BLUE LEDS

THE THREE SCIENTISTS OF JAPANESE ORIGIN HAVE BEEN AWARDED THE NOBEL FOR

INVENTING BLUE LIGHT EMITTING DIODES OR LEDS.

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ALTHOUGH RED AND GREEN LEDS HAVE BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR DECADES NOW,

DEVELOPMENT OF BLUE LEDS POSED A FORMIDABLE CHALLENGE TO SCIENTISTS AND

RESEARCHERS.

NOBEL PRIZE MEDICINE WINNERS 2014

2014 NOBEL PRIZE MEDICINE WINNERS

JOHN O‟KEEFE

MAY-BRITT AND EDVARD MOSER

SHAHRUKH KHAN AWARDED WITH GLOBAL DIVERSITY AWARD 2014

OCTOBER 7, 2014

INDIAN ACTOR SHAHRUKH KHAN WAS AWARDED THE GLOBAL DIVERSITY AWARD 2014

FOR HIS OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE FIELD OF CINEMA AND HIS

INVOLVEMENT IN PHILANTHROPIC ENDEAVORS IN UK

GOVIND MISHRA GETS SARASWATI SAMMAN 2013 FOR NOVEL ‘DHOOL PAUDHON PAR’

INDIAN SCIENTIST KAMAL BAWA WINS THE MIDORI PRIZE 2014

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

INDIAN SCIENTIST KAMAL BAWA, AN EMINENT PROFESSOR OF BIOLOGY AT THE

UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS IN BOSTON, WON THE MIDORI PRIZE (2014) IN

BIODIVERSITY FOR HIS RESEARCH, INCLUDING IN CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE

HIMALAYAS.

HARRY BELAFONTE TO RECEIVE HONORARY HUMANITARIAN OSCAR

INDIAN SCIENTIST AWARDED PRESTIGIOUS GRANT UNDER OBAMA INITIATIVE

AUGUST 20, 2014

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PARTHA MITRA, AN INDIAN RESEARCHER IN THE US HAS BEEN AWARDED A

PRESTIGIOUSRESEARCH GRANT UNDER PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA‟S INITIATIVE

TO MAP THE HUMAN BRAIN.

FILMMAKER MUZAFFAR ALI CONFERRED RAJIV GANDHI NATIONAL SADBHAVANA AWARD

OUTSTANDING PARLIAMENTARIAN AWARD TO ARUN JAITLEY, KARAN SINGH AND

SHARAD YADAV

AUGUST 13, 2014

PRESIDENT MR. PRANAB MUKHERJEE PRESENTED THE OUTSTANDING

PARLIAMENTARIANAWARDS TO ARUN JAITLEY, DR KARAN SINGH AND SHARAD

YADAV FOR THE YEAR 2010, 2011 AND 2012 RESPECTIVELY.

PANEL RECOMMENDS AWARDEES FOR ARJUNA AWARD, NO KHEL RATNA

AUGUST 13, 2014

THE 12-MEMBER SELECTION PANEL, HEADED BY LEGENDARY CRICKETER KAPIL DEV,

RECOMMENDED THE NAMES OF 15 SPORTSPERSONS FOR THE PRESTIGIOUS ARJUNA

AWARD.HOWEVER, THE COMMITTEE DID NOT RECOMMEND ANYONE ONE FOR

THE RAJIV GANDHI KHEL RATNA. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME WHEN NO SPORTSPERSON

HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED FOR THE KHEL RATNA SINCE THE ESTABLISHING OF

THE COUNTRY‟S HIGHEST SPORTING AWARD IN 1991.

SPORTSPERSONS RECOMMENDED FOR ARJUNA AWARD:

1. RAVICHANDRAN ASHWIN (CRICKET)

2. AKHILESH VARMA (ARCHERY)

3. TINTU LUKA (ATHLETICS)

4. H N GIRISHA (PARALYMPICS)

5. V DIJU (BADMINTON)

6. GEETU ANN JOSE (BASKETBALL)

7. JAI BHAGWAN (BOXING)

8. ANIRBAN LAHIRI (GOLF)

9. MAMTA PUJARI (KABADDI)

10. SAJI THOMAS (ROWING)

11. HEENA SIDHU (SHOOTING)

12. ANAKA ALANKAMONY (SQUASH)

13. TOM JOSEPH (VOLLEYBALL)

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14. RENUBALA CHANU (WEIGHTLIFTING)

15. SUNIL RANA (WRESTLING)

NAMES OF MATHEMATICIANS FOR THE FIELDS MEDAL 2014 ANNOUNCED

AUGUST 12, 2014

THE NAMES OF FOUR OUTSTANDING MATHEMATICIANS FOR THE FIELDS MEDAL, THE

MOST PRESTIGIOUS AWARD IN MATHEMATICS, HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED.

