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A H A A D
44 H A H F 2008
The 44th Jnanpith Award for
2008 was presented to renowned
Urdu poet Professor Akhlaq
Mohammad Khan Shahryar for his
distinguished contribution in
enriching Indian literature. He was
presented the award by actor
Amitabh Bachhan in a glittering
received his Ph.D degree in Urdu
from Aligarh Muslim University.
He taught at the AMU Urdu
Department and retired as
professor and Head of
Department in 1996. He made a
memorable contribution to Urdu
literature as a teacher , critic and
creative writer .Considered one of
the foremost writers of ghazal and
nazm, Prof . Shahryar has
published 10 collections of poems
in Urdu. H is actual name is
Akhlaq Mohammed Khan and
‘Shaheryar’ is the pen name. His
first poetry collection Ism-e-azam
was published in 1965. The third
collection titled Hijr ke mausamreleased in 1978 was his most
celebrated work. Khwab Ka dar
band hai released in 1987 and
won him the Sahitya Akademi
Award in Urdu for the year .He
became the fourth Jnanpith winner
in Urdu. FiraqGorakhpuri was the
first Jnanpith winner in Urdu. Firaq
ceremony organised by the
Bharatiya Jnanpith in New Delhi
on 18 September 2011.Born in
1936, inAnwala district inBareilly
in Uttar Pradesh, Prof Shahryar
PRIZES & AWARDS
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Gorakhpuri had won the
prestigious award in 1969 for
Gul-e-Naghma.
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2009 & 2010
Eminent Hindi authors Amar Kant
and Shrilal Shukla was chosen for
India’s highest literary honour
Jnanpith Award for 2009, while
renowned Kannada litterateur
Chandrasekhar Kambar won it for
2010. The selection board -
chaired by noted writer and
Jnanpith award winner Dr Sitakant
Mahapatra - made the selections
for the
45th
and
46th
Jnanpithawards.Octogenarian Amar Kant
is a leading author whose famous
novel Inhin Hathiyaron Se earned
him the Sahitya Akademi Award
in 2007.Shrilal Shukla is an
eminent novelist and a
satirist,whose works threw light
on the falling moral values of the
Indian society in the post-
Independence era. His noted
works include Raag Darbari,Makaan, Sooni Ghaati Ka Sooraj,
Pehla Padaav, Agyatvas , and
Bisrampur Ka San. Shukla’s Raag
Darbari, one of the best selling
H indi novels, had also been
adapted for a TV serial. Shukla is
the winner of several awards,
including the Sahitya Akademi
Award and the Vyas Sammaan. In
2008, he was awarded the
Padma Bhushan for hiscontribution to Indian literature
and culture . Chandrasekhar
Kambar who won the Jnanpith
Award for is a novelist and
playwright . H is noted works
include Takararinavaru, Saavirada
Neralu, Chakori (poetry);
Jokumaraswamy , Chalesha,
Jaisidanayaka.He is also recipient
of the Sangeet Nataka Academy
Award and the Sahitya Academy
Award.
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CSIR honoured 11 scientists with
the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize
for Science and Technology for
the year 2011 on 26 September
2011.Dr Samir K Brahamachari,
Director General, Council of
Scientific Research and Industrial
development announced the
names of scientists at the
celebration of
CSIR
foundationDay.The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar
Prize for Science and Technology
was first given in 1958. It is
regarded as the country’s highest
award in science is named after
the founder director of CSIR ,
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar .It is
given to a scientist up to 45 years
of age and carries a prize of Rs 5
lakh.
:
Dr Mahan Mj (Ramakrishna
Mission Vivekananda University,
Howrah)
Dr Palash Sarkar (Indian
Statistical Institute, Kolkata)
Dr Shiraz Minwalla (Tata Instituteof Fundamental Research,
Mumbai)
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Dr Balasubramanian Sundaram
(Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for
Advanced Scientific Research,
Bangalore)
Dr Garikapati Narahari Sastry
(CSIR Indian Institute of Chemical
Technology, Hyderabad).
