Award Recognition Current Affairs-2013-14 • The former south African president Nelson Mandela on 27 August 2013 won the inaurural Mahathir Award for Global Peace. • Tata Steel was adjudged the Best Performing Integrated Steel Plant in india for the year 2011-12 • Harshwanti Bisht selected for Sir Edmund Hillary Mountai Legacy Medal 2013. • Vijay Singh was Named a Recipient of the 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award. • Prasad Babu, AP Cop selected For Ashok Chakra Posthumously. • The Prem Bhatia Memorial award presented to Shalini Singh of the Hindu. • Delhi Conferred Lifetime Achievement Award 2013 on Abdul Rashid Khan and Anjolie Ela Menon. • VP Sharma won the Gujar Mal Modi Award for Science and Technology 2013. • Sri Lankan President felicitated tribal community, the Veddas on World Indigenous Peoples Day, • US Presidential Medal of Freedom to be conferred on Bill Clinton& Prarh Winfrey. • Sugathakumari was conferred with Saraswati Samman 2012. • Zubin Mehta Named for Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony 2013. • Briatin honoured Kishna Menon by placing Blue plaque on his First home in London. • Bono the frontman of rock bank U2 was awarded with the Commander of the order of Arts and Letters on 17 July 2013 for the contribution to music. • British Firm called Real VNC was presented the MacRobert Award. • Paradip Port Conferred With the Major Port of the Year Award. • Amjad Ali Khan to get 21st Rajiv Gandhi National Sadhbhavna Award. • “Emirates Woman Award”- Vandana Gandhi for excelling and providing innovation in preschool education and leadership, strategy, community service. • 21st Century Achievement Award 2013- UIDAI: The international Data Group(IDG) Computerworld Honours Program, Computerworld Honors Laureate has honored Government of India initiative UIDAI with 21st century Achievement Award 2013 under the category ‘Economic Development’. • 2013 Indian Business Leader of the Year” Award: Sanjeev Goenka. • Yellow Oscar’ Award- Indian short film ‘High Power’. This film(Made in 2012) is based on the project-affected people of Tarapur Atomic Power Station.(Pradeep Indulkar is the producer-director of this film accepted the award) • Wernher Von Braun Memorial Award: APJ Abdul Kalam: The honour is given to recognize excellence in management and leadership in a space- related project. • Indian- American Sathwik Karnik Wins National Geographic Bee Contest. • Indian-American Arvind Mahankali wins Spelling Bee for sixth straight year. • Nasscom Award- Sentinel, developed by MindHelix Technosol Pvt. Ltd., and iFollow, from Aucupa Innovative Solutions, were among the winners of Nasscom’s first all-India App Fame Contest to search for mobile tools to aid personal safety of women and to help deal with emergencies. • Indian Healthcare Visionary of the Decade’ award- Dr Mukesh Hariawala(Health Economist) for unvelling a unique and novel customized universal health insurance model ‘ Womb to Tomb‘, concept. • IMPAC Dublin Literary Award- Kevin Barry, for his debut novel, City of Bohane. • Venezuela journalism prize- Huga Chavez(posthumously) • Water scott Prize 2013: Tan Twan Eng(Former CAG), under the category of civil servant achieving excellence in public administration. Award was given by Manappuram Finance Limited(MFL) • NTR National Literary Award(2013)- Manoj Das (Oriya Writer) • Man Booker International Prize(2013)- Lydia Davis. • United Nation’s Public Service Award(2013): Ommen Chandy (Chief Minister of Kerala) for his Mass Contact Programme. • Asian Award: Anupam Kher, for his perormences in movies like “Silver linings playbook”, “Bride & Prejudice”, and “Bend it Like Beckham”. • 2013 Pulitzer Prize- Adam Johnson for fiction for his novel “The Orphan Master’s Son” • Vyas samman(2011)- Professor Radarash Mishra// Vyas Samman(2012)- Dr Narendra Kohli ”Na bhooto na bhavishyati” • Bihari Puraskar(2012)- Hariram Meena for his hindi novel Dhooni Tape Teer. • Gershiwn Prize for Populer Song. Carole King(US singer- Songwriter) • Jnanpith Award-2011- Pratibha Ray • Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2012- Pran Krishan Sikand. • Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2011- Saumitra Chatterjee. • Dadasaheb Phalke Academy Awards 2013- Yash Chopra and Rajesh Khanna. • Phalke Ratna Award- Asha Bhosle • Abel Prize 2013- The New York Times won four Pulitzer Prizes. • Saraswati Samman(2013)- Sugatha Kumar,(the Malayalam poetess for the poetry collection ‘MANALEZHUTHU’, which means The Writing on the Sand in English 31, Saraswati Samman(2012)- Rohit Gautam for Bang bhoomi Conferred by K.K. Birla Foundation) • Moorti Devi Award(2012)- Gopichand Narang • UNA-USA’S Global Leadership Award called (Champion for Global Chang Award)- Pakistani activist, Malala Yousafzai. • Lata Mangeshkar Samman(2013): Singer Hariharan. • Asom Ratna Award for the year(2012): Indira Goswami(posthumously) • Srimanta Shankardeva Award(2008): Sharmila Tagor. • ISRO Young Scientist Award(2013): Jenita Mary Nongkynrih for her urban information system project in the North East. • RedInk Lifetime Achievement Award(2013)- N. Ram(Former Editor-in-Chief of the Hindu) and Kuldip Nayar(Veteran author- journalist-activist) • Indira Gandhi Prize for Pease, Disarmament and Development 2011- Ella Bhatt(Founder of Sewa). • Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development 2012- Ellen Johnson Sirfleaf(President of Liberia) • National-E-Governance Award- Madhya Pradesh for 2012-13, for its ‘Sparsh Abhiyan’ aimed towards the disabled and the aged. • Doctorate of Civil Law – President Pranab Mukherjee was conferred an honary degree of Doctorate of Civil Law by the University of Mauritius. • Jammu and Kashmir won FE India’s Best Bank Award 2012-13. • Satellite Hall of Fame- U.R. Rao: Top Indian space scientist has been inducted into the Satellite Hall of Fame in Washington DC by the Society of Satellite Professionals International, in the US. • International Refiner of the Year 2013- Reliance Industries. •
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