THE FIELDS MEDAL IS GIVEN BY THE INTERNATIONAL MATHEMATICAL UNION TO

BETWEEN TWO AND FOUR MATHEMATICIANS UNDER THE AGE OF 40 AT THE

INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF MATHEMATICIANS, HELD ONCE EVERY FOUR YEARS.

THE AWARD INTENDS TO RECOGNIZE OUTSTANDING MATHEMATICAL ACHIEVEMENT FOR

EXISTING WORK AND FOR THE PROMISE OF FUTURE ACHIEVEMENT.

THE FOUR 2014 FIELDS MEDALISTS:

1. ARTUR AVILA: FOR HIS MOST NOTEWORTHY RESEARCH IS IN THE STUDY OF CHAOS

THEORY AND DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS.

2. MANJUL BHARGAVA: FOR HIS CONTRIBUTION TO NUMBER THEORY AND ALGEBRA.

3. MARTIN HAIRER: FOR HIS RESEARCHES ON STOCHASTIC PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL

EQUATIONS.

4. MARYAM MIRZAKHANI: FOR HER WORK ON THE GEOMETRY OF RIEMANN SURFACES.

5. SIKKIM BECOMES MOST FAVOURED DESTINATION OF FOREIGN TOURISTS IN

NORTHEAST INDIA

6. AUGUST 11, 2014

7. FOREIGN TOURISTS VISITING THE NORTH-EASTERN (NE) STATES OF INDIA ARE

CHOOSINGSIKKIM AS THEIR MOST FAVORED DESTINATION IN NE REGION OF THE

COUNTRY.

8. KAPIL DEV TO CHAIR ARJUNA AWARD SELECTION PANEL

9. AUGUST 8, 2014

10. LEGENDARY INDIA CRICKET SKIPPER KAPIL DEV WILL HEAD

THE ARJUNA AWARDS SELECTIONCOMMITTEE FOR SELECTING OUTSTANDING

SPORTSPERSONS OF THE COUNTRY FOR YEAR 2014.

FORMER HOCKEY CAPTAIN AJITPAL SINGH IS EXPECTED TO HEAD

THE DRONACHARYA AWARDS SELECTION COMMITTEE.

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RAMON MAGSAYSAY AWARD 2014: LIST OF AWARDEES

AUGUST 4, 2014

THE LIST OF AWARDEES FOR THE PRESTIGIOUS RAMON MAGSAYSAY AWARDS FOR YEAR

2014 HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED.

THE AWARDEES ARE:

1. HU SHULI: AN INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALIST FROM CHINA WHOSE WORK WAS

INSTRUMENTAL IN THE DISMISSAL OF CORRUPT OFFICIALS. SHE IS THE FOUNDER AND

FORMER EDITOR OF CAIJING A BUSINESS MAGAZINE WIDELY-KNOWN FOR ITS

GROUNDBREAKING INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING THAT HAS MADE A SIGNIFICANT

IMPACT ON CHINA.

2. SAUR MARLINA MANURUNG: THE AWARD RECOGNIZES HER OUTSTANDING EFFORTS

TO PROTECT AND IMPROVE THE LIVES OF INDONESIA‟S FOREST PEOPLE, AND HER

KINETIC LEADERSHIP OF VOLUNTEERS IN SOKOLA‟S

CUSTOMIZED EDUCATIONPROGRAM.

3. OMARA KHAN MASOUDI: THE AWARD HAS BEEN CONFERRED UPON HIM IN

RECOGNITION OF HIS COURAGE, LABOR, AND LEADERSHIP IN

PRESERVING AFGHANCULTURAL HERITAGE. AT GREAT RISK TO HIS LIFE, THE DEPUTY

DIRECTOR OF THENATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFGHANISTAN IN KABUL LED HIS

COLLEAGUES IN MOVING SOME OF THE MUSEUM‟S MOST PRECIOUS OBJECTS TO

SAFETY DURING THE TALIBAN‟S ATTACK ON HIS COUNTRY‟S CULTURAL TREASURES IN

THE 1990S.