E
Dr SirshenduDe (Indian Institute
of Technology, Dharagpur )
Dr Upadrasta Ramamurty (Indian
Institute of Science, Bangalore)
E , A ,
&
Dr Shanker Doraiswamy (CSIR
National Institute of
Oceanography, Goa)
B
Dr Amit Prakash Sharma
(International Centre for Genetic
Engineering and Biotechnology,
NewDelhi)
Dr Rajan Sankaranarayanan (CSIR
Centre for Cellular & Molecular
Biology, Hyderabad).
Dr Kithiganahalli NarayanaswamyBalaji (Indian Institute of Science,
Bangalore)
C
A 2011
CSIR Young Scientist Awards
were instituted in 1987. CSIR
Young Scientist Awards seek to
promote in- house excellence in
various fields of science and
technology. CSIR scientist, below
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35 years of age, as reckoned on
26 September (CSIR Fondation
Day) of the preceding year , is
eligible for the Award.Council of
Scientific and Industrial Research
(CSIR) on its Foundation Day
celebrated on 26 September 2011
presented the CSIR Young
Scientist Awards 2011 that seek
to promote in- house excellence in
various fields of science and
technology.These awards are
given annually in the fields of
Biological Sciences , Chemical
Sciences, Earth, Atmosphere,
Ocean and Planetary Sciences and
Engineering Sciences Physical
Sciences (includinginstrumentation).Each award
consist of a citation, a cash prize
of Rs . 50000/- (Rupees fifty
thousand only) and a plaque. CSIR
Young ScientistAwardees are also
entitled to a research grant of Rs.
5.0 Lakhs (Rupees five lakh only)
per annum for a period of five
years and an honorarium of Rs.
75000/- (Rupees seven thousand
and five hundred only) per monthtill the age of 45 years.
:
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Dr Bikash Kumar Jena from CSIR
Institute of Minerals and
Materials.
Dr DattatrayaHanumant De and
Dr Rahul Banerjee E , A ,
Dr Arun Singh of CSIR National
Geophysical Research Institute.
Dr Rajeev Saraswat of CSIR
National Institute of
Oceanography
E
Dr Amol Arvindrao Kulkarni and
Dr Kaushik Biswas.
Apart from these CSIR Diamond
Jubilee Invention Award for
School Children 2010 were also
given.In order to enhancecreativity amongst school children,
CSIR announced for the first time
Diamond Jubilee InventionAward
for School Children on 26 April ,
2002 the day celebrated as
WORLD INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY DAY throughout the
world. The objectives of this
competition are: to capture
creativity and innovativeness
amongst school children and
create awareness about
IPR.There are 60 awards to be
given each year . The first prize
winner becomes eligible for
WIPO’s Young inventor’s Award,
carrying a medal and a certificate
besides cash prize of Rs. 50,000/
-CSIR instituted a Gold Medal in
2004 in the fond memory of Prof .
G N Ramachandran, a pioneer of protein chemistry and the
sounding father of structural
biology in India, for recognizing
excellence in the interdisciplinary
subject / field of Biological
Sciences & Technology.
,
2 0 1 1
Vayoshrestha Samman,2011 for -Kinnera
Welfare Society, Mehdipatnam,
Hydrabad;
B -Prashant Nagar
Gram Panchayat, Medak, Andhra
Pradesh;
A -Dr .
Vinod Kumar , NewDelhi;
C A -Sh . C.S.N.
Patnaik, Vishakhapatnam;
- Dr . (Wing
Commander ) Ashish Roy, New
Delhi;
E -Sh. Om
Prakash Gupta, New Delhi;
H A
Legendary playback singer Lata
Mangeshkar was honoured with
the first Hridaynath award for her
contribution to Indian music on 28
September 2011. On 28
September , which also happened
to be Lata Mangeshakar’s (82)
birthda, she was presented acheque of Rs one lakh, a trophy
and a shawl by megastar Amitabh
Bachchan.The award has been
instituted by Hridayesh Art, a
Mumbai- based socio-cultural
organisation in honour of Lata
Mangeshkar’s brother , Hridaynath
Mangeshkar .
