Tessy Thomas, the key defence scientist in the Agni series of missiles, has been conferred the award for her outstanding contribution for making India self-reliant in the field of missile technology. The award is given annually for excellence in public administration, academics and management. It carries a cash award ofContinue Reading
Mantel, 60, won the prestigious £50,000 ($81,000) literary prize Tuesday for her novel “Bring up the Bodies,” the second in a historical trilogy set during the reign of King Henry VIII. She also won the prize in 2009 for “Wolf Hall,” the first novel in the trilogy. “You wait 20Continue Reading
“Saraswati Samman” It is an annual award given for extraordinary works in any Indian language listed in Schedule VIII of the Constitution of India. The honor was instituted in the year 1991 by KK Birla Foundation and is a renowned award in the field of literature. The award consists ofContinue Reading
Sandeep Patil appointed as the Chief for BCCI Senior Selection Committee Former Cricketer and all-rounder, Sandeep Patil was appointed as the Chairman of the five member senior selection committee of BCCI on 27 September 2012 Virat Kohli became the ICC ODI Cricketer of the Year .The Vice-Captain of Indian CricketContinue Reading
Aditi Mukherjee, a Delhi based scientist, won the prestigious Norman Borlaug Award in Field Research and Application. Mukherjee was picked for the award for her work in transforming access to water for thousands of farmers in West Bengal. The award will be formally presented to Mukherji on 17 October 2012Continue Reading
Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee to get Dadasaheb Phalke Award New Delhi: Veteran Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee will receive the 2011 Dada Saheb Phalke Award for lifetime contribution to cinema. Chatterjee, 77, who has won a National Award in 2008 for his film ‘Podokkhep’, is an iconic actor in Bengali cinemaContinue Reading
Recipients of Dada Saheb Phalke Award Year Shyam Benegal – Director 2006 Adoor Gopalakrishnan – Director 2005 Mrinal Sen – Director 2004 Dev Anand- Actor, Director, Producer 2003 Yash Chopra – Director, Producer 2002 Asha Bhosle – Singer 2001 Hrishikesh Mukherjee – Director 2000 B.R. Chopra – Director, Producer 1999Continue Reading
Best Feature Film : Deool (Marathi) & Byari (Kannada) Best Actor : Girish Kulkarni (Deool) Best Actress : Vidya Balan (The Dirty Picture) Best Film Critic : Manoj P Pujari Special Jury Award : Anjan Dutta Best Book Award : Anirudha Bhattacharjee & Balaji Vittal for the title (R.D. Burman The Man, The Music) Best MusicContinue Reading
Ronald Ross (Medicine, 1902),Born in Almora. Rudyard Kipling (Literature, 1907), Born in Bombay. Rabindranath Tagore (Literature, 1913) C.V. Raman (Physics, 1930) Hargobind Khorana (Medicine, 1968) S. Chandrashekhar (Physics, 1983) Amartya Sen (Economics, 1998), Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (Chemistry, 2009).Continue Reading
Between 1901 and 2011, the Nobel Prizes and the Prize in Economic Sciences were awarded 549 times to 853 people and organizations. With some receiving the Nobel Prize more than once, this makes a total of 826 individuals and 20 organizations. Below, you can view the full list of NobelContinue Reading
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