4. THE CITIZENS FOUNDATION FROM PAKISTAN: IT IS AN NGO IN PAKISTANFOUNDED

BY SIX BUSINESS LEADERS. IT BUILT 1,000 SCHOOLS OVER HUNDREDS OF CITIES AND

TOWNS IN THE COUNTRY WHICH IS HOME TO THE WORLD‟S SECOND HIGHEST

NUMBER OF CHILDREN WHO ARE OUT OF SCHOOL.

5. WANG CANFA: HE IS A CHINESE PROFESSOR WHO FOUNDED THE CENTER

FORLEGAL ASSISTANCE TO POLLUTION VICTIMS, WHICH HAS PROVIDED FREE LEGAL

SERVICES TO THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AND IMPARTED ENVIRONMENTAL LAW

TRAINING TO LAWYERS AND OTHERS.

6. RANDY HALASAN: THE AWARD IS IN RECOGNITION OF HIS EXTRAORDINARY

LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE TO THE INDIGENOUS MATIGSALUG TRIBE. HE MADE HUGE

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EFFORTS IN TEACHING THE CHILDREN OF THE MATIGSALUG TRIBE IN ONE OF THE

REMOTEST MOUNTAIN VILLAGES IN MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES.

RAMON MAGSAYSAY AWARD

THE RAMON MAGSAYSAY AWARD IS ASIA‟S HIGHEST HONOR AND IS ALSO REGARDED AS

THE REGION‟S EQUIVALENT OF THE NOBEL PRIZE. IT COMMEMORATES THE

LEADERSHIP EXAMPLE OF THE THIRD PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT AFTER WHOM THE AWARD

IS NAMED. THE AWARD IS CONFERRED EVERY YEAR TO INDIVIDUALS OR

ORGANIZATIONS IN ASIA WHO MANIFEST THE SAME ALTRUISTIC AND PHILANTHROPIC

SERVICE THAT DOMINATED THE LIFE OF THE LATE AND HIGHLY RESPECTED FILIPINO

LEADER.

GANDHI PEACE PRIZE TO CHANDI PRASAD BHATT

JULY 15, 2014 1 COMMENT

PRESIDENT PRANAB MUKHERJEE PRESENTED GANDHI PEACE PRIZE FOR 2013 TO

NOTED ENVIRONMENTALIST AND PIONEER OF THE CHIPKO MOVEMENT CHANDI PRASAD

BHATT FOR HIS CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS THE ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIETY

THROUGH GANDHIAN PHILOSOPHY.

FRANCE CONFERS ‘OFFICER OF THE LEGION OF HONOR’ UPON ACTOR SHAHRUKH KHAN

CANADA‟S YORK UNIVERSITY CONFERS HONORARY DOCTORATE UPON RATAN TATA

JUNE 22, 2014

CANADA‟S PRESTIGIOUS YORK UNIVERSITY BESTOWED RATAN TATA WITH AN

HONORARY DOCTOR OF LAWS DEGREE FOR HIS PURSUIT OF INNOVATION AND ROLE IN

PROMOTING CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY.

PEN PINTER PRIZE TO NOVELIST SALMAN RUSHDIE

JNANPITH AWARD 2013 TO HINDI POET KEDARNATH SINGH

IMMUNOTHERAPISTS FROM US AND JAPAN WIN THE INAUGURAL „TANG PRIZE‟

JUNE 20, 2014

IMMUNOLOGISTS DR JAMES ALLISON OF THE US AND DR TASUKU HONJO

OF JAPAN WERE NAMED JOINT RECIPIENTS OF THE INAUGURAL TANG PRIZE IN

BIOPHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCEFOR THEIR DISCOVERIES THAT HAVE HELPED ADVANCE

IMMUNOTHERAPY AND HAS BROUGHT NEW RAY OF HOPE THAT MANY TYPES OF CANCERS

CAN BE CURED.

PRIZED DISCOVERIES OF ALLISON AND HONJO

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DR HONJO:

DISCOVERED PD-1 IN 1992, AN INHIBITOR OF THE T CELL, A TYPE OF LYMPHOCYTE

THAT PLAYS A PIVOTAL ROLE IN CELL-MEDIATED IMMUNITY. THE US FOOD AND DRUG

ADMINISTRATION (FDA) HAS APPROVED THE ANTIBODIES AGAINST PD-1 AS AN

INVESTIGATIONAL DRUG AND ARE BEING DEVELOPED AS A CANCER TREATMENT.