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The63rdAnnual Primetime EmmyAwards ceremony was organisedon 18 September 2011 at theNokia Theatre in Downtown LosAngeles, California. The awardsceremony to honour the best inprimetime television programmingfrom 1 June 2010 to 31 May2011 was hosted by actress Jane
Lynch, who hosted the Emmysfor the first time. British showstriumphed at the annualHollywood show, the Oscars of the small screen , with KateWinslet leading a string of Britishperformers. The list of recipientsof the 63rd Annual PrimetimeEmmy Awards are as follows:
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8 B : Mad Men
8 B : Modern
Family
8 B : Downton
Abbey
8 B
: The Daily Show
8 B , :
Julianne Margulies,TheGood
Wife
8 B , : Kyle
Chandler , Friday Night
Lights
8 B , :
Kate Winslet,Mildred Pierce
8 B , :
Barry Pepper ,The Kennedys
8 B
: Melissa
McCarthy, Mike &Molly
8 B :
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang
Theory
8
: Julie Bowen,
Modern Family
8
: Ty Burrell,
Modern Family.
8 B
: Michael Spiller ,
Modern Family.
8 B :
The Amazing Race
F CC E A
The Maulana Azad DentalInstitute bagged the FICCIExcellence Award on 8
September 2011. The health careoperational award was givenaway by the Federation of IndianChambers of Commerce andIndustry after rounds of
assessment. Maulana Azad DentalInstitute is the first dentalinstitution, catering to more than2.5 lakh patients annually acrossthe country.The parameters whichwent on to decide the winner were initiatives and outcomes
reflecting innovation, academicresearch and training ,
accreditations, environmentalconservation and patientsatisfaction.The FICCI health careoperational award aims atfelicitating organisation for their contribution to the industry byinnovating for increased efficiencyand improved performance of health care at large.
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The Indira Gandhi National Open
University (IGNOU) on 28
September 2011 conferred the
Rajiv Gandhi International Prize
for Technology in Education and
Development to the Azim Premji
Foundation.The award instituted
by the university in its silver jubilee year was presented to
Azim Premji by Communications
and Information Technology
Minister Kapil Sibal.Azim Premji,
upon receiving the award stressed
on the need of integrating IT with
mainstream education which
would then prove far more useful
in disseminating education among
adults than children. AzimHashim
Premji is an Indian business
tycoon and philanthropist who is
the chairman of Wipro Limited.
He founded Azim Premji
foundation in 2001.Azim Premji
Foundation is a not-for -profit
organization, operational since
2001, with a vision to
significantly contribute towards a
ju st, equitable, humane and
sustainable society. The
Foundation has been active in
supporting the primary education
sector . It has partnered with state
governments across India to pilot
initiatives that have the potentialfor systemic reform to enhance
the quality of elementary
education within government run
school systems .The award
comprising of Rs.five lakh cash
and a citation is given to individual
or institution that contributed
significantly in education, partic-
ularly educational technology, for
development in developing
countries across the world.
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The awarded by the government
for best performance in different
categories were given to ONGC,
Coal India (CIL) and NMDC on
20 September . The Department
of Public Enterprises (DPE)
Secretary , Bhaskar Chatterjeegave away the awards.
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in Maharatna and
Navaratna category was given to
ONGC. In Miniratna category, the
best financial performance award
award has been given to Goa
Shipyard.
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in Maharatna and
Navaratna category was also
given to ONGC.
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in Miniratna category, the
same award was given to Chennai
Petroleum Corporation Ltd. K
Balachandan MD, CPCL received
the award.
in Maharatna category
was given to CIL . The same
awards for the Navaratna
category were given to NMDC
and Oil India.
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