ONE SUCH ANTIBODY IS LIKELY TO BE LAUNCHED IN YEAR 2015 FOR TREATMENT OF

NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG CANCER WHICH IS CONSIDERED TO SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGE THE

APPROACH TOWARDS LUNG CANCER TREATMENT.

DR ALLISON:

IN 1995, ALLISON BECAME THE FIRST RESEARCHER TO IDENTIFY CYTOTOXIC T-

LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4 (CTLA-4), A PROTEIN RECEPTOR THAT DOWN-REGULATES THE

IMMUNE SYSTEM.

CTLA-4 IS FOUND ON THE SURFACE OF T CELLS, WHICH LEAD CELLULAR IMMUNE

ATTACKS ON ANTIGENS. ALLISON DEVELOPED AN ANTIBODY THAT BLOCKS CTLA-4

ACTIVITY. THIS ANTIBODY HAS BEEN SHOWN TO HAVE POTENTIAL TO HELP FIGHT

VARIOUS TYPES OF TUMORS IN MICE.

THE STUDY LED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY DRUG THAT WAS

APPROVED BY THE FDA IN 2011 TO TREAT MELANOMA. THE THERAPY AND A REGIMEN

COMBINING ANTI-CTLA-4 AND ANTI-PD-1 HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO SIGNIFICANTLY

IMPROVE LONG-TERM SURVIVAL RATES OF CANCER PATIENTS.

THE TANG PRIZE:

A TAIWANESE ENTREPRENEUR SAMUEL YIN ESTABLISHED INSTITUTED THE TANG

PRIZE IN 2012 TO AWARD LEADERS IN FOUR FIELDS:

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

BIOPHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCE

SINOLOGY

THE RULE OF LAW.

UP TO 3 AWARDEES IN EACH CATEGORY CAN SHARE A CASH PRIZE OF NT$40 MILLION

AND A RESEARCH GRANT OF UP TO NT$10 MILLION.

WORLD FOOD PRIZE 2014 TO INDIA-BORN SCIENTIST SANJAYA RAJARAM

JUNE 19, 2014

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SANJAYA RAJARAM, AN INDIA-BORN PLANT SCIENTIST, HAS BEEN CHOSEN FOR

THE WORLD FOOD PRIZE 2014 FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH THAT LED TO A STUPENDOUS

INCREASE IN WORLD WHEAT PRODUCTION.

QUEEN ELIZABETH CONFERS KNIGHTHOOD UPON INDIAN-ORIGIN PHYSICIST PROF.

TEJINDER VIRDEE

JUNE 15, 2014

PROFESSOR TEJINDER VIRDEE, A NOTED INDIAN-ORIGIN PHYSICIST KNOWN FOR HIS

WORK FOR THE LARGE HADRON COLLIDER, WAS CONFERRED AN HONORARY

KNIGHTHOOD BY QUEEN ELIZABETH II IN RECOGNITION TO HIS CONTRIBUTION TO THE

FIELD OF SCIENCE.

BHARAT RATNA JRD TATA AWARD CONFERRED UPON SOMASUNDARAM

JUNE 11, 2014

MEMBER OF AIR NAVIGATION SERVICES OF AIRPORTS AUTHORITY

OF INDIA (AAI),SOMASUNDARAM, HAS BEEN CONFERRED UPON THE

ESTEEMED BHARAT RATNA JRD TATA AWARD 2013 INSTITUTED BY AERONAUTICAL

SOCIETY OF INDIA (ASI). HE HAS MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS NOT ONLY IN

IMPROVING ANS INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE COUNTRY FOR ENHANCING SAFETY,

EFFICIENCY AND CAPACITY OF THE AIRSPACE BUT ALSO TOWARDS SMOOTH ATM AND

GLOBAL COORDINATION.

ANAND MAHINDRA FIRST INDIAN TO BE HONOURED WITH HARVARD MEDAL

JUNE 2, 2014

MAHINDRA GROUP CHAIRMAN ANAND G MAHINDRA BECAME THE FIRST INDIAN TO BE

HONOURED WITH THE PRESTIGIOUS HARVARD MEDAL FOR HIS „DEDICATION,

GENEROSITY AND SERVICE‟ TO THE UNIVERSITY.